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ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art Our public hours during exhibitions are Thursday 1–9pm and Friday through Sunday 1–6pm.

Celebrating our 15th anniversary in 2017, ATHICA is an independent, non-profit gallery promoting and supporting innovative contemporary art and artists through exhibitions, education, and events. On view through June 10: DOMESTIC STRUCTURES, a group show featuring Athens and Atlanta based artists, curated by Candice Greathouse. Opening June 17: ATHICA Emerges X, the gallery's 10th annual exhibition of emerging local artists.

10/23/2026

Yesterday was our opening reception of the Juried Exhibition curated by Phillip McClure. The exhibition will be up until November 22nd so stop by soon to see all the incredible artwork!

10/22/2026

✨ Challenging all Athens artists! The 6x6 Challenge is a fundraising event in which artists create artwork from a 6x6” canvas and donate to ATHICA for sale. In exchange, artists attend the event for free and compete for prizes. Each artwork must be adhered to the provided 6x6” primed masonite square and signed on the back. Participation is free. All artworks will be exhibited and for sale to the public for $60 each to benefit ATHICA.

Sign up at link in bio! 🔗

Drop-off Deadline: Wednesday, December 2
Pick-up / Drop-off Hours:
-October 22 - November 22 during gallery hours (Th-Fri: 6-8pm, Sat-Sun: 1-6pm)
-November 30 - December 2, 6-8pm

The 6x6 Challenge Art Sale Fundraising Event will be held on Saturday, December 5 from 6-9pm. 6x6 works will be for sale as a $60 donation from 6-8:30pm and $30 from 8:30-9pm (if the work has not yet sold). $10 tickets will be available at doors. $5 for members. Free for participating artists.

10/10/2026

🪽 ATHICA is thrilled to announce 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, our 2026 National Juried Exhibition. Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, October 22 from 6-8pm.

from our juror, Phillip McClure:

Glitter, matchbooks, a crab crawling across your hand. Even the sun and wind. The artists on view in Everything come together under a rainbow of material willingness. By remaining nimble, they keep the window open to unexpected collaborators and exciting twists. The result is a group of works ripe for looking and discovery.

I’m reminded of David Whyte’s poem “Everything is Waiting for You”. He writes:

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the
conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.

I feel the works here have taken this to heart. Everything is waiting for you, if you only pay a little attention.

with works by Kierra O’Harrow, Paul Knopf, Graham Krenz, Adah Bennion, Maddy Underwood, Lou Breininger
Ellie Duffy, Ella Kemmerly, Zoe Peterson, Anne McInnis
Mary Gordon McFall, & Ekaterina Okiforova

Flyer by Jocelyn Kirchen Jocelyn 💛

09/10/2026

☁️ Sonic Space presents Bryan Day Shrimp Ring & Emmie with Ambient DJing by Marcel Sletten

Friday, Sept 18th
Doors @ 7pm
Music @ 8pm

$10 Suggested

Bryan Day is a sound artist, instrument inventor, and conceptual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using scavenged electronics, repurposed mechanical components, and amplified materials, he reimagines them as constructivist sound sculptures. Since the late 1990s, he has built over a hundred sound devices ranging from amplified measuring tapes and hacked radio transceivers to electromechanical installations using magnets, hard drives, and pendulums.

Erin Demastes is an experimental composer, performer, and sound artist. She uses everyday objects and hacked electronics for her installations and performances and subverts their use and perception with play and experimentation.

Dylan Burchett is a musician and sound artist. His work explores the formal development of sounds produced by everyday actions and the sonic tendencies of common objects. These experiments often stretch the unspoken rules inherent to particular methods of musical and artistic production to their furthest points, with the goal of drawing attention to the ways by which our non-aural expectations shape our reception of sound-based work.

Emmie Pierce is an Athens, GA musician who crafts intimate sonic environments in real time, using found objects, guitars, modular synthesizers, and other electronics. In highly dynamic, electroacoustic improvisations, sweetearthflying explores texture, error, silence, spatialization, sonic divination, heterodynes, otoacoustic phenomena, ASMR, and novel timbres.

