Non-profit arts organization, WonderRoot Community Arts Center opens in Atlanta

By Chad Radford Tuesday May 27, 2008 05:38 PM EDT

WonderRoot, a non-profit organization established and based in Atlanta has announced the grand opening celebration of a new Community Arts Center on Saturday, May 31st at 8:00 p.m. at 982 Memorial Dr.

The grand opening will feature a tour of the facility and a chance to check out some of the studio’s artistic offerings, via an art show featuring local artists, an Alley Cat bike race and musical performances by Athen’s surreal /twee pop emissary Nana Grizol and the Atlanta Sedition Orchestra.

The new facility houses a digital media lab, darkroom, recording studio, ceramics studio, classroom space and a performance space. WonderRoot members are granted unlimited access to these facilities on a first come, first served basis. The Community Center will also be host to regular arts-based workshops for youth ranging from poetry workshops to music production.

After taking a tour of the facility, NPR’s “News & Notes” contributor Amani Channel had this to say.

The schedule for the WonderRoot grand opening is as follows.:

7:30 p.m. Alley Cat bike race sponsored by Skid Row

8:00 p.m. Grand Opening (Facility tours, local art show featuring Bean Summer, Stephanie Howard, Ansley West, Katie Coleman, Matt Miller, Jeanette Zeis, Heather Weese, Ashil Parag, Tim Franzen and more).__
9:00 p.m. Musical Performances by Nana Grizol and the Atlanta Sedition Orchestra.

and at noon the following day there will be a $5 vegan brunch and complete screening of the Freaks and Geeks series.

For more information contact Alex Auxier, WonderRoot Music Initiatives, 404-432-8130 or look online at www.wonderroot.org.__