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Alex Harris (American, born 1949), Greener Grass in Gay, Georgia, 2018, pigmented inkjet print.

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  • Fine Art

'Picturing The South': Photographer Alex Harris Documents Southern Film Industry For High Museum

What do you see when you picture the South? Maybe trees draped in Spanish moss, or plantations and rows of crops? Perhaps civil rights icons, or your...

July 21, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Artist Melissa Alexander says she is inspired by photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who was a pioneer of the "Black is Beautiful" movement. Her work will be on display alongside 18 other artists as part of the "Juneteenth Takeover" art exhibition in Atlanta.

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  • Race

Amid Movement For Racial Justice, The Need For Rebellious Art — And Uncomfortable Conversations

Today, in celebration of Juneteenth, Power Haus Creative has organized what they’re calling the “ Juneteenth Takeover ” – in which 19 Atlanta artists...

June 20, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
Artists boxed in the base of the Confederate statue in Macon, Ga. to create a canvass for expressions of Black pride on #Juneteenth

In Macon, Boxing In A Confederate Statue For Free Expression

For years, there has been on again, off again conversation in Macon about moving the Confederate statue at the foot of Cotton Avenue. Now is a...

June 19, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The arts and educational enrichment nonprofit "Loop It Up Savannah" launched their #ArtSmartActivityKits initiative, which delivers educational arts-and-crafts supplies to children around Chatham County.

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  • News

With Educational Programs Canceled, Loop It Up Savannah Sends Activity Kits To Kids

When the nonprofit arts and enrichment program Loop It Up Savannah realized that their regularly scheduled programming was going to fall apart for the...

April 03, 2020
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By:
  • Pria Mahadevan
"The Design of Dissent" shows how imagery is used to communicate opposition or alternative views. Some images include: (L to R) Occupy Wall Street by Will Brown; Isra Chaker from the We the Future Series; Welcome by Donal Thornton and Tresor Dieudonne.

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  • Art & Design

With The Resurgence of Protest Culture, Two Design Behemoths On 'The Design of Dissent'

As 2019 drew to a close, protests spilled into cities from Hong Kong to Santiago, Paris to Tehran, and Khartoum to La Paz. People around the world...

January 17, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
Bernie Taupin and Sir Elton John are both on their way to Atlanta. John, for his 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' tour, and Taupin for an exhibition of his visual art, called 'Lost & Found,' currently on view at the Bill Lowe Gallery in Atlanta.

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  • Music Interviews

You've Heard His Music, Now See His Art: Elton John Lyricist Bernie Taupin's Art On View in Atlanta

You'll find it at the steps of the Capitol, hung from front porches, draped over the caskets of fallen soldiers, and splashed across bathing suits and...

November 01, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
The 2019 ELEVATE Atlanta Art and Culture Festival takes place this week in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta.

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  • Arts & Life

Week-Long Festival 'Elevates' Atlanta Neighborhoods, Culture and Conversations

The 2019 ELEVATE Atlanta Art and Culture Festival began Monday. The annual event is hosted by the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs,...

October 15, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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  • News

OST Full Show: Pat Mitchell, ELEVATE Atlanta

Pat Mitchell has long been an advocate for women and girls in television. Mitchell’s new biography tells how she advocated for herself as well. She is...

October 15, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more
Trash-to-Treasure art of the Doll's Head Trail

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  • Environment

From Trash To Treasure On The Doll's Head Trail

The Doll’s Head Trail is one of Atlanta’s obscure city trails found at Constitution Lakes Park in southeast Atlanta. Along the trail is a collection of...

September 27, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Allison Krausman
Pop-Up Zine Atlanta

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  • Performing Arts

Storytellers Pop In For Pop-Up Magazine To Muse On Connection To Atlanta

Cities are dynamic things – and Atlanta is certainly one of them. Atlanta has catapulted from a regional city to an international metropolis in a...

September 16, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
"Two of Them" by Mary Hutchinson, one of the female WPA artists featured at the Georgia Museum of Art.

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  • Arts & Life

'Women of the WPA' In The Spotlight At New Georgia Museum Of Art Exhibit

In the 1930s, the government created a package of programs to add new jobs to the faltering economy. One of them was the Works Progress Administration,...

August 12, 2019
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By:
  • Pria Mahadevan,
  • Virginia Prescott,
  • and 1 more
Peacocks were so beloved by writer Flannery O'Connor that for many they are a symbol of the writer and her work.

In Search Of Flannery O'Connor's Peacocks

Once you turn onto the dirt road leading up to Andalusia, it’s easy to forget that you’re in a college town and not a rural 1950s farmland. Flannery O...

July 03, 2019
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By:
  • Emily Rose Thorne
Suzanne Jackson pictured with her "Woodpecker's Last Blues" painting in 2013.

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  • Arts & Life

Savannah Museum Presents First-Ever Retrospective of Artist Suzanne Jackson

Suzanne Jackson has lived a creative life. She's known for her visual art - but is also a poet, dancer, writer, radio host and has a master's in...

June 26, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor
A rendering depicting the future of Atlanta's Goat Farm Arts Center.

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  • Arts & Life

Breaking Ground On The Future Of Georgia Arts: The Goat Farm's $250 Million Transformation

Tucked away down a quiet street, not far from Howell Mill Road on Atlanta's Westside, you'll find the Goat Farm Arts Center . It's a compound of artist...

May 31, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Thursday, October 18, 2018

We spoke with trailblazing artists and explored Georgia's revitalized oyster market on today's show. Richard Hunt 's public art can be seen in places...

May 21, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Elena Rivera ,
  • and 3 more
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