Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
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(404) 688-1970
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An essential stop for anyone interested in smartly curated contemporary artwork by a variety of regional, national and international artists. The annual Art Party in early fall is a must-attend.
Art Papers Live with Laura Raicovich
Thursday January 30, 2020 07:00 pm EST
Independent curator and writer Laura Raicovich considers where ideas of the neutral come from and how they are manifested within museums and cultural institutions, both implicitly and explicitly. She will specifically address the ways in which neutrality is a fiction, and how it can be used to veil ...
Cost: Free
Curator Tour
Saturday January 25, 2020 12:00 pm EST
Join us for a tour of our new exhibition The Life and Death of Charles Williams with curator Phillip March Jones, and look into Project Spaces featuring MINT.
Cost: Free w/ RSVP
Exhibition Openings
Thursday January 23, 2020 07:00 pm EST
Celebrate the openings of the new exhibitions and project spaces. Atlanta Contemporary is pleased to present the artwork of Kentucky artist Charles Williams in the first solo show representing his work, The Life and Death of Charles Williams, curated by Phillip March Jones. Opening concurrently are ...
Cost: Free
Open Studios Studio Artist Program
Thursday November 14, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Open Studios spotlights the artists in our Studio Artist Program. This event is one of three nights a year where we invite you to join us and meet the artists, see their work firsthand, and perhaps add some art to your collection.
Cost: Free-$10
Member Preview of SCAD Open Studio Night
Friday November 1, 2019 05:30 pm EDT
Join other members of Atlanta Contemporary for a special preview reception at SCAD Open Studio Night.
Open Studio Night showcases the best painting, photography, illustration, printmaking and sculpture by SCAD students, faculty and alumni. Most of the work exhibited will be available for purchase....
Cost: Free members only
Discrit Wasting my Beautiful Mind: Understanding the Poetics of Black Fungibility
Saturday October 26, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Poetics of Black Fungibility by Yanique Norman, a lecture presentation examining artwork of all mediums including her own, followed by an open forum discussion. In an effort to fully understand the profound complexities of blackness, artist Yanique Norman has developed a fantastical methodology that...
Cost: Free
We Are in Open Circuits: Writings by Nam June Paik
Thursday October 24, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Join us for the book launch of We Are In Open Circuits: Writings by Nam June Paik.
Edited by John G. Hanhardt, Gregory Zinman, and Edith Decker-Phillips for the MIT Press series Writing Art, We Are in Open Circuits presents the first extensive collection of Paik’s writings, and includes many prev...
Cost: Free
Movement Love
Sunday October 20, 2019 10:30 am EDT
Atlanta Contemporary presents Movement Love, a yoga series presented by Maggie Benoit and a collaborating artist. October’s collaborating artist is Muse/A.
Cost: $10
Contemporary Critique WORKSHOP
Saturday October 19, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Contemporary Critique is a critique program where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress work for critical feedback and group discussion. A dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting guides the discussion for each critique program, which will include up to ...
Cost: $10-$15
TTTHURSDAY with YOUR FRIEND: Cocktail Workshop
Thursday October 17, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Every Third Thursday enjoy people, drinks, art, and “MUSIC YOU NEED” provided by LXXX YOU. at Atlanta Contemporary. TTTHURSDAY with YOUR FRIEND introduces guest DJs and artist partners who host an activity - drawing workshops, art sales, demos, and more. Get ready to move and groove with this month’...
Cost: $10
Nexus Award 2019
Thursday October 3, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce Annette Cone-Skelton and Kevin Cole as the 2019 Nexus Award Recipients.
Cost: Free
Contemporary Kids
Sunday September 29, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Join us in welcoming artist Makiko Maekawa for another family friendly Contemporary Kids program. Makiko will be teaching kids how they can use a variety of objects, paint, and paper to create contemporary works of art.
Cost: Free
Creative Capital
Thursday September 26, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Learn how artists can apply for the Creative Capital Award valued at $100,000, including $50,000 in project funding, and an additional $50,000 in career development services—all dedicated to supporting artists complete their innovative project ideas. The application, opening February 2020, is free a...
Cost: Free
Movement Love
Sunday September 15, 2019 02:30 pm EDT
Atlanta Contemporary presents Movement Love, a yoga series presented by Maggie Benoit and a collaborating artist. Stay tuned for the guest artist for September.
