Two Atlanta theater companies are among 30 groups nationwide that have been awarded grants from the Atlanta-based CDC Foundation to help build vaccine confidence throughout the United States. Out of Hand Theater and Dad’s Garage were selected for the program, funded at $2.5 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to educate local…
Although City Springs Theatre Company has been tipping its hand on social media for some time, it finally has announced, officially, its 2021–22 season. The musicals-only company describes the four shows in its fourth season as “beloved” musicals. Each will run three weeks. The lineup looks like this: THE SOUND OF MUSIC | SEPTEMBER 10–26. The…
ART+DESIGN The outdoor audiovisual installation AMYGDALA continues through April 30 in the Arts Plaza in front of the Ferst Center for the Arts on the Georgia Tech campus. It comes from fuse*, an Italian studio and production company that works at the intersection of art and science. AMYGDALA pulls information from social media in real…
No one knows exactly when yet. Perhaps it will be this fall, or maybe in early 2022. As more people receive COVID-19 vaccinations and the CDC relaxes its guidelines on gatherings, the time will come when Atlanta theater companies can open to audiences that feel secure enough to attend in person. After a year in…
Kennesaw State University will offer a graduate degree in art and design in the fall of 2021. The Master of Arts degree — KSU’s first and only first master’s program — was approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia last week. The program will be housed in the College’s School…
SCAD holds a three-day Open Studio event Friday–Sunday (November 13–15), showcasing more than 700 works by students, alumni and faculty in illustration, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. The Open Studio is entirely virtual, giving collectors and art enthusiasts anywhere access to work by the university’s artistic community. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the…
MOCA GA, celebrating its 20th season, reopens Saturday (noon-4 p.m., September 5) with one new and one Covid-19-delayed exhibition. The new exhibit is William Downs’ Drawings of Wildness and Stillness. Downs is part of the museum’s 2019-20 Working Artist Project. The delayed exhibit is Celebrating Georgia Artists of Hispanic/Latinx Origin, which has been reformatted into a series of…
In mid-March, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared a public health emergency in response to Covid-19 and, a week later, shut down all nonessential businesses, including live performance venues. Artists did what they do in times like these, which is to pour beauty into the world. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater did an excerpt from Revelations…
The BronzeLens Film Festival, wholly virtual for its 11th season, continues through Sunday (August 16) with screenings, conversations, panels and an awards show. Documentaries screen tonight; music videos and student films screen Friday morning and afternoon; features begin at 6 p.m. Saturday with screenings of features and international features. Sunday begins with a noon brunch,…
George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. Rashard Brooks. Elijah McClain. Many of us have been saying those names with frequency in recent weeks. They’re on newscasts, in headlines, at protests and in conversation. The crimes and concepts around the reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement may be tough to comprehend for some adults, so what do…
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