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Art & Commerce, A Love Story...

11/16/2017

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by Shawn Vinson

DIFFERENT TRAINS GALLERY Partner/Director

Oscar Wilde
When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art.
When artists get together for dinner,
they discuss Money.

- Oscar Wilde


Earlier this year at the opening of the Decatur Art Festival Fine Arts Exhibition at Agnes Scott College's Dalton Gallery, I was introduced to a charming local banker from Cornerstone Bank. I didn't realize that we still had any community banks left and it was nice to meet Jamie Ensley. When he learned that I had just opened DIFFERENT TRAINS GALLERY his eyes lit up!

Do you want to open another gallery in our bank? he asked.

Turns out that Jamie and his team were just discussing the best use of some extra space they had at their Decatur office. Ideas were floated: a community room? a wi-fi cafe? 


Jamie, who was once the chair of the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, had another idea: ​
What about an art gallery?
A week later, I met with Jamie and Hank Almquist, Cornerstone's CEO. Hank started his banking career at Chase Manhattan in New York under David Rockefeller, who established the firm’s art program. The Chase Collection took the lead in the field of corporate art collecting worldwide.

Rockefeller believed that arts and culture are the lifeblood of local communities and in that spirit, DIFFERENT TRAINS GALLERY 2 at Cornerstone Bank of Decatur was launched.   

You'll find the gallery just off the Square in Decatur, Georgia (six miles east of downtown Atlanta). It's one half-block north of the Dekalb History Center Museum / Old Courthouse at 125 Clairemont Avenue. Walk through the lobby & past the vault, and you just might feel as though you've been transported to New York or London. The large corner gallery space features high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows - a lovely environment for displaying and enjoying art. 

The first two exhibitions have showcased Georgia artists Elizabeth Barton, Christopher Paul Dean, Ruth Franklin, Luzene Hill, Masako Kelly, Steve Mckenzie, Jon Eric Riis and Flora Rosefsky.

The current show, "Bank SEE 2.0", continues through December 31. DTG2 is open during bank hours, Mon-Thu: 9 - 4 & Fri: 9 - 5.

Upcoming Events:
DTG1 - 432 East Howard Avenue No. 24
Dec 2nd, 5 - 8pm: Holiday Show Opening Reception - celebrate the season and get the first look at our annual salon-style exhibition of affordable art by gallery artists. Yule love it! 
​
DTG2 at Cornerstone Bank of Decatur
125 Clairemont Avenue No. 100

Dec 5th, 10:30am - 12pm: A Conversation with Jon Eric Riis - gallery talk with gallery director Shawn Vinson and artists Luzene Hill, Steve Mckenzie & Flora Rosefsky
Dec 14th, 5 - 8pm: Holiday Party for Cornerstone Bank customers, friends & neighbors; gallery patrons, artists & friends;, and members of the Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur Business Association and the AGLCC.
Different Trains Gallery 2 at Cornerstone Bank of Decatur
DTG2 at Cornerstone Bank of Decatur
"Bruised" by Jon Eric Riis
Cornerstone Bank's Jamie Ensley, Decatur Mayor Patti Garrett and Gallery Director Shawn Vinson
Grand Opening with Jamie Ensley, Decatur Mayor Patti Garrett & Shawn Vinson

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  • Shop
  • artists
  • Waddi ATL
  • exhibitions & events
    • Harry Underwood: Outdoor Worship
    • RUTH FRANKLIN: Old and New Dreams
    • Coalescence: SCAD Class of 2022 Senior Exhibition
    • Littles
    • Time Frames: Photography by Jim Alexander and Carlos York >
      • Artist Talk with Jim Alexander and Carlos York
    • Here and Now
    • 3 Southern Artists featuring Harry Underwood
    • 5 ATL Artists Pop Up Show at The WADDI
    • Social Distance Gallery ATL
    • missive - UNG Faculty Show
    • Wood at The Waddi
    • Artist Xie Caomin at Different Trains Gallery 2 at Cornerstone Bank of Decatur
    • Pop-Up Show at 378 featuring The Real Frank Tee and Kim Cresswell
    • Luzene Hill - Now that the Gates of Hell are Closed... >
      • Luzene Hill artist talk
    • Around the Wheel - Color Wheel Teachers Show
    • Best of Atlanta 2019
    • Yehimi Cambrón Pop-Up Show
    • Summer Show 2019
    • Academe of the Oaks Student Exhibition
    • Remembering Marvin Rhodes
    • 378 Clifton Road Pop-Up May 2 2019
    • Ruth Franklin - Only When I Laugh
    • Perspectives: WCAGA Group Exhibit
    • Harry Underwood Red Letter Days >
      • a conversation with artist Harry Underwood
    • The Gallery: Natalie Twigg and Todd Alexander >
      • A Conversation with Natalie Twigg
    • Eben Dunn: Amplification and De-amplification >
      • A Conversation with Atlanta Artists Eben Dunn & Jim Johnson
    • Decaturscapes
    • M.C. Escher +
    • Math + Art
    • Cisco Kid vs Donald Trump >
      • Artist Talk & Tea with Kosmo Vinyl
    • Bank SEE 2.0
    • Through a Glass Darkly
    • Bank SEE
    • Grand Opening and Inaugural Exhibition
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  • Kosmo's Vinyl of the Week
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