Miss Cardinal by Mary Buck
Stone Mountain Chorus
Housebound Artists Conquer COVID with “Quarantine Creations” By Holley Calmes
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rtists OTP have been affected by the lives by the motto: “Challenge Accepted!” recent sequestration as well as those Zoom 10-Minute Plays were created to in downtown Atlanta. Eventually provide support for writers and actors. “We however, the creative urge overcomes all are releasing one play a week via YouTube obstacles. and Facebook,” Parker says. She plans to have Visual and performing artists in Gwinthe playwrights expand their “Zooms” to full nett County have used their “down time” one act plays for future performances. well, growing from moods of bored frustraLive Arts is also holding “Virtual 5K” tion to “ha-hah” moments of innovation. fundraising events where supporters Duluth photographer Mary Buck’s complete a 5K walk, run, bike, or swim and portfolio includes masterful depictions of mail in their photo for the “Finishers Wall.” Cuba, Paris, and Venice. When sequestration Another Duluth photographer, Dustin began, Buck wondered how to spend her Grau, turned away from the camera for a time and decided to redecorate her backyard bit. “I love making prop replicas of movie and with birdfeeders and birdbaths. Suddenly, a pop culture items, so I dove deep into my 3D whole new realm of visual beauty caught her printer, creating designs and spending hours camera’s eye. painting them.” “I soon found the silver lining in my “When I did get out, I photographed quarantine when birds started to appear,” Duluth, Lawrenceville and Atlanta while the says Buck. state was under lockdown, documenting Daily images of bright winged creatures some historic sights without people.” now delight her social media followers. “I Robert Siegel of Gwinnett’s Stone never took time to watch for birds before,” Mountain Chorus reports that although she explains. “A whole new world has weekly rehearsals were suspended, and the opened up for me, and all this time they were Spring Concert was cancelled, creative ideas there in front of my eyes.” have emerged. Visit these innovative artists Becca Parker of Live “We are still rehearsArts Theatre in Norcross ing virtually on Zoom but Mary Buck – Duluth Photographer https://1-mary-buck.pixels.com/ faced major challenges plan to get together soon when Covid -19 struck. for an outdoor rehearsal Live Arts Theatre http://liveartstheatre.org/ Theater doors were closed, at a local park. We’re also Dustin Grau putting an end to a season working on a virtual rehttp://photography.dustingrau.com/ where ticket sales and cording where we mix our Stone Mountain Chorus support had skyrocketed. separate voices into one https://www.stonemountainchorus.org/ Revenue was lost. But Parker musical track.”
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