The grand opening of UTA's Atlanta office and artist space drew a throng of dignitaries, regional political stars and well-wishers. We were encouraged to make ourselves scarce.
Seen at the ribbon-cutting are Georgia voting-rights firebrand Stacey Abrams, Mayor Andre Dickens, UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Co-Head of UTA Atlanta Steve Cohen, KLUTCH Sports Group's Rich Paul and Co-Head of UTA Atlanta Rob Gibbs. Later, Jeremy used those giant shears to cut an annoying tag out of the back of his shirt.
Partner & UTA Music Agent Cheryl Paglierani, Co-Head of UTA Music Scott Clayton, Co-Head of UTA Nashville Jeffrey Hasson and Keep Cool/RCA's Binta Brown will disavow any knowledge of us.
UTA Chief Diversity Officer Lindsay Wagner and KLUTCH Sports Group Head of Football Damarius Bilbo were delighted not to see us.
UTA Digital Talent Agent Ty Flynn, actor-artist Kat Graham and cinematographer Darren Genet hoped this photo would run on a more respectable website or, you know, any other website.
Head of UTA New York Allan Haldeman and Talent Agent Brian Nossokoff struggled not to say "Hotlanta," though they really wanted to.