Olympic Arts Festival tickets for the "Rings: Five Passions in World Art" exhibition can continue to be purchased at the High Museum of Art through 29 September 1996.


Exhibitions and Special Programs

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Worlds Within

Experience a new dimension of the Olympic Arts Festival by entering Van Gogh TV's "Worlds Within." Here you can meet people from all over the world, explore other cultures and create your own venues in this unique 3D environmnet. Find out how life is changing in "Worlds Within" because of the different time zone's of the world.


The Olympic Woman

Presented by Avon

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An Olympic Games first, this fascinating multimedia exhibition chronicles the history of women in the Modern Olympic Games, from the 19 women who entered the 1900 Paris Games to the more than 2,700 participants in the 1992 Barcelona Games. Utilizing the latest in exhibition technology, "The Olympic Woman" brings together Olympic memorabilia, photography, film and video from collections all over the world.

Georgia State University Alumni Hall
30 Courtland Street
Atlanta, GA
(404) 744-1996

via MARTA: From GEORGIA STATE station, walk north on Piedmont Avenue, west on Gilmer Street and north on Courtland Street (.3 miles)

OAF programme tickets are available via the Internet or call (404) 744-1996.


The American South: Past, Present and Future

Cotton farming, "Gone with the Wind," Civil Rights, jazz, William Faulkner, barbecue and much more -- this lively exhibition weaves historic and modern photos with artifacts, video and text to show the rich fabric of the American South's history and culture. Organized by the Atlanta History Center to complement the Southern Crossroads festival.

Atlanta History Center
130 West Paces Ferry Road, NW
Atlanta, GA
(404) 814-4000

via MARTA: From BUCKHEAD station, walk south on Peachtree Street to west on West Paces Ferry Road (1 mile) or take Bus #23 (Arts Center Station) to the intersection of Peachtree and West Paces Ferry roads


Price includes admission to other exhibits, historic houses and gardens.

OAF programme tickets are available via the Internet or call (404) 744-1996.


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Souls Grown Deep: African-American Vernacular Art of the South

A landmark exhibition of more than 450 inventive paintings, sculptures and works on paper by 30 contemporary self-taught artists from the region. A collaboration among the Olympic Arts Festival, the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University and the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
"Self Portrait"
by Mose Tolliver

Michael C. Carlos Museum at City Hall East
675 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, GA
(404) 727-4282

via MARTA: From NORTH AVENUE station, walk east on Ponce de Leon Avenue (1 mile) or take Bus #2 (Ponce de Leon)

OAF programme tickets are available via the Internet or call (404) 744-1996.


Thornton Dial: Remembering the Road

A companion exhibition to "Souls Grown Deep," featuring a comprehensive look at the recent work of this renowned self-taught Southern artist. A collaboration between the Olympic Arts Festival and the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University.

Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
571 South Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA
(404) 727-4282

via MARTA: From EDGEWOOD/CANDLER PARK station, walk east on Dekalb Avenue to north on Clifton Road to north on Oxford Road to north on Dowman Street (1.4 miles) or take Bus #6 (Emory) to the intersection of Oxford and North Decatur roads

OAF programme tickets are available via the Internet or call (404) 744-1996.


Rings: Five Passions in World Art


Presented by Equifax Inc.

A once-in-a-lifetime exhibition organized by Atlanta's prestigious High Museum of Art and directed by J. Carter Brown, the distinguished Director Emeritus of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The objects featured in "Rings..." embody the Olympic ideals and evoke five universal human emotions: love, anguish, awe, triumph and joy. More than 125 masterpieces are included, spanning 7,500 years and ranging from Greek bronzes to African figures to favorites by Picasso, Monet, Cassatt and Rodin.

High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA
(404) 733-4400

via MARTA: ARTS CENTER station

OAF programme tickets are available via the Internet or call (404) 744-1996.


Ways of Welcoming: Greeting Rituals from Around the World

Objects and artifacts from around the world that illustrate the incredible variety of international welcoming traditions. Organized by the Atlanta International Museum of Art and Design.

