14 maconmagazine.com | October/November 2025
30 Framing a career
Susan Welsh talks perspective
ahead of retiring at the Museum
of Arts and Sciences.
36 Heroes Among Us:
Jeff Bruce
The Tubman's longtime curator
illuminates historic records,
Afrofuturist comics, and more.
39 Who's your
theatre MVP?
Behind every curtain call is
someone who's dedicated to "the
show must go on."
44 It's the little things
Celebrating 40 years of
Nutcracker of Middle Georgia's
exquisite details.
52 Half a century of
sacrifice
This Veteran's Day, reflect on
Macon's only Medal of Honor
winner.
57 The case for public art
It's good for you, it's good for
your neighbors, it's good for your
city, too.
61 Why not Macon
Fashion Week?
Learning to "put it on" for our city
– using our bodies as a canvas.
68 A park for the history
books
Welcoming visitors at the junction
of Macon's past and future.
74 The faith of the
dreamer
Art and reconciliation means this
creative, Gwendolyn Payton, is still
putting brushstrokes on her story.
82 A stage for every child
This issue's How Stuff Works
examines Vineville Academy, a
public arts magnet school.
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