Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia

the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) in partnership with the Latin American Association organized the exhibition Celebrating Georgia Artists of Hispanic/Latinx Origin to spotlight significant contributions to contemporary art by 37 talented Georgia artists.

Cost: Donation Suggested

Through this in depth look at the life and art of Herbert Creecy, one of Georgia?s most prolific artists, we encourage you to dive into MOCA GA?s permanent collection and archives.

Cost: Donation Suggested

Join us for the opening reception of Cosmo Whyte 2018/2019 Working Artist Project Fellowship Exhibition on Saturday, November 16th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM in the upper galleries of MOCA GA. Whyte’s solo exhibition will be on view at MOCA GA through January 11th 2020.

Cost: Free-$8

Join us for an artist talk with 2018/2019 Working Artist Project Fellow, Krista Clark as she discusses his fellowship exhibition, Base Line for Appraisal.

Cost: Free

Join us for an artist talk with 2018/2019 Working Artist Project Fellow, Krista Clark as she discusses his fellowship exhibition, Base Line for Appraisal.

Cost: Free

Join MOCA GA at 2 PM on the last Saturday of each month for Last Saturday Look, a special tour of a current exhibition at MOCA GA led by a professionally trained docent. June’s event will examine our permanent collection exhibition, WAP Fellows, featuring works from all 30 Working Artist Project Fel...

Cost: Included in admissions

Join us for the opening reception of Krista Clark’s 2018/2019 Working Artist Project Fellowship Exhibition on Friday, June 28th from 7 to 9 PM in the upper galleries of MOCA GA. Clark’s solo exhibition will be on view at MOCA GA until August 24, 2019. Free for Members or With Museum Admission for No...

Cost: Free for Members or With Museum Admission for Non-Members

Join MOCA GA for the opening reception of Krista Clark’s 2018/2019 Working Artist Project Fellowship Exhibition on Friday, June 28th from 7 to 9 PM in the upper galleries of MOCA GA. Clark’s solo exhibition will be on view at MOCA GA until August 24, 2019.

Cost: Included in admission

MOCA GA - Thursday, June 27th - 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Join us for the opening reception of WonderRoot’s 2018/19 Hughley Fellows group exhibition Controlled Burn curated by Iman Person.

The WonderRoot Hughley Artist Fellowship provides artists with sustainable tools, resources, and access to thought leaders...

Cost: Free

Join us for the opening reception of WonderRoot’s 2018/19 Hughley Fellows group exhibition Controlled Burn curated by Iman Person.

Cost: Included with admission

Be there when we announce the 2019 Working Artist Project Fellows! Guest curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi makes the announcement for her picks for Metro Atlanta’s top three working artists! Cold brews will be flowing, courtesy of Eventide Brewing with music provided by Radial Entertainment! Join previous...

Cost: $7-$10

Andy Nasisse: Heart Land Dark Land Opening Reception takes place at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) on Friday, June 7th, 2019 from 6:30 - 8:30 in the lower level galleries. Tickets are free for Members or are the cost of museum admission for non-members. Price: Free for Members...

Cost: Free for Members, Admission Price for non-Members

Gathered IV: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists. The fourth installment of the biennial exhibition, Gathered IV aims to showcase a diverse variety of evocative art from all parts of Georgia. The art will be carefully curated by jurors Kevin Cole, Mario Petrirena, and Lisa Tuttle. Opening rece...

Cost: Free- $8

Feb 9, 2019 - Apr 6, 2019 “MOCA GA approached me about having a retrospective of my work, and I suggested a show of only my drawings since drawing has always been the backbone of my work,” says Rodríguez. Thirty Years on Paper is a retrospective exhibition that spans works created from 1988 – 2018...

Cost: Free - $8

Exhibition featuring works from American Artist Sidney Guberman. This event opened on January 12th and will be open until March 9th 2019.

Cost: Free - $8

Join us for the opening reception of It Doesn’t Prepare You for Arrival by 2017-2018 Working Artist Project Fellow Michi Meko. The reception is Friday, November 30th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.

This exhibition will be on view at MOCA GA from December 1, 2018, until January 26, 2019.

FREE for Members or...

Cost: Free for Members or with Museum Admission

Founded in 2000, MOCA GA boasts a permanent collection of nearly 1,300 works of contemporary art by more than 350 Georgia artists, which began with a founding collection of more than 250 works was donated by CGR Advisors and David S. Golden. The MOCA GA collection features works from the mid 1940s t...

