The legacy of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo - ARTS ATL
Oct 3, 2019 — The legacy of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo -- brown, queer, disabled and revolutionary - ARTS ATL. "I never paint dreams or nightmares," Frida Kahlo once said. "I paint my own reality." The turbulent life and love of the Mexican painter (1907–54) are the subject of The Atlanta Opera's "Frida," with performances October 5, 9, 11 and 13.
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Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote. Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St. N.W., Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Embark on a Mexican folklore musical journey Musical adaptation and lyrics by Jessica Rosa Espinoza Based on the book by Duncan Tonatiuh Music composed by Clayton Cowell This musical, based... $21 – $23.
GALLERY SNAPSHOT | Callanwolde - ARTS ATL
Sep 7, 2021 — The Callanwolde Gallery is housed in its historic home, the Callanwolde Mansion, which was built in 1921 by Charles Howard Candler and designed by Henry Hornbostel. The gallery opened in 2005 but became more officially established in 2013 with a mix of local and up-and-coming artists, students and well established artists.
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Herndon Plaza 142-148 Auburn Ave. NE, Atlanta, United States. "ICONoclasts" is a powerful new installation that spotlights six influential Black Atlantans who have shaped our city's artistic and social landscape. Created by Atlanta-based artist Marryam Moma, the installation features stunning collage portraits of Ricci de Forest, Mtamanika ...
An in-depth conversation with “The Color Purple” author Alice …
Jul 17, 2019 — Walker, whose actual birthday is February 9, was born in Eatonton to parents who worked as sharecroppers. She is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel The Color Purple and close to 40 other books. Over the course of her 50-year career, she has worked as an artist, activist and educator, and she was a contributor to the feminist ...
Aurora Theatre opens Lawrenceville Arts Center with public tours …
October 20, 2021. After much anticipation, the curtain rises this week on the $35 million, 59,500-square-foot Lawrenceville Arts Center, as it hosts grand opening tours Friday through Sunday. Completing a city block for the arts in downtown Lawrenceville, the complexis the product of a remarkable partnership between Aurora Theatreand the City ...
Community Foundation announces $1 million in grants for Atlanta …
January 10, 2023. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has awarded just over $1 million in grants to 35 arts organizations. The grants are earmarked to support small and midsized arts organizations with annual budgets under $2 million. The grants come from two funds. One is the Foundation’s Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund program.
Assembly Atlanta enters the frame as a creative hub for filmmaking
Nov 27, 2023 — Assembly Atlanta is poised to become a creative film hub. With industry strikes in the rearview mirror, Assembly Atlanta is about to become the busiest it has been since its Phase I opening on November 9. The MARTA-accessible, 65-year-old repurposed GM plant in Doraville is now a creative hub owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television — one of the country’s largest owners of broadcast TV stations.
Basil Watson on public art, his family’s connection to MLK
Feb 24, 2021 — For sculptor Basil Barrington Watson, the opportunity to create a 12-foot-tall bronze monument to mark the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s long fight for civil rights was more than a simple commission.It also was about family legacy. His father, painter Barrington Watson, was a visiting professor at Spelman College in 1970 when the school asked that he paint a portrait of King.
Review: ASO, Nathalie Stutzmann open season with high voltage …
October 6, 2023. Nathalie Stutzmann had a rather spectacular spring and summer, garnering rave reviews for her Mozart at New York’s Metropolitan Opera — Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute — and, in Germany, for Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival. Newspaper and word-of-mouth reviews for her opera conducting ranged from high ...