Making room for one another
Jan. 28 — Community is a practice. It’s built through repetition, intention, and care – often by people who decide to make space where none existed before.
This week’s Sketchbook stories sit squarely in that understanding. Both focus on artists who are creating conditions for others to create and shaping spaces where connection can take root. These aren’t gestures of scale or spectacle. They’re acts of commitment, sustained over time.
Near the Krog Street Tunnel, local non-profit Courage2Cre8 is turning a shared public corridor into a recurring site of encounter where artists and neighbors meet without pretense each month. Inside The Upton, CBrooks Art offers another model: long-held vision. After years of carrying the project forward, curator Courtney Brooks is bringing “Journey of a Black Girl” to Chosewood, as a gallery show that brings Black women artists together in celebration.
What connects these stories is the understanding that community doesn’t appear all at once. It’s built slowly, through consistency and a willingness to open a door again and again. In heavy times, that kind of work can feel small. It isn’t.
What does your practice look like?
—Sherri Daye Scott
The exhibition that waited
⏱️ Conceived as a public art project before the pandemic, “Journey of a Black Girl” comes to life six years later as a fully realized exhibition at CBROOKS Gallery. Curated by Courtney Brooks, the show brings together more than 40 artists reflecting on joy and collective care.
➡️ Step inside to take a look.
Fashion meets art at the High Museum!
SPONSORED BY THE HIGH MUSEUM
👗 Experience Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Statements – a bold, breathtaking exhibition celebrating avant-garde fashion visionaries who blurred the line between haute couture and art. Only at the High, the exhibition’s sole U.S. stop.
➞ On view through Feb. 8, 2026.
Making space, monthly
🖼️ Along the Atlanta Beltline, Atlanta Loves Art has built a monthly rhythm rooted in access. Powered by Courage2Cre8, the indoor, Beltline-adjacent shows create space for local artists to share work without fees or commissions, drawing neighbors into conversation and connection.
Art Happenings
📷 Exhibition Presentation of 18:18:18 | 7-9 p.m., Jan. 28 | The Breman.
🌍 Echoes of Diaspora: Opening Reception | 6-8:30 p.m., Jan. 29 | Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.
🧶 Taking Shape: Works in Textile, Wood, and Slate | 6-8:30 p.m., Jan. 30 | Dunwoody Farmhouse.
🎨 Sights & Insights: Opening Reception | 1:30-4 p.m., Jan. 31 | Abernathy Arts Center.
🫶 Compassion: What Moves You? | 3-4:15 p.m, Jan. 31 | Michael C. Carlos Museum. (pictured)
Post of the Week
🐅 This Saturday, gallery @blooms.emporium invites painters of all levels into a hands-on class rooted in traditional Asian tattoo arts. Instructor Andrew Bloom will break down the lines, movement, and symbolism behind the classic tiger motif.
➡️ See the post.
🖋️ Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
