Callanwolde Fine Arts Center hosts 4-6 gallery exhibitions each year, including juried exhibitions and group shows in collaboration with other regional arts organizations.
Standard Gallery Hours:
By appointment -or-
Monday – Thursday: 9am-3pm
Friday-Sunday: 9am-12pm
Subject to change due to Events.
See Gallery Hours link for each show to confirm.
Schedule Tours or Appointments by emailing Gallery@Callanwolde.org.
Entry is free, Donations are appreciated and contribute to continued arts programming.
Echoes of Diaspora - Curated by Guylaine Conquet
January 29th - February 26th
This exhibition is more than a celebration
of Black history—it serves as a vital space
for preserving cultural memory and
fostering transatlantic dialogue. Echoes of
the Diaspora will leave a lasting impact on
the Atlanta community, forge new
international partnerships, and enrich
global conversations on race, history, and
healing through the power of art.
Centered on themes of resistance, memory, and
celebration, it highlights art as a powerful vehicle for healing and
reclaiming history.
Exhibition Runs 1/29/26 – 2/26/26
Opening Reception 1/29/26 6:00pm-8:30pm
CFAC 2026 Gallery Exhibition Schedule
RSVP Links and more information to come!
SHAPE III
March 12nd - March 29th
Shape III is a juried exhibition of regional, contemporary, female artist educators. This third annual show is curated by Natalie Brandhorst and Audrey Morrison and is juried by May Engelhardt and Pamela Martinez. This year’s Shape III show will host a wide variety of artistic voices, media and performance. The vision of Shape III is to perpetuate and empower this network of women artists educators and give them the opportunity to exhibit their work in an otherwise male-dominated world.
This years opening reception will include durational site specific dance performances downstairs in the mansion, and coincides with our quarterly student artshow, taking place in the courtyard of the Callanwolde Mansion. Performances are curated by Callanwolde's Director of Dance, Jessi Scoop-McGrath, and Screen Dance on view is curated by dance instructor Han Myers.
Artists will be Notified by 2/16/26
On Display: March 12th – March 29th RSVP coming soon
Opening Reception March 13th, 6:00-8:30pm
Closing Reception: March 29th, 2-4pm following High School Art Throwdown
Embracing the Frivolous - presented by ATL Art Gals
April 9th - May 21st
Opening Reception
April 9th 6:00-8:30pm
Embracing the Frivolous reexamines the ways women’s choices, emotions, and art have been devalued. Historically, when women spent on beauty, fashion, or gifts, it was criticized as wasteful, while men’s leisure purchases were rarely questioned. The same logic applies to expression: women’s emotions outside caregiving roles are often minimized, and art that centers beauty is dismissed as superficial. This exhibition gathers women artists who reclaim those narratives and reframe the so-called frivolous as worthy of attention.
Here, beauty is not an afterthought, it is the point. The works on view revel in color, pattern, and joy, pushing against the pressure for art to always carry grave meaning in order to matter. Together, these artists insist that what has long been dismissed as trivial is in fact essential: a radical affirmation of self, an embrace of pleasure, and a celebration of humanity.
Contemporary Woodfire Potters of Georgia
April 9th - May 21st
Opening Reception
April 12th 2:00-5:00pm
Rick Berman