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Call for Proposals: Arts In Community Awards Spring 2022 “Performance”
Written on April 25, 2022 at 11:01 am, by athensculturalaffairs
To promote creative place-making in our community, the ACAC invites local organizations, groups, and artists to apply for an Arts in Community Award (AICA) to support performance-based project, event, or activity in Athens-Clarke County that contributes to the vitality, unique identity, and livability of the Athens community. Two awards at $2,000 each will be issued…
ACAC Celebrates Poetry Month
Written on March 24, 2022 at 2:29 pm, by athensculturalaffairs
April is National Poetry month and we have several ways to celebrate! Poetry Window Display:Athens Poet Laureate, Jeff Fallis, is bringing his poetry to you! The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission and the Athens Downtown Development Authority are looking for businesses to display poems in their storefront windows. A variety of poems printed on posters (11×17 in)…
ACAC Seeks New Member
Written on March 24, 2022 at 2:24 pm, by athensculturalaffairs
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) is seeking one qualified candidate to fill a 3-year volunteer position. The mission of the ACAC is to foster the development and enjoyment of performing, visual, cultural, and other arts in the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) community and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Commission in many areas of…
Recipients of Fall 2021 Arts in Community Awards
Written on January 25, 2022 at 8:14 am, by athensculturalaffairs
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) is pleased to announce the two recipients of the fall 2021 Arts in Community Awards. Farm to Neighborhood and Chess and Community will each receive a $2000 award to fund their proposed projects. Since 2016, Arts in Community Awards (AICA) have been offered by ACAC, an appointed body of…
Jan. 8 Public Art Dedications: “Hero’s Path” and “Origins”
Written on December 27, 2021 at 10:34 am, by athensculturalaffairs
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) is pleased to announce the installation of two new public artworks for Athens-Clarke County. “Hero’s Path”, by Baton Rouge-based artist Aaron Hussey, was installed in June 2021 at Fire Station #2 (located at 265 Cleveland Road, Athens, GA 30606). “Origins”, by David Hale, Peter McCarron and David Harrison, was…
Call for Proposals: Arts in Community Awards Fall 2021, “Athens in Color”
Written on November 22, 2021 at 9:45 am, by athensculturalaffairs
To promote creative place-making in our community, the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) invites local organizations, groups, and artists to apply for the Fall 2021 Arts in Community Awards (AICA) to support a public art project, event, or art activity in Athens-Clarke County that contributes to the vitality, unique identity, and livability of the Athens…
Poet Laureate Reading at the Lyndon House Arts Center
Written on November 15, 2021 at 10:12 am, by athensculturalaffairs
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Jeff Fallis, will be giving a reading at the Lyndon House Arts Center (211 Hoyt St. Athens GA), December 4th at 2 PM, followed by an informal discussion about poetry and community. For additional information, contact tatiana.veneruso@accgov.com.
Heron Sighting Dedication at Dudley Park
Written on November 15, 2021 at 10:08 am, by athensculturalaffairs
The Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department hosted a dedication ceremony and opened the new additions to Dudley Park on Monday, November 1 (click here for more photos). SPLOST-funded park improvements include an amphitheater, restroom facility, picnic shelter, and pedestrian plaza. Artist Krysia Ara created the mosaic “Heron Sighting” featured in the park with support from the Athens Cultural…
Public Art Dedication at Whitehall Roundabout October 15!
Written on September 23, 2021 at 11:58 am, by athensculturalaffairs
A new public artwork (funded by TSPLOST 2018), by local artist Joni Younkins-Herzog, has been installed in the Whitehall roundabout located at S. Milledge Avenue & Whitehall Road. “Phyllotaxis” is a 15ft steel sculpture inspired by organic forms and the golden ratio/Fibonacci sequence found in art, math, nature and architecture. A dedication event will be…
ACAC Poet Laureate Announced
Written on August 30, 2021 at 10:34 am, by athensculturalaffairs
The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) announces the inaugural Poet Laureate, Jeff Fallis, in a new program funded and administered by ACAC. Jeff Fallis has lived in Athens since 1995 and studied under poets such as Coleman Barks and Kevin Young. Fallis has dreamed of how to “connect the literary world in Athens with its…
