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Amy Sherald: American Sublime
May 15 – September 27, 2026
All day
1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
Description
The High Museum of Art is proud to join the national tour for Amy Sherald’s acclaimed mid-career retrospective, which is the largest exhibition of her work to date. Featuring a broad range of paintings made from 2007 to 2024, the presentation will include many of Sherald’s most iconic works, along with rarely seen paintings spanning her career.
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Sherald has deep ties to Atlanta and to the High. She trained as a painter in the city and graduated from Clark Atlanta University. In 2018, the High awarded her its annual David C. Driskell Prize in African American Art and Art History, the first national award to recognize the importance of African American art. The museum presented The Obama Portraits Tour, featuring her renowned portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, in 2022.
The High is the fourth and final venue for this exhibition, which is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where it debuted in 2024..
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Sherald has deep ties to Atlanta and to the High. She trained as a painter in the city and graduated from Clark Atlanta University. In 2018, the High awarded her its annual David C. Driskell Prize in African American Art and Art History, the first national award to recognize the importance of African American art. The museum presented The Obama Portraits Tour, featuring her renowned portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, in 2022.
The High is the fourth and final venue for this exhibition, which is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where it debuted in 2024..
Description
The High Museum of Art is proud to join the national tour for Amy Sherald’s acclaimed mid-career retrospective, which is the largest exhibition of her work to date. Featuring a broad range of paintings made from 2007 to 2024, the presentation will include many of Sherald’s most iconic works, along with rarely seen paintings spanning her career.
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Sherald has deep ties to Atlanta and to the High. She trained as a painter in the city and graduated from Clark Atlanta University. In 2018, the High awarded her its annual David C. Driskell Prize in African American Art and Art History, the first national award to recognize the importance of African American art. The museum presented The Obama Portraits Tour, featuring her renowned portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, in 2022.
The High is the fourth and final venue for this exhibition, which is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where it debuted in 2024..
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Sherald has deep ties to Atlanta and to the High. She trained as a painter in the city and graduated from Clark Atlanta University. In 2018, the High awarded her its annual David C. Driskell Prize in African American Art and Art History, the first national award to recognize the importance of African American art. The museum presented The Obama Portraits Tour, featuring her renowned portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, in 2022.
The High is the fourth and final venue for this exhibition, which is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where it debuted in 2024..
2026 August
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31
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River Scout at Georgia Aquarium
August 18 – December 31, 2026
09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
225 Baker St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA
Description
Go where the river flows at Georgia Aquarium’s newly reimagined River Scout, a fully immersive freshwater adventure for the whole family. Cross rope bridges, explore an immersive tree canopy and get eye to eye with incredible animals from rivers around the world. Discover neon tetras, puffer fish, American alligators and even a curious new binturong. With new animals to meet, new spaces to explore and fresh ways to play, there’s something to discover around every bend. This September, kids explore free, making it the perfect time to discover something new together. Look up, look down and wonder all around at River Scout, now open at Georgia Aquarium.
Description
Go where the river flows at Georgia Aquarium’s newly reimagined River Scout, a fully immersive freshwater adventure for the whole family. Cross rope bridges, explore an immersive tree canopy and get eye to eye with incredible animals from rivers around the world. Discover neon tetras, puffer fish, American alligators and even a curious new binturong. With new animals to meet, new spaces to explore and fresh ways to play, there’s something to discover around every bend. This September, kids explore free, making it the perfect time to discover something new together. Look up, look down and wonder all around at River Scout, now open at Georgia Aquarium.
2026 September
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20
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Purpose
September 1-20, 2026
07:30 PM - 07:30 PM
1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309
Description
"Purpose," the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is being performed at Alliance Theatre Aug. 28-Sept. 20.
The dramedy follows a reputable Black family in Chicago who confronts issues of identity, family and overcoming shame during a weekend reunion. The opening night performance is Sept. 4.
Tickets are available for purchase online or at the box office.
