Something from something
Wednesday, April 29 — Art begins with raw materials. Artists craft parts into vision.
Take, for example, the 14 florists and designers participating in “FLORA,” a traveling floral showcase produced by Fleurs de Villes. Now through Sunday, their work in blooms, branches and greenery transform the first floor of Phipps Plaza into a gallery full of fresh flowers fashioned into couture. So, while people shop, power walk and catch up, they’ll be treated to a rare expression of flowers as fine art.
Then, there’s the Atlanta Collage Collective, which has spent two years cutting, assembling, and transforming paper, photographs, and ephemera into something entirely new. This Saturday, Chamblee’s Oddities Museum is exhibiting – alongside its curios collections – the Collective’s first formal showcase, providing both dabblers and professionals with an opportunity to share their work with a broader, albeit still niche, audience.
In “Returns,” which opens at Dunwoody’s Spruill Gallery on May 7, muralist Charity Hamidullah and emerging artists Sayma Hossain and Masela Nkolo are displaying pieces both personal and universal, composed of reclaimed materials from their respective heritages. Their group show asks us to look at how legacy lingers among the living.
Flowers, paper, heritage. The materials are different. The impulse is the same.
What are you putting together these days?
—Sherri Daye Scott
Flowers as fine art
🌸 Fourteen Atlanta florists and floral designers transformed thousands of fresh blooms, branches, and greenery into couture installations on the first floor of Phipps Plaza in Buckhead. Fleurs de Villes’ “FLORA” is free and open to the public through Sun., May 3.
➡️ See how “FLORA” is blooming at Phipps.
Public Notice: The 2025 U.S. International Poster Biennial
SPONSORED BY MUSEUM OF DESIGN ATLANTA
🪧 “A poster aims to seduce, to exhort, to sell, to educate, to convince, to appeal.” – Susan Sontag
The 2025 U.S. International Poster Biennial drew 11,800 submissions from 93 countries. Prize winners and jury selections are on view now at MODA – work that takes on social issues, amplifies cultural events, advocates for America’s National Parks, and explores what the posters become in digital space.
➞ See the exhibition Public Notice. Open Wednesday-Sunday, 12-7 p.m. Closes May 22.
From the zine fest to gallery wall
✂️ What started as a spontaneous gathering at a 2022 zine fest is now a formal exhibition. The Atlanta Collage Collective mounts its debut showcase this Saturday at Chamblee’s Oddities Museum. Sixteen artists transform paper, photographs, and found ephemera into something entirely new.
➡️ Preview Atlanta Collage Collective’s debut showcase
Legacy, reclaimed
🖼️ Artists Charity Hamidullah, Sayma Hossain, and Masela Nkolo all begin from what’s already there in their group show, “Returns,” opening at Dunwoody’s Spruill Gallery on May 7.
➡️ Read more about “Returns” at Spruill Gallery.
Art Happenings
📜 [Virtual] Process and Collaboration: Ruth Lingen Artist Talk | 12:30 p.m., Apr. 30 | Zoom.
🏺 Beginner Clay Workshop | 1-3 p.m., May 2 | Nina Baldwin Gallery.
👣 Edgewood Art Walk | 1-5 p.m., May 2 | Edgewood Arts District.
🧶 Opening Reception: Notions Solo Exhibit with Honey Pierre | 6-8 p.m., May 2 | One Contemporary Gallery. (pictured)
🎨 Marietta Artists Guild First Saturday: Art in Action | 12-4 p.m., May 2 | Artisan Resource Center.
🖌️ HELD TRACES Opening | 1-5 p.m., May 3 | Memento Gallery.
Post of the Week
📸 @khyreelashawn took a few test shots on a Canon Powershot SX710 HS at Atlanta Worldwide Gallery – and the results speak for themselves. The Beltline shop is part camera store, part gallery, part love letter to Atlanta culture.
🔗 See the post.
🖋️ Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
