An ode to the flea market
Historic Macon Foundation’s biggest fundraiser turns 50.
With public art, who decides what’s allowed?
A mural festival turned into a planning and zoning lesson.
Keeping tradition on the field
A new sculpture in Bicentennial Park honors a special
story of a Muscogee citizen.
Carrie Preston’s creative joy is serious business
She stars in the CBS hit Elsbeth as the title character. But this Macon
native hasn’t forgotten her roots with her warm, inspired vision.
Your 2026 Midterm Voter Guide
Key information to exercise your civic duty and shape your
local, state, and national future.
Beverly Buchanan still reigns
Macon’s well-known visual artist is now deceased, but her work
is still making waves around the world.
The Center Hall: Slow design in the Garlingtons’ Victorian home
An exhibition of generational prized possessions, a bike lane
for scooters and Big Wheels, a backdrop for
a family’s evolution.
What we keep close
How privately collected works of art educate, stimulate, and
cultivate communities here in Central Georgia
Also inside
Editor’s letter
Faces
Gallery West lives on
What happens if artists get a seat at every table?
Heroes Among Us: Holly Roberts
In Memoriam: Alan Walden
Macon Fashion Week struts down the runway
In Memoriam: Larry Fennelly
Earning creative income? Congratulations — but now you owe taxes
Macon Chose Me: Eric O’Dell
Fitness: Creative ways for getting in shape
Eat Where I Eat: Fresh Air Barbeque
My Macon: Jave Bjorkman
Cups and Water: The visual mystique of sacred spaces
Top 10 in the 478
Five minutes with… Paula Aguirre
