Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts Georgia Artists-Art-Crafts-Gifts

GHCA "Georgia Artists-Art-Crafts-Gifts" is a great Helen art gallery located in the Alpine Villages Shoppes. The gallery is a project of the non-profit Georgia Heritage Arts Association (GHAA) and is a branch of Georgia Heritage Association Center for the Arts (GHCA) which boasts a twelve year tradition of fostering and promoting Georgia artists. Gallery days and hours will be based upon seasonal activity in the area. For present hours check the website http:www.ExperienceGeorgiaArts.org Work currently exhibiting in the gallery provides a range of Georgia’s talented artists as well as the historic progression of art in Georgia. From the heritage art of weaving on the loom and spinning at the wheel to dichotic glass and precious metal clay jewelry, artists have found ways to embrace today’s technologies to create original yet personal expression. Even the impersonal computer has been brought into play to enhance what photographer Celia Durant has found in nature. Potters works also abound in the gallery, each differently interpreting their material, while wearable art artists have many mediums and forms to express their unique designs. Many of the exhibiting artists will be demonstrating during open hours. Peggy Renfro and Lynn Johnson will be weaving and spinning and Linda Lloyd will be metal-smithing, while Ruth Ann Landa paints some of her favorite local critters. Jaymi Hampton will be working precious metal clay into original works of jewelry, or joining Patti Petit to “play” in the clay.

Hours of Operation:  Monday - Friday 10AM-5PM  Open Saturdays during the Semi-Annual Arts Tours

Artists Demonstration Schedule:

Thursdays:

Jaymi Hampton, pottery

Linda Lloyd, jewelry & mixed media

Teresa Anderson, beaded jewelry

Fridays:

Sue Holmes, pottery

Linda Lloyd, jewelry and mixed media

Gail Routt, painting

Saturdays:

Jaymi Hampton, pottery

Peggy Renfro, weaving, 1PM - 5PM

Lynn Johnson, spinning, 1PM - 5PM

Sundays:

Linda Lloyd, mixed media

Janine Shelby Fused Glass

Jaymi Hampton, pottery, 1PM - 5PM

Mondays:

Jaymi Hampton, pottery

Linda Lloyd, mixed media

For more information: call 706-892-1033 or e-mail ghaahelen@windstream.net.