Made with care
Nov. 26 — The holidays often turn us toward the idea of giving, but artists practice that year-round. Each piece they create is a gift of imagination, labor, and perspective. This season, two Atlanta projects bring that offering into focus.
Take painter Elizabeth Lang’s winter landscape for this year’s Trees Atlanta holiday donation card. Her piece frames Atlanta inside of its own forest, portraying a moment of calm made for someone else to hold. At Clarkston’s Johari Africa gift shop, refugee and immigrant artisans bring a similar intention to their work – stitching, beading, and sewing toward stability, community, and creative expression.
Both projects ask us to look with care, to hold things with intention, and to remember that giving is its own kind of art.
In gratitude,
—Sherri Daye Scott
Evergreen gifts
🌲 Painter Elizabeth Lang brings Atlanta’s “City in a Forest” identity into focus with “Evergreen,” the winter landscape featured on the holiday card included with Trees Atlanta’s donation program. Each card represents a tree planted in someone’s honor, turning Lang’s artwork into a gift that supports the organization’s year-round work to restore and protect Atlanta’s urban forest.
➡️ Take a look inside Lang’s “Evergreen.”
New discovery awaits in Chamblee
SPONSORED BY DISCOVER DEKALB
✨ Discover Chamblee – where creativity meets community at every turn.
The city’s growing public art scene transforms streets, walkways, and gathering spaces – inviting you to wander and be inspired. Soon, Chamblee will unveil a new sculpture at the newly renovated Dresden Park, offering the perfect reason to plan a visit and experience the city’s artistic energy firsthand.
📸 You will be able to wander through murals and sculptures that invite exploration, reflection, and unforgettable photo moments.
Craft, culture, and community
💝 At Clarkston’s Johari Africa gift shop, refugee and immigrant artisans stitch, bead, and sew work rooted in global craft traditions. The Amani Women Center’s holiday collection highlights handmade pieces shaped by skill, memory, and the pursuit of stability and creative independence.
➡️ Explore Johari Africa’s holiday shop.
Art Happenings
🎵 Out The Box | 8 p.m., Nov. 28 | Gallery 85.
🛍️ Piedmont Holiday Market | 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Nov. 29; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 30 | Piedmont Park.
❄️ Winter House 2025 | times vary based on date, Nov. 29-Dec. 14 | Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. (pictured)
☕ Friends of the Mable House Holiday High Tea | 3:30-5 p.m, Nov. 30-Dec. 4 | Mable House Arts Center.
Post of the Week
Threads of celebration
🧵 @trishandersenart opened a new exhibition at Andaz Savannah with a dinner that gathered friends, collaborators, and supporters. Her woven work brings tactile joy to the hotel’s galleries on view through Dec. 15.
➡️ See the post from Trish Andersen here.
🖋️ Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.