JUST A FEW OF OUR FAVORITES:
The pandemic was a dreary drag. We are fortunate to have been invited to add splashes of color and feelings of hope throughout one of our favorite ATL districts. We worked with Midtown Alliance and generous property owners to curate and produce this district wide exhibition experience for our community. Our programatic activations lifted up post pandemic hearts and minds across six sites, and multiple podcasts while employing nine creatives when they needed it most.
For five long years we partnered to redevelop this jewel of a school into affordable housing for creatives with our partners; Stryant Investments, The Creatives Project and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. After lots of sweat and LOTS of tears, it was a gift to celebrate its rebirth and an honor to curate and christen its rooms with art and spirit. Our celebratory exhibition allowed our community to intimately experience the beauty of this place for the first time in decades prior to our new tenants moving in. It was magical.
Our Mayor invested millions to purchase a public art collection. We led the process by gathering the ATL’s leading public arts curators to select artworks, and then coordinating with the Department of City Planning, Department of Parks and Recreation, and Office of Cultural Affairs to select sites. We brought private developers, CIDs, neighborhood associations, and a variety of stakeholders together to oversee site selection and installation. This collection is the largest investment in public art the City of Atlanta has ever made. It’s the first time the City has placed museum-quality international artwork in the public realm. Thank you Kasim!
The first of its kind in Atlanta, we transformed an empty parking lot into a one-day gallery at the height of the pandemic. From concept, curation, logistics and production we managed this experience in its entirety and safely shared the work of 30+ artists with 2400+ guests when it was needed most. Our pals at Stream Realty and The Creatives Project partnered to make this an unforgettable day for our beloved city.
We love our city and its talents. Atlanta is a vibrant hub of creativity, with a dynamic community of exceptional artists and creators. When our friends over at HULU asked us to help them celebrate our best and brightest, we were thrilled to connect them to our city’s greatest visual story tellers. In observance of Black History Month, our wildly talented comrade Michi Meko shared a bit of his knowledge and magic.
As you may be guessing by now, we LOVE building things. Especially when it involves generous partners and definitely when it includes good people with great talent. This is what artist residencies are all about. Developing them, from the ground up, is one of our most honed skills. Over the last 15 years we have worked with organizations, municipalities, and property owners alike to build programs that center access to space, connection to community and collaboration, while providing financial refuge to the individuals who feed our souls with he(art).
When District 2 Council Member Amir Farokhi and his arts advisors at Purpose Possible asked us to join them in visioning, we said sign us up! District 2 includes Midtown, Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Poncey-Highlands, Little 5 Points, and parts of Downtown. It’s a thriving intown district with resources ranging from Atlanta’s most prominent arts institutions to its most underground clubs and galleries. Drawing on our experience in programming and our understanding of City Hall and the levers of government, we are excited to play a role in helping District 2 continue to connect!
We were honored to help our president share his love for art and social justice by executing a creative passion project. We managed a nationwide RFP to produce an artist based poster campaign across multiple platforms in support of criminal justice reform. It was a dream to curate the exhibition unveiling at the Whitehouse for the country’s greatest talents and earn an international WEBBY award along the way. Thanks Obama!
The Breman has long stood on Spring Street as both the depository for Southern Jewish archives as well as Atlanta’s important collection of Holocaust survivors’ stories and remembrances. Post-Covid programming has brought crowds back – as well as new partnerships and fresh collaborations. Today you’re likely to come to The Breman to see a multimedia exhibition, with dance by Ballethnic, presented in partnership with the Alliance, and inspired by a photography exhibition curated by the Smithsonian. Or maybe you’ve come to hear the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus perform Sondheim compositions? Or Nerananah and afro-Jewish music? We are proud to support The Breman through it all - and into the great beyond as they explore further growth and development. Excited to see what the next phase brings for this boutique cultural center.