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'''Agnes''' was an art gallery specializing in photography and book arts that was open in [[Birmingham]] from May 8, [[1993]] to January 17, [[2001]]. The gallery promoted social causes as well as artistic talent, often mounting controversial exhibitions dealing with AIDS, racism, imprisonment, and other social justice issues through photography, film and video, poetry and book arts. <!--Controversial, Agnes was picketed on several occasions, one of which resulted in a ''USA Today'' article.-->
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'''Agnes''' was an art gallery specializing in photography and book arts that was open in [[Birmingham]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. The gallery promoted social causes as well as artistic talent, presenting exhibitions dealing with AIDS, racism, imprisonment, and other social justice issues through photography, film and video, poetry and book arts.


The gallery was opened by artist [[Jon Coffelt]], along with partners [[Shawn Boley]] and [[Jan Hughes]], in 1992 at 2030-A [[11th Avenue South]].  
On [[May 8]], [[1993]] artist [[Jon Coffelt]] and partners [[Shawn Boley]] and [[Jan Hughes]] opened the gallery on the ground floor of the [[Dulion Apartments]] at 2030-A [[11th Avenue South]] in [[Five Points South]], next door to [[Louis Hill]]'s [[Studio 2030]] gallery.


[[Louis Hill]]'s [[Studio 2030]] gallery was already established in [[5 Points South]] when Agnes Gallery moved into the space next door. 
In [[1994]], the gallery began publishing ''[[Birmingham Art Monthly]]'', which later became ''[[Alabama Art Monthly]]'' before ceasing publication in [[1996]].
These two galleries in [[5 Points South]] became a very vibrant art place for Birmingham in the next coming years but when Hill decided to close Studio 2030, The gallery decided to move to 2829 [[2nd Avenue South]], at [[Dr Pepper Place]] in [[Lakeview]] with rich promises of more traffic and marketing help from the property owners at Pepper Place.


After two years with no marketing help or traffic or restaurants to help pull in clients in [[1998]], Agnes moved again, to the [[Hugh Martin Cottage]] at 1919 [[15th Avenue South]] where it remained until Coffelt closed the gallery in [[2001]], after eight years and over 77 exhibitions.
On [[December 2]], [[1994]], Agnes and [[Studio 2030]] were involved in a [http://www.robertsherer.com/censored.html censorship] controversy with regard to works by artist, [[Robert Sherer]]. [[Glenda Hollis]], former founder of ''A Baby's Place'' demanded that Sherer's nude male paintings be covered or taken down in conjunction with Agnes' ''Calling All Angel's'' annual benefit of which ''Studio 2030'' was a part. [[Alan Heldman]], acting on behalf of the galleries, wrote a public statement critical of Hollis' actions that was released to the press. The incident was covered by Associated Press in an article that appeared in ''USA Today'' on [[December 5]], 1994.


==Exhibitions==
[[Paul Barrett]] began assisting operations of the gallery in 1994 and was listed in Art In America as one of the directors of the gallery in 1996. The last exhibition he organized was a show for renowned photographer Ruth Bernhard, although the show opened after he was no longer with the gallery.
* [[Melissa Springer]]'s ''Julia Tutwiler Prison Series'' was Agnes' first exhibit.
 
* [[Thomas Tulis]] was the second exhibition with "Constructions of Suburbia." A series for home construction photographs showing us what we give up in society and what we get in return from that sacrifice.
After Hill closed Studio 2030, Agnes was courted by [[Sloss Real Estate]], developers of [[Pepper Place]] in [[Lakeview]]. The gallery subsequently relocated to 2829 [[2nd Avenue South]] in the former [[Dr Pepper Syrup Plant]].
* [[Volker Seding]] (d. in 2007) exhibited his "Zoo Series" at Agnes covering over 40 years of zoo photography starting with the box-car like cold exhibits of the 1960's to the environmentally friendly exhibition spaces in the current era. This historic exhibition was educational in many ways but mostly in how we, as a society, think about animals in zoos and how we are more humane today, especially in contrast to former times.
* From it's beginning, Agnes worked with [http://www.thebody.com/visualaids Visual AIDS] and "The Electric Blanket" [http://www.atlantaphotographygroup.org/gallery/biographies/vaknin_uri.shtml] and hosted its first "World's AIDS Day" in 1992 with "A Day without Art". [http://www.iceflow.com/daywithoutart/worldaidsawareness89.html]
* The gallery assisted Ellen Fleurov (nee Dugan) with her Olympic exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta called ''Picturing the South.'' (The exhibition is described in Allison Eckardt Ledes' "[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n1_v150/ai_18534901 The South in photographs: Artistic pictures taken from Savannah, GA]" for ''Magazine Antiques'' (July 1996). See also [[Ellen Dugan]], ed., ''Picturing the South'' (San Francisco: Chronicle), Acknowledgements, p. 10.)  This exhibition was also made into a book by Susan Sipple Elliott, ''The South by Its Photographers.''
* ''UPsouth'' traveled to several venues across Birmingham, including Space One Eleven, [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]], the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]], Visual Arts Gallery, and Agnes itself. [http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/press_releases.html]  It showed the work of artists [[Emma Amos]] and Willie Cole and writer [[bell hooks]], as well as Ann Benton, Priscilla Hancock Cooper, [[Karen Graffeo]], [[Lee Isaacs]], [[Mary Ann Sampson]], J. M. Walker and [[Marie Weaver]]. [http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=11809]
* Alexandre Glyadelov's [http://www.msf.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/uploads/ligne_directe/LD77_fr.pdf] ''Homeless in Bosnia'' with [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Médecins sans Frontières]] was the gallery's last exhibit.