Cost: $10
Art Party 2019
Saturday August 24, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Join us for our annual fundraiser - a night in which our whole campus is transformed with programming on the pavilion, special presentations throughout the campus, and of course, Open Studios with our artists in the Studio Artist Program
Cost: $50-$1000
SFQP Artist Talk with Saiel Solomon
Thursday July 11, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Southern Fried Queer Pride/SFQP Artist Talks are a new series of talks and workshops featuring local Atlanta artists sharing their work, experiences, and insight!
Cost: Suggested Donation:$7-$20
Contemporary Kids
Sunday June 30, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Join us in welcoming artist Makiko Maekawa for another family friendly Contemporary Kids program. Makiko will be teaching kids how they can use a variety of objects, paint, and paper to create contemporary works of art.
Cost: Free w/ RSVP
Party With The Past: Atlanta Contemporary
Thursday June 20, 2019 06:30 pm EDT
Celebrate Friday-eve with Atlanta History Center’s Party with the Past, as we explore Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Join us for history, art, and a live DJ in this historic industrial area that helped rejuvenate Atlanta’s economy after the Civil War.
The evening includes Atlanta Contemporary’s ...
Cost: Free
Bea Frenderman: Stranger Man
Sunday June 16, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Sunday June 16, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Bea Frenderman: Stranger Man
Saturday June 15, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Saturday June 15, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Friday June 14, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Friday June 14, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Discrit:Talks (Meme Spirited)
Thursday June 13, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Join us for Discrit:Talks, a free art education initiative spanning lectures, screenings, workshops, and panels designed to foster lively conversation and speculation about contemporary art and culture.
A cross-section of meme artists working in and around Atlanta and New York reflect upon memes ...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Thursday June 13, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Thursday June 13, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Wednesday June 12, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Wednesday June 12, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Tuesday June 11, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Tuesday June 11, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Sunday June 9, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Sunday June 9, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Visiting Curator Series: Naima J. Keith
Saturday June 8, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Flux Projects is pleased to present curator Naima J. Keith at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
The Flux Projects Visiting Curator Series invites esteemed national and international curators to conduct studio visits with Atlanta-based artists.
The goal for the program is to generate exposure ...
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Saturday June 8, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibiton
Saturday June 8, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Friday June 7, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Friday June 7, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
SAME | SAME with Extremely Michael
Thursday June 6, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
This is a semi-curated experience where performers loosely riff on an idea for 10 mins or less!
If there is space available during the night of, walk-ins to perform are welcome.
This month’s co-curator is Jane Foley. This month’s theme is “sports”.
Cost: Free
Bea Fremderman: Stranger Man
Thursday June 6, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Bea finsihed her studies at the Art Institute in Chicago. Her current research interests are the conomic impacts of climate change, apocolyptic surival tactics, feelings of global dread and false notions of freedom.
For her show Stranger Man, Bea Fremderman has set up...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Thursday June 6, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Wednesday June 5, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Y. Malik Jalal Art Exhibition
Tuesday June 4, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Enjoy a collection of work by Y. Malik Jalal, an artist based in Atlanta, Ga., at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Daniel Fuller.
Jalal paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to ...
Cost: Free
Contemporary Kids - May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Join us in welcoming artist Makiko Maekawa for another family friendly Contemporary Kids program. Makiko will be teaching kids how they can use a variety of objects, paint, and paper to create contemporary works of art.
RSVP with the link above or click https://www.eventbrite.com/e/contemporary-ki...
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Studios: Studio Artist Program
Thursday May 23, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Open Studios spotlights the artists in our Studio Artist Program. This event is one of three nights a year where we invite you to join us and meet the artists, see their work firsthand, and perhaps add some art to your collection.
Who Will Be In Attendance
Open Studios supports our vision to ...
Cost: Free-$35
Open Studios: Studio Artist Program
Thursday May 23, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Open Studios spotlights the artists in our Studio Artist Program. This event is one of three nights a year where we invite you to join us and meet the artists, see their work firsthand, and perhaps add some art to your collection.
Who Will Be In Attendance
Open Studios supports our vision to ...
Cost: Free - $35
Movement Love: A Yoga Series
Sunday May 19, 2019 10:30 am EDT
Atlanta Contemporary presents Movement Love, a yoga series presented by Maggie Benoit and collaborating audio and visual artists. Stay tuned for the collaborating artist for May.
