Art as an Agent for Change started in Milledgeville on the campus of Georgia College, but one necessary thing was fairly difficult to obtain for a short while: an office. We were offered a permanent space in the Georgia College Cultural Center just last year, and we gladly accepted.
The benefits of a common space to call our own were apparent almost right away. We wouldn't have to worry about finding a location for both planned and impromptu meetings. We would have a single area in which to store documents, records, and other important items.
And my personal favorite: we would get to decorate.
I don't mean that in the "throw pillow here, pointless decorated box there" sort of way. Of course, aesthetics must be considered, but as an arts organization, we wanted a place to display the works of our members as well the people whom we support. Hence, wall decorations like the one pictured above--a painting commissioned specifically for A.A.C.'s office and created by one of our members--acquire more meaning than mere eye candy.
They reveal our mission to educate, to inspire, and to entertain, and our dedication to social justice by means of the arts. It is our hope that seeing the faces of such dynamic figures as Angela Davis, Andrea Gibson, and Saul Williams will provide inspiration to all who visit us in our office and any who work for social uplift in their communities.
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