ArtsATL’s Creative in Residence guest-editor program seeks out diverse voices in Atlanta's arts.
Atlanta has many nicknames: Hotlanta, A-Town, the Hollywoo...
The Akan, a West African ethnic group, are famously known for their Sankofa bird symbol, which shows a bird reaching back to retrieve an egg with its mouth. The...
Freestyling is the cornerstone of the rap genre as we know it contemporarily. It evolved from the toasts and "dozens" recited over live beats during early hip-h...
The Atlanta University Center is revered for its history of churning out some of the most-recognized Black scholars through its consortium of historically Black...
Editor’s note: Brittany Bosco, often simply known as BOSCO, is a critically acclaimed multidisciplinary artist, singer and designer from Savannah who began to r...
“So, I was in like a really liminal space. The question is always how do I juggle all of these mediums? How do I juggle fucking . . . motherhood? I mean, that’s...
Editor’s note: This spring, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta artist Shanequa Gay was commissioned by Umi Atlanta to create an installation integrating her ...
(Editor's note: We begin our new "Creative in Residence" series of guest editors today with Floyd Hall, a prominent writer, producer and documentarian. A story ...