Arts + Culture

Full Circle

Johns Creek Arts Center launches artists, with love Article by Sue G. Collins For 28 years, the Johns Creek Arts Center (JCAC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, has provided arts enrichment to the community reaching over 12,000 participants in 2023. The center’s outreach program serves other non-profit organizations with free art instruction and supplies, an active senior program at Newtown Park and free youth and adult workshops at Ocee Library. JCAC hosts six exhibitions each year at its home...

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Beguiling Balenciaga

Article by BuckHaven City Lifestyle staff | Photography by SCAD SCAD FASH presents  Cristóbal Balenciaga: Master of Tailoring , on view now through June 2. Curated exclusively for SCAD FASH, the exhibition will delight lovers of fashion history, presenting precious Balenciaga archival pieces from the late 1940s to 1968—the golden age of the house with the couturier at the helm. Organized in collaboration with the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa, the exhibition features exquisitely preserved...

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Inspired, Inspiring

Cathi Brostrom Article by Sue G. Collins Each one of Tommy's Bird Bowls is truly a flight of fancy. His idea was hatched while visiting his sister's ceramics class where he began turning lumps of wet clay into whimsical ceramic treasures. Each bowl is individually handcrafted with intricate decorations before being filmfired and glazed. The result is a vibrant labor of love reflecting the enthusiastic and joyful presence Tommy exuded throughout life. Born physically and mentally handicapped...

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Fabric to Frame

Leslie Rogers Todder Article by Sue G. Collins Leslie Rogers Todder has spent most of her life as a textile print designer in the heart of the NYC Fashion District. Her print designs have graced fabrics of couture gowns by Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren and Fendi, and featured in collections for Ann Taylor, Cold Water Creek, Chicos, Macy’s and Casual Corner, among others. Now, she teaches art workshops and classes at the Johns Creek Art Center, Alpharetta Art Center and the Arrowmont School...