Illumine: Experience Oakland After Dark

Venue:

Historic Oakland Foundation: Illumine 2025

248 Oakland Avenue Southeast Atlanta, GA 30312 United States

Event Description:

As the sun sets, Oakland Cemetery is transformed. Through innovative lighting and art installations by local artists, interactive experiences, and live music, Illumine 2025 will light up the shadows of the night.

Schedule

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$5+

Southeast ATL

Historic Oakland's Visitors Center

Oakland Cemetary Tour

See Venue Site

Various

Eastside ATL

The Supermarket

The Morning Always Comes: Ksi J.R. Felton

Mar 13-17, 2025

6PM

Eastside ATL

The Supermarket

AWAKENING//an art exhibition

Mar 6-9, 2025

Daily

Northwest ATL

Atlanta Contemporary

Open Studios

Ongoing

Daily

Northeast ATL - In Progress!

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Amanda Williams: We Say What Black This Is

Thru May 24, 2025

Wed-Sat 12PM-5PM

Northwest ATL

Atlanta Contemporary

Winter 2025 Exhibition Opening

Open Feb 28, 2025

Daily

Westside ATL

GT: Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

Paper is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures

May 5-Aug 15, 2025

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Westside ATL

GT: Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

Night Circus

Thru Apr 18, 2025

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Westside ATL

GT: Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

Step Into My Story

Feb 24-Jun 27, 2025

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Westside ATL

GT: Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

The Craft of Paper: Contemporary Takes on Tradition

Aug 3, 2026-Jan 15, 2027

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Westside ATL

GT: Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

Legacies in Paper: Nancy Cohen, Sara Garden Armstrong, & Helen Hiebert

Sep 8, 2025-Jan 30, 2026

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Westside ATL

GT: Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

Paper & Architecture

Mar 2-Jul 10, 2026

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Buckhead

Gallery Anderson Smith

A Dose of Earth - Solo Exhibition by Taylor B. Douglass

15-Mar-25

7PM-10PM

Westside ATL

Hammonds House Museum

Sacred Space: Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Thru June 22, 2025

Thurs-Sun 11AM-5PM

Eastside ATL

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

Forward Warrior at Callanwolde Fine Arts

Sep 2-Oct 9, 2025

Mon-Thurs 9AM-7PM

Eastside ATL

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

AAFTA: Unifying U.S. Through Art (Art Brings People Together In The U.S)

May 1-29, 2025

Mon-Thurs 9AM-7PM

Eastside ATL

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

Portrait Society of Atlanta Fall Exhibition

Oct 16-Nov 20, 2025

Mon-Thurs 9AM-7PM

Eastside ATL

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

People Not Things, curated by Genesis Be

Jul 28-Aug 28, 2025

Mon-Thurs 9AM-7PM

Eastside ATL

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

Warrior Women

Mar 2-Apr 17, 2025

Mon-Thurs 9AM-7PM

Downtown ATL

APEX Museum

"The Big Ideal!": Black Inventors and Their Inventions

Ongoing Exhibit

Closed Wed

Downtown ATL

APEX Museum

Women in STEM

Ongoing Exhibit

Closed Wed

Downtown ATL

APEX Museum

The MAAFA - The African Holocaust

Ongoing Exhibit

Closed Wed

Downtown ATL

APEX Museum

Africa: The Untold Stories

Ongoing Exhibit

Closed Wed

Downtown ATL

APEX Museum

Sweet Auburn Street of Pride

Ongoing Exhibit

Closed Wed

$5+

Midtown ATL

Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)

Guided Tour of Threads of Change: Design and Data

Thru May 17, 2025

3PM-4PM

Midtown ATL

Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)

Threads of Change: Design & Data

Thru May 25, 2025

Wed-Sun 12PM-7PM

Eastside ATL

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Wildwoods: A-Glow

23-Feb-25

6PM-9PM

Eastside ATL

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

The Nature of the Man: Landscapes from the Childhood of Jimmy Carter by John L. Cleaveland, Jr

Thru Mar 31, 2025

9:30AM-4:30PM

Buckhead

Atlanta History Center: McElreath Hall

Party with the Past: Little Five Points

10-Apr-25

6:30PM

Buckhead

Atlanta History Center: McElreath Hall

NHPRC Webinar

8-Mar-25

10:30AM

Midtown ATL

Center for Puppetry Arts

27-Feb-25

6:30PM

Roswell

Roswell Visual Arts Center

The Atlanta Portrait Society Member Exhibition

Mar 21-Apr 17, 2025

Daily

Roswell

Art Center at East Roswell Park

Layers: A Roswell Roots Juried Art Exhibit

Thru Mar 25, 2025

Daily

Roswell

Roswell City Hall

Inspired: A Roswell Roots Student Art Exhibit

Thru Mar 25, 2025

Daily

Downtown ATL

Chick-fil-a College Football Hall of Fame

Reflections of an Artist: The Art of Steve Skipper

February

All Day

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Photography's New Vision: Experiments in Seeing

