Given her stellar role in the Atlanta street-art scene, you would never guess that illustrator, muralist and animator Drew Borders graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design a mere two years ago. She recently landed a prestigious commission to muralize the Ormewood Avenue bridge for Art on the Atlanta BeltLine. Her work was featured…
Is corporate-sponsored street art a mural or an advertisement, or both? It’s a good question, and a timely one, because The Coca-Cola Company recently sponsored eight murals in eight Atlanta neighborhoods. Atlantans can enjoy murals on the BeltLine, on random walls and even basketball courts. Many have a counterculture vibe; some are political or connected…
The phrase “your tax dollars at work” often elicits skeptical eye-rolls. But Candler Park residents recently had a chance to decide how City of Atlanta tax dollars would be spent in their neighborhood. They chose art. Four freshly painted electrical utility boxes — those usually plain, stainless steel things at traffic light intersections — are…
After more than two grueling years of the Covid pandemic, five years ago can seem like the distant past. If you walked the Atlanta BeltLine back then, you might remember the Eastside trail as a bustling street art venue. By contrast, you might have been the only person walking on the sparsely muralled Westside Trail,…
So, what’s a utility box anyway? They are in every neighborhood and we typically ignore them. Large utility or power boxes on the ground convert Georgia Power’s electricity feed from as high as 25,000 volts down to 110 or 220 volts for the neighboring buildings. Smaller signal boxes at shoulder height on utility poles operate…
A Falcons game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium might be seen by tens of thousands. A poetry reading in a coffeehouse might be heard by ten. Street art is often the same way. Because of its prominent location, the John Lewis Hero mural towering above the downtown connector has been seen by thousands of Atlantans, but Charmaine…
How do you curate a show about the world’s most well-known, unknown street artist Banksy when many of his now-famous street murals no longer exist? You recreate them. That’s what Guillermo S. Quintana (he goes by “Guillermo”) has done for The Art of Banksy: “Without Limits,” which makes its North American debut September 3 at…
The city of Hapeville’s rich aviation history goes back to 1925 when Atlanta mayor Walter Sims signed the lease on an abandoned racetrack making it Candler Field, Atlanta’s first airport. Even in its early days, Atlanta’s airport was among the world’s busiest. So it’s no surprise that many Atlantans mentally link Hapeville to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta…
If you’re looking for a reason to walk the Atlanta BeltLine, we’ve got five for you: the five new installations in Art on the Atlanta BeltLine’s third annual BeltLine Walls mural exhibition. Each year a jury chooses artists to activate walls throughout the BeltLine corridor. This year’s mural cover bridges on the Eastside Trail. Murals…
“Fish are jumping and the cotton is high.” You may recognize those words from the Gershwin song “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess. It finds new meaning on the streets of Atlanta this fall as the title of new mural celebrating a street-art milestone — Atlanta’s 1,000th mural. The new mural, titled Fish Are Jumping and the…
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