History
The Georgia Art League (formerly the Art League) was started as a small group of like-minded artists in Gainesville, GA in the spring of 2005. After meeting several times for lunch and evening get-togethers, 12 of these interested artists (“charter members”) approached Maureen Files, the Executive Director of the Quinlan Visual Arts Center (QVAC) in Gainesville, GA, to ask her if the newly formed group of artists could start having monthly meetings and exhibits at the QVAC. With Maureen Files’ permission and asking Anne Brodie Hill to help organize and develop the group and become the first “President,” the Art League held it’s first meeting at the Quinlan in September, 2005. Anne looked at The Atlanta Artist Center's mission statement, rules of exhibitions, and other formats to aid in the foundation of the new Art League. Every idea and decision for the Art League was voted on by the members and then approval from the Executive Director of the QVAC was obtained.
The Times newspaper’s Tasha Autry wrote this article in the Fall of 2005 in the “Get Out Guide” section about the Art League:
The Art League of Gainesville is a new organization which meets in the Quinlan Visual Arts Center studio spaces. “It was started back in the spring, but we didn’t really get going until the fall. Anyone can join, but you have to be a member of the Quinlan,” said Anne Brodie Hill, an organizer for the league, which charges applicants $10. Members of the league can use the studio spaces for painting from 10am to 4pm Thursdays for $5 per session.
“There are lots of artists in Gainesville that don’t have a place to get together and meet and talk with other artists, and need studio space,” Hill said. “Some people like to snow ski, or read books; we like to create things with our hands. We have a common thread of wanting to create.”
The group meets at noon the third Thursday of every month.
“Everyone brings a lunch. After a short business meeting, we have artists who are members who do a little show and tell, demonstrating their art,” Hill said….
Charter members: Nancy Bashore, Jeann Blankenship, Bob Burrell, Ann Carson, Ulli Chamberlain, Jeannie Crawford, Fox Gradin, Cheryl Hardin, Anne Brodie Hill, Marsha Hopkins, Marsha Richter, Jessica Voyles. August , 2005
By Anne Brodie Hill: Co-founder and first Art League President
The Times newspaper’s Tasha Autry wrote this article in the Fall of 2005 in the “Get Out Guide” section about the Art League:
The Art League of Gainesville is a new organization which meets in the Quinlan Visual Arts Center studio spaces. “It was started back in the spring, but we didn’t really get going until the fall. Anyone can join, but you have to be a member of the Quinlan,” said Anne Brodie Hill, an organizer for the league, which charges applicants $10. Members of the league can use the studio spaces for painting from 10am to 4pm Thursdays for $5 per session.
“There are lots of artists in Gainesville that don’t have a place to get together and meet and talk with other artists, and need studio space,” Hill said. “Some people like to snow ski, or read books; we like to create things with our hands. We have a common thread of wanting to create.”
The group meets at noon the third Thursday of every month.
“Everyone brings a lunch. After a short business meeting, we have artists who are members who do a little show and tell, demonstrating their art,” Hill said….
Charter members: Nancy Bashore, Jeann Blankenship, Bob Burrell, Ann Carson, Ulli Chamberlain, Jeannie Crawford, Fox Gradin, Cheryl Hardin, Anne Brodie Hill, Marsha Hopkins, Marsha Richter, Jessica Voyles. August , 2005
By Anne Brodie Hill: Co-founder and first Art League President
