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Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter is an expert storyteller who harnesses the power of visual communication to share narratives of culture, race, and politics. Creating costumes for generation-defining films like Black Panther, Selma, and Do the Right Thing, she brings vibrancy, nuance, color, and texture to each of her culture-shifting characters. Carter’s exhibition Afrofuturism in Costume Design at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion Film features unforgettable designs from nearly four decades of her career within an Afrofuturistic installation incorporating original artwork by SCAD alum Brandon Sadler, whose murals were prominently featured in Black Panther.

A widely prolific artist, Albert Watson has photographed the most iconic images of our time, merging fashion photography, celebrity portraiture, and fine art. From Andy Warhol to Kate Moss to Hollywood royalty, Watson’s striking photographs have graced more than 100 covers of Vogue worldwide and elite publications such as TIME magazine, Rolling Stone, and Harper’s Bazaar.

The Light Behind the Lens, Watson’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition, features more than 50 works curated from his extensive photographic archive to showcase his distinctive style, expert use of light and shadow, and the wide range of his artistic career.

The Midtown Neighbors’ Association will host its 8th Annual Midtown Garden Stroll. This free event, open to the general public, takes place throughout the Historic Midtown Garden District.  The stroll is an outdoor self-guided tour, providing a rare opportunity to experience some of Midtown’s most impressive private gardens.  Guests can expect to see formal gardens, casual gardens, fountains, espalier, intricate brickwork, and inspiring ideas for beautiful, fully functional family yards.

New for 2021 is the Garden Stroll Market featuring a variety of local plant and garden-related vendors, plus some delicious food and drink options for attendees to enjoy before heading out on the Stroll.  The Garden Stroll Market will be centrally located in front of homes in the Historic Midtown Garden District on Penn Ave NE between 6th Street NE and 7th Street NE.  This will also be the headquarters for the Midtown Garden Stroll on the day of the event.

All attendees of the Midtown Garden Stroll must wear a face mask over their nose and mouth, and everyone will be expected to observe proper social distancing at all times.

Guests may obtain a map of participating homes one-week prior to the event via our website (MidtownAtlanta.org); on the Midtown Neighbors’ Association Facebook page; or pick up a complimentary printed copy on the day of the event at our Garden Stroll Headquarters (located at the Garden Stroll Market).  Homes are clearly marked with signs indicating their participation, and homeowners will often be on hand to share their gardening secrets and answer questions about their yard.

Mixed media artist Heather Haynes has been chosen to participate in the Pitroda Art Movement: Art for Social Change project.

An esteemed jury panel chose Haynes as one of 14 artists (out of over 500 who submitted) who will have their works projected onto buildings as public art installations for one night only in five major cities across the US.  The theme of this unique series is Racial Justice.  There will be an online art auction as well.

Heynes’ piece featured is titled The Universal Language (below).  The image is of one of the oldest couples from an Indigenous Mbuti (Pygmy) Village and what it shows so deeply is love: the universal language — the answer to all the world’s problems.