Fresh Dirt, the deep South’s newest artistic collective researching practicing Surrealism in the 21st Century, will host an exhibition & creative soiree’ in May! The collective is an offspring of previous incarnations, it’s member’s having originated activities as early as 1974 in Tuscaloosa, infamously known as Raudelunas, out of which birthed the first Birmingham group, “Glass Veal” and free improvisation pioneers of TransMuseq. As the artists’ groups continued, the group has reorganized in 2017 as “Fresh-Dirt” and is actively pursuing to connect artists who are practicing Surrealist Methods, Conceptual Theories, and influences in the 21st century. Fresh Dirt is drawing together from the core group to artists in neighboring communities the first Alabama Surrealist Sympatica, an Exhibition and Creative Soire’ to be hosted by Art Town at Eastlake Station.  Along with the visual exhibition of artworks, there will be Surrealist inspired performances by the South’s most potent improvisers in multi-disciplinary exploration involving dance, music, butoh, poetry, and community collective art projects in writing and drawing, and mixed-media.

The reception will feature inedible food. Artists are coming from as far as Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia to collaborate and participate in the Fresh Dirt event. Many local artists  are involved and participating in the Soire.’ The Exhibition & Soire will be attended by art historian, Steven Harris, University of Alberta, (Canada) who is writing a comprehensive history documenting Surrealism in the South (Alabama). The public is invited to experience Fresh-Dirt, and participate in a Salon style evening of living art, imagination, discourse, and practicing methods of Surrealist Inquiry.