Atlanta Beltline to open new exhibit on Southside Trail in March

Journey of a Black Girl is a public art exhibition presented by Art on the Beltline’s First Curator-in-Residence, Courtney Brooks, opening on the Beltline’s newest addition of the Southside Trail in Atlanta, GA on March 14, according to a press release.

Being the first black female curator of Art on the Beltline, the south’s largest public art exhibition, Brooks said she seeks to explore the authentic space of transitions, what influences identity, the relationship with self, and how to love yourself unapologetically. The exhibition will take place alongside the Atlanta Belt Line’s Southside trail during Art on the Beltline in three separate phases, each with their own installations, beginning in March through April. The exhibition includes two large scale murals, a community art installation, multimedia and performance art.

Brooks, brings a decade of experience to her exhibition presenting various installations from multiple disciplinary artists of the African diaspora. JOABG focuses on the importance of sisterhood and how it shapes our relationships with peers and the women we look up too; it engages the community in multifaceted works of public art, representing our culture responsibly, through experimentation with contemporary works of art in hair, fashion, performance, film and visual installations.