Art news and notes: The Georgia Museum of Art’s fancy new digs and more

Plus, megabucks for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and how to get a public art commission from Fulton County

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Some art news from around town:

The Art Papers Art Auction, the contemporary art magazine’s annual fundraising and hobnobbing event, takes place Fri., Feb. 4 (collectors preview party) and Sat., Feb. 5 (auction). You don’t have to wait until the 5th to start bidding, though. The online auction is officially open for preview and bidding. Going once, going twice ...

Last October, an anonymous donor gifted $112,000 to the Atlanta Opera. The AO then launched the Heart of the Opera campaign to raise $112,000 in 112 days, using the anonymous gift as an incentive for other donors. The idea worked: The 112 days ended on January 18 and the opera surpassed its goal, raising $125,000 from 434 donors.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra also announced this week that it’d be getting a $1.85 million infusion from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation. As a result, the ASO is establishing the Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair. The award will be granted every five years to a tenured orchestra member and come with a $10,000 check. Reeder lived in Atlanta most of her life (she died in 2007 at age 97) and was a longtime supporter of the Woodruff Arts Center and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

The Fulton County Public Art Program is holding a series of informational workshops in early February for artists interested in learning about the program’s upcoming commissions and how to submit. Good to know: To be eligible for a commission, an artist “must be accepted into the Fulton County Public Art Registry.” Registry applications are due by March 1; workshops will have details on that as well. Upcoming dates include Thurs., Feb. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fulton Regional Library at Ocee, Meeting Room, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek, 770-360-8897; Sat., Feb. 5, 1-3 p.m. MOCA GA, Education/Resource Center, 75 Bennett St., Suite M-1, 404-367-8700; Wed., Feb. 9, 6-8 p.m., Southwest Arts Center, Black Box Theater, Studio Building, 915 New Hope Road, 404-613-3220. More info and RSVPs, e-mail lisa.tuttle at fultoncountyga.gov or briana.camelo at fultoncountyga.gov.