Home is where the art is
Wednesday, May 6 — Some artists are native to the cities where they live and work. Others choose their creative homes. And that choice changes everything.
Painter Carlos Solis left Venezuela to find his creative footing in Kennesaw. Nearly two decades later, he’s curating “In the Beginning,” a group exhibition opening Sat., May 9, at the Hudgens Center’s Fowler Gallery in Duluth. The show highlights artists from across the globe who also adopted Atlanta as home and asks what we share before culture, borders, and history pull us apart.
Designer and illustrator George F. Baker III, though born in Nebraska, came up in Detroit – a city that runs on music and grit – and brought that frequency with him to Atlanta. This year, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs handed him the commission to design the key art for the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Our conversation with Baker explores how two cities with deep musical souls shaped that work.
Atlanta has a way of drawing people in and pulling something out of them.
Have you heard the call?
—Sherri Daye Scott
E pluribus unum
🌍 Venezuelan-born curator Carlos Solis brings together 15 artists from across the globe now living in Georgia for “In the Beginning,” a group exhibition rooted in our shared human connections.
➡️ Preview “In the Beginning” here.
Take Flight at Fernbank Museum
SPONSORED BY FERNBANK MUSEUM
🦋 Experience spring in a spectacular way with Flight of Butterflies at Fernbank Museum.
Twenty-five larger-than-life butterfly sculptures transform the nature paths in WildWoods into a breathtaking outdoor gallery.
➞ Let your imagination take flight at Fernbank.
Art by ear
🎺 George F. Baker III designed the key art for the Atlanta Jazz Festival’s 49th year – and packed it with more than meets the eye. Our piece with him explores the hidden details, the musical parallels, and what he wants young Atlanta artists to take away.
➡️ Read our conversation with Baker.
Art Happenings
💵 Business X Design with D.L. Warfield | 5:30-7:30 p.m., tonight | MODA.
👣 Castleberry Hill Art Stroll | 7-11 p.m., May 8 | Castleberry Hill.
🖤 HELD: Black Women and the Womb | 7 p.m., May 8 | Nina Baldwin Gallery.
🗣️ Markmaker Mike Mauldin Artist Talk | 6-11 p.m., May 9 | eyedrum art & music gallery.
💬 In Conversation: Artist Honey Pierre + Karen Comer Lowe | 3:30-5 p.m., May 9 | One Contemporary Gallery.
🏞️ The Chattahoochee River Art Exhibition: Paintings by Gregg Bauer | 6 p.m., May 12 | The Gallery at City Springs. (Pictured)
Post of the Week
🗿 @kailinart is accepting submissions for OBJECTS II, its second juried open call for three-dimensional works. The competition is open to emerging and established artists working in sculpture and relief. Submissions close May 8.
🔗 See the post.
🖋️ Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
