A new generation of Atlanta artists takes center stage

Your Atlanta fall arts to-do list

Making Africa
Making Africa

Photograph by Ikiré Jones, The Madonna, from The Untold Renaissance series, 2014, wool and silk. Collection of Vitra Design Museum. © Walé Oyéjidé.

Making Africa
October 14 to January 7
Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design arrives at the High Museum of Art on October 14. The High will showcase works from more than 120 artists through January 7. Themes range from tongue-in-cheek to radical and political. The exhibition aims to highlight the range of creativity emanating from Africa’s modern artists, designers, and visionaries who are using art to enact societal change. high.org

Color Of Law
Color Of Law

The Color of Law
October 24
Housing policy expert Richard Rothstein will be in Atlanta on October 24 to discuss his new book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America at The Carter Presidential Library and Museum Theater. The book highlights ways that government encouraged neighborhood segregation. jimmycarterlibrary.gov

Paula Scher
Paula Scher

Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Design Atlanta

Design Matters Live
October 30
Head to the Museum of Design Atlanta on October 30 for Design Conversation: Design Matters Live with Paula Scher and Debbie Millman. This event will serve as a live recording of Millman’s Design Matters podcast, where she’ll talk to powerhouse graphic designer Paula Scher, National Design Award winner and member of the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. An exclusive VIP reception and access to MODA’s Text Me: How We Live in Language exhibition will follow. museumofdesign.org

Animal Bikes
Animal Bikes

Photograph courtesy of Juan Martinez

Animal Bikes
November 12 to 19
Writer-artist Dave Eggers has teamed up with metalsmith-artist Juan Martinez for Animal Bikes, presented by arts nonprofit Dashboard. The project will come to both the Georgia Tech campus and Atlanta Contemporary from November 12 to 19 and upcycles pedicabs, transforming them into animal-inspired bicycles to bring awareness to school transportation challenges faced by some young students. dashboard.us

Cardboard Piano
November 11 to December 3
From South Korean playwright Hansol Jung, Cardboard Piano tells the moving, dramatic story of a Ugandan village, the daughter of American missionaries, and the atrocities of war. See it from November 11 to December 3 at Actor’s Express. actors-express.com

Nutcracker
Nutcracker

Photograph by C. McCullers

Nutcracker
December 8 to 28
Love the Atlanta Ballet’s classic Nutcracker performances? Then snag a ticket to one of this season’s shows at the Fox Theatre, beginning December 8: It’s the last year they’ll perform the current version, before a fresh iteration from the ballet’s new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin premieres in 2018. atlantaballet.com —Caroline Cox