Julia Franks is the founder of loosecanon.com, a Goodreads-style social media site for schools. Her debut novel, Over the Plain Houses, was named an NPR best bo...
Brian Wallenberg was an Atlanta Ballet company dancer when he developed an interest in filming rehearsals and behind-the-scenes footage of his colleagues. When ...
lark hackshaw is a stage manager who has worked with the Alliance Theatre for 30 seasons. She's affiliated with Winston-Salem’s National Black Theatre Festival ...
Jessica De Maria is an Atlanta theater artist who writes, performs, directs and composes. Her original musical, The Pretty Pants Bandit (written with Chase Peac...
The “In Our Own Words” series began shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March as a way of giving voice to members of Atlanta’s arts community as we all s...
Zoe Fishman is the 2020 Georgia Author of the Year in literary fiction for her critically acclaimed novel Invisible as Air (Morrow). Her essays have been publis...
Yu-Kai Lin owns and directs Kai Lin Art, a contemporary art gallery founded in 2008. He has collaborated with curators, developers, designers and consultants ac...
Tomer Zvulun is the general and artistic director of The Atlanta Opera. Before joining the Opera in 2013, he spent seven seasons on the directing staff of the M...
Lauren Tate Baeza is the curator of African art at the High Museum of Art. She has been director of exhibitions at the National Center for Civil and Human Right...
Ana Guzman paints seaports, colonial Spanish architecture, musicians and dancers that reflect the colors and energy of her native Havana. Nicknamed the “The M’A...
