Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

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

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

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

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 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

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

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce Annette Cone-Skelton and Kevin Cole as the 2019 Nexus Award Recipients.

Cost: Free

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Cost: Free

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every Third Thursday enjoy people, drinks, art, and "MUSIC YOU NEED" provided by DJ Extremely Michael at Atlanta Contemporary. This installment of TTTHURSDAY is in partnership with Junior League of Atlanta. Mixologist-in-Residence Trip Sandifer will be providing his specialty cocktails for the month...

Cost: Free

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

Cost: Free

Atlanta Contemporary presents “Movement Love,” a yoga series that introduces movement programming alongside collaborating audio and visual artists. Installations and interactive media define curated classes that blend movement with live projection, music, film, therapeutic resources and conversation...

Cost: $10

Join our curator, Daniel Fuller, for an in-depth discussion of our current exhibitions. Learn more about the Atlanta Biennial, featuring twenty artists from across the south; plus explore our new exhibitions from Tyler Beard, Robert Beatty, and Howard's Art Gallery. Parking is free in the lot at B...

Cost: Free

Join us for a first look at the 2019 Atlanta Biennial. Twenty artists from across the southeast share their voice through visual arts, television, fiber arts, music and sound. The exhibition A thousand tomorrows aims to address complexities and deep vernacular traditions of the Southeast. Mix and mi...

Cost: Free w/ RSVP

Solo Exhibition from Artist Tyler Beard

Cost: Free

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.

January 17th - January 31st 2019

Cost: Free

Solo Exhibition from Artist Kevin Cole

Cost: Free

Presented by Howard's featuring work by Mo Costello, Alicia Gibson, Becky Kolsrud, Sarah Peters, Joe Sola, and Mitchell Wright

Cost: Free

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 with RSVP

Join our curator, Daniel Fuller, for an in-depth discussion of our current exhibitions. Learn more about the main exhibitions from Charles Harlan? and the group show Vivid Memories of a Blurred Past?, plus explore our new exhibitions from Tom Volkaert?, Hartmut Austen?, and Saige Rowe?.

Cost: Free with RSVP

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: General Admission: $10, Students: $5 (Door Only), VIP: $35, Members: Free