The arts in Atlanta are well-represented, with a prominent presence in music, fine art, and theater.

Music

Atlanta has played a major or contributing role in the development of various genres of American music at different times in the city's history. Beginning as early as the 1920s, Atlanta emerged as a center for

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, which was brought to the city by migrants from Appalachia. During the countercultural 1960s, Atlanta hosted the Atlanta International Pop Festival in 1969 more than a month before

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and featuring many of the same bands. The city was also a center for

Southern rock Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar specula ...

during the 1970s: the

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's hit instrumental " Hot 'Lanta" is an ode to the city, while Lynyrd Skynyrd's live rendition of "

Free Bird "Free Bird", also spelled "Freebird", is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and performed by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song featured on the band's debut album in 1973. Released as a single in November 1974, "Fr ...

" was recorded at the Fox Theatre in 1976, with lead singer

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directing the band to "play it pretty for Atlanta." During the 1980s, Atlanta had an active Punk rock scene that was centered on two of the city’s music venues, 688 Club and the Metroplex, and Atlanta played host to the Sex Pistols first U.S. show, which was performed at the Great Southeastern Music Hall. The 1990s saw the birth of

Atlanta hip hop Although the music scene of Atlanta is rich and varied, the city's production of hip-hop music has been especially noteworthy, acclaimed, and commercially successful. In 2009, ''The New York Times'' called Atlanta "hip-hop's center of gravity", ...

, a subgenre that gained relevance following the success of home-grown duo OutKast; however, it was not until the 2000s that Atlanta moved "from the margins to becoming hip-hop’s center of gravity, part of a larger shift in hip-hop innovation to the South." Also in the 2000s, Atlanta was recognized by ''

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'' magazine for its

Indie rock Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...

scene, which revolves around

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in East Atlanta Village.

Hip hop

Atlanta has been called "hip-hop's center of gravity," and the city is considered is a capital of hip hop, including

Southern hip hop Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Memp ...

, of R&B and of

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. The city is the current home or birthplace of many hip-hop artists including

Lil Jon Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971) better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, producer and former frontman of the rap group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. He was instrumental in the emergence of the hip hop subgenre cr ...

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludac ...

B.o.B Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. (born November 15, 1988), known professionally as B.o.B, is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Decatur, Georgia, Simmons was signed to Jim Jonsin's Rebel Rock Entertainment imprint in 2006. Two years late ...

and Usher. It is also a center of gospel music where the

Gospel Music Association The Gospel Music Association (GMA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1964 for the purpose of supporting and promoting the development of all forms of gospel music. As of 2011, there are about 4,000 members worldwide. The GMA's membership co ...

Dove Awards A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Award ...

take place.

Visual arts

Atlanta is home to an established

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community. In 2010, the city was ranked as the ninth-best city for the arts by ''American Style Magazine''. Most of the city's art galleries are located in the Castleberry Hill and West Midtown neighborhoods. While every type of visual art is represented in the city, Atlanta is a major center for

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic co ...

public art Public art is art in any media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and physically acce ...

, and

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. The growing Atlanta campus of

Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is a private nonprofit art school with locations in Savannah, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; and Lacoste, France. Founded in 1978 to provide degrees in programs not yet offered in the southeast of the Uni ...

has brought in a steady stream of artists and curators.

Art museums

In 2010, ''American Style Magazine'' ranked Atlanta as the ninth-best city for the arts. The renowned

High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art (colloquially the High) is the largest museum for visual art in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta, Georgia (on Peachtree Street in Midtown, the city's arts district), the High is 312,000 square feet (28, ...

is arguably the South's leading art museum and among the 100 most-visited art museums in the world. Other art institutions include the

Museum of Design Atlanta Located at 1315 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, "MODA is the only museum in the Southeast devoted exclusively to the study and celebration of all things design." Overview The Museum examines how design affects people's dail ...

(MODA), the

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Atlanta Contemporary is a non-profit, non-collecting institution located in the West Midtown district of Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most ...

, the

Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) is a contemporary art museum located in Atlanta, Georgia. The museum collects and archives contemporary works by Georgia artists. MOCA GA uses its exhibition schedule to increase its permanen ...

, and the

Michael C. Carlos Museum The Michael C. Carlos Museum is an art museum located in Atlanta on the historic quadrangle of Emory University's main campus. The Carlos Museum has the largest ancient art collections in the Southeast, including objects from ancient Egypt, Greece ...

at Emory, containing the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast.

