From now until October 16, Midtown’s Atlanta Botanical Garden will be the home not only to a sea of blooming and thriving flora, but also a new outdoor art exhibit featuring large, metal origami-inspired sculptures. “Origami in the Garden” is an all-new art exhibition including 18 installations with over 70 sculptures inspired by origami, the […]
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Nature POP! at the Zoo — The “perfect union” between art, science and nature
When taking a walk through Zoo Atlanta this summer, visitors will notice some animals that weren’t there before. But unlike their furry and feathered neighbors, these animals are crafted from tens of thousands of LEGO bricks. That’s right, your favorite toy from childhood has come to life. Featuring 40 sculptures of animals and nature scenes […]
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Blue Heron’s outdoor art exhibit pays homage to “invisible constituents” of the forest
Instead of your usual walk or run with music blaring, what if you listened to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling? What else would help you be more present and integrated with nature? That’s local artist K. Tauches’ approach to Light as a Feather, an outdoor exhibition immersed in Atlanta’s Blue Heron Nature Preserve. […]
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Bill Lowe Gallery: Honoring the life of Bill Lowe and looking to the future
By Hannah E. Jones Highly intelligent, always curious, a voracious reader and a lover of all things art — this is how family and friends describe Bill Lowe. For three decades, he spearheaded the Bill Lowe Gallery in the Atlanta art scene — a project that showcased artists from around the country and overseas, hosted […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: The win heard from Houston to Atlanta
Forty-nine years ago this week, Andrew Young was elected as Georgia’s second-ever Black congressman and ultimately served three terms, according to Today in Georgia History. But his story doesn’t stop there. He was appointed as an ambassador to the United Nations by then-President Jimmy Carter and later served two terms as Atlanta mayor. Young is […]
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Windows into Southern culture: High Museum photos, future Stone Mountain museum
Stone Mountain’s role in the culture of the South is to be explored at the High Museum of Art in photographs that are part of the upcoming exhibition, “Picturing the South: 25 Years.” A future museum at Stone Mountain Park is to provide another perspective.
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Living tribute to Black female astronaut, a personal journey that led to its creation
A living tribute to Stephanie Wilson, the pioneering Black astronaut who may walk on the moon in 2024, is to be officially unveiled Monday by earthworks artist Stan Herd, who in January created the image of John Lewis along Freedom Parkway.
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Celebrating the art world’s favorite mystery — The art of Banksy
Who is Banksy? For most of us, Banksy isn’t a person but an idea. Each art piece urges us to go against the status quo, and by separating themselves from the constraints of fame, Banksy is truly embodying the messages in their work. There is no Banksy — just the art. “Banksy is the first […]
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A Relationship of Truth: A Conversation with Nomadic Manny
Meet Emmanuel Rivas, also known as Nomadic Manny, the artist behind “A Relationship Truth,” a mural that looks over the Decatur Square like the watchful eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg in “The Great Gatsby.” The mural shows a surrealist desert landscape, sprinkled with looming eyes and an angel nearly touching toes with a mummy […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Andrew Young to receive Council for Quality Growth award
As of today, June 17, Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed a bill into law declaring Juneteenth as the nation’s 12th federal holiday, the newest one in 38 years. “Juneteenth marks both a long hard night of slavery and subjugation and a promise of a brighter morning to come,” Biden said […]
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Arts project aims to nurture relation between Black community, arts institutions
The legacy of disconnect between the region’s BIPOC community and arts institutions with a legacy of white influence is addressed in an initiative that unveils its first product July 2 – a film of dance and music that explores a painting touching on themes of migration.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Part-time pedestrian paradise coming to Edgewood
Georgia on My Mind … In 1930, musicians Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell wrote the now-classic song. Many artists recorded the song over the years, but Ray Charles put it on the map. After Charles performed “Georgia on My Mind” for the Georgia General Assembly in 1979, it was named the state’s official song. The […]
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Blue Heron Nature Preserve’s free art show explores theme of ‘Into the Wild’
As the artist wrote of her newly unveiled work at Blue Heron Nature Preserve: “My piece speaks to the need for people to find a way back home to grounded safe space.”
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Blandtown Banners: Re/framing a neighborhood’s past, future
Local artist Gregor Turk wants to use his latest project to start a discussion, and it’s all about Blandtown. His newest project, titled “Red, White, and Black” hangs along the Atlanta Watershed Reservoir chain link fence. The banners show high-contrast photographs of the city’s infrastructure, including original homes and “WERD,” the nation’s first Black-owned radio […]
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Art contest for Youth Birding Competition begins amid newfound passion for birds
The pandemic hasn’t stopped the T-shirt Art Contest that’s part of Georgia’s planned 16th annual Youth Birding Competition. The statewide art contest was won last year by an eighth-grader from Duluth.
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Story of a wood carver: Moise Potvin’s diorama of FDR donated to High Museum
The life stories of wood carvers can be as curious as their artworks. Such is the case with 114 woodcarvings now in the permanent collection of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art.
