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Museums and Galleries: Paint the Town Red

Get in touch with your artistic side and find out why Athens has been named one of America's Top 25 Arts Destinations by the readers of AmericanStyle magazine every year since 2002. Classic and contemporary art is displayed in unconventional settings and sophisticated galleries. See the whimsical Bulldog statues guarding Athens' scenic streetscapes or take in an exhibition of renowned artwork at the Georgia Museum of Art. Downtown galleries and boutiques, even the restaurants, display original collections by local artisans and designers.

 

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ARTini's Art Studio, Gallery & Lounge

  • 296 W. Broad St. Ste. 3
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706.353.8530
  • Region: Downtown

Need to unwind? Paint yourself an ARTini! ARTini's holds group art instruction (affectionately referred to as Evening Painting Soirees) Tuesday through Saturday nights starting at 7p.m. - sessions more >>

Athens Area Arts Council

  • P.O. Box 122
  • Athens, GA 30603

Athens Area Arts Council is a non-profit arts organization. Check out their website for current projects, exhibits, and arts calendar. Staffed entirely by volunteers, the AAAC's goal is to integrate more >>

ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art

  • 160 Tracy St.
  • Unit 4
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-208-1613

ATHICA is an independent, nonprofit art gallery . . . an alternative performance space . . . a forum for cultural conversation . . . and a laboratory for experimental art, music and the spoken word. more >>

Aurum Jewelry, Art, & Gallery

  • 125 E. Clayton St.
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-546-8826
  • Region: Downtown

Aurum Studios offers a wide range of beautiful jewelry from our cases such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Our experienced prize-winning artists will also craft fine jewelry to fit your more >>

Ciné

  • 234 W. Hancock Ave.
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-353-3343
  • Region: Downtown

Downtown Athens' only art house cinema screens the latest independent and international films, as well as documentaries, festival discoveries, and classic movies. More than a movie theater, more >>

Clayton Street Gallery

  • 351 E. Clayton Street
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-549-9299
  • Region: Downtown

The Clayton Street Gallery is located upstairs, directly above Frameworks, and is a gallery in which artists are able to display and sell their artwork.

Elements Art Supply

  • 2026 S. Milledge Ave.
  • Suite C-6
  • Athens, GA 30605
  • Phone: 706-546-1310

We carry hard to find materials for the serious artist. Our gallery offers fine paintings, sculptures, and American crafts for the discerning at collector. Our stable of artists includes Calder, Dufy, more >>

Georgia Museum of Art

  • 90 Carlton St.
  • Performing and Visual Arts Complex
  • University of Georgia
  • Athens, GA 30602
  • Phone: 706-542-4662
  • Region: UGA Campus

The GMOA's modern and elegant facility houses a permanent collection of more than 9,000 works of art as well as a variety of traveling exhibitions. In January, 2011, the museum reopened with a new more >>

Healing Arts Centre

  • 834 Prince Ave.
  • Athens, GA 30606
  • Phone: 706-613-1142
  • Region: Prince Ave

The Healing Arts Centre offers a wide spectrum of services, including yoga, many types of therapeutic massage therapies, counseling, and more for mind, body, and spirit. An art gallery and Remedy more >>

Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens

  • 500 College Ave.
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-255-3224
  • Region: Downtown

The Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens, directed and curated by Didi Dunphy, is a 24/7 art exhibition space, located in historic downtown Athens, Georgia. Housed in the LEED Gold Certified Hotel more >>

Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries

  • 270 River Road
  • Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA Campus
  • Athens, GA 30602
  • Phone: (706) 542-0069
  • Region: UGA Campus

The galleries at UGA's art school host revolving shows of student, faculty, and professional work. The Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries are dedicated to understanding and promoting contemporary art more >>

Lyndon House Arts Center

  • 293 Hoyt St.
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706.613.3623
  • Region: Downtown

Originally housed within the historic Ware-Lyndon House, the community visual arts complex includes large airy galleries, a children's wing, artists' workshops, and a gallery shop. The gallery shop more >>

Original Fine Art Gallery

  • 1025 Baxter St.
  • Athens, GA 30606
  • Phone: 706-546-1310
  • Region: Alps/Beechwood

Beautiful selection of fine art, sculptures, paintings, and prints from local, regional and international artists. Hours: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Mon. - Fri.; noon - 5 p.m Sat. - Sun.

Pints and Paints

  • 675 Pulaski St.
  • Suite 600
  • The Leathers Building
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706.850.7200
  • Region: Downtown

Pints and paints is an art bar where friends, families, teams, groups, and individuals can spend time together, enjoy drinks, and create their own mindless masterpieces.

Prince Avenue Gallery

  • 155 Prince Avenue
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-549-6229
  • Region: Prince Ave

Prince Avenue Gallery offers custom framing for all your art, photographs, and much more. Prince Avenue Gallery has a wide variety of oil paintings displayed and for sale. In January 2007, Prince more >>

R. Wood Studio Ceramics Studio & Shoppe

  • 450 Georgia Drive
  • Athens, GA 30605
  • Phone: 706.613.8525

SOUTHERN. HANDMADE. BEAUTY. Beautiful, handmade dinnerware inspired by the southern seasons is made here at our studio. Come see our artists at work, and shop in our studio shoppe for one-of-a-kind more >>

Railroad Arts District

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The Railroad Arts District of Athens, Georgia is a collective of artists and businesses centered around the CSX railroad tracks that run through the north end of town. This area is comprised more or more >>

Tate Center Movie Theatre

  • Tate Center Movie Theatre
  • Sanford Dr., UGA Campus
  • Athens, GA 30602
  • Phone: 706.542.6396
  • Region: UGA Campus

Admission is $1 for students with valid UGACards who pay activity fees on the Athens campus and $2 for non-students.

The Gallery @ Good Dirt

  • 510 N. Thomas St.
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-355-3161
  • Region: Downtown

The Gallery @ Good Dirt is a year-round source for the finest handmade functional pottery and ceramic sculpture. This is the perfect place to find unique gifts for all occasions. The Gallery features more >>

Trace Gallery

  • 160 Tracy St.
  • Chase Park Warehouse
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-549-6877

Trace Gallery's intention is to present an inclusive look at the art-making process with an emphasis on work that is complex, stratified, transformational, and inspired. These qualities are exhibited more >>

Uptown Art Uncorked

  • 3061 Atlanta Highway
  • Suite D
  • Athens, GA 30606
  • Phone: (706) 208-7337
  • Region: Atlanta Hwy/GA Square Mall

Our talented instructors will teach you step-by-step as you paint along in a relaxed, group setting. Join us for this experience. There's an artist in there somewhere, bubbling up and waiting to burst more >>

You, Me and the Bus Public Art Installation

  • Athens Area Arts Council
  • PO Box 122
  • Athens, GA 30601
  • Phone: 706-372-4251

Athens is home to some of the coolest bus shelters around, thanks to the Athens Area Arts Council, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, and Athens Transit Service. Eight winning designs to be more >>