Art Blooms
Art Blooms is an outdoor sculpture exhibit featuring artists from Metro Atlanta alongside Smith-Gilbert Gardens' permanent collection. Enjoy viewing art among spring blooms, including 25,000 daffodils!Artist demonstrations/workshops will be available on Saturdays. (Some will require registrations.)
Fun Facts
Fun Facts
- Bob Gilbert and Richard Smith supported the arts and collected artwork from around the U.S.- many of these can be seen today.
- The first Art Blooms in 2021 began with KSU’s Master Craftsman program.
- In 2022 GA Council for the Arts awarded a project grant to SGG for Art Blooms! More support means more artists!
- Joining our artist demonstrations, KSU’s Theatre and Performance Studies department will perform an original immersive play created just for SGG
Come explore springtime in the gardens! Enjoy seasonal blooms and discover local art.
Featured Events
Seedling Performance
FRIDAY, APRIL 28 & SATURDAY, APRIL 29
A collaborative production between the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies and Smith-Gilbert Gardens. The Seedling is an immersive, site-specific work KSU has devised for family audiences! Walk through the Gardens as the stories and actors lead you through scenes and stations. An experience like no other. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes and get ready to explore!
The price includes Garden admission. No need to purchase additional admission. The first half hour is the pre-show activities followed by the performance. Great for families with children ages 0-8. Performances are 45min to one hour.
Artist Demonstration
SATURDAY, MAY 6
10:00 - 12:00 PM
Local Artists Sheena Dickerson and Lorraine Kimsey are plein air painting in the Gardens. Watch them demonstrate how they capture the beauty of the Gardens in acrylic and oil paints.
Garden Story Time
SATURDAY, MAY 20
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us from 10 AM to noon for Garden story time with North Cobb Library staff and Rosan Petrillo of Rosan Petrillo Voices. Cobb County Library will be providing stories and crafts around a pollinator theme. Rosan will be reading about one of our favorite pollinators- the butterfly in English and Spanish.
Patsy Rausch and the Papermaking Bicycle
SATURDAY, MAY 20
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Patsy at the Gardens and learn to make paper with some very unique techniques- using a bicycle to pulp fibers. Patsy will demonstrate step by step papermaking, what fibers and materials can be used and let you make your own paper to take home. A fun process the whole family can try.
Family Workshop (additional fee required)
SATURDAY, MAY 27
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Marietta Cobb Museum of Art’s Laura Surace for a family art workshop. One hour will be dedicated to watercolor painting and one hour of hand building with air dry clay. Great for families with children 6 and older. Registration is required and includes Garden admission. The fee includes one adult and one child. Additional children are $5.
ADULT WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP (Additional fee required)
SATURDAY, MAY 27
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Marietta Cobb Museum of Art’s Laura Surace teaches a watercolor workshop for adults (16 years and up welcome). Learn step by step watercolor techniques with areas of the Gardens as inspiration. Registration required and includes Garden Admission. All materials provided.
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