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.
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.
with Cynthia Lollis, Eileen Wallace, Eliza Bentz, Hannah Israel, and Serena Perrone & Moderated by Cynthia Thompson
Free
Join us for an artist talk celebrating Georgia Women to Watch 2026: A Book Arts Revolution, an exhibition that explores the book as an artistic medium.
Atlanta Contemporary presents a public opening celebration of its 2026 Winter/Spring exhibition cycle that explores storytelling, materiality, identity, and embodied experience across a wide range of contemporary art practices.
Join us for a family-friendly art workshop as part of the Contemporary Kids program, where kids of all ages can explore their creativity and engage with the themes of contemporary art!
