By Andrew Alexander Does arts journalism matter in Atlanta? That question is much tougher to answer than it should be. Clearly, I think arts journalism matters (it’s my work, after all). But nothing makes you sound less important than trying to convince someone how important your job is. A better question to get at the […]
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Back to school with Killer Mike
By Guest Columnist CHARISSE M. WILLIAMS, a lawyer by training and a non-profit leader
I first learned that Atlanta Grammy Award winning rapper, activist, and entrepreneur Killer Mike owned the barbershop, The Swag Shop, when Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen tweeted that his shop was giving free back-to-school haircuts. I had passed the shop on Edgewood Avenue, with its funky sign and façade, many times.
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What Happens When One of Your Favorite Rappers Joins the Board of an Art Museum?
By Ariel Thilenius, The Woodruff Arts Center Earlier this month, I opened up my Google Alerts to see that one of my favorite rappers, Killer Mike, had joined the board of directors for Atlanta’s own High Museum of Art. I was surprised (although extremely excited) by this news, and eagerly clicked the link to an […]
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This Summer, Get Your Art from the Great Outdoors
By Ariel Thilenius, Communications Manager for The WoodruffLast week’s post on street art by Matt Terrell got me thinking: what other ways can Atlantans experience art outdoors this summer? And, more importantly, why should they?In the infamous Georgia heat, there’s nothing better than cooling off in a museum or gallery surrounded by your favorite artists. […]
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An Added Benefit of Increasing Diversity
Do what’s right; millennials will follow. By Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, Rand Suffolk Sitting on Peachtree Street in the heart of Midtown, the High is fortunate to belong to an incredibly diverse community. Our role in this city is so much more than storing and displaying […]
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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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Andrea Barnwell Brownlee to receive High Museum’s 2013 Driskell Prize
By Maria Saporta
The High Museum of Art will award Andrea Barnwell Brownlee with the prestigious 2013 David C. Driskell Prize.
Brownlee is an Atlanta resident, art historian, curator and writer. She currently is the director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, the only U.S. museum dedicated to visual art made by and about women of the African Diaspora. As the ninth Driskell Prize recipient, Brownlee will be honored at the Driskell Prize Dinner in Atlanta on April 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the High Museum of Art’s Wieland Pavilion.
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For prolific Atlanta artist “Mr. Imagination,” sleep was rare
The northwest Atlanta home of Gregory Warmack, better known in modern art circles as “Mr. Imagination,” was indeed a portal to a spiritual realm. This was no airy studio with someone dressed all in black. As a self-taught “visionary” artist, Mr. Imagination sculpted his own organic world where even circadian rhythms bowed.
In thick borders around each room and hallway, his layered, meticulously encrusted creations resembled masks, animals and common items like musical instruments. With a collection of things that had already lived once as common objects, he had wired, hammered, plastered and placed them into an extraordinary new life.
A few miles from the headquarters of the world’s most iconic brand – Coca-Cola – Warmack had compelled leading museums to carve out space for the lowly bottle cap.
