Enjoy Historic Heartland Travel Region Festivals, Fairs and Events
Below are lists of festivals, fairs, holiday and special events for the Historic Heartland travel region. Please call listings contact numbers for more info.
Exhibition- Kevin Cole: Soul Ties
Sunday, March 1 - 30 , 2020 All Day
“Kevin Cole: Soul Ties” features selected works by Atlanta-based painter and mixed-media artist Kevin Cole. Cole was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and remains active in Atlanta, Georgia, and nationally. Cole was named Georgia State Artist of the Year in 1996 and has completed over 35 public art commissions, including the Coca-Cola Centennial Olympic Mural for the 1996 Olympic games and “Soul Ties That Matter,” a 55-foot-long installation created for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2018. The artist’s work is included in more than 3,600 public, private and corporate collections throughout the United States, including the new National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.
Cole’s paintings, three-dimensional wooden and metal constructions, are recognizable due to his frequent use of the necktie as a motif, which alludes to both struggle and celebration in the African American experience. Colorful works such as “Spiritual Celebration with Miles, Dizzy and Coltrane” (1992) make reference to the rich history and improvisational nature of jazz and blues music. In addition to the exhibition, “When My Scars are My Testimony” (2018) is on display in the museum’s M. Smith Griffith Grand Hall as an elegant amalgamation of twisted ties formed with thin strips of etched aluminum.
Address: Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton Street Athens GA 30602
PHONE:(706) 542-4662
Exhibition- Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection
Friday, May 1, 2020 All Day
Saturday, May 2, 2020 All Day
Sunday, May 3, 2020 All Day
Monday, May 4, 2020 All Day
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 All Day
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 All Day
Thursday, May 7, 2020 All Day
Friday, May 8, 2020 All Day
Saturday, May 9, 2020 All Day
Sunday, May 10, 2020 All Day
A celebration of beauty, “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection” features more than 60 objects, spanning over 30 years of Tiffany’s prolific career. One of America’s most renowned artists, Louis Comfort Tiffany worked in nearly all the media available to artists and designers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—glass, ceramic, metalwork, jewelry and painting. Tiffany’s technical brilliance in a wide variety of media enabled him to convey his awe of the natural world through a range of objects, from common household items to one-of-a-kind masterpieces. He earned international acclaim for his artistic output, receiving prestigious awards in exhibitions across Europe and the United States. His work was enthusiastically collected by art museums and private collectors throughout his career, and continues to be highly sought after today. This exhibition, focusing on Tiffany’s magnificent stained-glass windows, floral vases, lamps and accessories, revels in the artistry and craftsmanship of the Tiffany works from Chicago’s distinguished Richard H. Driehaus Collection, highlighting masterworks never before presented in a comprehensive exhibition. “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection” is organized by the Richard H. Driehaus Museum and is toured by International Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C.
Address: Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton Street Athens GA 30602
PHONE:(706) 542-4662
Exhibition: Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome
Sunday, March 1 - 30 , 2020 All Day
Rome has long been a key destination for artists. At the beginning of the 17th century, painters from across Europe flocked to the Eternal City to see the revolution caused by painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610). Everyone copied his stark contrast of light and dark, powerful realism and dramatic sense of staging. The works presented in this exhibition, all from the Museum and Gallery at Bob Jones University, celebrate how Caravaggio shaped the Italian Baroque and galvanized numerous followers. One of the main highlights is a Crucifixion by Peter Paul Rubens, who spent more than eight years in Italy.
Address: Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton Street Athens GA 30602
PHONE:(706) 542-4662
Exhibition: Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper
Sunday, March 1, 2020 All Day
Monday, March 2, 2020 All Day
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 All Day
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 All Day
Thursday, March 5, 2020 All Day
Friday, March 6, 2020 All Day
Saturday, March 7, 2020 All Day
Sunday, March 8, 2020 All Day
This exhibition showcases approximately 30 drawings and prints dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries and drawn from the collections of Giuliano Ceseri of Lafayette, Louisiana, the Georgia Museum of Art and the Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Curators selected drawings and prints to represent specific artistic styles and Italian regional schools. An examination of the drawings has revealed some previously erroneous assumptions. In a few cases, new attributions have resulted; in others, authorship remains unresolved. The museum will publish a fully illustrated exhibition catalogue containing this scholarship and publishing important drawings by Giulio Romano, Claudio Ridolfi, Palma il Giovane and Guercino for the first time. Other artists include Giulio Benso, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Salvatore Rosa and followers of Veronese and Tintoretto.
