Tag: visual arts
An Atlanta photographer’s “Heartbooks” turns kids’ art into coffee table-worthy albums
Instead of filling up storage bins of children’s artwork or feeling guilty about discarding it, pieces can be sent to Atlanta photographer Heidi Geldhauser Harris, who photographs the artwork and compiles the images into a hardcover, linen-bound photo album that fits in perfectly with a stack of artful coffee-table books.
WonderRoot’s Off the Wall mural project calls on local artists to put civil rights front and center
The brainchild of Atlanta arts organization WonderRoot and the Super Bowl LIII Host Committee, "Off the Wall" is a series of more than 30 murals from 10 artists that will be created across the city before Super Bowl LIII. The project is designed to honor the city's role in the Civil Rights Movement and address modern civil rights issues.
7 things to know before you go to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors in Atlanta
Know ahead of time if photos matter to you or not, don't expect a selfie in the pumpkin room, and read the fun facts on absolutely every red polka dot sign. These are a few things we learned while at Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
Inflatable installations will light up Buford Highway’s Pinetree Plaza
BuHi Lights, a temporary art installation in Pinetree Plaza, will feature large-scale illuminated inflatables with printed work by four female artists of color that will open on Saturday, November 3. The month-long art installation is a follow-up to last year’s Living Walls Conference in Chamblee.
Ashley Longshore’s colorful world is coming Atlanta
"Just go do it, girl. Do you and don’t apologize." New Orleans-based artist Ashley Longshore comes to Atlanta this week for a show at Jeffrey Atlanta at Phipps Plaza. We chatted with her about success, being confident, and learning from mistakes.
Atlanta artist to know: Daniel Zimmerman, ceramicist and founder of Drawing Room
Formerly a designer with Musso Design Group, Daniel Zimmerman (an Atlanta artist and interior designer) and another former Musso colleague, Seth van den Bergh, recently launched their own design firm, the Drawing Room.
High Museum’s latest exhibition, “With Drawn Arms,” speaks to #TakeAKnee and #BlackLivesMatter
Stepping off of the elevator onto the second floor of the High Museum of Art’s Ann Cox Chamber Wing, nearly 150 gold-painted arms raised with the Black Power fist are suspended in the air. Connected by cables, they form a shape that looks like a mix of Newton’s Cradle and a helix of DNA.
Atlanta artist Greg Mike wants you to “explore the creative unknown” with the OuterSpace Project
Sixteen artists from various backgrounds, styles, and cultures have converged in Atlanta this week for the fourth-annual OuterSpace Project, a public art series that aims to “explore the creative unknown” via public mural paintings, creative meet-ups, and the Big Bang Block Party grand finale, which takes place at Terminal West this Saturday.
Tickets to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors at the High are already sold out
But if you want to see the insanely popular art exhibition in Atlanta, there's still hope.
Atlanta, want to be a part of artist J.R.’s latest installation? Here’s where to go.
J.R., the French street artist whose large-scale public installations of black-and-white photos of everyday people in everyday places have covered buildings and even villages, is returning to Atlanta. Here's how you can be a part of his latest project.
