Appalachian Sculpture Project
Meeks Park, Blairsville, Georgia
2009 - Currently on Exhibit
Funding by the Grassroots Arts Program & Georgia Council for the Arts
Selected Permanent Collections:
Young Harris College:
Byron Herbert Reece Series
Young Harris College:
Al Garnto 30+ designs in "Mann Collection"
John Denton - Collector: Al Garnto Collection
Alexander's Store: Mural display - 75 ft.
Charles Hill: Family Portrait Collection
Amicalola State Park: Water Fall Mural
Janice Kelley - Collector: Union County Historical Court House Collection
Owenby/Sosbee: Still life and Landscape Collection
Selected Commissions:
Charles Hill: Family Portraits
Toni Smith: Portrait
Bill & Gena Frisby: Portrait
Tony & Katherine Hamby: Family Portrait
Young Harris College: Mann Collection Designs
Joele Kimsey: Portrait
Alexander's Store: Display Mural
Billy Blue: House Mural
Kevin Green: Collage Wall Sculpture
Toni Smith: House Mural
Pat Smidt: House Mural
Formal Education:
Atlanta College Of Art
Atlanta, GA
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: Art & Sculpture
1993 to 1994
Young Harris College
Young Harris, GA
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: Art & Sculpture
Clubs: Tennis Team
1992 to 1993
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Featured Television Appearances:
2009 - Mountain Trails Appalachian Sculpture Project interview hosted by Cindy Williams
Filmed in Meeks Park
2006 - Art in the Mountains by David Sellers
AL Garnto's Nottely River Series
Filmed at David's Fine Art Gallery in Murphy, NC
2003 - Art in the Mountains by David Sellers
The Al Garnto Retrospective Solo Art Exhibit
Filmed at the Clegg Fine Art Gallery, Young Harris College
Selected Publications & News Releases:
January 2011 - The North Georgia News
New Garnto sculptures at Meeks Park
Article by
The New Castle Record
Everyday art from the heart of two sculptors
By Gwen Johnson
May 2009 - Georgia Mountain Living Magazine
Through the Eyes of Al Garnto
Article by Scott Anna
December 19, 2007 - North Georgia News
Al Garnto and the Little Jim Global Art Project
Interview by Janice Boling
March 28, 2006 - North Georgia News
Resident Artist Al Garnto's Nottely River Series
Interview by Janice Boling
March 30, 2006 - Union/Towns Sentinel
Al Garnto - The man behind the Art
Interview by Emily Hrabovsky
March 15, 2006 - Cherokee Scout
Al Garnto - One Man Show
Scouting Around by Gerry Silvia
2005 - Union Sentinel
Local Artist Canvases Nottely River
Interview by Justin Melick
October 23, 2002 - Union Sentinel
The Art of Al Garnto
Press Release from YHC
2002 - Spring edition of Echoes
Young Harris College Publication
Cover Art
1999 - October 28 The Union Sentinel
Interview by Delores Kilpatrick
October 15, 1998 - The Union Sentinel
Interview by Michael A. Rhodes
1992 - Corn Creek Review
Art by Al Garnto
Published by Young Harris College
Solo Exhibition History:
2006 - David's Fine Art Gallery, Murphy, N. C.
Nottely River Series and Other Selected Works
2003 -Young Harris College, Young Harris Ga.
A Retrospective: Drawings, Paintings and Constructed Assemblages
Group Exhibition History:
1994 - United Community Bank, Blairsville, Ga.
5th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
1994 - Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta Ga.
Student Art Show
1992 - Young Harris College, Young Harris, Ga.
Student Art Show
Awards:
1994 - Honorable Mention
United Community Bank, Juried Exhibition
1993 - Presidential Scholarship Award
The Atlanta College of Art
1992 - Second Place: Paintings
Young Harris College Art Show 1992 - Honorable Mention, Sculpture
Young Harris College Art Show
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