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Splatter Studio sparks creativity Business encourages patrons to immerse themselves in art By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — What makes art, art? Is art just paint on a canvas, clay on a wheel, or a moment in time frozen by an expertly snapped picture? For the folks at The Splatter Studio in Sandy Springs, art goes beyond any form or medium, becoming a fullbody experience that can inspire talent, emotion and creativity in even the least artistic of us. Opened in 2020 by Howard Krinsky, owner of the Atlanta-based art supply store Binders, The Splatter Studio offers customers a chance to become Jackson Pollock for an hour or two by creating personal artworks in
a riotous frenzy of paint. Jenna Rees, chief brand officer for The Splatter Studio, said the business’s mission of being a “contemporary action painting experience” pays tribute to the Abstract Expressionism period in art history, where artists like Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Lee Krasner and others started experimenting with non-objective paintings, made through new techniques. “Instead of just a traditional brush, they were using sticks and brooms, and whatever they could find,” Rees said. “It was a full body experience, experimental, and the paintings were totally nonobjective.”
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Splatter Studios on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs offers customers a place to unleash their inner Jackson Pollock, by making creative and personal action paintings using a variety of tools and paints.
Youth sports organizations flock to join Braves league By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Atlanta Braves honored leaders from Sandy Springs and other North Georgia cities July 31 as part of an announcement for a new Georgia youth sports league — the Braves Country Baseball and Softball Association. Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul and representatives from other local sports programs were called onto the field at Truist Park ahead of the Braves game to announce the new organization which will provide league and all-star tournament play for kids 5 to 12 years old. Through the program, which launches in March, players will have the chance to represent their communities in district, regional and state tournaments, as well as the “Braves Country Championship” held at the end of June. “We are launching Braves Country Baseball and Softball to help create access to high-quality baseball and softball play at the local level,” said Greg McMichael, Atlanta Braves Senior Director of Alumni Relations and Growing the Game. “With current partners across Georgia and Alabama, the Braves aim to launch this new program with youth baseball associations in every state
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