Join us as we celebrate the release of IMPACT Arts + Culture Magazine, Vol. 5 No. 1 at Laney Contemporary on May 21 from 6 - 8PM.
Vol. 5 No. 1 features:
Gregory Harris, the High Museum of Art’s Curator of Photography speaks with photographer Mimi Plumb on the occasion of Blazing Light, the artist’s first museum exhibition. After its High debut, the exhibition travels to Cornell University, the Norton Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.
Erin Dunn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Telfair Museums interviews artist and filmmaker Allison Janae Hamilton about her upcoming narrative short, Venus of Ossabaw, which recently premiered in the exhibition Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now at Telfair’s Jepson Center
Art historian Lisa Jaye Young explores the history and lineage of barrier island protectors – from Coosaponakeesa (AKA Mary Musgrove) in the 1700s to Eleanor ‘Sandy’ West in the 21st century.
Award winning writer, oral historian and teaching artist Trelani Michelle interviews multimedia artist Le’Andra LeSeur about her three part exhibition After Stone, After Ruins presented across multiple galleries in 2026, including: Cleo the Project Space (Savannah, GA) and Atlanta Center for Photography (Atlanta, GA)
Curator Melissa Messina in conversation with Beryl Gilothwest – Deputy Director of Research and Exhibitions at the Calder Foundation (New York), co-curator of Off the Coast of Paradise, and grandson of the late Eleanor ‘Sandy’ West
Photo essay by Josh Aronson whose recent exhibition, Florida Boys was on display at Miami’s Baker Hall Gallery – Josh also joins ARTS Southeast’s 2026 ON::View Artist Residency cohort this spring
More details soon!