Admission is $10
All money received will go to each collaborating artists. Visitors can purchase tickets on the da...
Cost: $8 - $10
Curator Tour
Saturday May 11, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Join curator Daniel Fuller for an in-depth discussion of our current exhibitions. Learn more about exhibitions from William J. O'Brien and Erin Jane Nelson; plus explore new exhibitions from Tony Cokes, Kambel Smith, and Y. Malik Jalal.
Parking is free in the lot at Bankhead & Means streets. You c...
Cost: Free with RSVP
William J O'Brien: Shame Spiral
Thursday May 9, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
May 9, 2019 - August 4, 2019
There is no dress code inside the tent. No choir, nor a bulletin. But the congregation is energetic and fully participatory. Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist… this is a place to reach the lost, those with tender hearts. Under the big top is a transient group who hav...
Cost: Free with Registration and RSVP
Erin Jane Nelson: Her Deepness
Thursday May 9, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
May 9, 2019 - August 4, 2019
In the recent debate over the “national emergency” to build part of the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said that he feared today’s border security emergency could lead to Democrats using the same tactic for climate change. This was seen a...
Cost: Free with Registration and RSVP to event
Contemporary Cocktails: Exhibition Openings
Thursday May 9, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Celebrate the openings of the new exhibitions and project spaces. Atlanta Contemporary is pleased to present William J. O’Brien’s Shame Spiral and Erin Jane Nelson’s Her Deepness. Also opening are exhibitions from Tony Cokes, Kambel Smith in Contemporary On-Site, and Y Malik Jalal in Sliver Space.
...
Cost: Free with RSVP
Kambel Smith
Thursday May 9, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
A collaboration between Institute 193 (1B) and the Elaine de Kooning House, East Hampton, New York
For the Atlanta Contemporary’s on:Site Space, Philadelphia–based artist Kambel Smith creates a temporary cardboard panorama that conflates ideas of space, bringing Atlanta’s architectural landmarks i...
Cost: Free with Registration and RSVP to event
Tony Cokes: Evil.27 Selma
Thursday May 9, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
May 9, 2019 - June 16, 2019
The video work of Providence–based artist Tony Cokes examines the weight of visible evidence. In a visual deconstruction of animated text floating on one-color slides, the deadpan presentation Evil.27: Selma borrows text from the Selma, Alabama collective Our Literal Sp...
Cost: Free with Registration and RSVP to opening event
Exhibition Openings
Thursday May 9, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Celebrate the openings of exhibitions, featuring the newest slate of contemporary artists to furnish Atlanta Contemporary. We are pleased to show William J. O'Brien's Shame Spiral and Erin Jane Nelson's Her Deepness. Also opening are exhibitions from Tony Cokes, Kambel Smith in Contemporary On-Site,...
Cost: Free with RSVP
Fashion in Bloom
Wednesday May 1, 2019 06:30 pm EDT
Dream Warriors Foundation presents Fashion In Bloom, a celebration of creative expression, bringing together local designers/makers who are moving the art of slow fashion forward with the local dreamie community in a unique fashion show experience.
Designers include Meghan Huntz, Jazz Ivanna, Nake...
Cost: $12 - $15
Young Professionals Happy Hour
Wednesday May 1, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Join other Young Professional members of Atlanta Contemporary for a special happy hour at Whitespace Gallery in Inman Park.
Whitespace gallery is located in the backyard of Owner and Curator Susan Bridges’ beautiful Victorian house off Edgewood Avenue in Inman Park. Guests will enter the courtyard...
Cost: Free for members
Threshold New Play Festival: Mercy Me
Thursday April 11, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Doors: 6 p.m.
Join us in welcoming Actor’s Express for the Threshold New Play Festival, a lineup of Atlanta and Georgia-based writers who are also making a mark on the national scene.
Come check out why Atlanta is fast becoming one of the most exciting cities in America for new plays! This is a ...
Cost: Free
Mercy Me
Thursday April 11, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
MERCY ME by Daryl Fazio is the second play reading in the Threshold New Play Festival. These plays are written exclusively by Atlanta and Georgia-based writers who are also making a mark on the national scene. Come check out why Atlanta is fast becoming one of the most exciting cities in America for...