==Art magazine==
In [[1998]] Agnes moved again, to the [[Hugh Martin residence]] at 1919 [[15th Avenue South]] where it remained until Coffelt closed the gallery on [[January 17]], [[2001]]. In its eight-year history, Agnes hosted over 77 exhibitions. [[Clayton Colvin]] was the first of many interns over the years. Others included [[Jennifer Chin]], [[Shannon Morris]], [[Carole Yates]], [[Juliet Blacksher]], [[Laura Beth Isabella]], [[Cynthia Farnell]], [[Joel Seah]] and [[Mary Katherine Matalon]].


For two years ([[1994]]-[[1996]])(20 issues), Agnes published the state's first arts magazine ''"Birmingham Art Monthly"'' soon to become ''"Alabama Art Monthly."'' Coffelt was editor/publisher. Linda Hyde was the creative director. Paul Barrett was the magazine's arts editor. [[Lee Isaacs]] was photography editor and Alan Heldman was the magazine's arts writer. At it's height, the magazine was producing 10,000 issues monthly with a paid subscription base of over 5000 covering the entire state's art news through museums, galleries, university galleries and not-for-profit gallery spaces. The magazine also had a section called ''"Artist to Artist"'' interviews between two dynamic artists in the state and magazine also contained "Gallery of the Month" and "Collector's Page" in each issue.
==Exhibitions==
The magazine was printed on recycled paper. [[Space One Eleven]] and [[Magic City Arts Connection]] were the magazine's biggest supporters with little or no help from the states larger museums even though they were asked. Albeit, they were given free space in each and every edition of the publication. After 20 issues and little support from the public at large, the magazine ceased production. [[Category:Defunct periodicals]]
* "Julia Tutwiler Prison Series", photographs by [[Melissa Springer]], was Agnes' inaugural exhibit.
* "Constructions of Suburbia", photographs by [[Thomas Tulis]] was the second exhibition.
* "Zoo Series", 40 years of zoo photographs by [[Volker Seding]]
* "A Day Without Art" for World AIDS Day in [[1992]]
* "UPsouth", works by [[Emma Amos]], Willie Cole, bell hooks, Ann Benton, Priscilla Hancock Cooper, [[Karen Graffeo]], [[Lee Isaacs]], [[Mary Ann Sampson]], J. M. Walker and [[Marie Weaver]].
* "Homeless in Bosnia", photographs by Alexandre Glyadelov for Doctors without Borders was the gallery's final exhibition.


