Luminary Awards: Joan P. Garner recipients Virginia Hepner and Myrna Anderson-Fuller
Myrna Anderson-Fuller and Virginia Hepner will receive the Joan P. Garner Outstanding......
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News: Performers announced for ArtsATL’s second annual Luminary Awards in January
Performers for ArtsATL’s second annual Luminary Awards ceremony will include comedian Mark......
News: The sixth annual Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities
The awards were presented in partnership with the Georgia Council for the Arts and Georgia Humanities.
Breaking News: Announcing the winners of the ArtsATL Luminary Awards
ArtsATL will celebrate these four honorees on January 28, 2017, from 6 to 8 p.m. at City Winery at Ponce City Market.
News: Doug Shipman to replace Virginia Hepner as CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center
Doug Shipman has been named the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Woodruff Arts Center, effective July 18, 2017. He succeeds Virginia Hepner, who is retiring from the position after five very successful years leading the nation’s third largest arts center, home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art.
Woodruff changes: Kevin W. Tucker chief curator of the High, Phil Jacobs chair of the Board of Trustees
Tucker replaces David Brenneman, who left to become the director of Indiana University's Art Museum in the spring of 2015.
Mayor Reed’s fractional tax for art could provide long-sought support, but questions remain
Editor’s Disclosure: Louis Corrigan serves on the board of Atlanta arts nonprofit......
News: Mayor Reed pledges $1 million to Woodruff Arts Center Transformation Campaign
Mayor Kasim Reed has announced another major investment in Atlanta’s arts community today. The City of Atlanta has pledged $1 million to the Woodruff Arts Center Transformation Campaign, one of the most ambitious fundraising initiatives in the history of Atlanta’s largest arts organization. The Campaign raised $110 million total, surpassing its original goal of $100 million when it launched in April 2015. The Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art. The Atlanta City Council voted Monday to finalize the donation to the Woodruff Arts Center.
Breaking News: Virginia Hepner to step down in May as CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center
Virginia Hepner, the president and chief executive officer of The Woodruff Arts Center, has informed the Arts Center’s Board of Trustees that she will step down on May 31, 2017, at the end of the Arts Center’s current fiscal year. The Governing Board of the Arts Center has begun the search for a successor.
Breaking news: The sound of music returns to Symphony Hall as 9-week ASO lockout hits finale
The lockout of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is over: the musicians and......