Address: Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton Street Athens GA 30602
PHONE:(706) 542-4662
Exhibition: Material Georgia 1733–1900: Two Decades of Scholarship
Sunday, March 1 -15 , 2020 All Day
This exhibition will review 20 years of scholarly activity at the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts. It will include numerous examples of furniture, textiles, pottery and metal work, present a synthesis of Green Center work, show new research and point the way for future research in Georgia-related decorative arts.
“Material Georgia” takes a comprehensive look at Georgia’s diverse contributions to early decorative arts as well as summarizing the scholarship of the past 20 years. It focuses on revealing new discoveries made in the field, pointing a way forward and making the case Georgia can hold its own against any other state in terms of the quality of its decorative arts. “Material Georgia” surveys Georgia decorative art in media including furniture, silver, pottery, textiles, basketry and portraits. Georgia has had a troubled history, shaped by the system of slavery and widespread inequality, but its diverse material culture tells about the lives of all its people.
The exhibition includes the largest group of 18th-century pieces of Georgia furniture on view yet, demonstrating both cultural influences and regional style. It also reintroduces the museum’s silver collection in light of new findings and will put forward fresh material on political silver. Recent discoveries show that, contrary to prior belief, silver was made in Georgia and its market affected national trends, social history and food culture. Pottery is one of the best documented forms of applied art in Georgia, and the Green Center’s collection has grown into a broad and representative sampling. “Material Georgia” presents areas of the craft that have not been previously researched and makes resonant historical connections. Notably, the exhibition features work by Lucius Jordan, Georgia’s earliest native-born prominent trained potter. It also includes significant textiles woven by yeoman women farmers, African-style baskets and portraits. These categories of craft do not cover every part of Georgia decorative arts, but the exhibition contextualizes different media and objects within the state’s cultural history. As a whole, this exhibition shows how Georgia’s early decorative art is relevant to the region and to the nation.
It is accompanied by an extensively illustrated book published by the museum.
Address: Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton Street Athens GA 30602
PHONE:(706) 542-4662
Exhibition: Rachel Whiteread
Sunday, March 1, 2020 All Day
Monday, March 2, 2020 All Day
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 All Day
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 All Day
Thursday, March 5, 2020 All Day
Friday, March 6, 2020 All Day
Saturday, March 7, 2020 All Day
Sunday, March 8, 2020 All Day
Five cast-stone sculptures by Rachel Whiteread reinterpret the artist’s earlier resin castings of the space beneath chairs. The works are arranged in a table setting, reinforcing their domestic nature and origins. Variations in the stone type and surface textures of each piece make use of changes in outdoor lighting over the course of a day. All loans are courtesy of Gagosian. The museum has also selected works on paper by Whiteread and related artists from its collections that will be on display inside, in the galleries on the second floor. These works provide additional context to the use of negative space in Whiteread’s work. Whiteread was born in London in 1963. She studied painting at Brighton Polytechnic from 1982 to 1985 and sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1985 to 1987. In 1993, she was the first woman to win the Turner Prize. She represented the British Pavilion at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997, and in 2000 she completed a commission for the Holocaust Memorial at the Judenplatz in Vienna, Austria. From 2017 to 2018 a retrospective exhibition of her work was on view at the Tate Britain in London and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Address: Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton Street Athens GA 30602
PHONE:(706) 542-4662
Exhibition: The Monsters Are Due on Broad Street: Patrick Dean
Sunday, March 1 - 29, 2020 All Day
Cartoonist Patrick Dean drew a weekly strip for Athens’ alternative newsweekly, Flagpole magazine, from 1997 to 2006, as well as many covers. Influenced by Jack Davis, George Grosz, Tomi Ungerer and early Mad Magazine, he populates his scenes with a wide variety of characters interacting with one another, capturing a broad range of Athens’ population. Jokes abound, and monsters are humanized as much as people are monsterfied. In 2018, Dean was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig’s disease. He continues to draw, despite his increasing difficulties doing so. This small retrospective begins with his student work at UGA, from which he graduated in 1998, and ends with his recent comics about illness and mortality.
