While we are closed for installation, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Kiang Gallery, Octane Coffee, and Saltworks Gallery each host artist Mel Chin’s FUNDRED Dollar Bill Project during the Westside Arts District 3rd Saturday Art Walk. Kids of all ages are invited to show that Atlanta cares about New Orleans by drawing a FUNDRED Dollar Bill, your own interpretation of a U.S. $100 bill – no art skills required. This nationwide project is raising awareness and money to combat the lead polluted soils of New Orleans. To learn more visit, www.fundred.org. The FUNDRED Dollar Bill Project continues at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center through Mar 18.

What is a substitute teacher? Typically, it is a person who fills in for the regular teacher when he or she is unavailable. For our purposes, a substitute teacher is any being, situation, or object that has the potential to impart knowledge. Substitute Teacher acts as an alternative syllabus for art-life learning. The installed artworks, the participating artists, the curators, the exhibition, and the institution can all be considered “substitute teachers” that encourage visitors to assess and challenge their own wealth of knowledge while embarking on new journeys of discovery. Curated by Regine Basha and Artistic Director Stuart Horodner.

Come help us celebrate the first Nexus Award winners, Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, Director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, and Jerry Cullum, Editor at Large of Art Papers. This will be a festive evening of food, drink, and music. Tickets are $60 in advance and $75 at the door. Click here to purchase your tickets online now.

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council. This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. Funding and support for this organization and its programs is provided in part by Anonymous, Forward Arts Foundation, Grants to Green, LUBO Fund, Massey Charitable Trust, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, Morgan Keegan, National Endowment for the Arts, Perennial Properties, Taylor Family Fund, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center gratefully acknowledges the generosity of other private, corporate, and individual donors.