The visual artists of Atlanta continue to deliver, year after year, bringing fresh ideas, innovative concepts and excellent curation in spades. 2025 was no exception. This year, artists in Atlanta saw the return of some popular large-scale recurring arts events such as the Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta Art Week, SiTE and Illumine, joined new creative…
Ironically, The Drip Invitational — a live art event prominently featuring graffiti — was inspired by a complaint to the city about graffiti. Geoffrey Milspaw, who owns 727 Humphries St., received a citation from the city of Atlanta for graffiti on his building; many municipalities consider graffiti to be a public nuisance contributing to urban…
Atlanta’s Pittsburgh and Adair Park neighborhoods host some of the city’s most active street art scenes. These three people helped make that happen. :: How did Atlanta’s Pittsburgh and Adair Park neighborhoods become two of the city’s best venues for street art viewing? Let’s start from the beginning: In the 1890s, an African American neighborhood…
Artist and designer Greg Mike has opened a new gallery space in a renovated church in East Atlanta. Getting to this point was by no means a direct path. :: Six years ago, painter and graphic designer Greg Mike lay unconscious in 6 feet of snow, the collarbone of his painting arm shattered, his arm…
This time of year, children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in the yard by their parents. In the world of video games, Easter eggs take the form of undocumented features cleverly hidden in the game (sometimes surreptitiously) by the programmers. Those tipped off on where to look get a bonus or a joke. Fans of…
According to local folklore, Cabbagetown got its name when a Model T truck loaded with cabbages overturned. The residents helped themselves to the newly liberated vegetables, and the smell of cabbages cooking permeated the community for weeks. Following the Civil War, German Jewish immigrant Jacob Elsas opened the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. Houses built…
Installing a basketball court mural requires weeks of backbreaking work, often in extreme heat. But the people who are part of Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) Paint Our Parks initiative are dedicated to the project because of the way it contributes to Atlanta’s neighborhoods. The initiative is part of the university’s community service…
Tattoo artist and muralist Charity Hamidullah’s work has covered many surfaces: from human skin to digital displays, from the sides of buildings to canvas. The Rochester, New York, native took her first art job at 15 as a tattoo apprentice. She moved to Atlanta five years later to work for City of Ink Tattoos, a…
One hundred and sixty years ago, East Atlanta Village was on the front lines of the Civil War’s Battle of Atlanta. Today it is a hip mash-up of restaurants, music venues, beer halls and designer shops, but free of national fast food outlets and drug store chains. Instead, you will see local businesses where the…
It’s no surprise that a neighborhood’s murals often reflect the needs of the community. In an area where residents’ basic needs and rights are comfortably secure, you might find street art featuring aesthetic content. In a district where residents are concerned about their voting rights, you might find murals reminding everyone to vote in the…
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