Object Stories: Atlanta
Join the American Craft Council at Goat Farm on Saturday, September 6 for Object Stories, a live evening of storytelling and connection. Artists featured in American Craft magazine’s “The Scene: Craft in Atlanta,” along with other creative luminaries, will each bring an object that holds meaning and share personal reflections on the handmade, community, and what craft means today. Storytellers bring a handcrafted object and tell a story about the importance of the handmade in their life. Each story is short; storytellers keep their stories to five or so minutes, and an event emcee guides the programming during the evening.
Event details.
WHEN & WHERE
–The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
–September 6, 2025 | 6–8 p.m. ET
–Tickets are $12 for ACC members; $15 general admission.
PARTICIPATING SPEAKERS
–Emcee: Jamie Badoud (executive director, Hambidge Center)
–Anne Archer Dennington (executive director, Flux Projects)
–Ato Ribeiro (sculptor and multidisciplinary artist)
–Dawn Williams Boyd (textile artist)
–Kate Pak (ceramic artist)
–Kimberly Coburn (writer, maker, wonderer)
–Lauri Stallings (social practice choreographer; founder, glo)
–Louis Corrigan (arts philanthropist)
Participating speakers.
Jamie Badoud
Jamie Badoud joined The Hambidge Center as Executive Director in 2009 and previously served in a similar role leading Art Papers Magazine for seven years. An adventuresome world traveler with his wife Stefanie, they now tote two teenagers.
Anne Archer Dennington
Anne Archer Dennington is the executive director of Flux Projects. Now celebrating its 15th anniversary, Flux Projects commissions public art inviting audiences in Atlanta to explore the city’s sites and stories as a means to imagining its future possibilities.
Dawn Williams Boyd
Dawn Williams Boyd’s narrative “cloth paintings” chronicle seminal moments in American history, as it affects its Black citizens. Her work is included in museum collections across the country, including the High Museum Atlanta. Dawn is represented by Fort Gansevoort, NY.
Ato Ribeiro
Ato Ribeiro is a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of media including sculptural installation, drawing and printmaking. He earned his B.A. from Morehouse College, and his M.F.A. in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Kate Pak
Kate Pak is a studio potter based in Decatur, Georgia. She holds a BA in Communications from the University of Washington and began her career in public affairs before transitioning to graphic design. She has held various roles that blend communications with the visual arts, working as both a designer and an art director. Kate’s journey into ceramics began in 2016, and since then, she has participated in numerous juried and invitational shows at both the national and regional levels. She is currently a Resident Artist at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.
Kimberly Coburn
Kimberly Coburn is a writer and maker based in Atlanta, weaving together stories of craft, the human spirit, and the natural world. Her work has appeared in Salon, American Craft, The Bitter Southerner, Dark Mountain, and beyond.
Lauri Stallings
Lauri Stallings is a Georgia choreographer. Whether inhabiting a forest of 80 acres, or confined to the surface of a beam of light, the origin of stalling’s art extends outwards from the primary projections of the feet and hands. Her wide-ranging practice draws on civic engagement as much as formal movement to engage with notions of entanglement, as well as parameters of place and the ways in which people come together.