Daren Wang is the author of the novel The Hidden Light of Northern Fires, the founder and former executive director of the Decatur Book Festival and now the executive director of AIR Serenbe. Wang lives in Decatur with his wife, Eva, and occasionally donates convalescent plasma for Covid-19 patients, though he really wishes he didn’t…
Editor’s Note: In 2016, ArtsATL co-founder Catherine Fox wrote about the partnership between Serenbe and Auburn University’s Rural Studio program to provide housing for Serenbe’s artist residency program. The program gave Auburn a way to test its cutting-edge designs and gave Serenbe affordable cottages for the artists visiting there. It remains one of the most…
AIR Serenbe’s Transient Project Residency previously welcomed local and touring artists of all disciplines and offered them a place to rest, research, reflect and work. Located in Chattahoochee Hills, the program greeted musicians with an ethereal escape in the form of two cozy cabins, ultimately providing a space of fresh air to fuel creativity. Before coming…
AIR Serenbe will screen a series of film shorts by Georgia filmmakers this Friday that focus on the artists who participated in its residency programs. “Filmer” will feature 16 films by 14 local filmmakers at the Woodruff Arts Center’s Rich Auditorium at 7 p.m. In addition, AIR Serenbe will host “Childhood By Design,” a chat…
The National Endowment of the Arts announced a new batch of grants, with 936 arts organizations across the country receiving aid from the federal agency. There were 21 grants awarded in Georgia, totaling $370,000. In all, $25 million worth of grant money has been awarded. In a statement, Jane Chu, the agency’s chair, said, “It…
For the past year, AIR Serenbe and ArtsATL have hosted visits from some of the country’s most dynamic contemporary musicians and composers through a collaborative effort known as the Transient Project Residency. Together, under the supervision and curation of Michael Kaufman, we’ve supported such renowned acts as Hanna Benn, Helado Negro, Oliver Blank and Asha Jiminez and…
The resident discusses his time in residence in AIR Serenbe, his collaborative process and works in progress.
This article and video were produced as part of the Transient Project Residency for contemporary composers and musicians, a collaboration between AIR Serenbe and ArtsATL. — Article by Laura Relyea; video by Ethan Payne. — Envisioning the world in which nature is a commodity is, unfortunately, not too far a stretch for even the least imaginative amongst us. We’re living…
For artists of every ilk time and space are precious commodities. This is no exception for musicians, especially touring ones, who spend a great amount of time in transit between places, constantly surrounded by a rotating cast of fellow performers, folks from the venues or festivals they perform in, or fans and audience members after the show.
This article was written by one of our Teen Correspondents and was originally published on VOX Atlanta Teen Communications. Thanks to Turner Voices and the Arby’s Foundation, we’re able to collaborate with VOX Teen Communications to share the perspectives of the next generation of arts writers with our city’s cultural community. __ By Sireesh Ramesh Blue…
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