Tag: High Museum of Art

There's been a plethora of projects Sue Schroeder has created since reshaping her dance company four years ago. Through collaborations at home and abroad, Schroeder, 67, has discovered new ways to amplify her artistic voice and bring Atlanta more deeply into the conversation around experimental, movement-based art.

Because after the Marriott Marquis ripped up its iconic carpet, Dragon Con fans formed the “Cult of the Carpet” and incorporated the design into costumes and accessories.

It’s January: a month to reset, reflect, and renew. To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of 25 ways in Atlanta to get moving, get creative, or just get started on a new hobby. You don’t have to change your whole life to kick-start something amazing in 2025: A new pet friend, a ballroom dance class, or a volunteer gardening project could be just the spark you need to make this a year to remember.

In this edition of ARTlanta, you’ll find a list of events where artists are reflecting on freedom, justice, liberty, and all the ideas that form our nation. They know that you get further when you affirm what you want rather than denounce what you don’t.

All five of the city’s major arts Institutions have brought in new leadership that has changed how Atlanta experiences the arts. Meet Rand Suffolk of the High Museum of Art, Tomer Zvulun of The Atlanta Opera, Nathalie Stutzmann of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Nedvigin of the Atlanta Ballet, and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses of the Alliance Theatre.

Mark your calendars—here are 12 events we're eager to see this fall arts season in Atlanta.

The party was already in full swing by the time Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz appeared. It was opening night for Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, a traveling exhibit featuring a selection of the couple’s extensive art collection, and Atlanta had turned out for the occasion. With pulsing beats filling the lobby atrium—courtesy of DJs Runna and Princess Cut—a crowd of hundreds of stylish Atlantans had descended on the High Museum of Art to schmooze, dance, and enjoy the work of dozens of celebrated Black artists, from Gordon Parks to Amy Sherald.

Willie Nelson and the Outlaw Music Festival come to Alpharetta, Juneteenth celebrations in Piedmont Park, and more fun things to do this week.

Dutch masters come to the High, Earth Day in East Atlanta, and more fun things to do this week

Access for All is the cornerstone of the High’s new Culture Collective initiative, which welcomes adults into the museum with arts-centered workshops, conversations and performances. The free access is sponsored by the Art Bridges Foundation, which is dedicating to making American art more accessible to the public. The High already offers free admission every second Sunday, an event that usually draws large crowds of families with children; Access for All, though open to everyone, is designed to appeal to adults of all ages.