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Georgia Arts List
The arts generated some $275 million in revenue in Atlanta in 2005 - but as Atlanta and other Georgia cities are learning,
there is potential for much, much more. This list of Georgia fine arts entities is a work in progress. Please check back for
updates.
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Leaders and Patrons
Arthur and Stephanie Blank Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation/Atlanta Symphony
Lisa Cremin Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Brenda Durant Executive Director, Greater Augusta Arts Council
Robert G. Edge, Attorney, Alston & Bird, Atlanta
Martin L. Ellin Executive Director, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
Joy Jinks, Swamp Gravy founder, Colquitt-Miller Arts Council
Moultrie
Raymond King, SunTrust Bank, Atlanta
Lisa Mount Arts consultant Artistic Logistics Sautee-Nacoochee
Bill Nigut
Boardmember, former CEO, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition, Atlanta
Shelton g. Stanfill, Former president/CEO
Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta
Paula Wallace, President/CEO Savannah College of Art & Design Savannah/Atlanta
Susan and John Wieland Atlanta Susan and John Wieland Pavilion/High Museum of Art
John A. Williams Corporate Holdings, LLC Atlanta Cobb Energy Centre for the performing Arts
Arts Centers
ART Station Theater, galleries, professional equity theater group Stone Mountain David Thomas, President/Artistic Director
Averitt Center For The Arts, Statesboro
Buisson Art Center Music hall, art gallery Dahlonega
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Visual, literary and performing arts Atlanta Sam Goldman, Executive Director
Colquitt County Arts Center Moultrie Galleries, theater, dance, music
The Creative Arts Guild Dalton
Eyedrum Art, music and new media Atlanta
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Theater, galleries, museum Madison
Quinlan Visual Arts Center Gainesville
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts Columbus Performance spaces and theater Enoch C. Morris Jr., Executive Director
Sautee-Nacoochee Community Center Art gallery, pottery museum, theater featuring folk story play Headwaters Sautee-Nacoochee
Kathy Blandin, Executive Director
Spruill Center
Thomasville Cultural Center Exhibits, classes, performances Charles Glassick, Executive Director
Woodruff Arts Center Theater, museum, symphony hall Atlanta Joseph R. Bankoff, President/CEO
Portals
Atlanta PlanIt Searchable Database for metro arts/theatre/culture events Compiled by the MAACC
Georgia Association of Museums & Galleries Statewide Museum Links
Georgia on My Mind Statewide entertainment and cultural events Georgia Department of Economic Development
Arts Groups
Alternate ROOTS Atlanta Carolyn Morris, Executive Director
Arts Leadership League of Georgia Decatur Jan Selman, Executive Director
Arts Round Table (A.R.T.) Macon
City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Camille Russell Love, Director
Fulton County Arts Council Atlanta Charles H. Green, Chair
Georgia Assembly of Community Arts Agencies Milledgeville Randy Cannon, Executive Director
Georgia Council for the Arts Atlanta Susan S. Weiner, Executive Director
Georgia Film, Video & Music Office Georgia Department of Economic Development Atlanta Bill Thompson, Director
Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition Atlanta Flora Maria Garcia, President/CEO
National Black Arts Festival Atlanta Stephanie Hughley, Executive Producer
Public Domain Atlanta
Southern Arts Federation Atlanta Allen Bell, Program Director
VANA --Visual Arts Network Atlanta
Companies
Atlanta Ballet John McFall, Artistic Director
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Ballethnic Dance Co. East Point Waverly T. Lucas II and Nena Gilreath, Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors
Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater Marietta Lisa A. Toups, Artistic Director
Atlanta Film Festival Dan Krovich, Director
Ciné Independent arthouse Athens Brigitta Hangartner, Founder, Executive Director
IMAGE Film & Video Atlanta Gabriel Wardell, Executive Director
Tyler Perry Tyler Perry Studios, Atlanta Film and television actor, producer, director, writer
Savannah Film Festival Sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Savannah Film Office Jay M. Self, Film Services Director
Galleries and Museums
ACA Gallery Atlanta
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Kay Kallos, Executive Director
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Fay Gold Atlanta
Funky Chicken Art Project Dahlonega
Kiang Gallery Atlanta
Bill Lowe Gallery Atlanta
Main Street Gallery Clayton
Mason-Murer Fine Art Atlanta
Mary Pauline Gallery Augusta
Saltworks Atlanta
Sandler Hudson Atlanta
Savannah Gallery (SCAD student/faculty work) Atlanta
SCAD Museum of Art
Solomon Projects
Whitespace Atlanta
Marcia Wood Atlanta
Albany Museum of Art Albany
Booth Western Art Museum Cartersville
Brenau University Galleries Gainesville Tonya Cribb, Director
Columbus Museum Columbus Tom Butler, Director
Georgia Museum of Art University of Georgia Athens William U. Eiland, Director
Georgia Southern University Museum Statesboro
High Museum of Art Atlanta
LaGrange Art Museum LaGrange Judithe Barber, Executive Director
Madison Museum of Fine Art Madison Michele L. Bechtell, Director
Mercury Art Works, Athens
Michael C. Carlos Museum Emory University Atlanta Bonnie Speed, Director
Morris Museum of Art Augusta
Museum of Design Atlanta
Oglethorpe Museum of Art Oglethorpe University Atlanta
Red Gallery, Savannah
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Atlanta
Telfair Museum/Jepson Center for the Arts Savannah Steven High, Director
Trevor Arnett Gallery, Clark Atlanta University
Tubman Museum of African-American Art, History and Culture Macon Andy Ambrose, Executive Director
Music Groups, Companies and Festivals
Dwight Andrews Scholar, musician, composer, minister Atlanta
India Arie
Athfest Athens
Atlanta Jazz Festival
Atlanta Boy Choir David R. White, Artistic Director and Conductor
Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus Kevin Robison, Artistic Director Brenda Pruitt, Executive Director www.agmchorus.org
Atlanta Opera Atlanta Dennis Hanthorn, General Director
Atlas Sound
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano, Music Director; Donald Runnicles, Conductor; Allison Vulgamore, President
Dallas Austin Producer, writer, singer DARP Studios, Rowdy Records Atlanta
Black Lips Atlanta
Bon Vivants
Grace Braun/DQE
Peabo Bryson
Bow Wow
Cat Power
Vic Chestnutt
Ciara
The Coathangers
Freddy Cole
Collective Soul
Daemon Records
Danger Woman
Morris Day
Deerhunter Athens/Atlanta
Die Slaughterhaus
Drive By Truckers
Jermaine Dupri So So Def Records Atlanta
Everetts Music Barn Weekend bluegrass jam sessions Suwanee
Freedumbfest, Stone Mountain
Goodie Mob (Cee-Lo, Gnarls Barclay)
Gringo Star
Russell Gunn
Gwinnett Philharmonic Steve Winterbottom, President, Gwinnett Philharmonic Board of Directors
Indigo Girls Decatur
International Hits
Millie Jackson
Elton John
Anna Kramer
Lil John
Patty Loveless
Ludacris
Mastodon
Modern Skirts
Monica
Shawn Mullins
Of Montreal
Old Gold Records
Olivia Tremor Control
OutKast
The Preakness
R.E.M.
