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☀️ This summer, the Public Art Futures Lab is excited to welcome PIN interns Thaís Alvarenga and Daksh Kapoor ( .gatech...
05/15/2026

☀️ This summer, the Public Art Futures Lab is excited to welcome PIN interns Thaís Alvarenga and Daksh Kapoor ( .gatech grads) in partnership with DREAM Sustainability Division alongside SCoRE sustainability intern Rachel Bell, who will be conducting energy audits across county facilities. As their projects intersect, the interns will be in conversation around the ways sustainability data can inform public understanding and creative storytelling.

Supported through the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (PIN) program, this hybrid internship + artist residency explores how civic sustainability data can become public art. Over the coming months, the interns will visit solar-powered county facilities, meet with sustainability professionals, and translate building-performance data into visual, sonic, or sculptural storytelling experiences.

Fulton County currently has solar installations across 42 county buildings, with a goal of generating 25% of county electricity through solar by 2030. Since 2021, the program has already saved approximately $240,000 in electricity costs while reducing emissions by 5.8 million pounds of CO2e.

We’re grateful to PIN for supporting emerging creatives working at the intersection of art, technology, sustainability, and public impact and excited to share how this work transforms civic data into new forms of public imagination. ⚡️🌱📊

New Workshop Alert! Join the Public Art Futures Lab at Peachtree Library for A Deeper Vision | Alt Text + Art, a collabo...
05/12/2026

New Workshop Alert! Join the Public Art Futures Lab at Peachtree Library for A Deeper Vision | Alt Text + Art, a collaborative accessibility workshop exploring how artists, writers, curators, technologists, and arts workers can think more deeply about ALT TEXT and accessibility in the digital space.

Featuring Design Researcher Abigale Stangl and Assistant Professor in the School of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech , this communal workshop will combine conversation, reflection, and hands-on writing exercises centered around describing visual art for audiences engaging through screen readers and other assistive technologies.

Participants will experiment with different forms of description, from functional alt text to poetic interpretation, while asking larger questions about access, interpretation, and what becomes newly visible through language.

🗓 Saturday, May 23
⏰ 1 - 3 p.m.
📍 Peachtree Library Branch
🎟 Free with RSVP
🤚 ASL interpreters on site
♿️ Accessible parking

This workshop is part of an ongoing Public Art Futures Lab initiative around accessibility, digital engagement, and the upcoming 63rd Annual Fulton County ADA Celebration on July 23.

We want to extend special thanks to our conversation and email group on this topic including Fulton County Dept of Diversity and Civil Compliance, Ari Hammond, Dhruv Kulkarni, Susanna Lee, and Alec Guthrie.

Link in bio for full details and free RSVP!

05/12/2026

Artists-in-Residence at the Public Art Futures Lab share the origins of their 2024 Join the Hunt 3D Collectible Scavenger Hunt that encouraged players to pay attention to the artistic elements of MARTA stations across Fulton County.

Mira Kaufman .aviva and Owen Rohm’s designed the hunt to take players through multiple stations with clues incorporating the history of the buildings and the public art that brings the system to life.

Everyone who played got a custom trading card or a small collectible designed and printed by their team but the first people to solve the puzzle walked away with large model MARTA-related collectibles.

They hope participating in the scavenger hunt can help foster more appreciation for MARTA, which in turn can lead to increased public support, engagement, and funding. “It’s such a growing movement in the United States to appreciate public transit or want better public transit,” Rohm said. “We want to do whatever we can to support it, and this is our way of contributing.”

Credits: Videographer: Gabriela Díaz Arp
Editor: Jordan Young
Music: Solid Bonds [Instrumental] - Michael John Boddy [PRS]

Check out the rest of our Artist in Residence videos form the link in our bio!

05/11/2026

In 2024 the Public Art Futures Lab welcomed artist, for an AR and Design-based residency project that culminated in a mesmerizing, cartoon-inspired journey into the heart of our election cycle.

“The Election Cyclorama” offered visitors a unique, immersive experience unpacking the complexities of our electoral system and illuminating the powerful impact of your vote. Visitors were captivated by Maroxby’s artistry and her translation of high-level intricacies of our democratic process. Maroxby’s goal was to help citizens of all ages rediscover the profound influence they wield in shaping the future through their vote.

And we wouldn’t be doing justice if we didn’t remind you that early voting continues until May 15 at Advance Voting Locations. Upcoming Election: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - General Primary / Nonpartisan Election

Credits:
Videographer: Gabriela Díaz Arp
Editor: Jordan Young
Music: Lost in the Moment [Vocal Lead] - Rainman [PRS]

Happy Mother’s Day from Fulton Public Art!Basil Watson .sculpture Cradle (The Future in Our Hands), 2010Bronze Composite...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from Fulton Public Art!

Basil Watson .sculpture
Cradle (The Future in Our Hands), 2010
Bronze Composite, White Marble base

The seated mother encircles and supports the joyous child who reaches for the sky.

The child, like the community, is cradled in her arms, buoyant and full of energy as he raises his hands and head in expectation, praise and thanks.

This piece is located at Neighborhood Union Heath Center - 186 Sunset Avenue, NW Atlanta, GA 30314

05/07/2026

Another look back on our Public Art Futures Lab Artists-in-Residence this time to Artist and Community builder, Jordan Young! shares the passion behind his Downtown Atlanta Inc. Residency at Public Art Futures Lab in the summer of 2024.

