The ATL Arts Collective

Featured contributor Will Feagins Jr. discusses his documentary series Our Voices, Our Lives, and Shepard Fairey brings new art to Atlanta. Plus, a look inside Stay Productive, the annual gathering of Atlanta beatmakers, a behind-the-scenes conversation with Potential Spam Comedy, and ArtsATL’s Best Bets for the week. Prefer to watch while you listen? We're @atlartscollective on YouTube. Will Feag...

Featured contributor Jasmine Hentschel talks with community organizer Plushette Ellis about arts funding, civics, and ‘Making it Work’ in Atlanta. Plus, we explore Sergio Suárez’s exhibition at the Carlos Museum, discover an Atlanta connection to HBO’s The Gilded Age, and get ArtsATL’s Best Bets for the week. Prefer to watch while you listen? We’re @atlartscollective on YouTube. Gulch Magazine doc...

Featured contributor Jordan Owen talks with Mastodon’s Troy Sanders about the Atlanta metal band’s new album and next chapter. Plus, we explore Where the Weird Things Are, preview Chamber Cartel’s boundary-pushing percussion performance, and get ArtsATL’s Best Bets for the week. Prefer to watch while you listen? We’re @atlartscollective on YouTube. Jordan Owen: Both Sides of the Beat Our featured...

Featured contributor Summer Evans joins us to talk about her new Rough Draft Atlanta podcast, From the Paper to the Pod. Plus, we go inside the Atlanta BeltLine x Porto Artworks residency, chat with Robin Danger Vincent about DIY ethos, and ArtsATL’s Executive Editor Shane Harrison runs down the top spooky-season arts and cultural events. Prefer to watch while you listen? We’re @atlartscollective...

Featured contributor Jamaal Barber joins us to talk about printmaking, MTV/Smithsonian’s The Exhibit, and how he amplifies Black artists through his Studio Noize podcast. Plus, synth-pop duo CLAVVS discusses their new album Into the Cave of Crumbling Gold, and we learn about the Nu Africans exhibition at Hammond House Museum. We also prepare for the Atlanta premiere of Voiceless Mass, and explore...

Featured contributor Chad Radford joins us to talk about Atlanta music, record collecting, RAD/ATL, and his book Atlanta Record Stores: An Oral History. Plus, Kenny Murray talks with Debbie Allen about the new A Different World reboot filmed in Atlanta, Atlanta artist Fabian Williams brings sci-fi and social commentary together in a new immersive installation, and Atlanta Center for Photography sh...

We're off this week - please enjoy this encore episode with featured contributor Jewel Wicker.   ✦  Jewel Wicker  ✦ The Jimmy Awards ✦ GULCH’s Making it Work ✦ Eyedrum on Monday Nights ✦ Pen Names ✦ Best Bets ✦   ☕ Want to buy the podcast a cup of coffee? Here’s how to support the work we do. ☕   Featured contributor Jewel Wicker joins us as we meet a Milton student fresh off a national Jimmy Aw...

Featured contributor Katina Pappas DeLuca joins us to talk Atlanta storytelling, while Out on Film director Jim Farmer previews their festival’s biggest edition yet. Plus, Les Misérables, a new live storytelling-and-music experience, and ArtsATL’s Best Bets for the week.  Prefer to watch while you listen? We’re @atlartscollective on YouTube.   Katina Pappas DeLuca & Atlanta Storytelling Our fe...

Lois Reitzes joins us as we tour the new Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, hear about Miya Bailey’s new exhibition, and meet the local actor having a Hamilton homecoming at the Fox Theatre. Plus, Shane Harrison and ArtsATL’s Best Bets for the week. Prefer to watch while you listen? We’re @atlartscollective on YouTube.   Lois Reitzes: now in miniature!  Longtime Atlanta broadcaster Lois Reitze...

Atlanta’s Dragon Con turns 40 this year, and we’re celebrating with a look at the people, fandoms, and creative communities that helped make the convention one of the city’s most enduring cultural institutions. Plus ArtsATL’s Executive Editor Shane Harrison shares his Best Bets for Labor Day weekend. Happy 40th Dragon Con Kim talks to Dragon Con co-founder Pat Henry and this year’s media spokesper...

Discover the Atlanta metal artist often called the Johnny Appleseed of Burning Man. The Collective Spotlight Series from the ATL Arts Collective highlights an individual story from a recent episode. Today's spotlight is on Charlie Blackcat Smith and the Burning Book of Brian. Looking to stay connected to the people, performances, exhibitions, and ideas shaping Atlanta’s creative community? The ATL...

Alison Law joins us as we meet an Atlanta artist bringing an enormous memorial sculpture to Burning Man, examine the preservation of textile art as a traditional craft, learn how Andrew Aydin's use of graphic novels gives voice to the experiences of Hurricane Helene survivors, and share ArtsATL's "Best Bets" for the week. Alison Law & Atlanta’s Creative Community Our featured contributor is Al...

Discover the rise of Muelas , Atlanta’s 5-piece blending hardcore, punk, mariachi, and classical music.  The Collective Spotlight Series from the ATL Arts Collective highlights an individual story from a recent episode. Today's spotlight is by Aja Arnold of Mainline Magazine. Looking to stay connected to the people, performances, exhibitions, and ideas shaping Atlanta’s creative community? The ATL...