==Artists==
==Artists==
Agnes artists list included: [[Sara Garden Armstrong]], [[Pinky Bass]], Sadie Benning, Ruth Bernhard, Mare Blocker, Cal Breed, Elisa Bryan, Kevin Bubriski, Dan Budnik, Denise Carbone, Jim Cohen, [[Liesa Cole]], [[Clayton Colvin]], Paul Caponigro, Danah Coester, [[Randal Crow]], Craig Cutler, Craig Daniels, Mark Dauber, Jurgen Dopatka, [[Al Edwards]], Roberta Eichenberg, Timothy Ely, Paulo Ferrario, Adrienne Ford, Mitchell Gaudet, Nina Glaser, Alexandre Glyadelov, [[Alice Goodwin]], [[Karen Graffeo]], William K. Greiner, Kelly Grider,[[Jerry Griffies]], Robert John Guttke, J. D. Hayward, Susan Hensel, James Herbert, Jenny Holzer, Davi Det Hompson, Christina Hope, Shig Ikeda, [[Lee Isaacs]],[[Sally Johnson]], Adrian Jones, Steven Katzman, Susan E. King, [[Janice Kluge]], Jim Koss, [[Cam Langley]], [[Lori Lavoy]], Ruth Laxson, O. Winston Link, Miranda Maher, Patrick Martin, [[Spider Martin]], Matuschka, Ian McFarland, Bart Michiels, Dana Moore, [[Julie Moos]], R. J. Muna, Hermann Nitsch, [[Ray Lewis Payne]], [[Liz Phelps]], Jim Pitts, Vicki Ragan, Patricia Richardson, Tut Altman Riddick, [[Stewart Riddle]], [[Iris Rinke-Hammer]], [[Anita Ronderos]], Jessica Rosner, Ed Ruscha, Lori Salcedo, John Patrick Salsbury, [[Mary Ann Sampson]],[[David Sandlin]], Elise Mitchell Sanford, Claire Jeanine Satin, Stephen Savage, [[Virginia Scruggs]], [[Joel Seah]], Volker Seding, Vincent Serbin, Robert A. Shaefer Jr, Susan Share, [[Carolyn Sherer]], Jack Spencer, Maggie Taylor, [[Jason Thrasher]], Arthur Tress, Thomas Tulis, Jerry Uelsmann, James Vella, Adriene Veninger, [[Joe Veras]], Linda Voychehovski, [[J. M. Walker]], John Wawrzonek, [[Marie Weaver]], Nancy Webber, Randy West, and Timothy Wolcott.
Agnes' artist list included: [[Sara Garden Armstrong]], [[Pinky Bass]], Sadie Benning, Ruth Bernhard, Mare Blocker, Cal Breed, Elisa Bryan, Kevin Bubriski, Dan Budnik, Denise Carbone, Jim Cohen, [[Liesa Cole]], [[Clayton Colvin]], Paul Caponigro, Danah Coester, [[Randal Crow]], Craig Cutler, Craig Daniels, Mark Dauber, Dori and Joseph DeCamillis, Jurgen Dopatka, [[Al Edwards]], Roberta Eichenberg, Timothy Ely, Paulo Ferrario, Adrienne Ford, Mitchell Gaudet, Nina Glaser, Alexandre Glyadelov, [[Alice Goodwin]], [[Karen Graffeo]], William K. Greiner, Kelly Grider, [[Jerry Griffies]], Robert John Guttke, J. D. Hayward, Susan Hensel, James Herbert, Jenny Holzer, Davi Det Hompson, Christina Hope, Shig Ikeda, [[Lee Isaacs]], [[Sally Johnson]], Adrian Jones, Steven Katzman, Susan E. King, [[Janice Kluge]], Jim Koss, [[Cam Langley]], [[Lori Lavoy]], Ruth Laxson, O. Winston Link, Miranda Maher, Patrick Martin, [[Spider Martin]], Matuschka, Ian McFarland, Bart Michiels, Dana Moore, [[Julie Moos]], R. J. Muna, Hermann Nitsch, [[Ray Lewis Payne]], [[Liz Phelps]], Jim Pitts, Vicki Ragan, Patricia Richardson, Tut Altman Riddick, [[Stewart Riddle]], [[Iris Rinke-Hammer]], [[Anita Ronderos]], Jessica Rosner, Ed Ruscha, Lori Salcedo, John Patrick Salsbury, [[Mary Ann Sampson]], [[David Sandlin]], Elise Mitchell Sanford, Claire Jeanine Satin, Stephen Savage, [[Virginia Scruggs]], [[Joel Seah]], Volker Seding, Vincent Serbin, Robert A. Shaefer Jr, Susan Share, [[Carolyn Sherer]], Jack Spencer, Melissa Springer, Robert Stivers, Maggie Taylor, Jason Thrasher, Anna Tomczack, Arthur Tress, Thomas Tulis, Jerry Uelsmann, James Vella, Adriene Veninger, [[Joe Veras]], Linda Voychehovski, Jess Marie Walker, John Wawrzonek, [[Marie Weaver]], Nancy Webber, Randy West, and Timothy Wolcott.
 
==See also==
*[[Studio 2030]]
*[[Space One Eleven]]


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/press_releases.html ''UPsouth'' with Space One Eleven]
* [http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/press_releases.html ''UPsouth'' with Space One Eleven]
* [http://www.visualaids.org Day Without Art]
* [http://www.visualaids.org Day Without Art]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_(gallery) Agnes on Wikipedia]


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Agnes was an art gallery specializing in photography and book arts that was open in Birmingham from 1993 to 2001. The gallery promoted social causes as well as artistic talent, presenting exhibitions dealing with AIDS, racism, imprisonment, and other social justice issues through photography, film and video, poetry and book arts.

On May 8, 1993 artist Jon Coffelt and partners Shawn Boley and Jan Hughes opened the gallery on the ground floor of the Dulion Apartments at 2030-A 11th Avenue South in Five Points South, next door to Louis Hill's Studio 2030 gallery.

In 1994, the gallery began publishing Birmingham Art Monthly, which later became Alabama Art Monthly before ceasing publication in 1996.

