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Week 1 Summer Camp Art Show
A look back at some of the creations our Week 1 campers wanted to share with the world.
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Jun 12 min read


Teen Artists and Performers Can Shine This Summer at The Art Center
The middle and high school years, for all their challenges, are an amazing time of life. Teens are starting to find their own voices and carve their own paths in the world. This is often the time when their creativity shines brightest and they begin applying a greater capacity for focus and finesse to their passion projects to make truly remarkable art of all kinds. This summer, The Art Center has several opportunities for teen creators to showcase and develop their talents
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May 183 min read


Congratulations to the Winners of Upcycled: Reclaimed and Reimagined
We celebrate the winners of Upcycled, our art exhibition featuring works created primarily out of recycled materials.
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May 115 min read


Georgia Acknowledges the Effectiveness of the Arts for Mental Health
On March 31st, 2026, the Georgia House passed House Resolution 1007, “acknowledging the effectiveness of arts for health initiatives in improving mental health outcomes.” According to SaportaReport, this makes Georgia the first state to pass such a measure, a surprising achievement for a state that spends only 14 cents per resident on arts funding and ranks consistently last or near to last on arts funding in the U.S.A. The resolution cites a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, wh
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May 54 min read


Spring Cleaning Your Artist Studio or Seeking a Boost of Inspiration? Come to Our Artist Swap!
Get some encouragement for cleaning out your art studio and find fresh inspiration with free art supplies at our Artist Swap!
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Apr 164 min read


Congratulations to the Winners of Celebration: Thirty Years of Creativity
In this post, we look back at the Birthday Bash celebration that accompanied our Spring Student and Member Showcase and celebrate the winners of the show.
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Apr 136 min read


You're Invited to Come Party with The Art Center!
The Art Center is celebrating its 30 th birthday this Saturday with a big birthday bash, and you’re invited! This fun and free event has something for all ages, so it’s the perfect day to come out with the family and enjoy some creative birthday activities. For adults, we have demos from several of our adult class instructors, free try-it classes for drawing and watercolor, adult improv party games, and Art Center Bingo for prizes. For the young and young at heart, we hav
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Mar 163 min read


The Art Center's Printmaking Exhibition Celebrates a Long History of Art as Messaging
When we think of printing in the modern era, we’re more likely to envision fighting with a machine that refuses to work before a deadline due to “low toner” than we are to think about art. It’s easy these days to take for granted the ability to reproduce text and images, but the art of printmaking has been an incredibly powerful tool for communicating ideas, information, and emotion throughout history. Printmaking started in ancient times with woodcuts, with the earliest kno
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Mar 45 min read
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