Atlanta politician and civil leader Doug Shipman will soon step down from his role as Atlanta’s City Council president to take the position of president and CEO of South Arts. It is one of six not-for-profit regional arts organizations (RAOs) funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to provide effective support to creatives through…
South Arts has selected two local arts organizations — the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA) and Augusta Mini Theatre — as recipients of the 2025 Cultural Sustainability Awards. Now in its second year, this national award program is presented in partnership with the Wallace Foundation and five other U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs)…
To say that our national cultural infrastructure is in crisis is an understatement. Historically, the U.S. government has allocated a very small percentage of the federal budget to support arts and culture. Despite this, one can only point to the enormous impact of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and its sister agencies, the…
Poet and writer Constance Collier-Mercado made a career dissolving the walls between literary and artistic genres. Now South Arts has recognized her for her unorthodox vision. Constance Collier-Mercado introduces herself with many names: experimental writer, poet, visual artist and cultural worker. But these are not strict labels; instead, each practice expands into the other…
The Trey Clegg Singers, the prominent Atlanta choral ensemble, has received a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. With a local match, the grant will support an upcoming production of A Path Toward Healing that will feature music composed by Native American composers and performances by Native American musicians. “We are delighted…
South Arts has given Jazz Road Creative Residencies grants totaling nearly $730,000 to 20 recipients from 14 states. The individual grants range from $5,000 to $40,000. The nonprofit is headquartered in Atlanta and partners with the National Endowment for the Arts, state arts agencies across the region and foundations to support artists and arts organizations….
The Atlanta-based nonprofit South Arts today announced the 2023 class of its Southern Prize and State Fellowship program. The cohort of nine visual artists, one each from the nine states that South Arts serves, will receive a $5,000 fellowship. All the artists are eligible for a larger award, the Southern Prize, to be announced later…
Russell Gunn and his Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra played a gig of a lifetime Saturday at the Apollo Theater in New York City, premiering his song suite The Blues and Its People. Gunn’s band was augmented by singer Jazzmeia Horn, trombonist Craig Harris, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, saxophonist and poet Oliver Lake, West African djembe player Weedie…
September 1 is a date Antonio Darden is unlikely to forget. It’s the day the Atlanta artist was recognized at a celebratory South Arts event. He was named the 2022 South Arts/Southern Prize fellow for Georgia. “It’s humbling. I haven’t really wrapped my head around it,” he says of the award. September 1 would also…
Atlanta’s arts organizations are starting to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, but Ballethnic Dance Company is emerging from a much longer tunnel, one that reaches back to the ensemble’s founding in January 1990. Several events have helped. New funding, national recognition and new performing opportunities. In 2019, a transformative grant…
ABOUT US / ARTIST ADVISORY COUNCIL / CALENDAR / CONTACT US / DONATE / EVENTS / HOME PAGE /
OUR SUPPORTERS / PRIVACY POLICY / STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE AND ETHICS / STORIES
FOR ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIPS, EMAIL DAVID WRIGHT AT DAVID@ARTSATL.ORG
P.O. BOX 8983 ATLANTA, GA 31106
COPYRIGHT 2026 ArtsATL // PRIVACY POLICY
Our weekly arts & culture podcast hosted by Kim Drobes is available for free right here on ArtsATL’s homepage and on all major podcast platforms. New episodes drop every Wednesday so listen and plan your next arts outing!
