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.

winged victory

Posted on July 26, 2012March 15, 2013 Posted in UntitledTagged art, ceramics, female, feminine, feminism, flight, fly, flying, ley, macey, mythology, victory, wing, wings, womanLeave a comment

Materials: ceramics
Size: 20″w x 16″h x 18″d

Words Have No Wings

Posted on July 15, 2012November 24, 2013 Posted in printsTagged acrylic, art, bird, bound, canvas, confinement, escape, explosion, flight, fly, flying, freedom, ley, macey, mixed media, painting, print, serigraphy, silk screen, victory, wing, wings, words have no wingsLeave a comment

Materials: Acrylic and serigraphy on canvas
Each: 55.12 in. x 27.56 in.

In Words Have No Wings birds play a prominent role — their restless nature and need for order, their need for boundless sky and secure resting places. The birds are in flight as they have escaped, but ironically, they are caught in a whirlwind created by their own flight.

Duvet with Birds

Posted on May 27, 2012November 30, 2012 Posted in printsTagged art, bed linens, bird, bluebird, confinement, duvet, escape, fabric, flight, fly, flying, freedom, full bed, ley, linens, macey, mixed media, pattern, pillow, print, queen bed, serigraphy, sheets, silk screen, victory, wing, wings2 Comments

Duvet and Pillows
Materials: serigraphic print on cotton
European double-size duvet with 6 standard pillowcases: 78.74”w x 78.74”h (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.)