Featured Member Artist: Christina Berkshire If you took a bright ball of energy then gave it an attractive lipstick and a hula hoop you could call it Christina Berkshire. Berkshire is known around town for her hula hoop performances and her role...
Featured Member Artist: Melanie Wade Larsen In 2003, Melanie Wade Larsen looked up from her solid, steady nursing job that she’d been at for 18 years and made the decision to leave it all behind for music. She is well aware that...
WORK BEGINS ON NEW JAMES BROWN MURAL IN AUGUSTA Cole Phail won the community’s votes to create his mural, “The Spirit of Funk,” in early 2020 and has begun work to complete the mural. Please note that traffic between Broad Street...
Annual City Arts Grant Program Accepting Applications Each year, The City of Augusta allocates funding to the Greater Augusta Arts Council to distribute to the non-profit arts community. Funding through the FY21 Annual City Arts Grant Program enables arts organizations to...
Featured Member Artist: Christina Rice By Jamie Jackson While many people might struggle to recall intricate details, Christina Rice is the type of person that will really look and see your dimples, the color of your eyes or the way your grin...
Mark Your Calendars for the 40th Anniversary of Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival For forty years Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival has been bringing Augustans together to celebrate our wealth of arts, our amazing cultural...
2020 Augusta Arts Awards Winners Announced The Greater Augusta Arts Council is pleased to announce the 2020 Augusta Arts Awards winners. Artist Award: Karlton Clay Arts Professional Award: Porter Stokes Kath Girdler Engler Award for Public Art: Wesley Stewart and Colleen...
Featured Member Artist: Fox Si-Long Chen By Jamie Jackson Pandemic-induced stay-at-home orders made it nearly impossible for photographers like Fox Si-Long Chen to create and distribute their work in traditional ways. But Fox doesn’t settle for traditional or ordinary. Fox owns Foxsilong Studio,...
Featured Member Artist: Karlton Clay By Jamie Jackson Karlton Clay works incredibly hard to accomplish his own goals and to raise the bar for all those who surround him. He is an example of the kind of person the Augusta community is...
Creation of the James Brown Mural Has Started In March, after thousands of votes, Cole Phail from Appling, Georgia won the public’s vote in the James Brown Mural Competition with his piece titled “The Spirit of Funk.” Work on the...