Atlanta International Museum of Art and Design
Marquis Two Tower
285 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, GA
(404) 688-2467

via MARTA: From PEACHTREE CENTER station's Harris Street exit, walk north on Peachtree Street to east on Baker Street to Peachtree Center Avenue (.2 miles).


Roland L. Freeman's "I've Known Rivers"

A Retrospective Documentary Photography Exhibit on African-American Expressive Culture

A collection of works by one of this country's pre-eminent photographers, exploring three decades of African-American cultural expressions and experience.

Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
101 Auburn Avenue
Atlanta, GA
(404) 730-4001

via MARTA: From PEACHTREE CENTER station's Ellis Street exit, walk south on Peachtree Street to east on Auburn Avenue (.4 miles)


An International Celebration of Southern Literature

A collaboration with Agnes Scott College, this conference brought the region's leading authors together with distinguished international scholars from Europe, Asia and South America to explore new perspectives on the literature and culture of the American South.

Agnes Scott College
141 East College Avenue
Decatur, GA


Muntadas On Translation: The Games

Commissioned by the Atlanta College of Art Gallery, this new multimedia installation is Barcelona-born artist Muntadas' latest work and continues his investigation of power structures and their influence on culture, economics and politics.

Atlanta College of Art Gallery
(located inside the Woodruff Arts Center)
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA
(404) 733-5051

via MARTA: ARTS CENTER station


Picturing the South, 1860 to the Present

Featuring several hundred photographic images that span more than a century, this exhibition examines the facts, contradictions and myths that have shaped the South's unique cultural heritage. Organized by the High Museum of Art.

High Museum of Art Folk Art and Photography Galleries
(located inside Georgia-Pacific Center)
133 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA
(404) 577-6940

via MARTA: From PEACHTREE CENTER station's Ellis Street exit, walk south on Peachtree Street (.1 miles)


Mind and Body: The Revival of the Olympic Idea

Organized by the Greek Cultural Ministry, the City of Athens, Greece, and SciTrek, this exhibition celebrates the history of the Olympic ideal -- the inseparable relationship between mind and body from ancient times to the present day -- using classic Greek artworks along with photographs, interactive computers and Olympic memorabilia.

SciTrek
395 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta, GA
(404) 522-5500

via MARTA: From CIVIC CENTER station, walk north on West Peachtree Street to east on Pine Street to south on Piedmont Avenue (.3 miles)


The Vision of Ulysses Davis, American Folk Artist

A newly installed permanent exhibition of up to 100 sculptures by one of the last great Southern woodcarvers working in the African tradition.

Beach Institute African-American Cultural Center
502 East Harris Street
Savannah, GA
(912) 234-8000


Wadsworth Jarrell: A Shared Ideology

An exhibition of vibrant new paintings, sculpture and installations created by this important, Georgia-born, African-American artist. Organized by City Gallery East, a facility of the City of Atlanta Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.

"Exposed Bellows"
by Wadsworth Jarrell (1993)

City Gallery East
675 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, GA
(404) 817-7956

via MARTA: From NORTH AVENUE station, walk east on Ponce de Leon Avenue (1 mile) or take Bus #2 (Ponce de Leon)


Out of Bounds: New Works by Eight Southeast Artists

The result of a ground-breaking selection process by a Cultural Olympiad/Nexus curatorial team, this provocative exhibition showcases multiple new works by eight vanguard artists working throughout the region. Exhibiting artists are Luis Cruz Azaceta, Radcliffe Bailey, Hoang Van Bui, Dawn Adair Dedeaux, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Eduardo Kac, Elizabeth King and Terri Lindbloom. Also on view: Nexus Press International Residency books and proposals.

