Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Call:
(404) 688-1970
or visit
www.atlantacontemporary.org
An essential stop for anyone interested in smartly curated contemporary artwork by a variety of regional, national and international artists. The annual Art Party in early fall is a must-attend.
Avantgarte
Thursday February 28, 2019 05:00 pm EST
A collective consciousness of empathy & understanding is needed now more than ever. Engaging hearts & minds on today’s most pressing social issues is the first step towards a more equitable future.
AVANTGARTE unites a community of passionate doers around contemporary art, music & conversation in o...
Cost: Free
Contemporary Cocktails: Work-Life-Well
Thursday February 14, 2019 07:00 pm EST
A conversation about how lady movers and shakers take on work, life, and wellness. Moderated by Porsha Thomas and Sydia Bell. Featuring Tricia Hersey and Dr. Nicole Cabrera Salazar.
Cost: Free
2019 Atlanta Biennial
Monday February 11, 2019 11:00 am EST
January 17, 2019 – April 7, 2019
This is not an exhibition from a hindered view obstructed by glass, but a view forged by a lasting commitment to go, look, and see. Art has never been confined to the realm of museums, galleries, artist studios, or any other dedicated spaces that collectively conta...
Cost: Free
Robert Beatty, Suspended Passthrough
Monday February 11, 2019 11:00 am EST
January 17, 2019 – March 3, 2019
Robert Beatty repurposes the tools of outmoded technology, creating hybridized drawings, videos, sculptures, music, and installations that blur sensory boundaries. In his visual world, the lines between the artificial and organic are almost completely eliminated, a...
Cost: Free
Those Winter Sundays: Poetry Reading by Masud Olufani
Saturday February 9, 2019 02:00 pm EST
Studio Artist Masud Olufani joins us to recite Those Winter Sundays, a poem by Robert Hayden, and a selection of his own poems. Olufani will discuss themes of Hayden’s poems and how they impact Olufani’s piece Those Winter Sundays: Elegy for Robert Hayden, 1989, currently on view on our Studio Artis...
Cost: Free
Contemporary Kids
Sunday January 27, 2019 12:00 pm EST
Join us in welcoming artist Makiko Maekawa for another family friendly Contemporary Kids program. Makiko will be teaching kids how they can use a variety of objects, paint, and paper to create contemporary works of art.
Cost: Free
Grant Writing 101
Saturday January 26, 2019 11:00 am EST
Are you an arts administrator or individual artist seeking financial support for your organization or project? Join us for a grant writing workshop designed to teach you the basics of submitting a grant proposal to fund your big idea!
This workshop is presented by Atlanta Contemporary and C4 Atlan...
Cost: $35
TTTHURSDAY with Junior League of Atlanta
Thursday January 24, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Every Third Thursday enjoy people, drinks, art, and "MUSIC YOU NEED" provided by DJ Extremely Michael at Atlanta Contemporary. This installment of TTTHURSDAY is in partnership with Junior League of Atlanta. Mixologist-in-Residence Trip Sandifer will be providing his specialty cocktails for the month...
Cost: Free
Color ATL + Meet the Artists
Thursday January 24, 2019 06:00 pm EST
Join us for a free and interactive adult coloring workshop presented by ColorATL.
Meet select artists from Volume I + Volume II.
SCHEDULE: 6p Doors + Bar with Contemporary Cocktails 6:30 Coloring and Intro by ColorATL 7p Meet the Artists
Cost: Free
Movement Love with Nap Ministry
Sunday January 20, 2019 10:30 am EST
Atlanta Contemporary presents “Movement Love,” a yoga series that introduces movement programming alongside collaborating audio and visual artists. Installations and interactive media define curated classes that blend movement with live projection, music, film, therapeutic resources and conversation...
Cost: $10
Curator Tour: 2019 Atlanta Biennial
Saturday January 19, 2019 11:00 am EST
Join our curator, Daniel Fuller, for an in-depth discussion of our current exhibitions. Learn more about the Atlanta Biennial, featuring twenty artists from across the south; plus explore our new exhibitions from Tyler Beard, Robert Beatty, and Howard's Art Gallery.
Parking is free in the lot at B...
Cost: Free
2019 Atlanta Biennial: Reception
Thursday January 17, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Join us for a first look at the 2019 Atlanta Biennial. Twenty artists from across the southeast share their voice through visual arts, television, fiber arts, music and sound. The exhibition A thousand tomorrows aims to address complexities and deep vernacular traditions of the Southeast. Mix and mi...
