Through the Cracks: A Community Tile Making Workshop

Join us for an interactive foam tile making workshop led by Sweet Auburn Artist-in-Residence Miranda Creagan!

Utilizing her expertise as a multidisciplinary artist, Miranda will teach participants how to cast and carve honeycomb shaped foam tiles that are reminiscent of Sweet Auburn's sidewalks. These tiles will be incorporated into a 3D structure that will be activated through a public video and sound installation in June.

All materials needed will be provided.

A light lunch and beverages will be served.

More Information About the Final Installation

Through the Cracks is a video and sound installation that explores the resilience and excellence of the Sweet Auburn neighborhood despite having a history of negligence, violence, and apathy experienced by members of this community over the decades. The installation includes video elements of infrastructure problems in the neighborhood, such as the interstate that runs directly through it, broken sidewalk tiles and other hazards. It’ll also include a stop motion video of the lifecycle of a W**d or wildflower growing between the cracks in the pavement.

About REMERGE

REMERGE builds communities of peace by accelerating belonging and flourishing.

About Miranda Creagan

Miranda Creagan is a multidisciplinary artist based in Atlanta, GA. Inspired by themes of relationships, home, and family, her work includes interactive sculptures, photography, as well as sound and video installations. Creagan's practice is centered on the ideas of intimacy and vulnerability. This began as an investigation of human interaction with her pedestal-shaped interactive sculptures. Disrupting the social norms of the traditional gallery space, Creagan's sculptures ask viewers to become risk takers and intimately engage with the pieces through vague visual clues. More recently, her sound and video installations investigate her personal and family relationships. Originally meant as a way to process grief, these installations developed into a way to honor her relationships both past and present.

Parking

Free street parking is available on Hilliard St. Paid street parking is available on Auburn Ave.

For those interested in taking public transportation, the King Memorial MARTA Station is just a few blocks away from REMERGE. The Atlanta Streetcar also has a stop that is a block away from our building.

Questions?

Reach out to Grace Gardner at [email protected] or William Massey at [email protected].

Our Supporters

This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs.

This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

REMERGE Community Building and Design Studio, 340 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, United States