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Deadline May 13 for Working Artist Project

ARTS ATL StaffApril 26, 2019

MOCA GA is now accepting submissions for its 2019–20 Working Artist Project. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. May 13. Wassan Al-Khudhairi is this year's guest cur...

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News: MOCA GA announces the 2018–19 Working Artist Project Fellowship Winners

Andrew AlexanderJune 18, 2018

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia has announced the winners of its prestigious annual Working Artist Project Fellowship for 2018–19: Cosmo Whyte, Myra G...

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News: MOCA GA announces the 2017 Working Artist Project recipients

Laura RelyeaAugust 14, 2017

Atlanta's arts community gathered at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia for the organization’s annual announcement of it’s Working Artist Project winners for 2017. ...

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Review: MOCA GA’S “The First 21” is an inventory of Atlanta-based artists and support

Carrie LorigMarch 23, 2016

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia's exhibition The First 21: Working Artist Project, currently on view through April 19, is an act of transparency for...

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Review: Sarah Emerson’s MOCA GA solo show a cartoon tapestry of apocalypse and renewal

Matthew TerrellDecember 22, 2015

Sarah Emerson: Of Brute Matter (I-VI) on left; Where the Light is as Darkness (I-IV) on back wall. Sarah Emerson addresses dark, violent themes with a subvers...

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Review: Sheila Pree Bright’s “1960Now” falls short as civil rights advocacy, at MOCA GA

Donna MintzOctober 13, 2015

Sheila Pree Bright's exhibition #1960now, installation view. Photographer Sheila Pree Bright describes 1960Now, her solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Ar...

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Review: Jonathan Bouknight creates eerie comic nightmare in video “Nightingales” at MOCA GA

Andrew AlexanderAugust 5, 2015

Still from Jonathan Bouknight's video, Nightingales. Jonathan Bouknight mixes elements of silent film comedy and nightmare in his video installation Nightinga...

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Breaking news: MOCA GA announced 2015/16 Working Artist Project grants

ARTS ATL StaffJuly 18, 2015

From left: MOCA GA executive director Annette Cone-Skelton, Jill Frank, Musud Olufani, Elizabeth Lide and Saisha Grayson. The Museum of Contemporary A...

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Review: Fahamu Pecou soars in striking, smart, timely “Grav•i•ty,” at MOCA GA

Faith McClureDecember 30, 2014

Fahamu Pecou: Black Boy Fly, 2014, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 120 x 60 inches. On December 15, about 50 well-attired African American men gathered befor...

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Review: Katherine Mitchell’s impressive, touching “Places of Memory and Dreams”

Catherine FoxJanuary 8, 2012

Artistic growth is a process as individual as the work it yields. Some artists convey core ideas in a variety of mediums. Kara Walker comes to mind. Others brea...

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