Cost: Free - $8

Join ACP for the third installment of the ACP Photo Book Fair – THE photo book event of the Southeast. Treat yourself to inspiration and discovery by exploring photobook publishers, art/photography zines, published photographers and a curated selection of photobook vendors. For a complete list of ex...

Cost: Free

Join ACP for the third installment of the ACP Photo Book Fair – THE photo book event of the Southeast. Treat yourself to inspiration and discovery by exploring photobook publishers, art/photography zines, published photographers and a curated selection of photobook vendors. For a complete list of ex...

Cost: Free

Join us for the opening reception of Bojana Ginn’s 2017-2018 Working Artist Project exhibition on Friday, September 21st from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Ginn’s exhibition will be on view from September 22 – November 17. Major funding provided by the Charles Loridans Foundation and the Antinori Foundation, with...

Cost: Free-$8

Join us for an artist talk with Larry Walker as he discusses his recent works included in the second half of the major retrospective exhibition at MOCA GA, The Later Years.

Cost: Free

Join us for a special performance by Working Artist Project Fellow Kirstin Mitchell followed by an Artist Talk examining her current exhibition Miecznikowski. Reception at 6:30 PM and talk begins at 7:00 PM - FREE Event!

Cost: Free

Featured Image: Larry Walker, Listen (to da beat), 2008, acrylic and mixed materials on canvas, 58″ x 98″ (diptych), Collection of Birmingham Museum of Art. Larry Walker Retrospective: The Later Years consists of over 50 artworks created over the past 12 years. Walker has been just as active in the ...

Cost: Free-$8

We are thrilled to commemorate our major publication, L. Walker, with a special dinner on the evening of August 9th. This celebration will honor Larry Walker for his achievements in the arts and to benefit MOCA GA. We will be presenting a memorable program featuring artists, scholars, family, friend...

Cost: $150

Join us for the opening reception of Miecznikowski by Working Artist Project Fellow Kirstin Mitchell. This exhibition will be on view at MOCA GA through September 8th. FREE for Members or with Museum Admission.

Cost: Free

The highly acclaimed visual artist, art professor, and mentor Larry M. Walker is one of Atlanta’s most treasured creative talents. Walker mixes painting, drawing, collage, and various materials in the process of creating. MOCA GA is thrilled to present a significant retrospective exhibition of Walke...

Cost: $8

Join us at 2 PM on the last Saturday of each month for Last Saturday Look, a special 30-minute tour of an exhibition at MOCA GA led by a professionally trained docent! June’s event will examine our current exhibition, Portraits by Jerry Siegel and works from the MOCA GA Permanent collection by the A...

Cost: Free

Be there when we announce the 2018 Working Artist Project Fellows! Guest curator Allison Glenn makes the announcement for her picks for Metro Atlanta’s top three working artists.

Cost: Free-$8

Join us for the opening reception of Larry Walker Retrospective: The Early Years.

Cost: Free

Join us for a joint artist talk with Susan Cofer and Jerry Siegel discussing their work in their exhibitions at MOCA GA: The Wonder of It All and Portraits by Jerry Siegel.

Both exhibitions are on view through June 30th.

Cost: FREE EVENT!

Join us at 2 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month for Last Saturday Look, a special 30-minute tour of an exhibition at MOCA GA led by a professionally trained docent! May’s event will examine our current exhibition, The Wonder of it All, featuring sculptural portraits by Susan Cofer located in o...

Cost: This event is Free for MOCA GA Members or with the purchase of Museum Admission

<br>Saturday, April 28, 2018 | 2 PM Join us at 2 PM on the last Saturday of each month for Last Saturday Look, a special 30- minute tour of an exhibition at MOCA GA led by a professionally trained docent! April’s event will examine Lucinda, an exhibition of photography by Lucinda Bun...

Cost: Free-$15

Friday, April 20, 2018 | 8 – 11 PM

Join us to celebrate the inimitable Lucinda Bunnen along with our current exhibition of her work in our Permanent Collection titled Lucinda.

Dance to retro tunes by DJ Ryan Noise of Radial Entertainment! Enjoy drinks and dessert! You won’t want to miss this!

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Cost: $25-$35

Join us for our third installment of Last Saturday Look where visitors receive a special 30-minute tour of our current special exhibition, The Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art from the University of Alabama, led by a professionally trained docent. This event is Free for MOCA GA Members or ...

Cost: $8

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georiga will present a unique seated dinner featuring art, food, music, and libation honoring Lucinda Buenen and the Buenen Family. The gala will support the museum's exhibitions and programs throughout the year.

