Every month, Creative Mornings features a notable Atlantan speaking on various topics. People like Shirley Franklin, Ryan Gravel and Fabian Williams have all taken the stage in the past.

The only drawback: tickets are limited and the talks happen on weekday mornings. However, amid the coronavirus outbreak, the talks are available via streaming — making them more widely accessible to the public.

Later this month, Atlanta-based artist Shanequa Gay will host the next talk in the series. Gay will speak at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 24 on the topic of "purpose."

Gay, an Atlanta native, has artwork across the city. Recently, she had a site-specific installation at Hammonds House Museum called “Lit Without Sherman: A Love Letter to the West End.”

Before that, she was among the artists who participated in the city-wide mural effort ahead of the Super Bowl.

Registration for the online lecture opens at 9 a.m.

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9-10 a.m., April 24

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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