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FAB: Virtues & Vices

Sat, Nov 10, 7pmâ12am

Our Fall Auction Benefit promises to be an outrageous event featuring an auction of one-of-a-kind art and exclusive experiences. Bid on a private drawing session at the Fernbank Museum with Atlanta artist and educator Joe Peragine â or have acclaimed food blogger and cookbook author Casey Barber step into your kitchen for a kid-focused workshop using recipes from her book Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats. Keep checking our website and your email for exciting auction updates!

The band Christ, Lord performs at the After-Party -- leave your temperance at home and get ready to bid high and party hardy.

Tickets: $50 in advance/$60 at the door. After-Party only: $15 at the door.

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On View:

Laurel Nakadate: Photographs, Video & Performances

On Thu, Oct 18, we will close at 5pm for a private party.

Membership Spotlight:

Slots are still available for our 15 Minutes Program with ACACâs Artistic Director Stuart Horodner on Wed, Oct. 24. Contact Melanie Beal to schedule your session today! Not a member? Join here.

Photography Changes Everything

Wed, Oct 17, 7â9pm

Influential curator and writer Marvin Heiferman discusses his newest book, Photography Changes Everything, offering an analysis of how photographs can shape our understanding of ourselves and the world. This talk is set against the backdrop of Laurel Nakadateâs exhibition, which pushes photography into unique realms. A limited number of Marvinâs book will be available for purchase and signing. Presented in partnership with Atlanta Celebrates Photography.

Nakadate Exhibition Opens

ACAC opened the highly-anticipated Laurel Nakadate: Photographs, Videos and Performances exhibition last week. Guests at the screening of The Wolf Knife were treated to a Q&A session with Laurel after the show where she discussed her motivations and process.

Check out Stuartâs thoughts on why this exhibition is one you canât miss.

Missed out on all the fun? See photos from the event on our Facebook page.

Panel: Collaborative Practice and the Future of Memory

Sat, Oct 20, 11amâ12pm

Members of the Atlanta collective John Q (Wesley Chenault, Andy Ditzler, Joey Orr), discuss dislocation, archives, and queer history with their San Francisco-based collaborators, artists E.G. Crichton and Barbara McBane. Plus, itâs a Westside Arts District 3rd Saturday Art Walk, 12â5pm, so take a walk on the Westside! Visit the several new exhibitions that are on view at the galleries in our neighborhood.

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council. Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding and support for this organization and its programs is provided in part by Anthropologie, Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, BINDERS, BLDGS, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, CV Fine Art Services, Digital Scientists, The Forward Arts Foundation, Gables Residential, Grants to Green, Hotel Indigo, Huffines PR, Ivan Allen Workspace, Massey Charitable Trust, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, The Sara Giles Moore Foundation, Octane Coffee Bar & Lounge, Perennial Properties, Possible Futures, The Rich Foundation, Rosenthal & Kaplin, P.C., Tim and Lauren Schrager Family Foundation, Scoutmob, Taylor Family Fund, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Marcia Weber Gardens to Love, Wells Fargo, The Westin Peachtree Plaza, The Willett Group of Morgan Keegan, and WISH Foundation.

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