Intended to honor an Atlanta icon, the John Lewis “Hero” mural in Sweet Auburn has itself become iconic. Though only 11 years old, the artwork is well on its way to becoming a historic Atlanta landmark, with plans in the works to refresh its paint and construct a park at its base. As often happens […]
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City of East Point selected to create one-of-a-kind outdoor Fitness Court
The City of East Point was recently selected as one of ten U.S. cities to partner on a new project with the National Fitness Campaign to create a unique outdoor space where exercise meets art.
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Projects big and smaller honored with Atlanta Design Awards
Some famous and not-so-famous projects were honored with the City of Atlanta’s annual Design Awards May 17.
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Atlanta’s new missing, murdered children’s memorial: ‘Never forget these souls’
An eternal flame memorial dedicated to Atlanta’s missing and murdered children is to be installed on the grounds of Atlanta City Hall. The names of 30 missing children are to be inscribed as “a testament that those lives mattered.”
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Girl Scout leads contest of middle school girls to devise murals for PATH400
A Girl Scout has coordinated an art contest open to girls in middle school to design a mural that’s to be painted in a high visibility area along PATH 400, in Buckhead.
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Intentional tagging: PATH400 seeks artist to create abstract artwork alongside trail
It might be a dream job for a tagger interested in a major display piece in a high-traffic area along PATH 400. The job pays $15,000 and comes with a hard deadline of Oct. 19 – in time to be celebrated during the planned Oct. 20 sneak preview of a new segment of PATH 400.
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Let’s save Morris Brown before gentrification does it in
by King Williams Despite the foul weather last Tuesday, I joined maybe three dozen others on the vacant campus of Morris Brown College. We were all there standing in front of the historic Fountain Hall on the campus waiting for the unveiling of a new piece of public art for the university. The piece would […]
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Art coming to Fulton libraries, as Thursday deadline looms for art at Central Branch
Fulton County is soon to acquire 115 pieces of visual artworks that are to be displayed in 14 libraries around the county. These pieces are in addition to the two commissioned pieces the county wants to purchase for the Central Library Branch in Downtown Atlanta.
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Public Art Can Be More Than Beautiful
By Matthew Terrell Public art can do so much more than be beautiful. In San Francisco, for example, public art tends to be radical and political; imagine a mural educating heroin users on always using clean needles, and calling on the city to provide more social services for drug users. A short drive up to […]
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Rockspinner public artwork to depart Midtown, successor to be in place in May
Midtown Alliance is replacing the Rockspinner art installation, located at the northeast corner of the intersection of 10th and Peachtree streets. Monday is the deadline for proposals from artists for another public artwork that is to be placed at the site.
