To Do List: Art Events & Exhibitions in the South

Friday
September 25

Georgia

Gavin Bernard: The Commons

Christ Church, 680 S Central Ave, Hapeville, Georgia / riday, September 25, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Sunday, October 4, 1:00 - 4:00 pm Saturday, October 10, 4:00 - 7:00 pm Atlanta, GA

Opening Reception: “Material Poesy”

Spruill Gallery / 06:00 pm EDT Atlanta, GA

Post Black? Artist Talk

Future Gallery / 07:00 PM Atlanta, GA

Alabama

Janna Phillips and Sara Cannon: Talisman

The Old Bailey Gallery / 06:00 pm Central Birmingham, AL

Saturday
September 26

Georgia

Good To Be Seen – Artist Talk

GALLERY FC / 3-5 PM Atlanta, GA

There’s No Better Time Than Now: Composing The Everyday Photograph

Auburn Avenue Research Library / 1:00pm Atlanta, GA

Speak, Memory

Sandler Hudson Gallery / 05:00 pm Atlanta, GA

South Carolina

Making & Remembering: A Symposium

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art / 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST Charleston, SC

Sunday
September 27

Texas

CADD MFA Showcase

Contemporary Art Gallery / 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Dallas, TX

Monday
September 28

Everywhere

Guardians of the Threshold

Vandiver Gallery / Oct 8, 2026 6:30 - 7:30 pm South Carolina

Tuesday
September 29

South Carolina

Time Capsule

Art & Light Gallery / 10:00 am - 4:00 pm (EST) Greenville, SC

Friday
October 02

Georgia

The Fuel and Lumber Company Presents: GATHERING

The Dita / Open Hours: 10:00am-12:00pm eastern, October 2-October 4, 2026, October 5-11, 2026 by appointment only Atlanta, GA

Gallery Talk: Anamnesis

Michael C. Carlos Museum / 6:30 – 7:45 p.m. Atlanta, GA

Saturday
October 03

South Carolina

Charleston Zine Fest

Halsey Institute of Contemporary / 12:00-5:30 PM EST Charleston, SC

Texas

Round 61: Southern Survey Biennial III Opening & Community Market

Project Row Houses / 4pm CT Houston, TX

Tennessee

Jackson Markovic: My Diary

Neue Welt Nashville, TN

What Remains Visible

Marshall Arts / 04:00 pm CDT Memphis, TN

Sunday
October 04

Georgia

Make Memory Move II (A Monument for The Washer Women)

Make Memory Move Popup Space in Atlanta / 1:00pm Atlanta, GA

Texas

Round 61: Southern Survey Biennial III

Project Row Houses / 12pm CT Houston, TX

Tennessee

Opening: Alex Kimball, Outdoor Cat

hopes / 4:00 PM EST Chattanooga, TN

Tuesday
October 06

Florida

Insider Gaze: Ella Fontanals-Cisneros on Photography

online, WOPHA Institute / 10am Miami, FL

Fairs, Networks, and the Future of Collecting

online, WOPHA Institute / 10am EDT Miami, FL

Thursday
October 08

Everywhere

Mallory Zondag: Artist Lecture & Reception

Hollins University, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center Room 119 & the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum / 6:00 PM EST Virginia

Friday
October 09

Georgia

TransCultural Gaze Opening Reception

Alan Avery Art Company / 19:00 PM Atlanta, GA

North Carolina

Cake & Cocktails: Exhibition Opening + 30th Birthday

Center for Craft / 5:30pm-8pm Asheville, NC

Saturday
October 10

Georgia

2026 Fall Hambidge Open House

Hambidge / 11:00am - 6:00pm Atlanta, GA

Texas

Carte Blanche

Wally Workman Gallery / 6:00pm-8:00pm Austin, TX

Sunday
October 11

Georgia

Artists’ Talk: “Material Poesy”

Spruill Gallery / 02:00 pm EDT Atlanta, GA

Texas

Perspective Tour with Jade Walker

The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center / 2:00pm CT Austin, TX

Tennessee

Opening Reception for CANNED/ENLATADOS

Random Sample / 06:00PM Nashville, TN

Friday
October 16

Everywhere

Not Your Mother’s Art Fest

Slow Pour Brewing, Lawrenceville, GA / 06:00 pm EST

Saturday
October 17

Everywhere

Sacred Bodies: Sanctuary

109 Gallery / 6:00pm EST Georgia

Florida

I’ve Seen A Bird Before

Baker-Hall Gallery / 6pm Miami, FL

North Carolina

October’s Ghost

Mark Bettis Gallery / 05:00 pm to 07:00pm Asheville, NC

Wednesday
October 21

Arkansas

into the current: eroding and evolving, gallery activation with brooke cassady

University of Arkansas Monticello Glassblock Gallery / 6pm Pine Bluff, AR

Friday
October 23

South Carolina

Halsey After Hours

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art / 5:30-7:30 PM EST Charleston, SC

Wednesday
October 28

Texas

Free Week at the Jones Center

The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center / 12:00pm CT Austin, TX

Tuesday
November 10

South Carolina

SaltWata Cinema Club Film Screening: Daughters of the Dust

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art / 7:00 PM EST Charleston, SC

Ongoing

Georgia

Skipping the Splash works by Taro Takizawa

Mary S Byrd Gallery of Art / 10:00 am Eastern Time Augusta, GA

Chuck Stewart: Framing the Sound

The Sun ATL Atlanta, GA

Anamnesis

Michael C. Carlos Museum / Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm + Sunday 12-5 pm Atlanta, GA

The World(s) She Made: Composing The Radical Lives of Kathleen Neal Cleaver

Auburn Avenue Research Library / 7pm Atlanta, GA

Opening: Joe Camoosa

Whitespace Atlanta, GA

Alabama

In the Moment: Recent Acquisitions to AEIVA’s Permanent Collection

Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, UAB Birmingham, AL

Erin Jane Nelson: Living and Working

Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, UAB Birmingham, AL

South Carolina

Perpetual Care

McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina / Reception, 10/15 @5pm Columbia, SC

Grounded in Grain, Washed in the Water

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Charleston, SC

Texas

Amanda KM: as ppl carry them

Lawndale Art Center / 12:00 pm CST Houston, TX

The Way Back: A Solo Exhibition by Sylvia Benitez

Wally Workman Gallery / 06:00pm Austin, TX

A People’s History: The American Experiment on Stage

McNay Art Museum / Open Wednesdays 10:00 am-6:00 pm; Thursdays 10:00 am-9:00 pm; Fridays 10:00 am-6 pm; Saturdays 10:00 am-5:00 pm; Sundays 12:00-5:00 pm San Antonio, TX