On December 2, 1994, Agnes and Studio 2030 were involved in a censorship controversy with regard to works by artist, Robert Sherer. Glenda Hollis, former founder of A Baby's Place demanded that Sherer's nude male paintings be covered or taken down in conjunction with Agnes' Calling All Angel's annual benefit of which Studio 2030 was a part. Alan Heldman, acting on behalf of the galleries, wrote a public statement critical of Hollis' actions that was released to the press. The incident was covered by Associated Press in an article that appeared in USA Today on December 5, 1994.

Paul Barrett began assisting operations of the gallery in 1994 and was listed in Art In America as one of the directors of the gallery in 1996. The last exhibition he organized was a show for renowned photographer Ruth Bernhard, although the show opened after he was no longer with the gallery.

After Hill closed Studio 2030, Agnes was courted by Sloss Real Estate, developers of Pepper Place in Lakeview. The gallery subsequently relocated to 2829 2nd Avenue South in the former Dr Pepper Syrup Plant.

In 1998 Agnes moved again, to the Hugh Martin residence at 1919 15th Avenue South where it remained until Coffelt closed the gallery on January 17, 2001. In its eight-year history, Agnes hosted over 77 exhibitions. Clayton Colvin was the first of many interns over the years. Others included Jennifer Chin, Shannon Morris, Carole Yates, Juliet Blacksher, Laura Beth Isabella, Cynthia Farnell, Joel Seah and Mary Katherine Matalon.

Exhibitions

  • "Julia Tutwiler Prison Series", photographs by Melissa Springer, was Agnes' inaugural exhibit.
  • "Constructions of Suburbia", photographs by Thomas Tulis was the second exhibition.
  • "Zoo Series", 40 years of zoo photographs by Volker Seding
  • "A Day Without Art" for World AIDS Day in 1992
  • "UPsouth", works by Emma Amos, Willie Cole, bell hooks, Ann Benton, Priscilla Hancock Cooper, Karen Graffeo, Lee Isaacs, Mary Ann Sampson, J. M. Walker and Marie Weaver.
  • "Homeless in Bosnia", photographs by Alexandre Glyadelov for Doctors without Borders was the gallery's final exhibition.

Artists

Agnes' artist list included: Sara Garden Armstrong, Pinky Bass, Sadie Benning, Ruth Bernhard, Mare Blocker, Cal Breed, Elisa Bryan, Kevin Bubriski, Dan Budnik, Denise Carbone, Jim Cohen, Liesa Cole, Clayton Colvin, Paul Caponigro, Danah Coester, Randal Crow, Craig Cutler, Craig Daniels, Mark Dauber, Dori and Joseph DeCamillis, Jurgen Dopatka, Al Edwards, Roberta Eichenberg, Timothy Ely, Paulo Ferrario, Adrienne Ford, Mitchell Gaudet, Nina Glaser, Alexandre Glyadelov, Alice Goodwin, Karen Graffeo, William K. Greiner, Kelly Grider, Jerry Griffies, Robert John Guttke, J. D. Hayward, Susan Hensel, James Herbert, Jenny Holzer, Davi Det Hompson, Christina Hope, Shig Ikeda, Lee Isaacs, Sally Johnson, Adrian Jones, Steven Katzman, Susan E. King, Janice Kluge, Jim Koss, Cam Langley, Lori Lavoy, Ruth Laxson, O. Winston Link, Miranda Maher, Patrick Martin, Spider Martin, Matuschka, Ian McFarland, Bart Michiels, Dana Moore, Julie Moos, R. J. Muna, Hermann Nitsch, Ray Lewis Payne, Liz Phelps, Jim Pitts, Vicki Ragan, Patricia Richardson, Tut Altman Riddick, Stewart Riddle, Iris Rinke-Hammer, Anita Ronderos, Jessica Rosner, Ed Ruscha, Lori Salcedo, John Patrick Salsbury, Mary Ann Sampson, David Sandlin, Elise Mitchell Sanford, Claire Jeanine Satin, Stephen Savage, Virginia Scruggs, Joel Seah, Volker Seding, Vincent Serbin, Robert A. Shaefer Jr, Susan Share, Carolyn Sherer, Jack Spencer, Melissa Springer, Robert Stivers, Maggie Taylor, Jason Thrasher, Anna Tomczack, Arthur Tress, Thomas Tulis, Jerry Uelsmann, James Vella, Adriene Veninger, Joe Veras, Linda Voychehovski, Jess Marie Walker, John Wawrzonek, Marie Weaver, Nancy Webber, Randy West, and Timothy Wolcott.

References

  • "Agnes (gallery)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 19 Nov 2006, 16:51 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 20 Nov 2006 [1].

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