Westside Arts District announces new daytime art walk

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“It feels like it’s still growing,” says Emily Amy, the eponymous owner and director of Emily Amy Gallery, which opened just last year. “There may have been plans for forming something like [WAD] before, but no one ever really mentioned it. There are so many creative people working here, it just makes sense to establish some teamwork.”

Amy’s optimism is refreshing, considering the current (and somewhat redundant) doom and gloom over the economy. Her sunny attitude seems to characterize the WAD project as a whole: a group of creative entrepreneurs, representing very different senses of taste and business philosophies united for a common front. WAD is currently comprised of eight members: the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Emily Amy Gallery, Get This! Gallery, Kiang Gallery, SALTWORKS, Sandler Hudson Gallery and Octane Coffee Bar.

As published on Creative Loafing's blog, Fresh Loaf.