Photo above: Dancers Michaela Perdue, Will VanMeter (KSU Dance Company) Photo by Robert Pack By Dr. Ivan Pulinkala, Chairperson, Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University Over the past decade, I have experienced Atlanta’s art community grow in density, complexity, and sophistication, against a landscape ripe with opportunity, discourse, and challenge. An ever increasing populous of promising […]
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Data’s Artful Impact
By Lara Smith, Managing Director of Dad’s GarageWhat surprises a lot of people about Dad’s Garage—an Atlanta home for improv and scripted comedy theatre—is that we run much like any other business in town. We have budgets, meetings, strategic planning, and all the other boardroom business just like you. Perhaps the difference is that at […]
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Who Are the Artists in Your Neighborhood?
Photo above: Featuring artist, Chris Jones. Photo by Ish Holmes By Jessyca Holland, Executive Director, C4 Atlanta Do you know an artist? Maybe a friend or a cousin? Do you remember when a song expressed in verse and music what you could never express in words alone? Do you ever think about the power behind the iconic images […]
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Q & A with Chris Moses of the Alliance Theatre
Arts Education plays a central role in almost every arts organization’s mission. That is certainly true at the Alliance Theatre, where Chris Moses serves as the Dan Reardon Director of Education / Associate Artistic Director for the theatre. We asked Chris to update us on some of the most recent developments in arts education at […]
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Atlanta: A Growing Dance City…but How to Sustain?
By Angela Harris, Executive Artistic Director, Dance Canvas, Inc.This is an exciting time for dance in metro Atlanta! 2017 allowed Atlanta to witness new dance companies kicking off inaugural seasons, major dance organizations making leadership and location changes, long-standing dance companies celebrating milestone anniversaries, colleges creating new dance departments and growing new dance partnerships, and dance public […]
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Regional Arts Leadership: An Investment Worth the Price
By Doug Hooker, Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional CommissionArts and culture are both an important asset and a critical sector for metro Atlanta. For one, as a region we certainly benefit from the economic impact of both commercial and nonprofit arts. The nonprofit arts sector alone has a $719 million annual financial impact and […]
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Welcome to the Stage
By Doug Shipman, President and CEO of The Woodruff Arts Center Welcome to the Arts Community! That phrase can be applied in many different ways: it’s a welcome that has been extended to me many times over the past few months since I became CEO of The Woodruff Arts Center. A hearty welcome should certainly […]
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Welcome to our newest Thought Leader the Woodruff Arts Center
SaportaReport’s Thought Leadership columns are a forum where experts host discussions about current and trending topics in their respective fields. Our newest partner at The Woodruff Arts Center will curate posts by local artists and art organizations under the header “Arts & Culture.” Check back each Tuesday for new content. We look forward to sharing this […]
