8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (464+ words) Dec. 17 — In the last few days, two Atlanta arts programs have taken steps to make creative labor and civic participation easier to name – and harder to dismiss. Paint Love just told six Atlanta artists: spend a year with us. Learn…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (303+ words) Here are five things to know as Shipman steps into the role. Shipman has led major Atlanta institutions — including the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) and the Woodruff Arts Center — but South Arts gives him something different:…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (437+ words) Dec. 3 — Resistance doesn’t always look the same. At Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, the show “Continuum” refuses to let Muscogee people disappear from Atlanta’s story. Curator Miranda Kyle and artists Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo built an exhibition resisting the…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (389+ words) Nov. 26 — The holidays often turn us toward the idea of giving, but artists practice that year-round. Each piece they create is a gift of imagination, labor, and perspective. This season, two Atlanta projects bring that offering into focus. Both projects…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (417+ words) Nov. 19 —Creative communities aren’t defined only by the work they produce. Atlanta’s art scene offers daily reminders of that truth. Our museums, galleries, and studios are gathering points; group shows weave together work and perspectives; openings stitch new connections into…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (494+ words) As Atlanta eases into its version of winter, the Atlanta art gallery Spalding Nix Fine Art turns its attention to a single gathering. “ENSEMBLE,” the gallery’s annual holiday group show, returns Nov. 21–Jan. 16 with new work from more than 60 artists…...

10+ mon, 49+ min ago   (44+ words) The African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta new exhibit explores the facets of Black identity through the collection of actress CCH Pounder. The African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta new exhibit explores the facets of Black identity through the collection…...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago   (761+ words) Beneath the hum of passing traffic, the sharp scent of aerosol, and the rhythmic hiss of spray cans, Atlanta’s graffiti culture came alive this weekend for the ATL StyleWriters Jam, a three-day exhibition uniting generations of artists who shaped the…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (684+ words) Thoughtful, experiential and radical are all words that could be used to describe the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Community-Centered Design (CCD) program. Now in its third year, the four-month program is attended by artists, culture workers, planners and government officials to…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (316+ words) Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a…...