Fulton County Public Art Program

New Workshop Alert! Join the Public Art Futures Lab at Peachtree Library for A Deeper Vision | Alt Text + Art, a collaborative accessibility workshop exploring how artists, writers, curators, technologists, and arts workers can think more deeply about ALT TEXT and accessibility in the digital space.

Featuring Design Researcher Abigale Stangl and Assistant Professor in the School of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech , this communal workshop will combine conversation, reflection, and hands-on writing exercises centered around describing visual art for audiences engaging through screen readers and other assistive technologies.

Participants will experiment with different forms of description, from functional alt text to poetic interpretation, while asking larger questions about access, interpretation, and what becomes newly visible through language.

🗓 Saturday, May 23
⏰ 1 - 3 p.m.
📍 Peachtree Library Branch
🎟 Free with RSVP
🤚 ASL interpreters on site
♿️ Accessible parking

This workshop is part of an ongoing Public Art Futures Lab initiative around accessibility, digital engagement, and the upcoming 63rd Annual Fulton County ADA Celebration on July 23.

We want to extend special thanks to our conversation and email group on this topic including Fulton County Dept of Diversity and Civil Compliance, Ari Hammond, Dhruv Kulkarni, Susanna Lee, and Alec Guthrie.

Link in bio for full details and free RSVP!

Happy Mother’s Day from Fulton Public Art!

Basil Watson .sculpture
Cradle (The Future in Our Hands), 2010
Bronze Composite, White Marble base

The seated mother encircles and supports the joyous child who reaches for the sky.

The child, like the community, is cradled in her arms, buoyant and full of energy as he raises his hands and head in expectation, praise and thanks.

This piece is located at Neighborhood Union Heath Center - 186 Sunset Avenue, NW Atlanta, GA 30314

We’re excited to announce the 2026 Public Art Futures Lab Artists-in-Residence, in partnership with Downtown Atlanta Inc. and MARTA Artbound! 
This year, because of the incredibly strong pool of proposals, MARTA Artbound will support two artist groups for the first time, expanding the residency and marking a new chapter for the residency program.

Together, these artists are reimagining public art in ways that respond, evolve, and invite participation across , the Community, and Fulton County as a whole.  

Meet the Artists-in-Residence:

Ivan Reyes | Downtown Atlanta Inc. AiR: is a creative technologist exploring accessibility, cultural identity, and “technology as magic” proposes a participatory AR “Memory Garden,” where community contributes digital objects that bloom into a shared, evolving digital landscape.

Sophia Edwards | Downtown Atlanta Inc. AiR: .edw is a visual artist working at the intersection of storytelling, craft, and digital media, presents Quilt Tiles, a projection mapping installation that transforms community-submitted images and stories into a generative patchwork rooted in Black quilting traditions. *Sophia’s photo is by Gabrielle Thandiwe Bates  

A2D | MARTA Artbound AiR: Luther Ocasio  + Garrett Braun  are an artist duo creating immersive, responsive environments will develop Signal Garden: Transit Bloom, bringing Atlanta’s ecological identity into transit spaces through living projections of native plant life shaped by the rhythms of daily movement. *A2D’s photo is by

M.E.A.T. | MARTA Artbound AiR: Orlando Kenny , Matias Cevallos   , Alex Suarez , Fiona Kelly-Lopez , and Khalid Diab   up this organization of musicians, engineers, and creative technologists.  will develop interactive instruments that invite MARTA riders to generate sound together, turning transit into a space for play and connection.

🔗 Visit the link in bio to learn more