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Join Athens Creative Registry!
Posted on July 29, 2020 at 1:50 pm
We are delighted to be sharing the news of an Athens Creative registry. Another effort to support the arts community! If you or someone you know is a local creative, please email “athenscreatives@gmail.com” with your name and contact information. Athens-Clarke County Economic Development has teamed up with CREATE Athens and a variety of other local…
Call for Public Art – Dudley Park
Posted on July 13, 2020 at 9:27 pm
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) invites professional artists to submit their proposals for consideration in the picnic shelter and restroom facility area at Dudley Park, Athens, Georgia. The selected artist(s)will work with the ACAC and government staff to create an artwork that compliments the park’s environment. Proposals due by 8.30.20. Full criteria and proposal…
AICA:R Application Period Open through 8.7.2020
Posted on June 26, 2020 at 4:17 pm
ACAC is delighted to offer a second round of 2020 Arts In Community awards, subtitled ‘Resilience’ to acknowledge the ACC Resiliency Package as the source of $85,000 additional funding to the ACAC’s awards budget. Fifty awards of $2,000 each will be distributed to artists and arts organizations residing in Athens-Clarke County. We thank ACC’s Mayor & Commission for appreciating the importance of the arts to…
New: Mayor & Commission increase funding for AICA awards
Posted on June 5, 2020 at 12:40 pm
Introducing 3 New ACAC Commissioners
Posted on April 21, 2020 at 3:15 pm
We are delighted to introduce these three new ACAC Commissioners: Madeline Bates Supported by her creative family with specialties in engineering, music, technical theatre design, historical preservation, and more, Bates came to Athens in 2011 to study Art History at the University of Georgia (B.A. 2015). While studying for her degree, she joined the opening…
