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community donations and an
all-volunteer staff. "I was looking
for a way to promote the arts
in communities that have been
traditionally underserved in
Macon," said Rosental. "I think
that the arts provide a meaningful
and inexpensive way for the
disenfranchised to have their
voices heard."
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fundraising/peach-place-an-after-
school-arts-program
Downtown Challenge
Alexis Gregg and Tanner Coleman
are ceramic artists that go by the
collaborative name of AnT. They
moved to Macon three years ago
and immediately got involved in
the Macon arts community. "[We]
have seen the power of grants
through the Knight Foundation
and Community Foundation.
We love that everyone in this
community is encouraged to
create positive and innovative
change [through programs like
Downtown Challenge], and many
of those ideas will be supported
and funded." They are currently
working on two projects. Their
Downtown Challenge project,
'Plein Air Art Park' for G. Bernd
Park, is a large-scale installation,
and will open to the public
summer 2017. Another current
project is creating accent pieces
for pillars that are along the
Ocmulgee river walk.
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Art in the Park
A good amount of public art
in Macon has been initiated
by opportunities from Mercer
University. Along with bringing
cultural arts events to the Central
Georgia community, Mercer's art
department has been installing
public art in Tattnall Square Park
as part of its three-year Art in the
Park series. Director of the art in
the park program, Craig Coleman,
who is also currently working for
a video art piece for MAS along