Address: Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton Street Athens GA 30602
PHONE:(706) 542-4662
Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival
Saturday, March 21, 2020 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, March 22, 2020 10:00am - 5:00pm
We are excited invite you to our Spring Celebration, the Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival! Shop among hundreds of unique art and craft exhibitors, eat your way through the multiple food courts, enjoy cultural performances, listen to live music, and play in the children's area.
The Cherry Blossom Festival originated as a way to encourage cultural understanding and friendship through international music, dance, games, food and crafts. The cherry blossom is a symbol of short-lived beauty in Japan, and the City of Conyers embraces this tradition as well. The blooming of the cherry trees offers a time to reflect upon our lives. Like the blooming of the trees, life is short, so you have to appreciate and embrace it.
The Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival has received many awards over the years for Best Event in the Southeast by the Southeast Festival and Events Association. It has also been selected over the years as a Top 20 Event in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.
Festival Hours:
Saturday and Sunday
10:00AM-5:00PM
Fees:
Admission is Free with $5 daily parking
Weekend parking passes are available for $8
Tour Buses: $8 daily fee
No Pets Please!
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Spend the weekend at the Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival enjoying the great shopping, yummy food, children's activities and many other activities throughout the festival!
Hundreds of unique art and craft exhibitors offer shoppers the opportunity to find the perfect gift, home accessory, clothing, jewelry and other items that are one of a kind.
A large interactive Children's Area keeps kids entertained for hours!
Join the festivities by being a part of the Pink Out! Wear you best pink outfit, decorate your stroller or wagon, and join us in this Spring celebration! Secret judges will be roaming the festival looking for those that stand out. If you get "Pinked" by one of our judges, you've won a festival prize.
Learn about a variety of cultures through song and dance at one of the many cultural performances throughout the event on Stage 1.
Enjoy live music and dance performances on both stages.
Tempt your taste buds at one of the many food courts throughout the event. Enjoy food from around the world with Greek, Thai, Italian, Japanese and other global cuisines.
Win Blossom Bucks! Stop by the Information Booth and select a shopping bag. Be sure to look closely inside your bag to see if you are the lucky winner of Blossom Bucks, festival money you can spend at one of the art and craft booths (while supplies last).
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Address: Georgia International Horse Park 1996 Centennial Olympic Parkway Conyers GA 30013
PHONE:(770) 860-4190
8th Annual Do Tell! Storytelling Festival
Friday, March 20, 2020 10:00am - 10:30pm
Come join us for a unique literary experience. The 8th annual Do Tell! Festival is back with nationally-recognized storytellers including Barbara McBride-Smith.
Featured Tellers:Barbara McBride-Smith, Antonio Rocha, Dolores Hydock, Andy Irwin with Carol Cain.
Weekend Package: $45.00
Evening performances, adult: $15.00
Evening performances, student: $5.00
Daytime performances, adult: $10.00
Daytime performances, student: $5.00
PHONE:(706) 342-4743
Address: Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Auditorium 434 S. Main St. Madison GA 30650
Held yearly during Macon's Cherry Blossom Festival, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park hosts the Lantern Light Tours. Grab a lantern and stroll along the luminary lined path from the Visitor Center to the Great Temple Mound. Join interpretive talks at the bridge, Earth Lodge, Trading Post, and Great Temple Mound sites. Step back in time to meet costumed characters with ties to Ocmulgee's history. Learn about the 17,000 year history of Ocmulgee and the people who lived here. Tour the Museum exhibits and 2,000+ artifacts. See Downtown Macon illuminated at night from the top of the Great Temple Mound.
RATES:
Tickets for adults: $6
Tickets for ages 6-12: $1
Tickets for ages 5 and under: $0.00
Address: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park 1207 Emery Hwy Macon GA 31217
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