The NEXT-Movement highlights five Atlanta artists and their works that speak to this moment in time

Atlanta poet Jon Goode is a part of the Next-Movement project. (Photo Credit: Terence Rushin)

After two and a half years of the pandemic and a reckoning with racial injustice, a new art campaign explores the question, ‘Where do we go next?’

Next-Atlanta and MARTA have partnered to launch Next-Movement. The multi-platform arts and social action campaign highlights five Atlanta artists and their works, which speak directly to this moment in time. Next-Atlanta co-founder and director Faith Carmichael joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom along with Katherine Dirga, director of art in transit at MARTA, and the poet and author Jon Goode, to talk about the scope and content of Next-Atlanta’s wide-ranging showcase. 

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