Public art

The city's Office of Cultural Affairs administers a public art program, which include works such as '' Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix)'', and Thornton Dial's '' The Bridge'' at

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plaza in Freedom Park. The office also sponsors temporary exhibitions of art in public spaces such as "Elevate" in 2011. Th
Metropolitan Public Art Coalition
also promotes public art in the city and stages occasional exhibitions. The city's Aviation Arts program administers and art program at Atlanta's airport, including '' Zimbabwe Sculpture: a Tradition in Stone'' and the Deborah Whitehouse mural ''Spirit of Atlanta'', which welcomes passengers as they arrive at baggage claim from the

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. The

BeltLine The Atlanta BeltLine (also Beltline or Belt Line) is a open and planned loop of multi-use trail and light rail transit system on a former railway corridor around the core of Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta BeltLine is designed to reconnect nei ...

corridor, a former rail corridor gradually being developed into an improved biking and walking trail, is home to the annua
Art on the BeltLine
exhibition. In 2011 66 visual and performance pieces were exhibited.

Street art

Although historically never a haven for street art like

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, street art is becoming more prominent in Atlanta. Hotspots for viewing Atlanta street art include: * The Krog Street Tunnel * The 22-mile

path which circles the inner city along industrial and residential spaces * In

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along Tennelle St and the Wylie Street wall of the

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's Hulsey rail yard. * In

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around the intersection of Krog St. and Edgewood Ave. * In

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surrounding the intersections of Flat Shoals Road and Edgewood Ave. * In Little Five Points surrounding the intersections of Euclid Ave. and Moreland Ave. * In Sweet Auburn along Edgewood Ave. Images and locations of over 200 works of Atlanta Street Art can be found on th
Atlanta Street Art Map
In 2011 the city hosted the

Living Walls Living Walls, The City Speaks is an annual street art conference co-founded in 2009 by Monica Campana & Blacki Migliozzi. Blankenship, Jessica (13 August 2010)"Living Walls" ''Creative Loafing''. The conference was first held in 2010. It was origina ...

street art conference and will co-host it with

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in 2012. In May 2011 Atlanta established a Graffiti Task Force. Though in October 2011 the police arrested 7 persons designated as vandals, city officials assert that they have no intention of stifling the street art scene. The city's Office of Cultural Affairs selected 29 standout murals to avoid whitewashing including murals commissioned as part of the

, works created during the

conferences, but not the most famous street art space in the city, the Krog Street Tunnel. Many street artists and members of the arts community interviewed by ''

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'' believe the city's efforts are misdirected or futile.

Arts centers

Arts centers in Atlanta include

King Plow Arts Center The King Plow Arts Center is a commercial, performing, and visual arts center located on Marietta Street in the Marietta Street Artery district of West Midtown, Atlanta. King Plow is the largest center of its kind in the city. King Plow is also a ...

and the

Goat Farm Arts Center The Goat Farm Arts Center is a visual and performing arts center located in West Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia. The center is housed in a 19th-century complex of industrial buildings and contains the studio space of over 300 artists. Goat Farm hosts mu ...

West Midtown West Midtown, also known as Westside, is a colloquial area, comprising many historical neighborhoods located in Atlanta, Georgia. Once largely industrial, West Midtown is now the location of urban lofts, art galleries, live music venues, retail ...

The Metropolitan
in

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an
Studioplex
in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood.

Galleries and art walks

There are small concentrations of galleries in the intown neighborhoods, including but not limited to Castleberry Hill,

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, the Westside Arts District in West Midtown, at Studioplex in Old Fourth Ward, and along

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in Poncey-Highland. Each of those areas sponsors an art walk, usually monthly.

Theater

Atlanta is one of few United States cities with permanent, professional, resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines:

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

(

Atlanta Opera The Atlanta Opera is an opera company located in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Founded in 1979, it produces mainstage opera productions and arts education programs for Metropolitan Atlanta and the Southeast. In 2007, The Atlanta Opera moved into ...

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

(

Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Ballet is a ballet company, located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the longest continuously performing ballet company in the United States and the State Ballet of Georgia. History Atlanta Ballet was founded in 1929 by Dorothy Alexander as ...

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

(

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The ASO's main concert venue is Atlanta Symphony Hall in the Woodruff Arts Center. History Though earlier organizations bearing the same name date b ...

), and

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

(the

Alliance Theatre The Alliance Theatre is a theater company in Atlanta, Georgia, based at the Alliance Theatre, part of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, and is the winner of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The company, originally the Atlanta Municipal T ...

). Atlanta also attracts many touring Broadway acts, concerts, shows, and exhibitions catering to a variety of interests. Atlanta’s performing arts district is concentrated in

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at the

Woodruff Arts Center Woodruff Arts Center is a visual and performing arts center located in Atlanta, Georgia. The center houses three not-for-profit arts divisions on one campus. Opened in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlant ...

