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roughdraftatlanta. com > 06/22/2026 > matthew-simpson-before-me-retroactive-jealousy

Filmmaker Matthew Simpson's movie 'Before Me' explores retroactive jealousy

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (784+ words) Many movie premieres are typically followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. "Before Me," which played to a crowd of over 100 people on June 14 at the Tara Theatre, was no different." Most of those Q&As, however, probably don't…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 06/10/2026 > african-love-art-exhibition

Atlanta photographer Artemus Jenkins showcases 'From Afrique, With Love' exhibition

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (610+ words) It's a Monday in June, just days before Jenkins's latest exhibition opens, and the Castleberry Hill space is in transition " the remnants of Muddy, a pop-up pottery shop, still being cleared for something altogether different. Jenkins moves through it all…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 04/23/2026 > reclaimed-restored-reimagined

" Reclaimed. Restored. Reimagined.

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (527+ words) Wednesday, April 22 There is a kind of seeing that many of us never learn. It is a way of looking at a broken CD, a scrap of plastic, a painting that didn't pan out, a bottle fragments buried under decades…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 02/18/2026 > atlanta-center-for-photography-hosts-puerto-rican-nonprofit-beta-local

Atlanta Center for Photography hosts Puerto Rican nonprofit Beta'Local Beta'Local's Bookshelf Residency at Atlanta Center for Photography

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (518+ words) The residency runs alongside "Le'Andra Le Seur: After Stone, After Ruins (Notation 2)" through April 18 and gives visitors another way into Le Seur's exhibition. ACP's Bookshelf Residents respond to exhibitions on view often by selecting books and materials for its Reading…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 02/09/2026 > alphabet-redacted-queer-artists

'Alphabet Redacted' celebrates diversity of LGBTQ+ photography

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (188+ words) Local LGBTQ+ photographers are on display at Georgia State University's Clarkston campus in "Alphabet Redacted," an exhibit celebrating the diversity of both the LGBTQ+ community and the medium of photography curated by Charlotte Wolf. "Alphabet Redacted" brings together a group…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 02/04/2026 > family-diary-2026-at-atlanta-photography-group-damien-jackson

'Family Diary 2026' at Atlanta Photography Group: Damien Jackson

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (378+ words) SUBSCRIBE: Our daily newsletter >> The exhibition runs through Feb. 27, with an opening reception on Friday, Feb. 5. "It was difficult for sure," Jackson said when asked about shooting such an intimate moment in his family's story. "But I think that the…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 11/12/2025 > atlanta-center-photography-curator-residency

Atlanta Center for Photography Curator-in-Residence Opportunity

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (341+ words) For Executive Director Lindsey O'Connor, the program answers a question ACP posed to itself in 2024: "How can ACP help catalyze the sustainable arts ecosystem our city desires and deserves?" "ACP has been an artist-centered organization since our founding," O'Connor explained....

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 10/22/2025 > curator-alfonso-alday-on-grit-photo-at-the-clarkston-community-center

GRIT Photo Exhibition Clarkston Community Center Opens

8+ mon, 51+ min ago  (212+ words) For co-curators Alfonso Alday and Vai Jong Hunken, "GRIT Photo" began as an exploration of endurance'what it means to persist, to create, and to see through moments of strain and stillness. Opening Oct. 27 at the Clarkston Community Center, the exhibition…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 10/22/2025 > lgbtqia-artists-high-museum

High Museum adds LGBTQ+ photographs to collection with new initiative

8+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (267+ words) The High Museum of Art has announced its new LGBTQIA+ Photography Centennial Acquisition Initiative. When Maria L. Kelly, the Assistant Curator of Photography at the High, considered the museum's collection of over 9, 000 photographs, she realized that in the museum's nearly 60 years…...

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roughdraftatlanta. com > 10/09/2025 > dads-garage-new-patio-opening

Dad's Garage to unveil new building addition

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (319+ words) Dad's Garage Theatre Company will host a grand opening of the facility's new exterior entryway and patio in conjunction with the'Old Fourth Ward Neighborhood Association'(O4 WNA) on Oct. 11 at 5: 30 p. m. This over 3000-square-foot addition to the original 12, 000-square-foot theatre is the…...