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Art preservation March 25 — In Atlanta’s art community, making work and sustaining it for others can be the same act. This week’s Sketchbook makes that point twice. Photographer J. Bakari Page didn’t set out to make a book. He set out to understand what was happening in the room where his daughter trained every Saturday. What […] The post ???? Training days, auction nights appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Art preservation
March 25 — In Atlanta’s art community, making work and sustaining it for others can be the same act. This week’s Sketchbook makes that point twice.
Photographer J. Bakari Page didn’t set out to make a book. He set out to understand what was happening in the room where his daughter trained every Saturday. What he found at AREA Atlanta – the corrections, the pressure, the accumulation of work – became the photo book “Any Given Saturday: The Art of Becoming, Vol. 01.”
At the 2026 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction, running March 26–28 at Pullman Yards, 10 Atlanta artists are offering their own work in service of something larger. Their pieces are part of the Palette & Pour silent auction. Proceeds help put more than 35,000 schoolchildren in front of art every year. We have a preview.
Keeping culture alive is a group project. How are you contributing?
—Sherri Daye Scott
The before stage
“The most important part of a dancer’s development happens in the moments no one sees,” says Atlanta photographer J. Bakari Page, who spent his Saturdays at AREA Atlanta documenting just that. “Any Given Saturday: The Art of Becoming, Vol. 01” is the result.
Meet the man who showed up for the work.
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Art auction for art
Fiber. Paint. Photography. Sculpture. Ten Atlanta artists are featuring work in the Palette & Pour silent auction at the 2026 High Museum Wine Auction. Bringing in lot values ranging from $500 to $7,000, every dollar will go towards student access to the High. Tickets are open to the public.
Preview the 2026 Palette & Pour auction artwork.
Art Happenings
Virtual Portfolio Review Weekend Keynote: Rahim Fortune | 6 p.m., Mar. 26 | Atlanta Center for Photography.
Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides Opening | 12 p.m., Mar. 27 | Spelman College Museum of Fine Art.
Josef Kote Show Opening | 6-9 p.m., | Mar. 27 Vinings Gallery on Canton. (Pictured)
Drink and Doodle at the Annual Atlanta Garden Party | 6-9:30 p.m., Mar. 27 | Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Post of the Week
The @jonesyartatl “Synchronicity” crosswalks at North Brown Road and Sugarloaf Mills Park and Ride are nearly complete. The Gwinnett County installation uses durable thermoplastic material to bring color and pedestrian safety to the same intersection.
See the post.
Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
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