In the making
Feb. 18 — Sometimes all it takes is a slight shift in vantage point to see a place, or a practice, with new clarity.
That’s the current running through this week’s Sketchbook stories. Both ask what changes when we approach culture as something we can read up close: through fragments, through process, through the people shaping the room.
One piece follows Puerto Rican nonprofit Beta—Local as it reimagines the Atlanta Center for Photography’s Reading Room as an entry point into Puerto Rico that refuses a single storyline.
The other is a conversation with artist Makeda Lewis-Kinuthia, newly named co-director at Day & Night Projects, on what leadership can look like inside an artist-run space, and what she hopes to build as the gallery nears its 10th anniversary.
What are you looking at differently?
—Sherri Daye Scott
Learning with Beta—Local
🇵🇷 Puerto Rican nonprofit Beta—Local transforms ACP’s Reading Room into an open invitation to piece together Puerto Rico’s story, through texts and objects, under the theme “the strong will to remain.”
A Visionary World Comes to Life
SPONSORED BY THE HIGH MUSEUM
✨ Lose yourself in the vivid world of Minnie Evans, where color blooms, faces emerge, and dreams take shape. Experience the exhibition that transforms spiritual visions into unforgettable works of art.
Day & Night’s new co-director
🕶️ Artist and “casual documentarian” Makeda Lewis-Kinuthia steps into leadership at Day & Night Projects and shares what artist-run spaces make possible.
➡️ Meet Makeda.
Art Happenings
🎺 Opening Reception: Jazz Through the Lens Photography Exhibit | 5-7 p.m., Feb. 19 | Rialto Arts Center.
🏠 Community Open House | 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Feb. 21 | Georgia Museum of Art. (Pictured)
🥂 ADAMA Flowers x Seeds Gala | 7 p.m., Feb. 21 | African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta.
📚 Study Hall February | 1-3:30 p.m., Feb. 22 | High Museum of Art.
📷 “The Lost Weekend – The Photography of May Pang” featuring an appearance by May Pang | 12-7 p.m., Feb. 24-25 | Mimm’s Museum of Technology & Art.
✨ Party like it’s 1985 at Spruill Center for the Arts’ 40th Artistic Affair! On March 28, join us for 1980s fun, open bar, arcade games, costume contests, a live auction, and more. Get your tickets today for this totally tubular event! SPONSOR MESSAGE
Post of the Week
🧧 2025 marked the final days of the wood snake, while 2026 brings the fire horse. Experience this ode to Lunar New Year renewal and transition from @sonyayongjames, where horsehair becomes a tactile, shedding-serpent meditation. It is a small, striking reminder that endings can be their own kind of beginning.
🖋️ Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.