The dramedy follows a reputable Black family in Chicago who confronts issues of identity, family and overcoming shame during a weekend reunion. The opening night performance is Sept. 4.
Tickets are available for purchase online or at the box office.
Description
"Purpose," the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is being performed at Alliance Theatre Aug. 28-Sept. 20.
The dramedy follows a reputable Black family in Chicago who confronts issues of identity, family and overcoming shame during a weekend reunion. The opening night performance is Sept. 4.
Tickets are available for purchase online or at the box office.
The dramedy follows a reputable Black family in Chicago who confronts issues of identity, family and overcoming shame during a weekend reunion. The opening night performance is Sept. 4.
Tickets are available for purchase online or at the box office.
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4
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Lovesexy: A Journey Through The World of Prince
September 3-4, 2026
09:00 PM - 02:00 AM
1789 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30324, USA
Description
"Lovesexy: A Journey Through the World of Prince" is celebrating its 25th anniversary at Knock Music House on Thursday, Sept. 3.
The interactive dance and costume party is set to the music of the late Grammy and Oscar-winning musician and entertainer. Fans can also hear songs from associated acts like funk band The Time, female trio Vanity 6 and percussionist Sheila E.
"Lovesexy" is the kickoff event for ATLWkndr, a series of dance music events Sept. 3-7. Tickets are available for purchase online and at the door.
The interactive dance and costume party is set to the music of the late Grammy and Oscar-winning musician and entertainer. Fans can also hear songs from associated acts like funk band The Time, female trio Vanity 6 and percussionist Sheila E.
"Lovesexy" is the kickoff event for ATLWkndr, a series of dance music events Sept. 3-7. Tickets are available for purchase online and at the door.
Description
"Lovesexy: A Journey Through the World of Prince" is celebrating its 25th anniversary at Knock Music House on Thursday, Sept. 3.
The interactive dance and costume party is set to the music of the late Grammy and Oscar-winning musician and entertainer. Fans can also hear songs from associated acts like funk band The Time, female trio Vanity 6 and percussionist Sheila E.
"Lovesexy" is the kickoff event for ATLWkndr, a series of dance music events Sept. 3-7. Tickets are available for purchase online and at the door.
The interactive dance and costume party is set to the music of the late Grammy and Oscar-winning musician and entertainer. Fans can also hear songs from associated acts like funk band The Time, female trio Vanity 6 and percussionist Sheila E.
"Lovesexy" is the kickoff event for ATLWkndr, a series of dance music events Sept. 3-7. Tickets are available for purchase online and at the door.
13
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Inaugural HBCU Micro-Scholarship Unity Gathering
September 13, 2026
05:00 PM - 08:30 PM
384 Northyards Boulevard Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30313
Description
Enjoy an evening of celebration, recognition, and living history. Join us as we support HBCU Students and listen as civil rights icons Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Ambassador Young share their stories, reflections on today, and the path forward for a better tomorrow. History isn't finished... it's waiting for you.
VIP Dinner Reception: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Unity Gathering Event: 7:00PM - 8:15PM
The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation HBCU Micro-Scholarship Unity Gathering is an evening celebrating the 85th birthday and enduring legacy of civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland while raising scholarship support for HBCU students with a special conversation between Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Andrew Young on moral courage, youth leadership, and investing in future generations.
VIP Dinner Reception: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Unity Gathering Event: 7:00PM - 8:15PM
The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation HBCU Micro-Scholarship Unity Gathering is an evening celebrating the 85th birthday and enduring legacy of civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland while raising scholarship support for HBCU students with a special conversation between Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Andrew Young on moral courage, youth leadership, and investing in future generations.
Description
Enjoy an evening of celebration, recognition, and living history. Join us as we support HBCU Students and listen as civil rights icons Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Ambassador Young share their stories, reflections on today, and the path forward for a better tomorrow. History isn't finished... it's waiting for you.
