🔦 Keeping culture visible

Making space for what matters Oct Art doesn t just document a city s evolution It shapes it In this edition of Sketchbook we look at artists building creative legacies on their own terms In Old Fourth Ward designer and illustrator Sean Fahie turns nostalgia into narrative with The Retired Rappers Association a playful merchandise drop that doubles as his love letter to hip-hop The collection launch is part of a new creative sprint for Fahie that spans key art for Oakland Cemetery a new group show and the kind of prolific output that defines his practice In Castleberry Hill artist and curator Diana Ries Sheldon is working to preserve what makes her neighborhood magnetic As chair of this year s Castleberry Loft Tour Wine Tasting she helped raise a record while advocating for artists to remain visible amid downtown s rapid advance Her work both as maker and organizer helps keep the public s creative pulse steady Legacy isn t abstract It s built through consistent work region funding and staying visible when it counts Keep showing up Sherri Image courtesy of Sean Fahie Studios Sean Fahie finds rhythm in reinvention For Atlanta designer illustrator and author Sean Fahie October has been one long verse a month of motion that includes fresh design projects and a new merch capsule drop called The Retired Rappers Association Through humor and heart Fahie reminds us that creativity like rhythm is a practice of staying in motion See how Fahie keeps rhythm with Atlanta Fashion meets art at the High Museum SPONSORED BY THE HIGH MUSEUM Experience Viktor Rolf Fashion Statements a bold breathtaking exhibition celebrating avant-garde fashion visionaries who blurred the line between haute couture and art Only at the High the exhibition s sole U S stop On view through Feb Image courtesy of Diana Ries Art From Castleberry Hill with love Inside her Machine Shop Lofts home Diana Ries Sheldon s beaded and bedazzled mannequins scatter light across the room reflections of an artist attuned to the moment As Castleberry Hill faces new waves of maturation she s rallying neighbors and fellow creatives to protect the district s pulse Her work both sculptural and civic asks what it means to evolve without losing rhythm Step into Castleberry Hill s creative cadence Holiday Traditions Artisan Domain this Sat Nov from a m - p m at the Marist School Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE Shop over vendors art candles honey handbags accessories jewelry ornaments and more entrance fee no strollers please SPONSOR MESSAGE Courtesy of Echo Contemporary Art Art Happenings Avant-Garde Art Is Revolutionary - p m Oct Ralph David Abernathy Blvd The Heritage Exhibit Honoring Identities - p m Oct Echo Contemporary Art at Guardian Studios pictured See Our Voice Opening Ceremony - p m Nov MARTA Oakland City Station En Masse Exhibition Opening - p m Nov South River Art Studios Design in miniature hollandmacrae invites Atlantans to a Nov unveiling of a one-of-a-kind dollhouse designed by Courtney Giles Interiors Design Studio for the upcoming La Petite Maison Gala benefitting The Boyce L Ansley School See the post In the modern day s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E Bloemeke The post Keeping tradition visible appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta