Contemporary Talks focuses on artists’ projects, curatorial platforms, and contemporary theory and connects you with individuals who represent a diverse range of disciplines as they consider, examine, and question contemporary art.
August 24, 2024 / 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Talk with Tayari Jones
Author of An American Marriage
Acclaimed novelist Tayari Jones will join Executive Director Floyd Hall to discuss some favorite Atlanta memories, how crafting work on a typewriter informs Jones’ artistic practice as a contemporary author, and witnessing artist Tim Youd reinterpret An American Marriage in a new form as a performative visual work.
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Tayari Jones
New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones is the author of four novels, most recently An American Marriage. Published in 2018, An American Marriage is an Oprah’s Book Club Selection and also appeared on Barack Obama’s summer reading list as well as his year-end roundup. The novel was awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize), Aspen Words Prize and an NAACP Image Award. It has been published in two dozen countries.
Upcoming Program Events
View All ProgramsFrom Memory to Making: A Gallery Tour & Zine Workshop
The Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies (AUC Art Collective)
Join curators Chad Dawkins, Ph.D., Nydia Blas, M.F.A., and student artists for a gallery tour of Rejoice, Resist, Rest and a zine workshop!
Open Studios is your chance to meet the artists in our Studio Artist Program and experience their work up close. Explore the studios, connect with creatives, and maybe take home a new favorite piece. All are welcome—artists, students, professionals, and art lovers alike. Ticket sales support subsidized studio spaces, and sponsorships help provide honoraria for exhibiting artists across our campus.
A Live Response to Unbound Narratives: Embodied Language Performance
Performed by Spelman College Department of Dance Performance and Choreography
Atlanta Contemporary presents a live performance by Spelman College dance students responding to Unbound Narratives: Embodied Language.
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