ART. CULTURE. ENTERTAINMENT.
MEET OUR ARTISTS
MSIF GALLERY
MIKE STASNY
Michael "MIKE" Stasny is an artist and musician who works in the sculptural realm. Michael is associated with a variety of art collectives including the Dashboard Co-op, Goat Farm Art Center, and Knock Knock. He is also founder of Sumptuary , an ongoing arts funding practice that supports, presents and promotes artists’ experience through non-commodifiable projects through “taxation” on consumables.
FUTURE GALLERY
EUGENE BYRD III
EuGene is an artist that draws inspiration from life experiences and people around him. The style and themes portrayed in his art can best be described as realism and romantic. He illustrates quintessential aspects of the Black experience, in an effort to preserve Black culture, telling stories that are often overlooked or demonized. Curating the Future Gallery, Eugene brings life and art to Upper Alabama.
PUBLIC ART FUTURES LAB
FULTON COUNTY
The Lab is a physical and online space to exhibit, experiment, educate and experience the role of technology and its intersection with public art. By reducing barriers to creating and participating in this emerging space, the Lab seeks to expand access to cultural enrichment, provide the tools for local artists to thrive.
EMMCDEE GALLERY
MARIA MCDOWELL
Maria McDowell is a photographer, curator, philanthropist, and artist living in Atlanta and curator of the vibrant EMMCDEE Gallery- a place where people can come to share their lives, celebrations, performances, exhibitions, networking events and collaborations.
ARTLANTA GALLERY
TYREE SMITH
ARTlanta’s Tyree Smith, who also sits on the Marta En Route Art Council, serves as VP Chair on the Fort Mac Public Art Council and is a 2018 jury panelist for Art on the Beltline continues to lead the way in bringing interactive art experiences to Atlanta. “I wanted to connect the people of Atlanta directly to art, free of political or personal agendas,” said Smith. “Life is art, and art has become the new Atlanta. What better way to play and explore a multi-sensory playground than through an art fair.”
THE INNERSPACE
CARL JANES
From a childhood living in different cultures and in different parts of the World, Carl Janes has developed with a global eye and an acute understanding of our human connection. Through a disciplined pursuit that follows current interests he constantly explores new ways of communicating within a continued development at the Inner Space gallery at Underground.
RAILROAD
EUGENE BYRD III
RAILROAD is a live music venue at the crossroad of different communities, bringing them together through art, music, storytelling and culture. A safe place where anyone can come and feel part of the vibrant urban culture of Atlanta.