VIP Dinner Reception: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Unity Gathering Event: 7:00PM - 8:15PM
The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation HBCU Micro-Scholarship Unity Gathering is an evening celebrating the 85th birthday and enduring legacy of civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland while raising scholarship support for HBCU students with a special conversation between Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Andrew Young on moral courage, youth leadership, and investing in future generations.
VIP Dinner Reception: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Unity Gathering Event: 7:00PM - 8:15PM
The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation HBCU Micro-Scholarship Unity Gathering is an evening celebrating the 85th birthday and enduring legacy of civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland while raising scholarship support for HBCU students with a special conversation between Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Andrew Young on moral courage, youth leadership, and investing in future generations.
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13
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Hammonds House Museum presents NU AFRICANS an exhibition by Maurice Evans and Grace Kisa
September 18 – December 13, 2026
All day
503 Peeples Street, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
Description
Hammonds House Museum is excited to present NU AFRICANS. The artworks consider the notion that Africans of the Diaspora through the circumstances of bondage and oppression have evolved into their own tribe complete with cultural practices and their own language. Maurice Evans calls them “NU AFRICANS.” Inspired by the legendary warriors and queens on the African continent, each woman was costumed by Grace Kisa and photographed by Maurice in two looks, as a warrior and a queen.
The inspiration for this exhibit takes its roots from Africa, but the women featured are from this time and place. The intention of this project is to subvert existing stereotypes and prejudice, challenge the viewer to consider beauty beyond a eurocentric aesthetic, while creating space and offering agency, engaging the mechanism of Afrofuturism to imagine an alternative existence.
Black women on this side of the Atlantic have been working toward dismantling the systems of oppression that have worked to impede their liberation for centuries. The creative process for this series has led the artists to research past and present warrior queens on both sides of the Atlantic as a celebration of fortitude while expanding on the ideas of memory, kinship, identity and power.
The inspiration for this exhibit takes its roots from Africa, but the women featured are from this time and place. The intention of this project is to subvert existing stereotypes and prejudice, challenge the viewer to consider beauty beyond a eurocentric aesthetic, while creating space and offering agency, engaging the mechanism of Afrofuturism to imagine an alternative existence.
Black women on this side of the Atlantic have been working toward dismantling the systems of oppression that have worked to impede their liberation for centuries. The creative process for this series has led the artists to research past and present warrior queens on both sides of the Atlantic as a celebration of fortitude while expanding on the ideas of memory, kinship, identity and power.
Description
Hammonds House Museum is excited to present NU AFRICANS. The artworks consider the notion that Africans of the Diaspora through the circumstances of bondage and oppression have evolved into their own tribe complete with cultural practices and their own language. Maurice Evans calls them “NU AFRICANS.” Inspired by the legendary warriors and queens on the African continent, each woman was costumed by Grace Kisa and photographed by Maurice in two looks, as a warrior and a queen.
The inspiration for this exhibit takes its roots from Africa, but the women featured are from this time and place. The intention of this project is to subvert existing stereotypes and prejudice, challenge the viewer to consider beauty beyond a eurocentric aesthetic, while creating space and offering agency, engaging the mechanism of Afrofuturism to imagine an alternative existence.
Black women on this side of the Atlantic have been working toward dismantling the systems of oppression that have worked to impede their liberation for centuries. The creative process for this series has led the artists to research past and present warrior queens on both sides of the Atlantic as a celebration of fortitude while expanding on the ideas of memory, kinship, identity and power.
The inspiration for this exhibit takes its roots from Africa, but the women featured are from this time and place. The intention of this project is to subvert existing stereotypes and prejudice, challenge the viewer to consider beauty beyond a eurocentric aesthetic, while creating space and offering agency, engaging the mechanism of Afrofuturism to imagine an alternative existence.
Black women on this side of the Atlantic have been working toward dismantling the systems of oppression that have worked to impede their liberation for centuries. The creative process for this series has led the artists to research past and present warrior queens on both sides of the Atlantic as a celebration of fortitude while expanding on the ideas of memory, kinship, identity and power.