Spanning painting, drawing, and sculpture, the donation features work by over a dozen artists including Sister Gertrude Morgan and Nellie Mae Rowe.
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Museums Respond to and Reflect on Atlanta Hate Crime
“This is a frightening escalation of the racial violence targeting Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the country since the pandemic began,” says a statement by the Museum of Chinese in America, one of many institutions to respond to the murders.
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SCAD deFINE ART’s Virtual Events Complement Exhibitions in Atlanta and Savannah
From February 23 to 25, enjoy online arts programming like a keynote lecture by honoree Sanford Biggers, a conversation between Amy Sedaris and Marcel Dzama, and more.
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Georgia State University’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Is Now Accepting Graduate Applications
Tuition waivers, 24-hour access to studio space, and graduate assistantships are available for a variety of programs. Apply by February 1, 2021.
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A Soaring Visionary of Afrofuturism and Black Power
In Atlanta, the pride-affirming work of the African American self-taught artist Charles Williams comes into focus in a new, well-researched exhibition.
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SCAD deFINE ART 2020 Presents Public Arts Programming in Savannah and Atlanta
Honoree Marilyn Minter will deliver the keynote lecture at the historic Trustees Theater in Savannah on February 19 at 6pm.
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An Outsider Artist Channels His Demons Into Uniquely Funny and Dark Compositions
On display at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, works of Benjamin Jones project deep sorrow as well as an unvanquished ray of optimism.
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Romare Bearden’s Collages of Life in the Rural South and Industrial North
For the first time in decades, more than 30 collages from Bearden’s Profile series is being shown together.
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After a Mural of Colin Kaepernick Is Demolished, Several Take Its Place
Just before the Super Bowl in Atlanta a mural of Kaepernick and the wall it was painted on was demolished, raising the question whether there was an anti-Colin Kaepernick conspiracy at work.
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Georgia State University’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Now Accepting Applications
All MFAs receive full tuition waivers, 24-hour access studio space, and graduate assistantships.
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In Atlanta, Considering Which Confederate Monuments Should Go
From cemetery monuments and statues allegorizing reunification to an obelisk that functions as propaganda for “Lost Cause” rhetoric, the city’s monuments make a blanket approach impossible.
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A Utopian Suburb Where Residents Underwrite an Art Residency
Serenbe, a bedroom community of Atlanta with fewer than 500 residents, boasts an ambitious and unconventional artist-in-residence program.