As a wide-eyed 8-year-old, Atlanta native Nadia Scott was fascinated by history and art. A quick Google search launched her dream of becoming an art curator. Now a Spelman College senior, Scott spoke at the opening of Crisscrosses: Benny Andrews and the Poetry of Langston Hughes, one of dozens of events that took place during…
At the Hammonds House Museum, the past is celebrated, the present is shown and the foundation of its future is clearly laid out, says Kevin Sipp. A longtime curator at the museum, Sipp brought his keen eye back for Foundations and Futures, the definitive exhibit celebrating the museum’s 35th anniversary. It will be on view…
Atlanta: the birthplace of countless human rights leaders, a center for Civil Rights organizing and a crossroads for millions traveling the world. Thus, the city is a fitting destination for a stop on the journey of Little Amal. Dozens of arts, civic, educational and faith groups will join The Walk with Little Amal as she…
Unyielding eyes greet viewers at the entrance of the Don Russell Clayton Gallery in the Zuckerman Museum of Art. They belong to the feminine figure in Firelei Báez’s Fragrant with dawn and dew, drawing the visitor in. “I love her use of the strong female figure and the power stare,” says Cynthia Nourse Thompson, associate professor…
A safe haven for Black travelers. A stomping ground for soul music elites. A near final resting place for one of the world’s most iconic leaders. The Lorraine Motel has lived many lives. The famed facility takes center stage in the Inkwell Pictures’ play, Lorraine. Returning from its Juneteenth debut, the play will run at…
Harmonia Rosales has always admired Renaissance art — the realism, the linear perspective, the depth of human anatomy. And the storytelling. Now, seven years’ worth of artworks by the Chicago-raised, Los Angeles-based artist who taught herself the techniques of Renaissance painting have come together to tell one of the world’s most intriguing creation stories. Harmonia…
For all its merits and national props for its booming fine artscape, says Najee Dorsey, Atlanta still lacks major art fairs. Dorsey’s gallery in East Point, Black Art in America, is leading the way with its upcoming Fine Art Print Fair August 11 and August 12. “We’re going to debunk the myths that some collectors…
The subjects in Marryam Moma’s latest exhibition have daring stories to tell. “I wanted to focus on the disrupters, the door openers, the path pavers,” collage artist Moma says of her new exhibit, ICONoclasts, an ode to Black joy amid a society intent on inflicting despair. The show opened July 28 at the Emma Darnell…
Heritage. Connection. Reclamation. Each radiate from the vibrant tapestries of Honey Pierre’s Family Matters, a solo exhibition that’s part of the Atlanta-based artist’s journey through The MINT gallery’s Leap Year residency. Pierre is a bold, tatted up, self-described rebel who keeps her family traditions close. Family Matters casts a wider lens on the households of…
Art is a feast for the senses. With her work, Marianna Dixon Williams says she aims to gather what the senses might not easily explain. “The wind for example — you know it’s there but can’t see it,” she says. “I like to go in the wild and capture data beyond what the senses can…
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