Where you land, how you leave
Dec. 10 — Outgoing Atlanta City Council president Doug Shipman is moving into a new role, and he’s thinking about what it means to keep artists at home. As the incoming president and CEO of South Arts, Shipman is taking on a nine-state region where creative workers often start their careers, leave for visibility, and return only after building their names elsewhere.
At Hartsfield-Jackson, movement is the medium. Georgia Tech’s yearlong art exhibition, “Transport | Transform | Transcend: Innovations in Materials and Movements,” turns the constant flow of 104 million annual travelers into art. The challenge isn’t getting people to slow down. It’s creating work that meets them where they are – mid-stride and mid-journey.
Two tales of creative movement. One about building systems of support, the other on what happens when movement itself is the material.
What’s moving you these days?
—Sherri Daye Scott
Not an artist, but a catalyst
🧭 Doug Shipman takes over South Arts in January with a nine-state challenge: build funding and systems to keep creative workers rooted in the Southeast.
➡️ Read about Shipman’s priorities for the region.
Discover what’s new in Chamblee!
SPONSORED BY DISCOVER DEKALB
🎨 Experience Chamblee’s vibrant culture through its expanding public art scene, where murals and sculptures showcase the city’s diversity, creativity, and global spirit.
Explore colorful pieces that bring neighborhoods to life and celebrate community connection.
✨ And, with the unveiling of a new sculpture at the newly renovated Dresden Park, there’s never been a better time to discover Chamblee’s artistic heartbeat.
Art at airport speed
✈️ Georgia Tech’s yearlong “Transport | Transform | Transcend” exhibition uses travelers’ movement as its material: walk past and your steps become petals on a digital flower; an AI system tracks your motion and dances back; sound installations are powered by bicycles, not fossil fuels. The exhibition runs through November 2026 at Hartsfield-Jackson.
➡️ See how Georgia Tech artists are turning motion into art.
Art Happenings
🎞️ “Know Hope” Screening & Artist Talk | 6:30 p.m., Dec. 11 | The Supermarket ATL. (pictured)
🦋 Art After Hours: “Metamorphosis” | 6-8 p.m., Dec. 11 | The Arts Center.
✨ “Through Every Window, A Little Light Flows” Opening | 6-9 p.m., Dec. 12 | The Bakery Atlanta.
🍸 “A Vibrant Thang”: Opening & spirit-free Candy Cocktail Bar | 6-9 p.m., Dec. 12 | Avondale Arts Alliance.
🪡 Art of Street Wear | 12-7 p.m., Dec. 13 | WESTL STUDIOS.
Post of the Week
🖼️ A Print Born of Care
Printmaker Delita Martin shares a first look at “The Songkeepers: The Women of Ebon,” a varied edition created to support Atlanta artists who lost work in the recent South River Art Studio fire. Each pull carries its own voice and story – and each sale helps rebuild what was taken.
➡️ See the post.
🖋️ Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.