Our Wishes for 2026
We asked our Cohort Organizations and Steering Committee to submit their proudest moments of 2025, their biggest wishes for Atlanta’s arts ecosystem in the new year, and why they’ve joined the efforts of Arts Capital | Atlanta.
A Year of Progress for Atlanta’s Arts Ecosystem
As we close out 2025, we want to take a moment to highlight the meaningful ways in which we came together and celebrate the wins across Atlanta’s arts ecosystem in this year in review.
Putting Atlanta on the Map as an Arts Destination
For the second member spotlight on the AC|A blog, Alex Acosta, Founding Executive Director of Soul Food Cypher, shares his vision for an Atlanta that’s recognized as a UNESCO Creative City of Music. In this way Atlanta would see its own creative spirit as a strategic force for sustainable urban development.
Designing a Thriving Future for the Arts in Atlanta
In our first member spotlight on the AC|A blog, Laura Flusche, Executive Director of Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), shares MODA’s vision for a fully capitalized museum able to take risks, grow intentionally, and say yes more often. The future of arts funding in Atlanta is a design challenge, one that can—and must—be rethought collectively.
An Open Letter to Our Community:
We write to you today with urgency, solidarity, and deep concern.
In an unprecedented move, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has revoked and terminated hundreds of grants—a devastating blow to arts and culture organizations across the country. Here in the Atlanta metro area, this loss comes on top of concerning cuts to state and county-level funding, placing our creative ecosystem in real jeopardy.