About DIFFERENT TRAINS GALLERY:
DIFFERENT TRAINS is an Atlanta art gallery showing local & internationally recognized contemporary artists. We also offer personalized & professional art consulting services for corporate, healthcare & residential clients + cleared art rental & licensing for Georgia film & television productions. Our main gallery is in Decatur's Old Depot District, a quick stroll from the Kimball House & Kelly's Market. Our satellite space, DTG2 at Cornerstone Bank of Decatur, showcases work by Georgia-based arts groups + students & teachers from kindergarten through college. The Waddi ATL is our new Inman Park space, where we'll present a regular schedule of exhibitions & events with art & music. Get on board by signing up for our VIP email list and follow us on Instagram, Facebook & Pinterest. Feel free to contact us with any inquires.
PRESS RELEASE: April 2017
by Kevin C. Madigan
DIFFERENT TRAINS GALLERY, the brainchild of art lovers Sarah Garvin and Shawn Vinson, launched with a special event during the Decatur ArtWalk on May 26, 2017. Located in Decatur's Old Depot District, six miles east of downtown Atlanta, the gallery shows contemporary art by local & internationally recognized artists. Featured artists include Ruth Franklin, Luzene Hill, Chris Pig, Marek Tobolewski, Harry Underwood and Kosmo Vinyl. Works by other contemporary artists are also available year-round.
“I call it uncommon common sense. You have a wonderful setting with two or three- dimensional art, you draw people in for the experience, and there’s this neighborhood feel to it - that’s a wonderful thing,” says partner Sarah Garvin, a longtime collector who began buying art while still in college.
The gallery also hosts pop-up dinners, wine tastings, artist talks, and live music events several times a year. “We want to mix it up. These are going to be happenings, to use an old-fashioned term,” Garvin notes.
Garvin and Vinson have a combined 60 years of experience in the art world, and Different Trains represents the culmination of their endeavors. “Shawn and I have spent a lifetime connected with the arts, and we’ve managed to accumulate this rather vast network of wonderful talent,” Garvin adds. “Now they have a place to come and talk about their work. Throw in music, food and wine, how can you go wrong?”
Garvin was an art history major at Tulane University and spent many years in the corporate world before returning to her art roots. Vinson was a founder of the Decatur ArtWalk and ran The Vinson Gallery from 1998 until 2008. British artist Ruth Franklin, Vinson’s partner, says “I’ve always felt that art should be accessible and inclusive, not exclusive; that’s the whole point. Approachability is important.”
by Kevin C. Madigan
DIFFERENT TRAINS GALLERY, the brainchild of art lovers Sarah Garvin and Shawn Vinson, launched with a special event during the Decatur ArtWalk on May 26, 2017. Located in Decatur's Old Depot District, six miles east of downtown Atlanta, the gallery shows contemporary art by local & internationally recognized artists. Featured artists include Ruth Franklin, Luzene Hill, Chris Pig, Marek Tobolewski, Harry Underwood and Kosmo Vinyl. Works by other contemporary artists are also available year-round.
“I call it uncommon common sense. You have a wonderful setting with two or three- dimensional art, you draw people in for the experience, and there’s this neighborhood feel to it - that’s a wonderful thing,” says partner Sarah Garvin, a longtime collector who began buying art while still in college.
The gallery also hosts pop-up dinners, wine tastings, artist talks, and live music events several times a year. “We want to mix it up. These are going to be happenings, to use an old-fashioned term,” Garvin notes.
Garvin and Vinson have a combined 60 years of experience in the art world, and Different Trains represents the culmination of their endeavors. “Shawn and I have spent a lifetime connected with the arts, and we’ve managed to accumulate this rather vast network of wonderful talent,” Garvin adds. “Now they have a place to come and talk about their work. Throw in music, food and wine, how can you go wrong?”
Garvin was an art history major at Tulane University and spent many years in the corporate world before returning to her art roots. Vinson was a founder of the Decatur ArtWalk and ran The Vinson Gallery from 1998 until 2008. British artist Ruth Franklin, Vinson’s partner, says “I’ve always felt that art should be accessible and inclusive, not exclusive; that’s the whole point. Approachability is important.”
Personalized & Professional Art Services:
- art consulting/advisory for corporate, healthcare & residential spaces
- art sourcing & acquisition assistance
- cleared art rental & licensing for Georgia Film & Television Productions
- evidence based art, framing & installation for healthcare environments
- custom picture framing
- art delivery & installation
- art repair & restoration
- event space rentals
Affiliations & Links:
- ArtsATL - Atlanta's source for art news & reviews
- Atlanta Celebrates Photography - the largest annual community-oriented photo festival in the US
- Atlanta Printmakers Studio - a non-profit community printmaking studio
- British American Business Council - Georgia
- BURNAWAY - the voice of art in the South
- City Lights with Lois Reitzes - exploring ways in which people express themselves creatively & enhance our lives
- Decatur Arts Alliance - supporting & enhancing the arts in the City of Decatur
- Decatur Book Festival - the largest independent book festival in the country
- Georgia Production Partnership
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
- Printmaking Today - the authorized journal of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
- Royal Academy of Arts
- SGC International - connecting artist of original prints, drawings, books & handmade paper
- SGCI Atlanta 2017
- Soccer in the Streets - transforming lives & communities through the beautiful game
- What is a Print?