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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.

Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time & Place explores the long history, vast geographic expanse, and remarkable diversity of works of art in the Islamic world. Organized by and drawn from the collections of The Newark Museum of Art, Wondrous Worlds features more than 100 works in nearly all media, including carpets, costumes, jewelry, ceramics, glassware, metalworks, prints, paintings, and photographs. Contemporary works from artists Rachid Koraichi and Victor Ekpuk, and calligrapher Hassan Massoudy are shown alongside works from as early as the ninth century. Highlights of the exhibition include dazzling lusterware from Iran and Spain, delicate prayer rugs from Turkey and India, a majestic pair of early-20th-century Egyptian applique tent hangings and Harem #1 by the Moroccan-American photographer Lalla Essaydi.

Enjoy this free virtual gala celebration and fundraiser in support of the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University, featuring a virtual red carpet, pre-show, a nostalgic celebration of Rialto’s 105th Anniversary, Best of Recent Performances, interviews and tributes from artists, fans and friends, a both silent and live auctions. The evening crescendos with a special concert ($35 donation) by three-time Grammy winner Tom Scott, the renowned saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer and music director who was an original member of The Blues Brothers and performer on more than 2,000 recordings including the soundtracks from “Taxi Driver” to the recent “A Star Is Born” as well as Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Blondie’s “Rapture” and Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You.” Experience Live at the Rialto: The Gala!