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by Shelby Hawkins, Arts Center of Moultrie Marketing Coordinator | photography submitted by the Arts Center of Moultrie
On a warm evening in August, the galleries at the Arts Center of Moultrie filled with artists, neighbors, and friends, brought together for the exhibition opening of the annual Southern Arts Invitational. People drifted from painting to sculpture to photo, pausing in front of pieces that caught their eye and their breath. At first glance, it was simply a reception for an exhibit opening; but look closer, and it becomes something much bigger: proof of what art can mean for a small town in South Georgia.
From the left are the Arts Center of Moultrie Curator Amber Moore and Executive Director Joy Yost with Moultrie Mayor Bill McIntosh at the opening for“ Reimagine: Contemporary Georgia Artists,” a curated traveling exhibition of works from Georgia’ s State Art Collection.
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