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09/08/2026

☁️ Sonic Space presents Bryan Day Shrimp Ring & Emmie with ambient djing by Marcel Sletten

Saturday, Sept 18th
Doors @ 7pm
Music @ 8pm

$10 Suggested

Bryan Day is a sound artist, instrument inventor, and conceptual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using scavenged electronics, repurposed mechanical components, and amplified materials, he reimagines them as constructivist sound sculptures. Since the late 1990s, he has built over a hundred sound devices ranging from amplified measuring tapes and hacked radio transceivers to electromechanical installations using magnets, hard drives, and pendulums.www.clamorworks.com

Erin Demastes is an experimental composer, performer, and sound artist. She uses everyday objects and hacked electronics for her installations and performances and subverts their use and perception with play and experimentation.https://www.erindemastes.com/

Dylan Burchett is a musician and sound artist. His work explores the formal development of sounds produced by everyday actions and the sonic tendencies of common objects. These experiments often stretch the unspoken rules inherent to particular methods of musical and artistic production to their furthest points, with the goal of drawing attention to the ways by which our non-aural expectations shape our reception of sound-based work.
https://dylanburchett.net/

Memos Pierce Emmie is an Athens, GA musician who crafts intimate sonic environments in real time, using found objects, guitars, modular synthesizers, and other electronics. In highly dynamic, electroacoustic improvisations, sweetearthflying explores texture, error, silence, spatialization, sonic divination, heterodynes, otoacoustic phenomena, ASMR, and novel timbres.

09/06/2026

📝 ATHICA@Ciné Call for Exhibition Proposals!

ATHICA, in partnership with Ciné, invites visual artists from Athens and the surrounding region to submit proposals for exhibitions in the ATHICA @ Ciné gallery space for the 2027-28 exhibition season.

We welcome proposals for solo, two-person, and small group exhibitions representing a broad range of contemporary artistic practices and perspectives. This call is open to both emerging and established artists.

ATHICA @ Ciné is located in the main hallway of Ciné, 234 W. Hancock Avenue in downtown Athens. The exhibition area consists of approximately 30 linear feet of wall space, with walls approximately 10+ feet high.

Because of the nature of the space, proposed artwork must be two-dimensional or low-relief and suitable for secure wall installation. Painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, collage, mixed media, fiber, and other wall-based practices are encouraged.

The space cannot accommodate freestanding sculpture, video, sound, or artwork requiring electricity. All work must arrive ready to hang or otherwise be readily adaptable to the gallery’s installation requirements.

We encourage proposals that take advantage of the unusual context of Ciné—a highly visible, active public space at the intersection of contemporary art, film, and the Athens community.

Apply at the link in bio. ✨

09/04/2026

Join us tonight at ATHICA from 7-8 pm for Poetry Open Mic! We are thrilled to introduce our new Poetry Intern, Jen Vincent, below. Come out and hear one of her originals and read your own, or share favorite poem!

📝Hello, my name is Jen, and I am the new Poetry Intern at ATHICA! I have always had a deep passion for poetry ever since discovering the 2010s emo phase in my tweens. That love blossomed in my adulthood, where I decided to go to college with a focus in English Literature. I fell in love with poets from Shakespare to Isabella Whitney to Mary Oliver, all of which have had deep influences in my own writing. After learning about ATHICA and the position of poetry intern from a dear friend, I knew I had to be involved somehow. Continuing the tradition of Open Mic Poetry Nights has only deepened my appreciation for the art form, and has helped me develop a strong bond with the Athens community. My favorite poem, of which I can recite from memory, is Ozymandias by Percy Shelley. I hope that if you have a love of poetry and want to get your work in front of an audience,you come to Open Mic Poetry Nights.

08/12/2026

Join us Friday, August 21st from 7 to 8 PM! ☁️

We have loved connecting with poets around town and are so excited to continue our series of poetry nights!

Sign up is first come, first serve. Poets are asked to read one long or 2-3 short works per round. After the first round, you are welcome to read additional poems! Snacks provided. Bring a friend or come alone.

Donations are appreciated and help keep ATHICA running as your favorite non-profit, all volunteer-run DIY space. Your help is vital for us to keep bringing you diverse, exciting programming for years to come!

08/03/2026

📝 🔗 Open Call for our 2026 National Juried Exhibition at ATHICA! All artists are invited to submit up to five contemporary works in any media by Sept 14, 2026. $500 in Cash Awards! Apply at the link in bio.

ATHICA National Juried Exhibiton
October 22-November 22, 2026

Juror: Phillip McClure | Curator & Designer
blue boy, Savannah GA and Hopes, Chattanooga TN
Hopes

Phillip McClure is the director of Hopes, a curatorial initiative and gallery located in Chattanooga, TN, committed to foregrounding community-building, experimentation, and care as vital forces in the creation and dissemination of contemporary art. Before starting Hopes, Phillip ran blue boy, an artist-run space in Savannah, GA.

06/24/2026

Last opportunities to check out Mutual Grit this weekend! Artist Workshop on Saturday, June 26th at 6pm & Closing Reception on Sunday, June 27th at 6pm ✨

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Athens, GA
30601

Opening Hours

Wednesday	4pm - 5pm
Thursday	4pm - 9pm
Friday	1pm - 6pm
Saturday	1pm - 6pm
Sunday	4pm - 6pm

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http://www.athica.org/

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