Nexus Contemporary Art Center
535 Means Street, NW
Atlanta, GA
(404) 688-2500

From Centennial Olympic Park: walk north on Marietta Street to west on Means Street (.9 miles)

via MARTA: From 19 July - 3 August, take the Aquatic Center shuttle from MIDTOWN station


Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington

A celebration of the achievements of one of America's greatest composers, featuring objects, original photographs and manuscripts. This exhibition is a part of America's Jazz Heritage, a Partnership of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution. Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Museum of American History's Division of Cultural History.

Robert W. Woodruff Library at Atlanta University Center
111 James P. Brawley Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA
(404) 522-8980

via MARTA: From ASHBY station, walk east on Carter Street to south on James P. Brawley Drive (.6 miles)


California Impressionists

Idyllic landscape paintings by American artists working in California from 1895-1940, selected from the collection of The Irvine Museum of Irvine, Calif., and organized by the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens.

Georgia Museum of Art
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
(706) 542-3255


An Olympic Portfolio: Photographs by Annie Leibovitz

Sponsored by Swatch

Images of America's finest athletes as they prepare for the 1996 Olympic Games, shot by one of the world's leading photographers.

Swatch Pavilion
Centennial Olympic Park

via MARTA: From PEACHTREE CENTER station's Harris Street exit, walk south on Peachtree Street to west on International Boulevard (.3 miles)


Centennial Collectibles: OLYMPHILEX '96/Stamps, Coins and Memorabilia

Occupying nearly 100,000 square feet, this will be the largest and most comprehensive gathering ever of the world's greatest collections of Olympic and sports-related stamps (OLYMPHILEX '96), coins and memorabilia. See athletes' badges, Olympic torches, winners' medals, ancient and contemporary coins, stamp collections from around the world, medals struck by a hammer and much more. The stamp competition is organized under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee and the Fédération International de Philatélie Olympique and the auspices of the Fédération International de Philatélie.

Atlanta Merchandise Mart
240 Peachtree Street, 7th floor
Atlanta, GA
(404) 744-1996

via MARTA: PEACHTREE CENTER station's Harris Street exit


From Rearguard to Vanguard: Selections from the Clark Atlanta University Collection of African-American Art

Marking the reopening of the newly renovated Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery, this exhibition features 30 works from an important and rarely seen collection of art by 20th-century American artists.
"Allen" by Ellis Wilson (1946)

Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery
223 James P. Brawley Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA
(404) 880-8000

via MARTA: From WEST END station, walk north on Lee Street to east on Greensferry Avenue (.9 miles)


Lifting the Veil: Robert S. Duncanson and the Emergence of the African-American Artist

Organized by the Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, this scholarly exhibition features 55 paintings by an important mid-19th-century African-American landscape painter. Exhibition is shared by two venues.

"Portrait of a Mother
and Daughter" by
Robert S. Duncanson
(1841)

Part I
Hammonds House Galleries
503 Peeples Street, SW
Atlanta, GA
(404) 752-8730

via MARTA: From WEST END station, walk north on Lee Street to west on Oak Street (.8 miles)

Part II
Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery
223 James P. Brawley Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA
(404) 880-8000

via MARTA: From WEST END station, walk north on Lee Street to east on Greensferry Avenue (.9 miles)


100 Years of World Cinema

A continuation of the two-year collaboration between the High Museum of Art and the Cultural Olympiad, "100 Years of World Cinema" celebrates the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and of the Olympic Games in 1996. Thus far, over 75 classic films have been shown as part of this award-winning program.

The final section, Hollywood Triumphs, is presented in partnership with Turner Classic Movies and AMC Theatres and salutes the brilliance of American cinema’s Golden Age. Screenings are at 2 pm daily in the Rich Auditorium at the Woodruff Arts Center. Tickets are $5 general admission, $4.50 students and seniors and $4 HighMuseum members.

The films also will be screened at the AMC Phipps Plaza 14 Theatres, 3500 Peachtree Road. Prints courtesy of Turner Classic Movies.

July 19
North by Northwest
Hitchcock’s delicious comedy/thriller is memorable for stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason and its nail-biting Mount Rushmore climax (1959, 136 minutes, color.)

