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Chilean-created mural on display at Ga. Tech

It took more than a village to create the supersized work of Chilean art being donated to the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech at a public reception tonight.

“El Papel Del Chileno” (“The Paper of the Chilean People”) is a mural in two 7-foot-square pieces, created by hundreds of Chilean adults and children. Mariana Kaplun, guest curator of Santiago’s Museo de Bellas Artes, merged the handmade paper and added her own art.

Kaplan will be at the free 5-7 p.m. reception, also attended by Chile’s ambassador to the U.S., Mariano Fernandez Amunategui. The work will remain on view through Friday. 500 10th St., 404-894-7840, www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp.

Today

Area air guitar heroes will get the chance to show their stuff at the Atlanta regional qualifier for the U.S. Air Guitar Championships. The winner of the nationals will compete for the world title at the annual Air Guitar World Championship in Oulu, Finland, in August. 8:30 p.m. June 1. $10-$12. The EARL, 488 Flat Shoals Ave., Atlanta. 404-522-3950. www.badearl.com

Tuesday

“Tradin’ Paint” is a comedy about racing and romance —- and good fried chicken —- that follows the tale of an auto parts clerk Darla Frye, and how she takes control of her life with encouragement from the folks she meets at the Bristol Motor Speedway. 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Through June 7. $11-$33. Theatre in the Square, 11 Whitlock Ave., Marietta. 770-422-8369, www.theatre inthesquare.com.

Free and cheap

“Southern Landscapes” gathers photo-based work by Lucinda Bunnen, Clyde Butcher, John Duckworth, Paul Hagedorn, Jack Leigh, Meryl Truett and Lynn Wright that surveys both the geographical and the mental landscape of the South. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through June 5; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. June 6. Free. Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, 425 Peachtree Hills Ave. N.E., No. 25, Atlanta. 404-492-7718, www.hagedornfoundationgallery.org.

Corral Collections

You don’t want to live in a stuffy museum, but you’d be wise to think like a curator and coalesce your curios. Whether your baubles are divine (Richard Avedon photos) or so-so (old rolling pins), the secret lies in presentation.

“Look at things you have. Can you group anything together to make it a collection?” says Roslyn Ashford, a Silver Spring, Md., interior designer with Ra ReDoes Rooms.

Don’t collect anything? Scour flea markets and thrift shops and see what appeals to you, whether it’s apothecary bottles or old-timey toys. (For inspiration, go to www.lostfoundart.com.)

WASHINGTON POST

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