This fall, two of Atlanta’s most active emerging public art groups will partner for a first-of-its-kind tour of Georgia. The Traveling Show, as it’s called, is a joint effort of Living Walls and gloATL.
In this, their inaugural collaboration, the two nonprofits will pool the talents of 15 artists and production specialists to create dance and mural art in public spaces around the state. The effort will include contemporary performances, lectures, shops, town meetings and potluck dinners. All events are free and open to the public.
Where The Traveling Show will go, in chronological order:
Dalton: Sept. 25-28
Athens: Oct. 4-5
Rabun County: Oct. 16-19
LaGrange: Oct. 23
Gainesville: Oct. 24-25
Atlanta: Nov. 8-10.
When the tour concludes in Atlanta, it will do so at the historic Rhodes Theatre in Midtown. Once a luxurious showplace for movies, it has been closed since 1985. It will reopen for the three-day Grand Exhibition that pulls the entire Traveling Show experience together.
The mission of The Traveling Show is to reveal Georgia as a visionary place, according to glo and Living Walls spokesmen. Programming will take place on main streets, public schools, courthouse lawns, art centers, college campuses, historic places and public libraries.