Cost: $450-$2,500

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia will host its Annual Gala on March 17, 2018 at 6:30 PM in Atlanta, GA. This event supports the Museum’s mission to collect, showcase and preserve the contemporary art of Georgia through its exhibitions and programming. This year’s Gala will be a unique and e...

Cost: $450-$2500

FREE Extended museum hours every first Tuesday MOCA GA.

Join us from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for FREE Admission to our current exhibitions. Visit mocaga.org to see what is on view this month.

Cost: Free

Categories: Events

'BANDIT' by: Craig Drennen

Since 2008 Drennen has produced artworks inspired by the list of characters from Shakespeare’s worst play, Timon of Athens. “BANDIT” is Drennen’s first solo museum exhibition and features new paintings, sculptures, and videos prompted by the charact...

Cost: Free for Members or Museum Admission $8

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia welcomes Working Artist Project recipient Paul Stephen Benjamin to discuss his latest exhibit, Pure Black. Benjamin has won several accolades for his work, including the Artadia Art Award and the NBAF Visual Artist Award.

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Cost: Free

The next photography exhibit opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia has been carefully selected for the past eight years. Fast Forward // Rewind features a selection of 19 photographers who were selected as "ones to watch," highlighting video, installation and still photography created...

Cost: Free-$8

Two new exhibits will be celebrated in the opening: Pure Black by Paul Stephen Benjamin and One Glass Eye a retrospective exhibit by photographer Chip Simone.

Cost: Free-$8

This evening of visual art and dance is all about the concept of two bodies moving, even when it appears to be as one. Lauri Stallings will be unveiling five new movement drawings, and Glo moving artists Kristina Brown, Virginia Coleman, Christina Kelley, Mandi Mpezo, Cailan Orn and Mary Jane Pennin...

Cost: Free

Within the context of glo's social art, women gather to discuss migration, spirituality, "outsider art" and preservation efforts in rural Georgia. There will be leaders from the Pasaquan Preservation Society, Main Street and more, as well as a Spalding County music teacher. Community Builder discuss...

Cost: Free

This evening of visual art and dance is all about the concept of two bodies moving, even when it appears to be as one. Lauri Stallings will be unveiling five new movement drawings, and Glo moving artists Kristina Brown, Virginia Coleman, Christina Kelley, Mandi Mpezo, Cailan Orn and Mary Jane Pennin...

Cost: Free

This site-based show brings together a mixture of collaboration, installation and experimentation in order to create a meditation on choreography and its intersections with society and politics. The Room for Tender Choreographies is created by MOCA's 2017 Working Artist Project Fellow Lauri Stalling...

Cost: Free-$8

WonderRoot will celebrate its 2017-2018 Walthall Fellows with an exhibition of their art curated by Sarah Higgins. The fellows have been selected by WonderRoot based on their potential to thrive as an artist in Atlanta.

Tickets

Cost: Free-$8

In the effort to expand its mission and strengthen Atlanta arts, MOCA GA is calling all metro area artists to apply for the Working Artist Project Fellowship. This is an incredible opportunity for growing artists. The fellowship includes a $15,000 stipend to create new work over the course of the ye...

Cost: Free-$5

Elizabeth Lide is a Working Artist Project Fellow currently preparing for an exhibition in 2016. This round of Working Artist Project was curated by Saisha Grayson, Assistant Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students,...

Cost: Free-$8

For a special “Speaking of Photography,” Atlanta Photography Group has partnered with MOCA GA to host a panel discussion featuring six APG members in the Edge To Edge exhibition curated by Chip Simone. APG has paired two artists working in similar genres to give the back story on their exhibitio...

Cost: Free

The second event of its kind put on by MOCA GA Art and Social league, Wine and Coloring Night is an evening for local artists and others to socialize, drink (BOYB — or non-red wines, juices, water, etc.), and color works from ColorATL artists. Limited seating is available.

Cost: Free-$8

Baldwin Lee’s photography of the South, like the region itself, has gone largely unknown over the past 30 years. A former student of Great Depression-era photojournalist Walker Evans, Lee used a large-format wooden camera to highlight poverty with a humanizing eye for the series Black Americans in...

Cost: Free

Jill Frank is a Working Artist Project Fellow currently preparing for an exhibition in 2016. This round of Working Artist Project was curated by Saisha Grayson, Assistant Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students, chi...

Cost: Free-$8

Started in 2012 as a way to help artists navigate the art world at critical junctures in their careers, WonderRoot’s Walthall Artist Fellowship is a year-long program that accepts only the 12 most compelling working artists in the city. Join the Walthall Fellows, including painter Danielle Brutto,...

