Callahan is an artist and serial entrepreneur who has created and directed several businesses. She has designed and developed large community art projects as well as manage her own art studio.  She is the proud mom of her grown son, Zachary, who much to her delight,  has moved back to Atlanta from the West Coast. She is happy to be the loving life partner to her husband Bill Pope. Callahan and Bill reside in their wonderful Live/work/studio, located in the Old Fourth Ward, intown Atlanta, Ga.


Statement:
The departure point for my work comes from myself, my relationships, and my surroundings. The layers of meaning that come through my work, the sense of a source other than I can name, are always a bit of a surprise to me. Increasingly, I have a desire to make marks in time,  to leave a record, that which I cannot put in words.  I fantasize of cave paintings and how they were a part of daily life, how they recorded, mourned,  and celebrated a tribes’ days and experiences. I look for that balance of elegance and crudeness in my work and the daily reference in the ‘doing’ of the work. My desire is for my work to be experienced out in the world, to make a difference that touches people’s lives.