Circumstantial Gravity Wins 1st Place, 7th Annual Artist Book Symposium

Posted on May 23, 2014 Posted in newsTagged ACA library, art, art gallery, art opening, artist book, book, exhibiting, exhibition, gallery, handmade, identity, ley, macey, place, Savannah College of Art and Design, SCAD, sewing2 Comments

Atlanta, GA – Macey Ley’s latest artist book Circumstantial Gravity took first place and a purchase award in the 7th Annual Artist Book Symposium sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design. The book, along with I Am Not and Sweet Surrender, will be on display at the ACA Library Artist Book Gallery in SCAD Atlanta through the end of July 2014.

SCAD’s ACA library in Atlanta owns a premier collection of over 2,100 artists’ books. It includes works from more than 1,000 renown artists, including Robbin Ami Silverberg, Julie Chen, Karen Hammer, Lois Morrison and Kara Walker. Guest may make reservations to view selections from the collection at any time.

WHERE: SCAD ACA Library, 1600 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA
EXHIBITION: Through July 2014
GALLERY HOURS: Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Thursday 7:30 am to 4 pm

TV Dinner for Zombies on Display Through September 20

Posted on August 8, 2013August 28, 2013 Posted in newsTagged AJC Decatur Book Festival, art, art festival, Art Institute, art opening, artist book, atlanta, book festival, chinese, Decatur Arts Alliance, exhibiting, exhibition, GA, georgia, hand cut, handmade, ley, macey, painting, paper, place, SCAD, Southeast, TV, TV dinner, victory, zombies3 Comments

The Book as Art: 21st Century Meets Tradition

Presented by the Decatur Arts Alliance and the Art Institute of Atlanta – an Event of the 2013 AJC Decatur Book Festival

The Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA), in conjunction with the gallery of The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, is bringing the first juried exhibition of artists’ books to the AJC-Decatur Book Festival — the largest independent book festival in the country.

Macey Ley’s single-edition book TV Dinner for Zombies will be on display at the Gallery at The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur at One West Court Square, Suite 110 through September 20, 2013 (gallery hours below).

Mon-Thur: 9AM – 8PM
Fri: 9AM – 5PM
Sat: 9AM – 3PM

Extended hours during the AJC Book Festival:
Fri, Aug 30: 9AM – 5PM
Sat, Aug 31: 10AM – 8PM
Sun, Sep 1: 10AM – 5PM

View a full slide show of the 47 selected books online. For additional information about TV Dinner for Zombies or to purchase the book please complete the short contact form below:

The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country. Since it began in in 2006, more than 900 world-class authors and 260,000 festival-goers have enjoyed book signings, author readings, panel discussions, an interactive children’s area, live music, parades, cooking demonstrations, poetry slams, writing workshops, and more. It runs August 30 – September 1, 2013.

Macey Ley Selected to Exhibit at The Book As Art

Posted on June 30, 2013 Posted in newsTagged AJC Decatur Book Festival, art, art festival, Art Institute, art opening, artist book, atlanta, book festival, chinese, Decatur Arts Alliance, exhibiting, exhibition, GA, georgia, hand cut, handmade, ley, macey, painting, paper, place, SCAD, Southeast, TV, TV dinner, victory, zombiesLeave a comment

Macey Ley announced today that her single-edition book TV Dinner for Zombies was selected for exhibition at the The Book as Art: 21st Century Meets Tradition, a featured exhibition of the AJC-Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia. Sponsored by the Decatur Arts Alliance and The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, The Book as Art will be on view in the gallery of The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur at 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30328.

TV Dinner for Zombies will be on display at the Art Institute of Atlanta from Friday, July 19, through Friday, September 20:

Mon-Thur: 9AM – 8PM
Fri: 9AM – 5PM
Sat: 9AM – 3PM

Extended hours during the Book Festival:

Fri, Aug 30: 9AM – 5PM
Sat, Aug 31: 10AM – 8PM
Sun, Sep 1: 10AM – 5PM

Macey Ley Selected to Exhibit at Savannah College of Art and Design

Posted on June 2, 2013 Posted in newsTagged art, art opening, artist book, atlanta, chinese, chinese mythology, Chinese proverbs, exhibiting, exhibition, GA, georgia, hand cut, handmade, handmade paper, ley, macey, mythology, painting, paper, place, Savannah College of Art and Design, SCAD, Southeast, TV, TV dinner, victory, womanLeave a comment

Macey Ley announced today that two of her artist books were chosen for a group exhibition at the 6th Annual Jurried Artist Book Show at the Savannah College of Art and Design Book Arts Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Her books TV Dinner for Zombies and Women Hold Up Half the Sky will be on display at at the college’s library at 1600 Peachtree Street through July 15, 2013.

our language

Posted on March 15, 2013May 23, 2014 Posted in artist bookTagged art, bind, binding, body, bondage, books, bound, handmade, handmade paper, language, ley, macey, mixed media, paper, recent work1 Comment

artist book: accordion fold
materials: handmade paper, acrylic paint, gel medium, graphite, water color

closed: 7 in. x 5 in. x 1.5 in.

passage

Posted on November 27, 2012March 15, 2014 Posted in UntitledTagged acrylic, art, disorientation, handmade, home, journey, ley, macey, place, recent work, thread, time5 Comments

Medium: acrylic and mixed media suspended from metal rod
Size: 72″ x 72″ (approx.)

Catch Me If You Can 2

Posted on May 21, 2012November 30, 2012 Posted in artist book, printsTagged art, bind, binding, bird, bondage, books, bound, catch me if you can, confinement, escape, flight, fly, flying, freedom, gestural drawing, hand cut, handmade, hanging book, home, ley, macey, mixed media, motion, nest, painting, paper, serigraphy, silk screen, speed, victory, watercolor, wing, wings1 Comment

Artist book/sculpture with 9 chapters
Materials: serigraphy and water color on paper, copper and silver wire, beads
Each: 3”w x 30”h
Entire book hanging: 45”w x 40”h (approx.)