Featured Member Artist Karin Gillespie Interview by Rhian Swain The trials and tribulations of COVID-19 self-distancing/quarantine have shaken the foundations of Karin Gillespie’s world … not one iota. But then, being a writer, isolation while serving the muse is a mandatory way of...
Artist Emergency Relief Funds Awarded to Local Gig-Artists In the first two weeks of applications received, the Augusta Cultural Arts Consortium (ACAC) has allocated $24,370 to 53 CSRA artists who have had gigs cancelled due to COVID-19. The Artists live in...
Featured Member Artists: Art and Jerrie Abdon I had the pleasure of getting to know Arts Council member artist couple, Art and Jerrie Abdon, a little better this week. “Art the Artist” Abdon seems to be everywhere in Augusta, in person...
Artist Member Karen Gordon Last week I asked Karen Gordon for 10 minutes to talk about her life for this issue of our Newsletter. Karen is a woman on the go. Karen Gordon, The Empress of Cool, or, to me- the...
Featured Member Artists: Colleen Beyer and Wesley Stewart It was a pleasure to exit my quarantine existence last Friday to meet with Colleen Beyer and Wesley Stewart to learn about their Public Art practice. Of course, Rhian Swain with RedWolf joined...
A new Artist Emergency Relief Fund was initiated by representatives of a special consortium of local arts non-profits, who met to discuss the impact of Covid-19 and its negative effect upon local Gig-Artists, contracted, or self-employed artists of all disciplines...
The Greater Augusta Arts Council is pleased to announce that Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival was named the 2020 Top Festival of the Year by the Southeast Tourism Society. The 2 ½ day festival spans 4 city blocks...
Applications for this year's City Arts Grants become available May 1, 2020. Please read more at https://augustaarts.com/city-grants/. Each year the City of Augusta allocates funding to the Greater Augusta Arts Council to regrant to nonprofit, arts-based organizations. By doing so, Augusta’s city...
Our City, State, Regional, and National Leadership have posted many excellent resources for the arts in this time of COVID-19 crisis. We will re-post information on this page, and in our weekly e-Newsletter. If you don't currently receive our newsletter,...
