Mission and New Name!

After 17 years and countless shows featuring hundreds of artists, we continue our to bring artists and viewers together in an environment of freedom under a new name that fits our mission perfectly: Visionary Growth Gallery and Farm. Same location, new name. Check our new website at www.VisGrow.com as this site will be phased out.

Lowery Juries National Show Of Outsider Art

I was chosen to jury the national show of outsider art / art brut by Minnapolis’ prestigious Interact Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. The show, entitled Take Me To The River, featured over 68 works chosen from over 250 entries. Definitely an honor for me to do this, but it was even more exciting to meet the amazing artists and staff at Interact, and the experience has inspired me to form something similar here in Georgia. My interest in art has leaned heavily towards art brut and outsider art for some time now, and with my interest and work in mental health ( I currently serve on the Dept. of Human Resources Regional Board of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases ), providing a place for challenged artists to grow and develop seems to be where my path is leading. There is a great deal of support for this idea. Read below and please contact me if you have an interest in this area.

NEW: Services For Artists With Disabilities

Visionary Growth Gallery is developing services for artists with disabilities and mental illness. Our goal is to provide a place for these artists to learn and develop their creative abilites to their fullest potential and have a gallery to exhibit and represent their work alongside professional local, regional and national artists.
If you would like to refer someone you think would benefit from such a service, or if you feel you have discovered unrecognized talent, please contact us. We currently have very limited space for only a few individuals, but hope to expand to serve the needs of mentally challenged artists. Our model is the Visual Arts aspect of Minneapolis’ Interact Center:  www.interactcenter.com
 

Interior View Of The Visionary Growth Gallery

Click here to view and purchase folk art by Carter Wellborn

Visionary Growth Gallery and Farm at sunrise.

Get out of the city and come to the gallery to enjoy some great art, outdoor sculpture, horses, pigs, dogs (dogs welcome here!), and nature...and meet some good people in the process.

Flagpole COVER-age...

This stunning painting was chosen as the COVER for Athens’ magazine of arts and culture, The Flagpole (thanks for all the inquiries, but this painting has SOLD).

Check it out...Beth Steele’s awesome sculpture from our winter show, PIGS! was featured on the cover of Athens’ arts paper Flagpole Magazine!

And Joni Younkins great new sculpture from our Spring show, Multi Ball, was also featured on the cover of Flagpole!

Outsider Art, Folk Art, Art Brut and Psychiatric Art

Visionary Growth Gallery and Farm (formerly Lowery Gallery) is an Athens, Georgia art gallery displaying paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, pottery, folk art, outsider art, and art brut. We serve clients in Athens, Atlanta, Lake Oconee and Madison County.We are the area’s largest, longest continuous operating gallery, and we are the only area gallery featuring not only contemporary art, but folk art, art by mentally challenged artists, and outsider art as well.

We have a limited number of studios for rent at reasonable rates for artists in our peaceful, pastoral setting. Currently, all studios are rented, but send an email to art(at)VisGrow.com or call 706-363-0393 to inquire about availability or to get on a waiting list

Exhibit Opportunities

Have an idea for a show? Submit ideas via email to:
art(at)VisGrow.com or call 706-248-9599.