Gallery Openings and Artist Receptions
Creative Arts Guild Gallery Openings + Artist Receptions typically take place on the first Friday evening of each month from 5:30-7:00pm. They give the public the first opportunity to view and purchase from the latest exhibits in Gallery FIVE20 and Gallery ONE11, as well as the opportunity for viewers to speak with exhibiting artists and curators. Gallery Openings are always free, family-friendly, and open to all. We will have an arts-focused activity set up for the kids in attendance! Refreshments and a cash bar are also available.
OPENING FEBRUARY 7:
Join us for the first Gallery Opening Reception of 2026 featuring work by Mark Leibert in Gallery FIVE20 and "Mortal Fragments: The Art of Becoming Whole" by Steve Griffin in Gallery ONE11. Our Gallery Opening Receptions are always open to all with FREE ADMISSION and are family-friendly. An arts activity for kids, refreshments, and a cash bar will be available.
GALLERY FIVE20: Mark Leibert was born and raised in Honolulu and now lives and works in Atlanta. His works explore an other-worldly space that spans abstraction and figuration. His practice includes painting, drawing, time-based works, photography, and installation. His paintings were selected for No. 58 of New American Paintings, the juried exhibition-in-print. He has taught at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Georgia State University, SCAD Atlanta, Georgia Institute of Technology, and James Madison University. His work is in private and corporate collections, including High Museum of Art, Capital One, and The Ritz-Carlton, among others. He is a co-founder of Day & Night Projects, an Atlanta artist-run exhibition space. He received a BA from University of California, Berkeley and an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. Leibert is represented by Sandler Hudson Gallery. He is currently a Professor of the Practice in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, where he teaches courses on visual culture, art, and design. He is also the keynote speaker for the Guild's annual Creative Connections Arts Educators' Conference, which gives Arts Educators from Whitfield and Murray Counties a day of continuing education workshops.
GALLERY ONE11: "Mortal Fragments: The Art of Becoming Whole" is a solo exhibition by Steven L. Griffin, featuring deeply layered narrative intarsia sculptures exploring memory, loss, myth, and restoration.
Through intricately carved and painted wood reliefs, Mortal Fragments examines how lives are assembled from fragments—memory, imagination, grief, and story. Blending folklore and autobiography, the work reflects on identity, inheritance, and the long work of becoming whole. This is a contemplative, craft-forward exhibition designed to be experienced slowly and in person.