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A local art lover fulfills her dream of owning a gallery<\/p>\n

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STORY: H.M. Cauley<\/p>\n

Katie Jones isn\u2019t waiting for a midlife crisis or fate to take hold to do what she\u2019s always dreamed about. Instead, the recent Birmingham-Southern College graduate has leapt body and soul into one of the toughest jobs in town: art gallery curator.<\/p>\n

Atlanta has a wealth of destination galleries\u2014and a list almost as long of those that didn\u2019t make it. But Jones is determined to put her youthful energy into making Buckhead Art & Company a fixture on the town\u2019s art scene.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cOwning my own gallery was a life goal, and people might think it\u2019s crazy to jump into it right out of school,\u201d says the Roswell native who recently moved down the street from the gallery, which is located in The Shops Buckhead Atlanta. \u201cAnd it\u2019s really pushed me in every way\u2014physically, emotionally and spiritually.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduating last spring, Jones didn\u2019t envision a way to put her degree in art and business to good use. \u201cOver the Christmas break my senior year, I had interned for [Buckhead artist] Hutton Snellings, the previous owner of Buckhead Art & Company, and we talked about my working for her after graduation, but that fell through,\u201d says Jones. Instead, she went into software sales and pitched in at the gallery on weekends. So when Snellings said, \u201cI have a 2-year-old, and I really want to be painting,\u201d the idea of Jones taking over the space began to take shape. \u201cShe told me I was the only person who cared about it as much as she did,\u201d says Jones. \u201cSo I left my [software] job, emptied my bank account and jumped right in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her dad jumped in, too, providing a loan to buy the gallery that Jones is slowly paying off. \u201cHe told me he knew doing this was more important than paying for a wedding,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now, Jones oversees the 3,380-square-foot space that features works from more than 30 artists whose work is hard to typecast. \u201cThere\u2019s power in having multiple styles; there\u2019s something for everyone when they walk in, from paper pieces at $45 to collectors\u2019 pieces and fine art at $25,000,\u201d she says. \u201cThere\u2019s photography, abstracts, mixed media. Most of the artists are from the Southeast, but I also have a few from Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Colorado, and they work well together and complement each other. I love every single piece.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones is also working to make the gallery a gathering space with events such as open-mic nights, special exhibits and fashion shows. \u201cThe art is what\u2019s most important, but those events allow people who might not usually see the art a chance to see it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also vital to keep pace with the demands of the job, she added. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to get overwhelmed sometimes because it\u2019s just me. But a lot of people got me here, and I have to keep carrying on.\u201d<\/p>\n

BUCKHEAD ART & COMPANY
\n288 Buckhead Ave.
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