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This is a list of public art in Atlanta, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics.
In recent years, Atlanta has been called one of the USA's best cities for street art. [1] Street artists have prominently created murals in Krog Street Tunnel, along the BeltLine, and in neighborhoods across the city. [2] The street art conference, Living Walls, the City Speaks, originated in Atlanta in 2009. [3]
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Charity Hamidullah is the muralist creating a new mural at Highside Market in Columbus, Georgia. 10/09/2023 Mike Haskey/mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com
Protestant Christian faiths are well represented in Atlanta as the city is located in the Bible Belt, [3] the city historically being a major center for traditional Southern denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention, the United Methodist Church, and the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Forward Warrior is an annual live street art painting event founded by Atlanta Artist Peter Ferrari. In recent years, Forward Warrior has covered the walls along Wylie Street and Tennelle Street in Cabbagetown with dozens of works of street art. [9] Several of the murals created for Forward Warrior are mapped on the Atlanta Street Art Map. [10]
Al-Farooq Masjid was founded in 1980 in response to a growing population of South Asian Muslims (mostly Pakistani), Arab muslims, and American Muslims in the city, including students from the nearby Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)and Muslims from Techwood Homes and the city.
BAPS followers in the greater Atlanta area began gathering in the 1980s at various devotees’ houses for worship. In 1988, followers purchased a skating rink which was renovated and re-established as a mandir in Clarkston, Georgia. [6] In February 2000, the twenty-nine-acre plot of the current mandir was purchased in Lilburn, Georgia.