Make the College of the Arts at Georgia State University your downtown Atlanta destination to explore the arts. Our 2018/19 season highlights feature an exciting array with internationally acclaimed artists, exhibitions, concerts, dance, lectures, theatre, workshops and seasonal favorites. Many of the events are free and open to the public.
09/7/18 at 7:30 p.m.
The Carib Project
Kopleff Recital Hall
10/20/18 at 8:00 p.m.
Ailey II:The Next Generation of Dance
Rialto Center for the Arts
2/9/19 at 7:30 p.m.
GospelFest! With guest artists Callie Day and Bishop Chantel Wright
Rialto Center for the Arts
9/20/18 at 5 p.m.
Ghada Amer: The Breakthrough, Welch Visiting Artist & Scholar Series
Speaker’s Auditorium, Student Center East
10/20/18
Inaugural Marching Band Championship
Georgia State Stadium
2/21/19 at 7:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra and University Singers
Rialto Center for the Arts
9/26/18
Leigh Ledare, Welch Visiting Artist & Scholar Series
Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII)
11/1-4/18, 11/8-11/18
Thurs/Fri/Sat 8 p.m. and Sun. 3 p.m.
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Dahlberg Hall Theatre
2/25-28/19
East Meets West: A Jazz Collaboration
Rialto Center for the Arts
09/28-29/19 at 7:30 p.m.
Igor Stravinksy’s Histoire du soldat
Kopleff Recital Hall
11/9-10/18 at 8 p.m.
11/11/18 at 3 p.m.
GSU Opera Theatre: Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” & “Gianni Schicchi”
Kopleff Recital Hall
03/1/19 at 6 p.m.
Chandler Art Exhibition Reception
Welch Galleries
10/10-12/18
Bent Frequency Presents Sarah Hennies’ Contralto
Kopleff Recital Hall
12/02/18 at 3 p.m.
Gala Holiday Concert
Rialto Center for the Arts
03/05/19 at 7:30 p.m.
GSU Wind Orchestra and Concert Band
Rialto Center for the Arts
10/12/18 at 7 p.m.
MFA Open Studio Night
Arts & Humanities
1/19/19 at 8 p.m.
Tomáš Kubínek –Miracle Man Certified Lunatic & Master of the Impossible
Rialto Center for the Arts
4/12-13/19 at 8 p.m.
4/14/19 at 3 p.m.
GSU Opera Theater Presents Bernstein’s Candide
Rialto Center for the Arts
10/17/18 at 7:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra ft. Alexander Freund, trumpet & Guido Rumstadt guest conductor
Rialto Center for the Arts
2/7/19
Happy Chinese New (Y)Ear– Bent Frequency Presents Contemporary Works by Leading Chinese Composers.
Kopleff Recital Hall
04/18-21/19, 04/25-28/19
Thurs/Fri/Sat 8 p.m. and Sun. 3 p.m.
Flyin’ West by Pearl Cleage
Dahlberg Hall Theatre
The 2018/19 season highlights program is presented by the College of the Arts and the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, School of Film, Media & Theatre, School of Music, Office of Educational Outreach, Center for Collaborative & International Arts (CENCIA) and in-part with the Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) and the Rialto Center for the Arts.
The College of the Arts presents over 300 events throughout the year. We invite you to attend our visiting artists lectures and performances, workshops, student & faculty recitals, gallery shows, film screenings, special events and much more!
Many of the events are free and open to the public.
To request disability accommodations, please contact the presenting school/program.
All events are subject to change and updated on the Localist event listings.
Photo Credits (L-R Top to Bottom): Ghada Amer (Courtesy of Cheim and Read); The Carib Project (Album Cover); Sarah Hennies (Photo Credit: Walter Wlodarczyk); MFA Open Studio; Ailey II’s Antuan Byers. (Photo Credit: Kyle Froman); Holiday Gala Concert; Happy Chinese New (Y)Ear; Georgia State Marching Band; and Lysistrata by Aristophanes.