Within his 14-week-residency Jordan curated an exhibition of emerging photographers and developed a residency-within-a-residency project called Artist Collider that invited artists to playfully explore new mediums, emerging technologies, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Credits:
Videographer: Gabriela Díaz Arp
Editor: Jordan Young
Music: Escapism [Instrumental] - Janet Overfield [PRS]

05/06/2026

Throwback today featuring Elijah Zulu, Downtown Atlanta Inc. 2024 Artist-in-Residence at the Public Art Futures Lab.

Elijah talks about using data as a substance in his very human-inspired responsive installations. Elijah’s residency culminated in a public art installation, Living Statues, a digital reinterpretation of street performance, where AI-driven choices and computer-vision remembers and mimics human movement in unexpected ways.

Video Credits: Videographer: Gabriela Diaz Arp
Editor: Jordan Young
Music: Cloud Whispers [Instrumental] - Rachael Wood [PRS]

Check out the link in our bio to see more short docs on the Public Art Futures Lab Artists-in-Residence #

Enlightenment Now! Hosted at Villa Albertine’s Night of Ideas returns to Atlanta on Wednesday April 29, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m....
04/20/2026

Enlightenment Now!

Hosted at Villa Albertine’s Night of Ideas returns to Atlanta on Wednesday April 29, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. at The Carter Center - FREE and open to the public with RSVP!

From early evening into the night, the program features talks, a civic market, Virtual Reality experiences, music, and participatory exchanges exploring civic engagement, youth participation, and new forms of utopia.

The event explores how youth and civil society can help reimagine democracy. Grounded in Atlanta’s dynamic context, discussions will also highlight the role cities play in advancing inclusive and sustainable futures through innovation, social justice, and climate action.

Enlightenment Now! invites us to revisit and reimagine how we can shape our shared democratic future.

Curated and organized by Villa Albertine Atlanta, in partnership with The Carter Center,  Fulton County Arts & Culture’s Public Art Futures Lab, and Atlanta Design Festival. 

As part of this evening, the Public Art Futures Lab will present a VR screening program featuring four films from the Institut Français XR Catalogue, offering audiences a chance to step into 360° storytelling environments that expand how we experience art, culture, and narrative. Following the event, this program will extend to select Fulton County libraries, creating additional opportunities for residents across the county to engage with these works. RSVP and learn more through the link in our bio.

2026 edition of Night of Ideas in Atlanta is presented by Villa Albertine Atlanta, with The Carter Center, in partnership with Atlanta Design festival and Fulton County Arts & Culture. This program is made possible thanks to Albertine Foundation with the support of the Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation.

✍️ What’s the issue with AI and art? Help us read the room! Join us at makerspace for a free working session led by .di...
04/15/2026

✍️ What’s the issue with AI and art? Help us read the room!

Join us at makerspace for a free working session led by .disalvo Carl DiSalvo and Catherine Wieczorek of .gatech Georgia Tech’s Public Design Workshop.

They’re bringing together artists, curators, and cultural workers to think through what AI means for creative practice right now.

This isn’t about having the “right” answer. We’re interested in hearing from artists working across digital, analog, and hybrid practices we don’t mind whether you’re excited, skeptical, critical, or still figuring it out. All perspectives are welcome.
Together, we’ll map questions, surface tensions, and build language around what feels at stake and working toward a shared framework shaped by the people in the room.

🗓 Saturday, April 25
⏰ 1 - 3 p.m.
📍 Freeside Atlanta, 3043 Commerce Way, Atlanta, Georgia 30354

Important Notes:

✔️ Free with RSVP
✔️ Attendees must provide their own transportation to the site
✔️ Ages 18+

Follow the link in the bio for RSVP and info!

This project is funded by .network with support from Public Art Futures Lab.

We’re excited to announce the 2026 Public Art Futures Lab Artists-in-Residence, in partnership with Downtown Atlanta Inc...
03/30/2026

We’re excited to announce the 2026 Public Art Futures Lab Artists-in-Residence, in partnership with Downtown Atlanta Inc. and MARTA Artbound! 
This year, because of the incredibly strong pool of proposals, MARTA Artbound will support two artist groups for the first time, expanding the residency and marking a new chapter for the residency program.

Together, these artists are reimagining public art in ways that respond, evolve, and invite participation across , the Community, and Fulton County as a whole.  

Meet the Artists-in-Residence:

Ivan Reyes | Downtown Atlanta Inc. AiR: is a creative technologist exploring accessibility, cultural identity, and “technology as magic” proposes a participatory AR “Memory Garden,” where community contributes digital objects that bloom into a shared, evolving digital landscape.

Sophia Edwards | Downtown Atlanta Inc. AiR: .edw is a visual artist working at the intersection of storytelling, craft, and digital media, presents Quilt Tiles, a projection mapping installation that transforms community-submitted images and stories into a generative patchwork rooted in Black quilting traditions. *Sophia’s photo is by Gabrielle Thandiwe Bates  

A2D | MARTA Artbound AiR: Luther Ocasio  + Garrett Braun  are an artist duo creating immersive, responsive environments will develop Signal Garden: Transit Bloom, bringing Atlanta’s ecological identity into transit spaces through living projections of native plant life shaped by the rhythms of daily movement. *A2D’s photo is by

M.E.A.T. | MARTA Artbound AiR: Orlando Kenny , Matias Cevallos   , Alex Suarez , Fiona Kelly-Lopez , and Khalid Diab   up this organization of musicians, engineers, and creative technologists.  will develop interactive instruments that invite MARTA riders to generate sound together, turning transit into a space for play and connection.

🔗 Visit the link in bio to learn more

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