Arts for All Gallery presents ?HEREIN LIE BURIED MANY THINGS ? ,? an exhibition of African American textiles presented as part of the National Black Arts Festival.  The exhibition opens Tuesday, June 24th and continues on view through Friday, August 8th, 2003.

Guest Curator for the exhibition Ben Apfelbaum, Director of Exhibitions at Spruill Arts Center, describes the exhibit as a collection of work that ?draws artists primarily from what may be one of the least represented groups within the VSA arts constituency ? elders and senior citizens.?  He goes on to note that ?The assisted living centers, the seniors? clubs, the organizations and community centers of Atlanta?s African American community are filled with traditional artists for whom working in textiles is an old habit ? quilting, sewing, and embroidering at the feet of the generations which came before.?  The exhibit also includes younger practitioners of textile art, providing artists of all ages working within the same traditions a chance know, learn and grow with each other, as well as offering the viewing public an opportunity to appreciate a great living tradition that has produced masterpieces of design and invention, resonating with the historic past throughout the African American community across the country.  The Atlanta area artists featured in the exhibit include:  Tonia Floyd, Marquetta Johnson, Irene Lewis, Annie Smith and ?Queen? Esther Smith.  ?HEREIN LIE BURIED MANY THINGS?? celebrates NBAF and the 100th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois? The Souls of Black Folk.

Arts for All Gallery, a program of VSA arts of Georgia, hosts a monthly First Thursday reception, part of the Downtown Atlanta artswalk, which is always free and open to the public.  The public is invited to join us for a Meet The Artists reception on Thursday, August 7th, 2003, from 5 ? 9 p.m.  Atlanta keyboard musician Carlos Evans will offer entertainment, and an assortment of complimentary refreshments will be provided.

Arts for All Gallery, located in the historic in the Healey Building, is open to the public Monday ? Friday, 9 a.m. ? 5 p.m. and admission is always free.  There is an ADA-accessible entrance on Forsyth Street, NW; Braille exhibition pamphlets and audio description are also provided.