Cost: Free
Threshold New Play Festival: Lady of the House
Thursday April 11, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Presented by Actor's Express:
Join us in welcoming Actor’s Express for the Threshold New Play Festival, a lineup of Atlanta and Georgia-based writers who are also making a mark on the national scene.
Come check out why Atlanta is fast becoming one of the most exciting cities in America for new p...
Cost: Free
Shikeith
Tuesday April 9, 2019 11:00 am EDT
notes towards becoming a spill is a break sweating in blues spilling truths erecting sites of reconciliation where Black men’s expressions become revised to stretch past the margins of the American consciousness, or where Black men’s truths trickle to elicit the process of becoming.
In late 2018 S...
Cost: Free
Mark Starling
Tuesday April 9, 2019 11:00 am EDT
How often are you able to gaze into eternity? To lie face up in your go-to-meetin’ finery, walls snug around us, eyes up to an endless horizon of cakey burial soil. If funerals are for the living, caskets are a reminder that life continues after death, that passage to the afterlife must be made in s...
Cost: Free
Mixologist-in-Residence: Trey Ledbetter
Tuesday April 9, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Atlanta Contemporary welcomes a local bartender to become the Mixologist-in-Residence – here we invite the purveyors of Atlanta’s cocktail culture to share their story – over a finely crafted drink – with our audiences.
BIO Trey Ledbetter
Trey Ledbetter brings the kitchen to the bar by creating co...
Cost: Free
Craig Drennen
Tuesday April 9, 2019 11:00 am EDT
Bandit Roll/Chimney Hole
Without fail each holiday season brings a new crop of “bad Santa” stories. Red-suited, holly-jolly misanthropics descend on our malls making promises through their scratchy fake beards of extravagant gifts and acts of wonder. Sure, there are some standout Santas, but many ...
Cost: Free
Young Professionals Meet Up: Goat Farm Open Studios & Spring Sale
Friday April 5, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Join other Young Professional members of Atlanta Contemporary for a special meet up at the Goat Farm Arts Center. Go behind-the-scenes and meet their resident makers, artists, craft and trades people, engineers, and more.
A complete list of studios with artists and creatives who have affiliations ...
Cost: Free
Member Meet Up | Goat Farm Open Studios
Friday April 5, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Join other Young Professionals Network of Atlanta Contemporary members for a special meet up at The Goat Farm Arts Center. Go behind-the-scenes and meet their resident makers, artists, craft and trades people, engineers, and more.
A complete list of studios with artists and creatives who have affi...
Cost: Free with registration
Threshold New Play Festival: Bathroom Business
Thursday April 4, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Join us in welcoming Actor’s Express for the Threshold New Play Festival, a lineup of Atlanta and Georgia-based writers who are also making a mark on the national scene.
Come check out why Atlanta is fast becoming one of the most exciting cities in America for new plays! This is a FREE event. Plea...
Cost: Free
Contemporary Kids - March 31, 2019
Sunday March 31, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Join us in welcoming artist Makiko Maekawa for another family friendly Contemporary Kids program. Makiko will be teaching kids how they can use a variety of objects, paint, and paper to create contemporary works of art.
RSVP with the link above or click here.
BIO Makiko Maekawa
Makiko believes k...
Cost: Free
Liquid Blackness: (A) Black Lineage of the Music Art Video
Thursday March 28, 2019 06:30 pm EDT
On Thursday, March 28 liquid blackness, a research group on blackness and aesthetics from the Moving Image Studies doctoral program at Georgia State University, will host a conversation on “(A) Black Lineage of the Music Art Video” during Contemporary Cocktails at Atlanta Contemporary.
Faculty fou...
Cost: Free
Kevin Cole
Saturday March 23, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Join artist Kevin Cole for a talk on his piece When My Scars are my Testimony, currently on view on our Atrium Mural Wall until July 28, 2019.
Parking is free in the lot at Bankhead & Means streets. You can access the lot via Bankhead Avenue and proceed past the parking attendant booth.
This is ...
Cost: Free
TTTHURSDAY with YNPN
Thursday March 21, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Presented by Young Nonprofit Professionals Network:
Our Mixologist-in-Residence will be providing specialty cocktails for the month of March. Cash/card bar.