Cost: Free w/ RSVP
Tyler Beard: Beachcomber
Thursday January 17, 2019 06:00 pm EST
Solo Exhibition from Artist Tyler Beard
Cost: Free
Mixologist-in-Residence: Trip Standifer
Thursday January 17, 2019 06:00 pm EST
Atlanta Contemporary welcomes a local bartender to become the Mixologist-in-Residence – here we invite the purveyors of Atlanta’s cocktail culture to share their story – over a finely crafted drink – with our audiences.
January 17th - January 31st 2019
Cost: Free
Kevin Cole, When Scars are my Testimony
Thursday January 17, 2019 11:00 am EST
Solo Exhibition from Artist Kevin Cole
Cost: Free
Scattered and Smothered
Thursday January 17, 2019 11:00 am EST
Presented by Howard's featuring work by Mo Costello, Alicia Gibson, Becky Kolsrud, Sarah Peters, Joe Sola, and Mitchell Wright
Cost: Free
Contemporary Kids
Sunday December 2, 2018 12:00 pm EST
Join us in welcoming artist Makiko Maekawa for another family friendly Contemporary Kids program. Makiko will be teaching kids how they can use a variety of objects, paint, and paper to create contemporary works of art.
Cost: Free with RSVP
Curator Tour Lead by Daniel Fuller
Thursday November 29, 2018 06:00 pm EST
Join our curator, Daniel Fuller, for an in-depth discussion of our current exhibitions. Learn more about the main exhibitions from Charles Harlan? and the group show Vivid Memories of a Blurred Past?, plus explore our new exhibitions from Tom Volkaert?, Hartmut Austen?, and Saige Rowe?.
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Studios
Thursday November 15, 2018 07:00 pm EST
Open Studios spotlights the artists in our Studio Artist Program. This event is one of three nights a year where we invite you to join us and meet the artists, see their work firsthand, and perhaps add some art to your collection.
Cost: General Admission: $10, Students: $5 (Door Only), VIP: $35, Members: Free
Got It For Cheap
Thursday October 25, 2018 06:00 pm EDT
Contemporary Cocktails with Got It For Cheap. Join us for a unique shopping experience and a cocktail throw-down with our Mixologist-in-Residence, Cole Tanner.
Cost: Free Admission
Welch Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series: Leigh Ledare Film Screening
Tuesday September 25, 2018 05:45 pm EDT
Categories: film
Film screening with Q&A Visiting artist and Guggenheim recipient, Leigh Ledare, will screen his recent film, “The Task,” followed by a discussion.
"Twenty-eight strangers shuffle into a nondescript room where they sit down for day three of a radical social experiment orche...
Cost: free
Art Party 2018
Saturday August 25, 2018 07:00 pm EDT
Join us for an amazing evening that underwrites Atlanta Contemporary’s vision to remain free admission, every day. Meander throughout the campus – entering at Bankhead Ave. Grab a quick bite at one of our many food stations and wind your way into the Pavilion – mix, mingle, and move forward to enjoy...
Cost: $55
Relax, Read, Refresh
Thursday July 5, 2018 07:00 pm EDT
Join us for Relax, Read, Refresh in conjunction with Contemporary Cocktails.
Grab a cocktail from our Mixologist-in-Residence, Taylor Bottcher, peruse the curated selection of artist made goods in our SHOP, and meander through our current exhibitions on view.
Support local artists by purchasin...
Cost: Free
Cinebash
Saturday June 23, 2018 07:00 pm EDT
<br>Step into the world of film with Cinebash, a first-ever film party that celebrates Jewish cinema through multimedia art forms. The celebration blends immersive experiences with food, music, and other production elements for an unforgettable evening. Cinebash extends beyond traditio...
Cost: $35 in advance; $40 at the door
Home Is Where the Art Is
Tuesday June 19, 2018 06:30 pm EDT
You are invited to go behind-the-scenes and see some of Atlanta’s best contemporary art collections. This walking tour of the Atlanta City Hall complex will explore its architectural history and artistic components, events leading to the construction of the two buildings (the Historic Tower and the ...
Cost: Free
RYAN MCLAUGHLIN: Säntis Bindle
Friday June 15, 2018 12:00 am EDT
The surprisable, semi-recognizable is where we find Ryan McLaughlin’s paintings. His subjects are frequently hazy logos and texts floating in shallow, milky pools. We know that we once knew these places and products. It’s all there on the tips of our tongues, our ensemble hypnotically waiting for ne...
