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Appalachia, the subject of Chris Aluka Berry's photo exhibition "Affrilachia: Testimonies," was at the forefront of my mind before visiting this exhibition, as I had recently finished reading bell hook's 2012 poetry collection Appalachian Elegy.

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Photography exhibit “Affrilachia: Testimonies” kicks off Black History Month at Mason Fine Art

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'Letters to Deja' Artist rEN Dillard shares journey of Black fatherhood in emotional exhibit

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Review: Powerful exhibit at Mason Fine Art combines beauty, grief, sheer horror

"...an installation by Ethiopian American Artist Abezash (Abezash Tamerat), combines beauty and sheer horror in what surely must be one of the most powerful and harrowing exhibitions about rape and child abuse ever presented in Atlanta.

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Review: At Mason Fine Art, Charly Palmer invites us to believe in “The Power of BE”

Charly Palmer is all in. Blackness. No half-stepping. No excuses. The Power of BE, 15 new paintings by the Atlanta artist, are vivid, large-scale works that act as an artistic benefactor for Black humanness. 

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Review: The enigmas of Larry Walker’s “Enigmatic Messenger” at Mason Fine Art

This series is inspired by the inadvertent communications created by the juxtaposition of layers of torn-off posters on urban walls, similar to those that inspire this project when Walker revisited his childhood neighborhood in Harlem in 1980. 

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Atlanta Youth Academy’s Benefit Auction will include art, sports memorabilia and experiences

Atlanta Youth Academy, an independent school in southeast Atlanta, will host its 16th annual Benefit Auction Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. at Mason Fine Art in Buckhead.

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Stephen Hayes makes stellar debut with “Cash Crop” at Mason Murer Fine Art

Exhibitions for newly minted MFA students are an annual affair at Mason Murer Fine Art. Never before, however, has owner Mark Karelson accorded a single student the primo spot directly opposite the entrance. You’ll understand why he’s done it now the minute you lay eyes on “Cash Crop,” the stunning installation by SCAD graduate Stephen Hayes.

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Review: “My One and Only” presents a bevy of distinct approaches to monoprinting

The artists treat disparate themes — yet, they share an interest in nature and chance. Such notions find an easy ally with the monoprint process, which tends to be more spontaneous and akin to painting than other, stricter methods.