Atlanta BeltLine Announces Finalists For Artists' Showcase

Art on the BeltLine, the immensely popular artists' showcase that featured visual and performance pieces along the Atlanta BeltLine last year, is coming back.

This year's exhibit, which drew 145 proposals, will feature 66 visual and performing arts pieces along the Atlanta BeltLine, the planned 22-mile necklace of parks, trails and transit around the city.

The 66 artists being featured in the exhibit, represents an increase of 30 percent from last year.

Slated to run from September through November, Art on the BeltLine will be Atlanta's largest temporary public art project.

“In only its second year, ‘Art on the Atlanta BeltLine’ has developed a reputation for providing a superior collection of public art that celebrates the tremendous progress being made along Corridor,” Brian Leary, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.'s president and chief executive, said in a statement. “We are excited to present such engaging work that compels residents and visitors to experience the Atlanta BeltLine and see the highly anticipated parks and trails that have been completed.”

The artists will be grouped in four areas along the BeltLine trail: 

• Southeast side — which includes part of the BeltLine trail that falls in East Atlanta Patch – From Wiley Street south to Memorial Drive
• East side – From 10th Street and Monroe Drive north to Montgomery Ferry Drive
• West side – From Allene Avenue to Lee Street
• West side – From Gordon White Park north to Washington Park