Cost: Free
JORDAN STUBBS Buffering in the Danger Zone by Any Means Necessary
Thursday June 14, 2018 12:00 am EDT
Jordan Stubbs (b. 1993) is an artist living and working in Atlanta. He received his BFA in Photography from Georgia State University in 2014. During that time, he also co-founded the artist-run space, The LOW Museum in the Old Fourth Ward. Jordan spent the next two and a half years as the gallery di...
Cost: Free
Movement Love: a yoga series
Sunday June 10, 2018 10:30 am EDT
Atlanta Contemporary presents “Movement Love,” a yoga series that introduces movement programming alongside collaborating audio and visual artists. Installations and interactive media define curated classes that blend movement with live projection, music, film, therapeutic resources and conversation...
Cost: $10
JORDAN STUBBS: Buffering in the Danger Zone by Any Means Necessary
Tuesday June 5, 2018 12:00 am EDT
Jordan Stubbs (b. 1993) is an artist living and working in Atlanta. He received his BFA in Photography from Georgia State University in 2014. During that time, he also co-founded the artist-run space, The LOW Museum in the Old Fourth Ward. Jordan spent the next two and a half years as the gallery di...
Cost: Free
Ryan McLaughlin Säntis Bindle
Tuesday June 5, 2018 12:00 am EDT
It all started with a drum. Junior congas, flipped over 5-gallon buckets, and the occasional bass drum together creating a bombastic marathon of syncopated percussion, raucous and visceral. The sound is sonorous, full, menacing, as it thunders and rumbles down your spine. Legend has it that bandlead...
Cost: Free
Shy Layers: A Studio 10 Pop Up
Thursday May 31, 2018 08:00 pm EDT
<br>ACAC Studio Artist JD Walsh will perform songs from his audio project Shy Layers in an immersive environment with video and light projection. Performance will last roughly 40 minutes. Audience is invited to bring something comfortable to sit on, relax, and enjoy the show. Performan...
Cost: Free
Color ATL + Meet the Artists
Thursday May 31, 2018 06:00 pm EDT
ColorATL, Atlanta’s adult coloring book, combines the power of creative activity with the thriving art culture of Atlanta to benefit those in difficult circumstances. Not only does ColorATL offer a deeper, more interactive look into Atlanta’s artists, but they believe creative activity has the abil...
Cost: Free
DENA YAGO The Shortest Shadow
Thursday April 12, 2018 12:00 am EDT
Rabbits are a symbol of cross-over, an adaptable creature who acts as a liaison, and guide, a pure being here on earth, heaven, and the underworld. Down below, they are they are a representation of exercising one’s intuition: a guide through dark passages. On earth their little legs keep them ground...
Cost: Free
Jamie Keiter
Thursday April 12, 2018 12:00 am EDT
Jaime Keiter is an artist working primarily in the medium of ceramics. She graduated with a BFA from the University of Georgia in 2001 and worked as a photo art director at various fashion and design magazines in New York City for 14 years before returning to Atlanta in 2016. Her ceramic sculptures ...
Cost:
SHEIDA SOLEIMANI Medium of Exchange
Thursday April 12, 2018 12:00 am EDT
In 2016, 14 OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) countries produced an estimated 44 percent of global oil production and possessed 73 percent of the world’s “proven” oil reserves giving OPEC a major influence on global oil prices. Two-thirds of OPEC’s oil production and reserves...
Cost: Free
TN CONTEMPORARY Natalie Petrosky, Eric Cagely, and Patrick Deguira
Saturday March 17, 2018 12:00 am EDT
Contemporary On-Site series welcomes TN Contemporary to Atlanta Contemporary.
TN CONTEMPORARY presents
Eric Cagely
Patrick DeGuira
Natalie Petrovsky
76 miles per hour - steel rails - powerlines - pine trees - carpet factories - red clay - chipper shredder - powerlines sporadically overhead...
Cost: Free
Contemporary Kids
Sunday February 25, 2018 12:00 pm EST
A free and interactive family-friendly program that introdues children to contemporary art and artists.
RSVP here.
Cost: Free
535 Means St. N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 688-1970
Atlanta, GA 30318
atlantacontemporary.org
Art Gallery,Art Institute
Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 4:00 PM
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 4:00 PM
