Today, February 27, The Art Center officially turns 30 years old! We started in 1996 as a tiny community art center renting out a single room of the historic Warsaw School , which had been saved and renovated by Mark Burkhalter. Johns Creek didn't exist back then, so we were first known as the Ocee Arts Center. The area looked very different at the time, a far-flung and under-served spot in the north of Fulton County. The Art Center sprung up out of the need for more communit

Venus of Dolní Věstonice  Ceramics are an art form that have been around since the Neolithic era, quietly impacting our civilization’s development and acting as a vital record of ancient cultures. Humanity has been crafting things out of clay since at least 28,000 BCE, when the Venus of Dolní Věstonice  (the oldest known ceramic piece in the world) was created. Functional clay vessels do not appear to have been developed until much later than this ancient sculpture. Some of t

There are so many ways to connect with your partner at The Art Center, and a lot of them are free!

The holiday shopping season has snuck up upon us once again.  As the stuffing and pie settles and the kitchen is brought back into order from Thanksgiving chaos, a new focus emerges. What in the world are we going to give our loved ones this year? If you want to find something a little more special than the gifts that anyone can find in one of the big box stores or online retailers, small art markets are an ideal solution! Not only will you be supporting hard-working local cr