Podcast: Chuck Stewart, Muelas & Mainline on ATL Arts Collective Mainline Magazine’s Aja Arnold joins us as we take a deep dive into Atlanta’s DIY music scene, explore legendary music photographer Chuck Stewart’s seven-decade career, discover the return of Tesla vs. Edison at the Center for Puppetry Arts, and share ArtsATL’s Best Bets for the week ahead. Aja Arnold & Mainline Magazine Our...

Featured contributor Kenny Murry joins us as we discover the new workspace helping former South River Studios artists rebuild, celebrate 35 years of Criminal Records, talk to actress and producer Terri J. Vaughn, and share ArtsATL’s Best Bets for the week ahead. Kenny Murry: Journalism, Comedy & Asking the Right Questions Our featured contributor is Kenny Murry, WABE digital reporter, comedian...

The ATL Arts Collective broadcasts from its new home inside The CTR with the story behind the collaborative creative hub. Plus, a new exhibition from Gallery FC and the history of The World of Sid and Marty Krofft.  The ATL Arts Collective Has a New Home Welcome to the very first episode broadcasting from our brand-new podcast studio, located inside the CTR (the iconic former CNN Center) in Downto...

✦  Jewel Wicker  ✦ The Jimmy Awards ✦ GULCH’s Making it Work ✦ Eyedrum on Monday Nights ✦ Pen Names ✦ Best Bets ✦   ☕ Want to buy the podcast a cup of coffee? Here’s how to support the work we do. ☕   Featured contributor Jewel Wicker joins us as we meet a Milton student fresh off a national Jimmy Award win, discover one of Atlanta's most adventurous live music series, examine why more writers a...

✦  Shanita Miller of Black Girl's Guide to Atlanta  ✦ Cabbagetown '76 ✦ ColorPath ✦ Cyber Leauge Baseball ✦ Best Bets ✦     Featured contributor Shanita Miller joins us as we explore a landmark photography exhibition documenting historic Cabbagetown, discover a new wayfinding platform connecting people with Downtown Atlanta, meet an Atlanta comic creator taking his latest graphic novel to San Dieg...

✦ Summer Evans ✦ Spamalot ✦ Peaches on Peachtree Street ✦ Izzy ✦ Dior ✦ Best Bets ✦ ☕ Want to buy the podcast a cup of coffee? Here’s how to support the work we do. ☕   ✦ This Week On The Show ✦  This week’s featured contributor is Summer Evans ! She is a freelance journalist and multimedia storyteller based in Atlanta. Summer’s background is in public radio, and she currently works as a freelan...

✦  Julián Gonzalez-Diaz of FRESH JUGO  ✦ Stop-Motion Animation ✦ This is Somewhere ✦ Lucy Luckovich ✦ Best Bets ✦  Co-Curating the Future ✦ ☕Want to buy the podcast a cup of coffee? Here’s how to support the work we do☕ ✦This Week On The Show ✦  This week’s featured contributor is Julián Gonzalez-Diaz ! He’s a painter and the host of the FRESH JUGO podcast, where he has casual conversations with...

This episode of the ATL Arts Collective spotlights Atlanta’s creative surge around the FIFA World Cup, featuring new city-commissioned murals, conversations with artists like Charity Hamidullah, Kyle Brooks, Melissa Mitchell, and Nick Turbo Benson’s Waffle House mural. We also cover the Atlanta Cultural Exchange at the CTR, spotlight Sheila Pree Bright’s Footwork exhibition at the Carlos Museum, A...

✦ Guest co-host Chad Radford ✦ True Colors Theater presents Cinderella ✦ GULCH Magazine's Making it Work ✦ Kess Fest ✦ Elizabeth B. Stephens International Organ Competition ✦ Best Bets   ✦This Week On The Show✦  This week’s guest co-host is Chad Radford ! As the former longtime music editor for Creative Loafing and author of Atlanta Record Stores: An Oral History , Chad has spent decades documenti...

✦  Gulch’s Jasmine Hentschel and EC Famming  ✦ Atlanta Variety Shows ✦ WIT ✦ Best Bets ✦ Art News ✦     ✦This Week On The Show ✦  GULCH magazine’s Jasmine Hentschel and EC Flamming join as guest co-hosts today! We dive deep into the origin story of Gulch Magazine, Atlanta's premier print and digital visual art publication. The co-founders discuss their individual professional backgrounds, transiti...

✦ Guest co-host Sundiata Rush ✦ FIFA World Cup Murals ✦ Atlanta Cultural Exchange ✦ Nick Turbo Benson ✦ The Park at the Heart of Atlanta’s Olympics ✦ Best Bets ✦  Footwork: Where We Gather ✦ Beyond the Yellow Brick Road ✦ ✦ This Week On The Show ✦  Storyteller and community builder Sundiata Rush joins the show as our guest co-host for our FIFA World Cup theme show. He’s the creator and producer be...

✦  Beth McKibben ✦ Basura ✦ WigOut ✦ The artistry of food plating ✦ Atlanta Opera’s new home ✦ Best Bets ✦    (photo courtesy of Beth McKibben) ✦This Week On The Show ✦  Beth McKibben joins as co-host! She serves as both Editor-in-Chief and Dining Editor for Rough Draft Atlanta . She was previously the editor of Eater Atlanta and has covered food and drinks both locally and nationally for 15 years...