Jun 13, 2025-Jan 4, 2026

All day

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection

Thru May 25, 2025

All day

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan

Apr 11-Nov 2, 2025

All day

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Ryoji Ikeda: data-verse

Mar 7-Aug 10, 2025

All day

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Ezrom Legae: Beasts

Jun 13-Nov 16, 2025

All day

Roswell

Town Square

Historic Roswell Walking Tour

15-Mar-25

11AM-12:30PM

Downtown ATL

Fulton Public Library - Auburn Avenue Research Library

Lonnie C. King, Jr. Exhibit: The Life and Legacy of a Civil Rights Leader

Daily

All Day

$20+

Eastside ATL

Pullman Yards - Porter Hall

Discovering the World of Jesus: The Exhibition

Daily

1PM-7PM

Downtown ATL

Fulton Public Library - Central Library

Kelly Fowler-Posley's and Devon Cantrel's " Sorry I'm Late" Art Exhibit

Daily

All Day

Downtown ATL

Fulton Public Library - Central Library

Central Artist in Residence: Kenneth Zakee

Daily

All Day

Downtown ATL

Fulton Public Library - Central Library

Central Artist in Residence: Etienne Jackson

Daily

All Day

Downtown ATL

Fulton Public Library - Central Library

Central Artist in Residence: JK Hunt

Daily

All Day

Northwest ATL

Art Contemporary

Contemporary Cocktails

Thursdays

6PM-8PM

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Photography

Permanent Exhibit

Daily

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Modern and Contemporary Art

Permanent Exhibit

Daily

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Folk and Self-Taught Art

Permanent Exhibit

Daily

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Decorative Arts and Design

Permanent Exhibit

Daily

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

European Art

Permanent Exhibit

Daily

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

African Art

Permanent Exhibit

Daily

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

American Art

Permanent Exhibit

Daily

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Access for All

Monthly, 3rd Wednesday

10AM-5PM

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Family Saturday

Monthly 1st Saturday

10AM-5PM

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Artist Conversation at The HIGH

Ongoing

7PM-8PM

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Conversation Pieces (On-Site)

Monthly

12PM-12:30PM

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Conversation Pieces (Virtual)

Monthly

2PM-2:30PM

Midtown ATL

High Museum of Art

Daily HIGHlights Tours

Daily

1PM-2PM

Roswell

Roswell Cultural Arts Center

Presidential Connections to Roswell Exhibit

Thru March 29, 2025

11AM-3PM

Roswell

Computer Museum of America

The Enigma Machine

Ongoing

Thru, Fri, Sun 12PM-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM

Roswell

Computer Museum of America

Supercomputing

Ongoing

Thru, Fri, Sun 12PM-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM

Roswell

Computer Museum of America

STEAM Timeline

Ongoing

Thru, Fri, Sun 12PM-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM

Roswell

Computer Museum of America

Byte Wall Magazine Collection

Ongoing

Thru, Fri, Sun 12PM-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM

Roswell

Computer Museum of America

A Tribute to Apollo 11

Ongoing

Thru, Fri, Sun 12PM-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM

Midtown ATL

William Breman Jewish Heritage Center

Ruth-Marion Baruch: Retrospective

Ongoing

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

William Breman Jewish Heritage Center

Absence of Humanity

Permanent Exhibit

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

William Breman Jewish Heritage Center

From Light to Light: The Weekly Jewish Holiday

Ongoing

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

William Breman Jewish Heritage Center

History with Chutzpah: Remarkable Stories of the Southern Jewish Experience

Ongoing

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

Michael C. Carlos Museum

Works of Art on Paper

Ongoing

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

Michael C. Carlos Museum

Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

Permanent Exhibit

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

Michael C. Carlos Museum

Greek and Roman Art

Permanent Exhibit

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

Michael C. Carlos Museum

Asian Art

Permanent Exhibit

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Midtown ATL

Michael C. Carlos Museum

American Art

Permanent Exhibit

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues

Eastside ATL

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Reflections of Culture

Ongoing

10AM-5PM

Eastside ATL

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

World of Shells

Ongoing

10AM-5PM

Midtown ATL

Michael C. Carlos Museum

African Art

Permanent Exhibit

11AM-4PM, Closed Sat, Mon, Tues