Cost: Free

DRAW@MOCA is series of Saturday afternoon drawing workshops. This week's series will feature artist, Orion Wertz

Cost: $15-$20

A survey of large paintings and archives of Herbert Lee Creecy, Jr. Accompanied by MOCA GA’s first full-length, hardback publication, Creecy.

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The 2016 - 2017 Working Artist Project will announce and celebrate its winners with special guest Rene Morales, guest curator from the Perez Art Museum Miami.

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DRAW@MOCA is series of Saturday afternoon drawing workshops. This series will feature artist, Masud Olufani.

Cost: $15-$20

Masud Olufani is a Working Artist Project Fellow currently preparing for an exhibition in 2016. This round of Working Artist Project was curated by Saisha Grayson, Assistant Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students, ...

Cost: Free-$8

DRAW@MOCA is series of Saturday afternoon drawing workshops from 1-3pm. This series will feature mixed-media artist, Matt Haffner. The workshops kick off on June 18th. Tickets are $20 for non-members and $15 for members.

Cost: $15-$20

This workshop introduces natural solvent photo transfer technique as a means for building personal narrative on 2-dimensional surface. By working in layers, one will can photocopies, laser color prints and black and white toner-based original copies of photographs, drawings, text, and personal writi...

Cost: $20-$15

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia goes fairly literal with its new show, Abstraction Today. A slew of the city’s most dope galleries including Marcia Wood Gallery, Mason Fine Art, Poem 88, Whitespace Gallery, Alan Avery Art Company, and Sandler Hudson Gallery curate the abstractionist show...

Cost: Free-$8

The Unbearable Flatness of Being presents an expansive landscape as a panoramic painting as part of the 2014/15 Working Artist Project. Emerson says she blends real-life scenes with apocryphal narratives in the work.

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C4 and MOCA GA band together to present a valuable networking opportunity for college students to pick professional artists' brains.

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<Portalism exhibits “new moves” in artmaking by each Walthall Artist Fellow. Ranging from photography to sculpture to video to drawing to installation to participatory performance to dance, the Fellows’ individual contributions to this exhibit are the result of a year of focused invest...

Cost: Free-$8

Jonathan Bouknight is the Working Artist Project Winner 2014/2015. Working with a cast of skilled performers, Jonathan Bouknight has created the film Nightingales, a durational meditation on one's continual reach for ideals beyond physical limitations. Themes of metamorphosis, beauty, desire, and fa...

Cost: Free-$8

Immediately following Jonathan Bouknight's Nighingales opening, MOCA GA will announce the 2015/2016 Working Artist Project Fellows along with a party featuring beer, wine, snacks, and music by DJ Topher.

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Larry Jens Anderson: The Atlanta Years (1979-2015) includes approximately 100 drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos, installations, and more created since Larry's arrival in Atlanta in 1979. This retrospective exhibition aims to represent a major selection of Larry's work, which is largely is in r...

Cost: Free

This exhibition features works by the Studio Apprentices who worked with the 2013/2014 Working Artist Project recipients E.K. Huckaby, Scott Ingram, and Fahamu Pecou. Featuring works by: Kimberly Binns, Jen Deplour, Kaye Patton, Daniel Sanzone. An artist talk featuring these four artists who work is...

Cost: Free

MOCA GA welcomes you to Contemporary poetry, FRENCH AND GERMAN DADA AND SURREALIST texts, accounts from WWII Vets and a drone operator, all linked to WAR. The crackle of vinyl records, the sound of electronic machines, the reverberation of an actor’s voice, oscillating between experimental chaos a...

Cost: Free-$15

In his first solo museum exhibition, Fahamu Pecou uses the trend of “saggin” (the style which sees young men wearing pants well below their waist) as an allegory to talk about black male mobility and agency.

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Priding itself on innovative artistic techniques, gestures that soon will disappear is a hybrid experimental form that combines ephemera, images, sounds, videos, and human interaction into a single creative product. It will be presented continuously during the daily operating hours of the museum unt...

Cost: Free-$8

Working Artist Project winner and Georgia native E.K. Huckaby presents his newest collection of pieces at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Huckaby's creations are admired for their subject matter that attempts to resonate with any viewer on an intimate level. Known for his unconventional techniques a...

Cost: Free-$8

The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra opens its 17th season on Sat., Sept. 20th, 2014 by popping up with a free concert at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia. The program features fiery, kaleidoscopic works for three violins and continuo by the likes of Gabrieli, Marini, and Purcell, set in a contempora...

Cost: Free

This exhibition of work by the Atlanta-based artist Scott Ingram is the culmination of his 2013-14 Working Artist Project grant. Best known for his minimalist fingernail polish paintings, Ingram’s work is expanding in the direction of sculpture and installation, which should make this exhibition o...