Rob's House Records
Kenny Rogers
Savannah Music Festival
Snowden
Soulja Boy
Speech/Arrested Development
Candi Staton
Stickfigure Distro
Subsonics
Keith Sweat
T.I.
Travis Tritt
Usher
Widespread Panic
Shannon Wright
Young Jeezy
Literature
Book Festival of MJCCA Atlanta
Chunklet
Decatur Book Festival Daren Wang, Founder/Executive Director
5th Planet Press Atlanta
Georgia Literary Festival Bainbridge (2008 location)
Georgia Center for the Book DeKalb Public Library William W. Starr, Executive Director
Georgia Music magazine Published by the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Macon
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame University of Georgia Library Athens Skip Hulett, program director
Margaret Mitchell House and Museum Literary Center Signings, talks, salons Mary Rose Taylor, Founder Atlanta
Oz Publishing Film, video, television, graphic design Atlanta Tia Powell, Publisher
Paste magazine Music, film, books, games, culture Josh Jackson, Editor Decatur
Stomp and Stammer Pop music Atlanta Jeff Clark, Publisher/Editor
Verb Audioquarterly for original fiction, poetry and music Decatur Daren Wang, Publisher and Editor
Broadcast
Georgia Public Broadcasting
WABE Atlanta National Public Radio
WCLK Clark-Atlanta University Atlanta
WHCJ Savannah State
WRFG Radio Free Georgia Atlanta
WRAS Georgia State University
WREK Georgia Tech
WSB
WUOG University of Georgia student station Athens
Georgia Public Broadcasting Atlanta Nancy G. Hall, Executive Director
Peabody Awards TV/Radio University of Georgia Athens Horace Newcomb, Director
Turner Broadcasting Includes TBS, CNN, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Atlanta Philip I. Kent, Chairman/CEO
Venues and Theater Companies
11:11 Teahouse
40 Watt, Athens
Alliance Theatre Atlanta Tom Pechar, Managing Director/Susan Booth, Artistic Director
Apache Cafe
Augusta Players Debi Ballas, Executive Director
Caledonia Lounge, Athens
Center for Puppetry Arts Atlanta Vincent Anthony, Executive Director
Classic Center
The Earl, Atlanta
Gainesville Theatre Alliance
Georgia Ensemble Theatre Roswell Robert Farley, Artistic Director
Georgia Theater
Horizon Theatre Atlanta Lisa and Jeff Adler, Co-Artistic Directors and Founders
The Jinx, Savannah
Kenny Leon Theater/Movie/Television Director True Colors Theatre Company
Macon Little Theatre John T. Jones, Manager
7 Stages Atlanta Del Hamilton, Artistic Director
Swamp Gravy Cotton Hall Opry Colquitt
Theater in the Square Marietta Palmer Wells, Producing Director
Aurora Theater Lawrenceville Anthony Rodriguez, Producing Artistic Director
Cedartown Performing Arts Center
Center Stage Atlanta
Chastain Amphitheater Atlanta
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Marietta Michael Taormina, Managing Director
Conant Theater (Home of Shakespeare Festival) Oglethorpe University Richard Garner, Georgia Shakespeare Producing Artistic
Director
Douglass Theater Macon
Eddie's Attic, Decatur
Ferst Center for the Arts Georgia Tech Atlanta Jay C. Constantz, Director
Fox Theater Atlanta
Georgia Theater Athens
Imperial Theater, Augusta
Lenny's
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Morton Theater Athens
Performing Arts Center at the Gwinnett Center Duluth
Phillips Arena Atlanta
Red Light Cafe, Atlanta
Rialto Center for the Arts Atlanta Leslie Gordon, Director
Tasty World, Athens
Variety Playhouse
Schwartz Center Emory University
Spivey Hall Morrow (at Clayton State University) Sam Dixon, Executive Director
Springer Opera House Columbus Paul R. Pierce, Producing Artistic Director
Star Community Bar
The Tabernacle Atlanta
Trustees Theater Savannah
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