Hammonds House Museum and National Black Arts Festival present
Black Zeitgeist: Atlanta, the Visual Arts, and the National Black Arts Festival
July 18 - December 14, 2025 | Hammonds House Museum
Discover our rich history of exhibitions celebrating artists’ ideas, culture, innovation, and human expression. From groundbreaking installations to community favorites, these past exhibitions reveal the vibrant narratives that shape our institution and inspire a diverse community of collectors, educators, students, families, and art enthusiasts.
Untitled (Torso Series), 1971 - Hale Woodruff
Hammonds House Museum and National Black Arts Festival present
Black Zeitgeist: Atlanta, the Visual Arts, and the National Black Arts Festival
It is with great pleasure that Hammonds House Museum welcomes the brilliant scholarship and curatorial expertise of Dr. Amalia Amaki and Anne Collins Smith as guest curators for Black Zeitgeist: Atlanta, the Visual Arts, and the National Black Arts Festival.
This exhibition reflects the prevailing spirit, mood, and cultural energy that characterized Atlanta’s arts community during the 1980s and 1990s. It encapsulates the collective consciousness, artistic movements, political activism, and social trends that defined what it meant to be an artist—and a community—during this transformative era.
Through the lens of Black Zeitgeist, we celebrate the intellectual diversity, creative innovation, and enduring legacy of Atlanta’s visual artists and cultural visionaries. We are especially proud to honor the fertile ground cultivated by Atlanta’s premiere Black institutions for art and their remarkable collections.
