🧵 Atlanta fiber artist Honey Pierre’s solo show “Notions” opened May 2 at One Contemporary Gallery, a survey of six years of work tracing her practice from canvas to punch needle and back to paper. Pierre talks with WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott about what people will find when they walk through the door, how she picked up punch-needle on YouTube during the pandemic, and what it means to be part of bringing a craft into fine-art spaces. Plus, One Contemporary Gallery Director and Curator Faron Manuel on why the title “Notions” fits and what the show reveals about where the textile art movement is headed.

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🎭 Atlanta Ballet opens the East Coast premiere of "Frida," a full-length narrative ballet about the life of Frida Kahlo, May 8–10 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa talks with WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott about how she put Kahlo's pain, resilience, and artistic legacy into movement. Plus, Fernanda Cámara of the Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta on what the world gets wrong about Frida and what this production gets right.

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🎬 The Atlanta Film Festival marks its 50th anniversary this year Executive Director Chris Escobar traces how a short film by Ray McKinnon and Walton Goggins won the 2001 festival, qualified for the Oscars — and launched careers still building today. Plus: what Escobar says Atlanta needs to invest in to become a world-class festival city. 🎧

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