Southbound Kickoff Dinner with G&G and The Halsey

Guests gather at G&G to celebrate the largest exhibition of early twenty-first-century Southern photography ever assembled.

Pat Brown, artist Euphus Ruth, Holly Sellers, and artist Bill Steber enjoy Veritas wine.

G&G senior vice president and editor in chief, David DiBenedetto (left) kicks off the night with a toast alongside Mark Sloan, director and chief curator at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.

From left: Tracey Morgan, Leslie Stilwell, artist Rob Amberg, and artist Rachel Boillot.

From left: Maureen Cullins, artist Titus Brooks Heagins, Mary Trent, and Andrew Clark.

Ian Gleason & Soul Preservation Society perform during cocktail hour.

Guests sip on the signature cocktail, the Southbound, made with High Wire Distilling Co.’s New Southern Revival Brand Bourbon Whiskey. From left: Artist Lucinda Bunnen, artist John Hathaway, and Valda Hathaway.

From left: Patricia McNair and artist Rob Amberg.

From left: Vanessa Basto; Cheryl Keats; Pat Votava, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art board president; and Buff Ross.

High Wire Distilling Co.’s Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall.

From left: Artist Langdon Clay, Magdelena Solé, and artist Maude Schuyler Clay.

From left: Shon Barnett and Greg Harris.