July 20
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Arguably the greatest swashbuckler ever, this multi-Oscar winner stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone. (1938, 102 minutes, color.)

July 21
On the Town
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin are three sailors on leave in New York in this exuberant musical, co-directed by Stanley Donen and Kelly. (1949, 98 minutes, color.)

July 22
The Magnificent Ambersons
Orson Welles’s follow-up to Citizen Kane is a brooding, brilliant drama of a family unwilling to change its way of life with the times. (1942, 88 minutes, black and white.)

July 23
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The children of a Southern patriarch vie for their inheritance in Tennessee Williams’s steamy tale, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives and Paul Newman. (1958, 108 minutes, color.)

July 24
The Shop Around the Corner
James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan star in Lubitsch’s lovely comedy about two bickering co-workers who don’t realize they are lonelyhearts penpals. (1940, 97 minutes, black and white.)

July 25
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Director John Huston collected two Oscars, for Best Direction and Screenplay, and his father Walter won for Best Supporting Actor in this enormously entertaining tale of gold, greed and corrupt human nature. Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt co-star. (1948, 124 minutes, black and white.)

July 26
Movies and Music: From Easy Street to Arabia -- Atlanta Symphony Hall The Brevard Music Center Orchestra, under the baton of Richard Kaufman, will celebrate the marriage of music and movies in this special presentation in Atlanta Symphony Hall. The orchestra will accompany two comedic gems -- Charlie Chaplin’s Easy Street and Buster Keaton’s One Week -- and will perform great movie scores from Hollywood’s Golden Age and beyond, including music from such classic films as Gone With the Wind, Ben Hur, Laura, The Bridge Over the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia. Special ticket price, $10. Advance tickets are available through the Woodruff Arts Center box office, (404) 733-5000.

July 27
The Women
A great ensemble, including Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine and Paulette Goddard, trade barbs in this hilarious cult classic about a group of so-called friends. (1939, 132 minutes, black and white.)

July 28
The Maltese Falcon
Humphrey Bogart is the essence of cool as detective Sam Spade, and Mary Astor is his mysterious client in John Huston’s breathlessly-paced directorial debut. (1941, 100 minutes, black and white.)

July 29
Mildred Pierce
Michael Curtiz’s film noir-tinged drama won Joan Crawford an Oscar for her performance as a hard-boiled businesswoman whose only soft spot is her spoiled daughter. (1945, 109 minutes, black and white.)

July 30
The Philadelphia Story
This brilliantly written comedy, directed by George Cukor, features sublime chemistry between Katharine Hepburn as a society girl, Cary Grant as her ex-husband and James Stewart as a fast-talking reporter. (1940, 112 minutes, black and white.)

July 31
Red Dust
Jean Harlow shows her flair for sarcastic comedy as Clark Gable’s tart-tongued girlfriend in htis racy romance directed by Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind). (1932, 83 minutes, black and white.)

August 1
Ninotchka
In this winning Lubitsch comedy, Greta Garbo plays a Russian agent who succumbs to the romantic allure of Paris and the advances of Melvyn Douglas. (1939, 110 minutes, black and white.)

August 2
Gaslight
Charles Boyer plays against type as a creepy husband who tries to convince his Victorian bride, Ingrid Bergman, that she is going insane in this Oscar-winning thriller. (1944, 114 minutes, black and white.)

August 3
The Thin Man
William Powell and Myrna Loy play everyone’s favorite sleuths, Nick and Nora Charles, in this comedy/suspense classic. (1934, 93 minutes, black and white.)

Rich Auditorium
(located inside the Woodruff Arts Center)
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA
(404) 733-4570

via MARTA: ARTS CENTER station



Olympic Factoid
Pin trading was one of the most popular Olympic sports, with more than 1.2 million pins changing hands during the Games in the Coca Cola Pin Trading Center at Centennial Olympic Park.