Macey Ley MFA Thesis Show: “You Are Here”

Posted on April 22, 2014April 22, 2014 Posted in newsTagged art, art gallery, art opening, artist book, disorientation, exhibiting, exhibition, further art gallery, gallery, identity, installation, ley, macey, MFA, place, Savannah College of Art and Design, SCAD, thesis, Tula, Tula Art Center2 Comments

Atlanta, GA – You Are Here thesis exhibition features the culminating achievements of Savannah College of Art and Design MFA candidate Macey Ley. Her artwork includes whole-body installations and artist books that investigate the connections among memory, place and identity. She uses everyday objects and myths as a starting point, creating experiences that both invite and challenge viewers to examine how memory of places and beliefs in myths shape identity.

Ley completed her BFA in photography at the University of New Mexico, has run creative departments in advertising and design, and currently freelances as an event producer. Her work has been exhibited in the United States and Italy.

You Are Here will be on display at Further Art gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, May 13-17, 2014 with a reception Friday, May 16 from 6-9 p.m. Additional gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday 12-3 p.m.

WHERE: Further Art: 75 Bennett Street #M2, Atlanta, GA 30309 (FREE parking)
RECEPTION: Friday, May 16, 6-9 p.m.
GALLERY HOURS: Tue-Fri, May 13-16, 11-5 p.m. and Sat., May 17, 12-3 p.m.

Macey Ley in “Something Else”

Posted on March 9, 2014March 9, 2014 Posted in newsTagged art, art gallery, art opening, disorientation, exhibiting, exhibition, further art gallery, gallery, installation, ley, macey, place, Tula, Tula Art CenterLeave a comment

Atlanta, GA – Macey Ley will be exhibiting in Something Else this week at Further Art in Atlanta, Georgia. The exhibition speaks of the collective hunger for otherness. Each artist’s work investigates the longing for what is unreachable and the rare pauses of deep connection in the present moment.

Something Else will be on display at Further Art March 11-14, 2014 with a reception Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 6-9 p.m. The exhibition will present works on paper, sculpture, painting, motion media and installation.

WHERE: Further Art: 75 Bennett Street #M2, Atlanta, GA 30309 (FREE parking)
RECEPTION: Thursday, March 13, 6-9 p.m.
GALLERY HOURS: Tue-Fri, March 9-14, 11-5 p.m.

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Macey Ley Exhibits at Dewberry Gallery: Why Things Fall – Part 2

Posted on January 1, 2014January 7, 2014 Posted in newsTagged art, art gallery, art opening, artist book, disorientation, exhibiting, exhibition, freedom, further art gallery, gallery, installation, ley, macey, painting, place, Tula, Tula Art Center1 Comment

EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED.
Due to unforeseen events, Why Things Fall will not open January 10, 2014, as originally planned. A new venue and date is being worked out and I’ll let you know when and where as soon as the information becomes available.

Atlanta, GA – Macey Ley announced today that she will be exhibiting at Dewberry Gallery in the group show Why Things Fall. Part 2 is an encore exhibition of new work and some audience favorites from the first showing. The exhibition is a statement about the condition of human nature both in its raw and domesticated forms, where rules of gravity and of society play primary roles in each of the works on display.

Why Things Fall will be on display at Dewberry Gallery with a reception Friday, January 10, 2014, from 6-8 p.m. and additional gallery hours January 13-24, Tuesdays-Fridays from 1-6 p.m. The exhibition will present works on paper, sculpture, painting, and installation. Featured artists include Whitney Harrell, Macey Ley, Jeffry Loy, Cassidy Russell, and Ziyi Zhang.

WHERE: Dewberry Gallery: 1545 Peachtree St. Ste. 225, Atlanta, GA 30309
RECEPTION: Friday, January 10, 2014, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
ADDITIONAL HOURS: Tuesdays – Fridays, January 13-24, 1-6 p.m.

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Macey Ley Exhibits at Further Art: Why Things Fall

Posted on November 14, 2013 Posted in newsTagged art, art gallery, art opening, artist book, disorientation, exhibiting, exhibition, freedom, further art gallery, gallery, installation, ley, macey, painting, place, Tula, Tula Art CenterLeave a comment

All the Places I've Never Been and Some I Have — All the Places I’ve Never Been and Some I Have

Atlanta, GA – Macey Ley announced today that she will be exhibiting at Further Art in the group show Why Things Fall. The exhibition is a statement about the condition of human nature both in its raw and domesticated forms, where rules of gravity and of society play primary roles in each of the works on display.

Why Things Fall will be on display at Further Art with a reception November 22, 2013 from 6-9 p.m. and additional gallery hours November 23, 2013 from 12-5 p.m. The exhibition will present works on paper, sculpture, painting, and installation. Featured artists include Bora Choi, Whitney Harrell, Macey Ley, Jeffry Loy, Cassidy Russell, and Ziyi Zhang.

WHERE: Further Art: 75 Bennett Street #M2, Atlanta, GA 30309 (FREE parking)
RECEPTION: Friday, November 22, 2013, 6:00-9:30 p.m.
ADDITIONAL HOURS: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 12-5 p.m.