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Spruill Gallery will host Material Poesy exhibitionfeaturing three local artists
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (607+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta The Spruill Gallery’s final exhibition of 2026, Material Poesy, opens September 24 andfeatures works by Atlanta-based artists Johanna Flores, Ato Ribeiro, and Ivy Wu, according to an announcement from the organization. The exhibition runs through October 29 with…...
Upcoming art openings in Atlanta and Edgewood district
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (358+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta What it takes to stay Wednesday, Sept. 9 — Talent gets a career started. Support is what keeps it going. Since 2018, the nonprofit Idea Capital has proven that point by partnering with philanthropist Susan Antinori to provide…...
Inside Constance Thalken's Whitespace Gallery talk
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (141+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Here’s some of what was shared. Thalken was calling the project “Fragments of an Elegy” until a workshop audience reacted poorly to the title. Stuck for a replacement, she and a friend looked into alligator…...
Inside Idea Capital's Susan Antinori Visual Artist Award
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (455+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Susan Antinori’s path to funding Idea Capital’s Susan Antinori Visual Artist Award began with a neighbor and friend. Atlanta curator and arts advocate Mary Stanley sits on the Idea Capital Steering Committee. Through her, Antinori…...
DeKalb County launches public art cow project - Rough Draft
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (417+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Cows are coming to DeKalb County! The 12+1 Initiative is a new county-wide public art project bringing a herd of customized painted cows to each city in DeKalb. Life-size fiberglass cows are currently being delivered to…...
🏛️ Old work, new chapters
1+ week, 3+ day ago (482+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Wednesday, Sept. 2 — The first of this week’s Sketchbook stories uncovers a past that turns out to be surprisingly contemporary. The other looks at how a new Atlanta arts leader is building a future based on…...
New Edmonia Lewis exhibit at Georgia Museum of Art
1+ week, 4+ day ago (246+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta That tour, capped at 30 people and starting at 2 p.m., is the next public entry point into “Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone,” on view at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens through Jan. 3, 2027. “Said in Stone…...
Spelman to host lectures by acclaimed artists Amy Sherald and Calida Rawles
2+ week, 1+ day ago (317+ words) Rough Draft Atlanta The Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies will host its first Distinguished Lecture Series of the academic year on Sept. 1 featuring Atlanta University Center alumni artists Amy Sherald and Calida Rawles at Spelman College. The artists…...
The Atlanta News Quiz for August 29
2+ week, 1+ day ago (153+ words) It’s time to test your knowledge with this week’s Atlanta News Quiz! Click here to play, and please let us know how you do by sharing on Instagram, Facebook, or X @RoughDraftATL. This week’s quiz is sponsored by Ahlers & Ogletree....
New 'BUGS!' art exhibition opens at GSU Perimeter College
2+ week, 3+ day ago (159+ words) Queer artist and educator Charlotte Woolf has curated “You Are Not Alone: BUGS!,” a group exhibition featuring Atlanta-based artists, at Georgia State University Perimeter College. Through themes of pollination, decomposition, labor, and interdependence, the show explores how insects shape the…...