“Arts at Oakland 2021” is a free, self-guided exhibition at Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery. It will showcase the work of six regional artists and explore hidden histories among the gardens and architecture of the city’s oldest public greenspace. “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes spoke with special events and volunteer manager Mary Margaret Fernandez, and featured artist Winnie Duong, about the exhibition’s themes of communal grief, remembrance, and tradition.
Interview highlights:
Honoring hidden stories through art
“Two of our installations, one by Bianca Walker and one by Dorothy O’Connor and Zipporah Thompson… engage a great deal with unmarked burials within the historic Black burial grounds of Oakland,” said Fernandez. “They give an identity, almost, to these people for whom it would be very easy to forget their lives.”
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