Community Resources
ArtTalk: Curated Stories by Roswell Arts Fund
Canton Utility Box
In October of 2021, RAF collaborated with Ryan Pernice, owner of Table and Main to produce Roswell’s first mural on a utility box. The utility box is located at the NE corner of Canton Street and Woodstock. Atlanta based artist Christina Kwan (instagram @christina.kwan.art) was give the following as inspiration for the piece: “The four-sided
Talking Pop Up Concert on Visit Roswell’s Crafting Roswell Podcast
The Roswell Arts Fund Pop Up Concert Series was the topic of conversation on the recent episode of Visit Roswell’s podcast “Crafting Roswell”. Danielle Purdie, Marketing Manager at Visit Roswell sat down with Pop Up Artist Jake Xerxes Fussell and Brent Walburn (Creator of the podcast “In Living Recollection”) to discuss the tradition of Southern
Roswell Arts Fund Advisory Board Members
Meet the Roswell Arts Fund Advisory Board Kate Baar Nancy Diamond Debra Ewing Lisa Morchower Rochelle Mucha Alex Paulson Randy Schultz Click here to download a PDF of the press release [pdf-embedder url=”http://54.157.118.26/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/RAF-PR-_Advisory-Board-Member-Announcement_4.22.2021.pdf” title=”RAF PR _Advisory Board Member Announcement_4.22.2021″]
What could the arts and running having in common?
Atlanta Track Club, a non-profit with a mission of improving the health of Atlanta through running and walking, is asking Atlantans to slow down, pause their stopwatches and take a seat for a conversation on race. The Club recently launched its Common Ground initiative, a program designed to educate and inform its staff, leadership and
Roswell in Print Companion Exhibit: Feel Beautiful Today
Roswell in Print: We Are Forward Thinking special companion piece “Warrior Within” by Feel Beautiful Today Roswell Arts Fund is honored to welcome Feel Beautiful Today’s exhibit “The Warrior Within” consisting of meaningful portraits highlighting cancer patients and their stories along their cancer journey. Founded in 2010, Feel Beautiful Today (FBT) exists to help transform oncology
Roswell In Print: We Are Forward Thinking Opens!
Launched in the fall of 2020, Roswell in Print, is a three-part outdoor photography Roswell Arts Fund initiative in partnership with the Hagan Family Foundation, Getty Images and the City of Roswell to curate safe, unique and unexpected experiences in non-traditional spaces throughout the city. Each exploration takes inspiration from the diverse characteristics that define the
Roswell Arts Fund Installs Inaugural Artistic Bike Rack
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first in a series of Artistic Bike Racks was held on Thursday, November 7, 2019. The Artistic Bike Rack program is a partnership between the City of Roswell and the Roswell Arts Fund that stemmed out the Roswell Public Art Master Plan that was presented to Mayor and City Council
Roswell, An Arts Destination: Driving Economic and Social Prosperity
When the economy thrives, people thrive. The economic health of each individual within a given community is crucial to collective and individual success, happiness, and progress. Many people do not think of the arts as a driving economic force. The facts say differently. Nationally, the economic impact of the arts is more than $600 billion
ArtAround Roswell 2019-20 Opening
Images from the ArtAround Roswell 2019-20 Opening at Emergence on April 18, 2019 Photography by Theodore O Lawrence
A Piano as a Work of Art in East Roswell Park
I’m not an artist, but I am an art lover. So, when I heard about the Public Piano project at East Roswell Park, I wanted to see it for my own eyes. I visited the community center on June 28th and met with the artist, Amol Saraf and his wife, Alpana (who is also
A “Public Piano” to East Roswell Park: Combining a Love of Music and Art
I grew up in a musical household. My mother played piano and sang, and both of my parents loved classical music. I was lucky to have a piano and take lessons, even though I complained that it took away from my time to play outside with my friends. My next door neighbors also had a
