Appalachian Sculpture Project
Meeks Park, Blairsville, Georgia
2009 - 2012 Currently on Exhibit
Funding by the Grassroots Arts Program & Georgia Council for the Arts
Recommendation by
Union County Commissioner Lamar Pais
Suwanee SculpTour 2012
An outdoor sculpture exhibit
Vote for People's Choice award
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 TV/Video Appearances:
2012 - Al Garnto - A Retrospective
20 years of Al Garnto's work
Show and Inerview at Young Harris College
Video By David Sellers
2012 - Studio Interview
Behind the scenes - rare look at Al Garnto's Blairsville Studio
Video by David Sellers
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:
August 2011 - Young Harris College Spotlight
Article published by YHC
January 2011 - The North Georgia News
New Garnto sculptures at Meeks Park
Article by Janice Boling
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
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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