Cost: Free-$5

A solo exhibition of new work by Shara Hughes, part of the 2012/2013 Working Artist Project (WAP), featuring paintings that combine elements of landscape, still life, and figuration to dizzying effects.

Cost: Free-$5

The Museum of Contempoary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) will present SCORE: Artists in Overtime featuring local and national contemporary artists who take inspiration from sports as their subject, both literally and poetically. The exhibition will be divided into three primary components: The Artist as A...

Cost: $5

Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists celebrates local artists by exhibiting works from all across the state. Opening reception will be on Friday, June 21, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

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This years MOCA GALA Auction will place less emphasis on the live auction to allow more time in the silent auction area and all bidding will be done via buyer's smart phone, e-notepad or MOCA GA computer.

Cost: $150

Hip Young Owl is the very first museum retrospective for Atlanta's beloved 88 year old Ruth Laxson. It will feature more than 125 works including paintings, drawings, sculptures, and original artist books, mail art, and more.Reception Jan. 25th. Conversation with the artist and MOCA GA's Director on...

Cost: Free-$5

At the show's closing event on Jan. 12, Odeleye will be part of a panel discussion with noted sculptors, including Maria Artemis and Curtis Patterson, about the responsibilities of the public artist.

Cost: Free

A retrospective exhibition of photographs, drawings, and models of over three decades of Odeleye's public art projects. An opening reception takes place Fri., Nov. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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The exhibition, which will include models, drawings and photographs of sculptures commissioned for public spaces across the U.S., represents an impressive body of work by Ayokunle Odeleye, one of Georgia's celebrated public art specialists.

Cost: $0-$5

Brian Dettmer uses mixed media to dive into the importance of books

Cost: Free-$5

This event draws nearly 300 artists from all over Georgia in a non-juried, one-night exhibition and sale open to all Georgia artists over the age of 18 who are invited to hang one piece of art priced for less than $500.

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This Halloween Party will attract high-spirited party enthusiasts and create a wonderful camaraderie among friends and circles of friends.

Cost: $100

Selections from the Emerging Artist Residency, including Jessica Caldas, Hannah Skoonberg, Whitney Stansell, and Cynthia Thompson. Opening reception on Fri., Aug 10, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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Work from studio assistants Stephen Calsbeek, Luis Sierra, and Karen Cleveland. Opening reception on Fri., Aug. 10, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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The second installment in the series of the 2011/2012 Working Artist Project exhibitions, Martha Whittington's installation will include hand-crafted elements and will feature regularly scheduled dance interactions by Beacon Dance. There will be an opening reception on Fri., July 27, from 6:30-8:30 ...

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Highlighting 25 years of Kevin Cole’s artistic practice through more than 30 individual works. Artist talk on Tuesday, June 26, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. talk. Closing reception on July 13, 6:30-8:30pm

Cost: Free-$5

Cost: Free - $5

Nicole Livieratos' newest investigation, Folding: anticipatory, routine, closure, is a performance installation focusing on how we fold things, big and small, into our lives. The work surrounds simple actions to represent folding as an action metaphor. Performers include Erin Weller Dalton, Kim Klei...

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An evening of handpainted films curated and hosted by Andy Ditzler.

Cost: Free-$5

Auction offering affordable, high-quality art by more than 100 of Georgia's finest artists.

Cost: $150

Artist Talk, Thursday Jan. 26 at 6:30-7 p.m.

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This event is curated by Rick Berman and is free and open to the public. Sneak-Peak, first-choice fundraiser evening on Feb. 17 at 6:30 ($20 a person).

Cost: Free

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia hosts a special evening for teachers, including a tour of the museum's exhibitions and a behind-the-scenes look at MOCA GA's education and resource center.

Cost: Free

A hands-on drawing workshop with Atlanta artists and college art professors Angus Galloway & Paul Rodecker.

Cost: Free

MOCA GA friends and supporters are invited to stop by the museum after work or before dinner for cocktails and wine. RSVP to rsvp at mocaga.org

Cost: Free-$10

Enjoy the fundraiser annual award ceremony celebrating 37 years of achievements WIFTA members have made in the entertainment industry. Plan to come and be apart of this momentous occasion and support a great cause - the advancement of women in film and television related careers!

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85 photographs by 44 artists from the MOCA GA permanent collection. Curated by Brett Abbott, Photography Curator at the High Museum of Art. The artist talk is occurring on Tues., Nov. 29.

Cost: Free-$5