- Collection:
- Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library
- Title:
- The NAC challenge
- Creator:
- Alexander, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1979
- Subject:
- Community arts projects--Georgia--Atlanta
African American children--Georgia--Atlanta
Urban youth--Georgia--Atlanta
Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Mechanicsville, 33.739, -84.39854 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
image/x-mrsid - Description:
- "Community children hanging out outside the NAC were always encouraged to take free art classes inside."--from Jim Alexander's annotations.
Neighborhood Arts Center employees always encouraged community children in Atlanta to take free art classes at the center. Neighborhood Arts Center artists hoped to develop public creativity and art appreciation by offering free workshops and classes in visual arts, performing arts and creative writing.
Title provided by Jim Alexander. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac31
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac31#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac31/presentation/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by Jim Alexander.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: The Neighborhood Arts Center challenge. Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 31 x 22 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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