, which is home to the

and the

. The city also frequently hosts touring Broadway acts, especially at the Fox Theatre, a historic landmark that is among the highest grossing theaters in of its size. Other theater groups include the internationally known Center for Puppetry Arts, Theatrical Outfit, Seven Stages Theater, Horizon Theater Company, improv group Dad's Garage, Actor's Express, the Shakespeare Tavern, and True Colors Theatre. Theater companies in metro Atlanta include the Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Conservatory in Roswell, Onstage Atlanta in Decatur, the Academy Theater in

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, Performing Arts North in

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, Theatre in the Square and the Children's Garden Theater in Marietta, and Act 3 Productions in

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. The Suzi Bass Awards and th
Metropolitan Atlanta Theater Awards
are two annual ceremonies honoring outstanding achievements in local theater. The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company preserves, promotes, performs, and educates people about the art of audio theater (radio drama).

Performing arts and music venues

In the city of Atlanta: *

- contains the

, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse * Fox Theatre - theater, musical theater, concerts, award ceremonies and other special events * Rialto Center for the Arts - performing arts *

Buckhead Theatre The Buckhead Theatre is a theatre located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. History The establishment was built in 1930 in Spanish baroque style by Atlanta architecture firm Daniell & Beutell and opened on June 2, ...

The Tabernacle The Tabernacle is a mid-size concert hall located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Opening in 1911 as a church, the building was converted into a music venue in 1996. It is owned and managed by concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment and has a c ...

Variety Playhouse The Variety Playhouse (originally known as the Euclid Theatre) is a music venue in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is located on Euclid Avenue and features a variety of music acts including rock, indie, electronic, funk, country, folk, bl ...

and Seven Stages Theater * The Masquerade - live music, mostly indie-rock, rock, metal *Schwartz Center *Ferst Center *Ray Charles Performing Center In Metro Atlanta, the

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and Gwinnett Center's performing arts center are prominent venues. Regional centers featuring a mix of the arts include th
Elm Street Cultural Arts Village
in

and th
Jaqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts
(adjacent to Gwinnett Center) in

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Literature

Atlanta is the home of many influential writers of the 20th century, including

Margaret Mitchell Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel '' Gone with the Wind'', for which she wo ...

, author of ''

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'', one of the best-selling books of all time;

Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awa ...

, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning and critically acclaimed novel ''

The Color Purple ''The Color Purple'' is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

'';

Alfred Uhry Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has received an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing for ''Driving Miss Daisy''. He is a member of the Fellowship ...

, playwright of ''

Driving Miss Daisy '' Driving Miss Daisy'' is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on his 1987 play of the same name. The film stars Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd. Freeman reprised his ro ...

'', which deals with Jewish residents of Atlanta in the early 20th century; and

Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a planta ...

, author of the ''

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'' children's stories. Famous journalists include

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, the anti-segregationist editor and publisher of the ''

Atlanta Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...

'' newspaper. Atlanta is also the home of contemporary editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich, who is syndicated nationally to 150 newspapers.

Film festivals

Atlanta is the host of the

Atlanta Film Festival The Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) is a long-running, international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia operated by the Atlanta Film Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Started in 1976 and occurring every spring, the festival shows a ...

, an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

qualifying, international film festival held every April and showcasing a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi. Other film festivals include the

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is the largest film festival of any kind in the state of Georgia and is the largest Jewish film festival in the world. The 23-day festival is held in late winter at multiple venues in Atlanta, Georgia and in the sub ...

Black Film Festival AtlantaPeachtree Village International Film FestivalAtlanta Asian Film Festival
the

Out on Film Out on Film, Georgia's gay film festival in Atlanta, was established in 1987 and is one of the oldest gay film festivals in the United States devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The festival is now held in Midtown Atla ...

gay film festival
Independent Film MonthAtlanta Film Festival 365
Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival, and th
Buried Alive
horror film fest.

Marching arts

Atlanta is a major hub for the marching arts. The city is home of

Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive drum and bugle corps, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Spirit of Atlanta is a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI). History ''Sources:'' 1970s With Freddy Martin as corps di ...

, which competes in

Drum Corps International Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for junior drum and bugle corps responsible for developing and enforcing rules of competition, and for providing standardized adjudication at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions througho ...

, and the Alliance Drum and Bugle Corps (inactive) an
CorpsVets Drum and Bugle Corps
both of which participate in the

Drum Corps Associates Drum Corps Associates (DCA) is a governing body for modern all-age and senior drum and bugle corps in North America. DCA's responsibilities include sanctioning competitions, certifying adjudicators, maintaining and enforcing rules of competition, ...

circuit. Atlanta is also home to the

Honda Battle of the Bands The Honda Battle of the Bands (sometimes abbreviated The Honda or HBOB) is an annual marching band exhibition in the United States which features performances by bands from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Sponsored by the Amer ...

which is the most popular collegiate marching arts event in the nation.

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