Parking is free in the lot at Bankhead & Means streets. You can access the lot via Bankhead Avenue and proceed past the parking attendant b...
Cost: Free
ColorATL + Meet the Artists: An Adult Coloring Night
Thursday March 14, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Presented by ColorATL:
Join us for a free and interactive adult coloring workshop presented by ColorATL.
Meet select artists from Volume I + Volume II.
SCHEDULE: 6p Doors + Bar with Contemporary Cocktails 6:30 Coloring and Intro by ColorATL 7p Meet the Artists - Yoyo Ferro and Brooke Powell
...
Cost: Free
Moment Love
Sunday March 10, 2019 11:30 am EDT
Atlanta Contemporary presents Movement Love, a yoga series presented by Maggie Benoit and collaborating audio and visual artists. The collaborating artist this month is JD Walsh of Shy Layers.
Admission is $10
All money received will go to each collaborating artists. Visitors can purchase tic...
Cost: $10
2019 Atlanta Biennial: Women's Panel Discussion
Saturday March 9, 2019 12:00 pm EST
Join us for an afternoon of discussion with the female artists Joy Drury Cox, Jiha Moon, and Jill Frank, each featured in the 2019 Atlanta Biennial. This event will also feature a guest moderator, Dr. Jordan Amirkhani.
Parking is free in the lot at Bankhead & Means streets. You can access the lot ...
Cost: Free
Discrit: Talks, Natural Selection: A Conversation About Curating
Thursday March 7, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Join us for Discrit:Talks, a free art education initiative spanning lectures, screenings, workshops, and panels designed to foster lively conversation and speculation about contemporary art and culture
This installment is entitled Natural Selection: A Conversation About Curating. A diverse cross-s...
Cost: Free
Avantgarte
Thursday February 28, 2019 05:00 pm EST
A collective consciousness of empathy & understanding is needed now more than ever. Engaging hearts & minds on today’s most pressing social issues is the first step towards a more equitable future.
AVANTGARTE unites a community of passionate doers around contemporary art, music & conversation in o...
Cost: Free
Contemporary Cocktails: Work-Life-Well
Thursday February 14, 2019 07:00 pm EST
A conversation about how lady movers and shakers take on work, life, and wellness. Moderated by Porsha Thomas and Sydia Bell. Featuring Tricia Hersey and Dr. Nicole Cabrera Salazar.
Cost: Free
2019 Atlanta Biennial
Monday February 11, 2019 11:00 am EST
January 17, 2019 – April 7, 2019
This is not an exhibition from a hindered view obstructed by glass, but a view forged by a lasting commitment to go, look, and see. Art has never been confined to the realm of museums, galleries, artist studios, or any other dedicated spaces that collectively conta...
Cost: Free
Robert Beatty, Suspended Passthrough
Monday February 11, 2019 11:00 am EST
January 17, 2019 – March 3, 2019
Robert Beatty repurposes the tools of outmoded technology, creating hybridized drawings, videos, sculptures, music, and installations that blur sensory boundaries. In his visual world, the lines between the artificial and organic are almost completely eliminated, a...
Cost: Free
Those Winter Sundays: Poetry Reading by Masud Olufani
Saturday February 9, 2019 02:00 pm EST
Studio Artist Masud Olufani joins us to recite Those Winter Sundays, a poem by Robert Hayden, and a selection of his own poems. Olufani will discuss themes of Hayden’s poems and how they impact Olufani’s piece Those Winter Sundays: Elegy for Robert Hayden, 1989, currently on view on our Studio Artis...
Cost: Free
Contemporary Kids - January 27, 2019
Sunday January 27, 2019 12:00 pm EST
Join us in welcoming artist Makiko Maekawa for another family friendly Contemporary Kids program. Makiko will be teaching kids how they can use a variety of objects, paint, and paper to create contemporary works of art.
Cost: Free
Grant Writing 101
Saturday January 26, 2019 11:00 am EST
Are you an arts administrator or individual artist seeking financial support for your organization or project? Join us for a grant writing workshop designed to teach you the basics of submitting a grant proposal to fund your big idea!
This workshop is presented by Atlanta Contemporary and C4 Atlan...
Cost: $35
535 Means St. N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 688-1970
Atlanta, GA 30318
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Art Gallery, Art Institute
Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 4:00 PM
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 4:00 PM
