The ATL Arts Collective

✦  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...

✦ The ATL Arts Collective, powered by ArtsATL, May 27, 2026   VAYNE's massive mural above Freedom Parkway is only visible from above, making it a true secret mural. (Photo by Art Rudick) ✦ Atlanta's Best Hidden Street Art ✦ Did you know that Atlanta is home to a massive graffiti installation that spans 655 feet long and 100 feet wide? Even more surprising: if you have ever driven down the John Lew...

✦ Joel Byars ✦ Momocon ✦ Atlanta Jazz Festival ✦ Derrick Stroup ✦ Art News ✦ Best Bets ✦   Welcome to The ATL Arts Collective: Weekly Atlanta Arts Scene Roundup   Welcome to The ATL Arts Collective, powered by ArtsATL. This is your new home for stories from the local Atlanta arts and culture scene, with reporting from ArtsATL writers, conversations with local artists, and voices from across our cr...

*Please note the exhibition is on view through May 23, but the concert has passed* Drivin N Cryin Frontman Kevn Kinney & Artist Anna Jensen Uncut Interview    Last week, we discussed the incredible "Let’s Go Dancing" art exhibition running at The Sun ATL  gallery in Atlanta. Created by acclaimed Atlanta artist Anna Jensen , this monumental project serves as a profound visual response to the cl...

✦ Summer Evans ✦ Let’s Go Dancing ✦ Commonplaces ✦ American Sublime ✦ Jessi Kirtley ✦ Best Bets ✦   Welcome to The ATL Arts Collective, powered by ArtsATL. This is your home for stories from Atlanta’s arts scene, with reporting from ArtsATL writers, conversations with artists, and voices from across the creative community. Each week, Kim Drobes will be joined by a rotating co-host: someone you may...

✦ Shanita Miller ✦ Proposition 1007 ✦ No Words ✦ The New South ✦ Déjà Vu ✦ Spoke and Word ✦ Best Bets ✦   Welcome to The ATL Arts Collective, powered by ArtsATL. This is your new home for stories from Atlanta’s arts scene, with reporting from ArtsATL writers, conversations with artists, and voices from across the creative community. Each week, Kim Drobes will be joined by a rotating co-host: someo...

      Lois Reitzes has questions for Bloum Cardenas about Niki de Saint Phalle’s Iconic Art   Acclaimed Atlanta broadcasting legend Lois Reitzes returns to the microphone with an exclusive interview featuring Bloum Cardenas, the granddaughter of legendary French-American sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle.   In this bonus episode, Cardenas shares intimate family insights into her grandmother’s personal...

✦ Lois Reitzes ✦ Compassionate Corridor ✦ WigWag ✦ Niki in the Garden ✦ Gulch’s Making it Work ✦ Bent Frequency presents ✦   Welcome to The ATL Arts Collective, powered by ArtsATL. This is your new home for stories from Atlanta’s arts scene, with reporting from ArtsATL writers, conversations with artists, and voices from across the creative community. Each week, Kim Drobes will be joined by a rota...

✦ Aja Arnold ✦ Atlanta Film Festival turns 50 ✦ Lillian Blades Exhibition ✦ Scattrbrain ✦ Art News ✦ Venus ✦ Best Bets ✦ Welcome to The ATL Arts Collective, powered by ArtsATL. This is your new home for stories from Atlanta’s arts scene, with reporting from ArtsATL writers, conversations with artists, and voices from across the creative community. Each week, Kim Drobes will be joined by a rotating...

✦ Jon Goode and National Poetry Month ✦ Illumine at Oakland Cemetery ✦ Illuminating Noguchi ✦ Best Bets ✦ Yum Yum Tree ✦ Smoke at the Goat Farm ✦ Record Store Day ✦   Welcome to The ATL Arts Collective, powered by ArtsATL. This is your new home for stories from Atlanta’s arts scene, with reporting from ArtsATL writers, conversations with artists, and voices from across the creative community. Each...

Atlanta's arts scene deserves coverage as dynamic as the city itself. But... what is the arts and culture vibe in Atlanta right now? 🎧🎤🎧 The ATL Arts Collective launches on April 15. Follow now and join us then. 

Welcome! You found us early. The ATL Arts Collective launches April 15 with weekly conversations and stories about the artists shaping Atlanta’s creative life. Follow the show now so you don’t miss the first episode.