The Goat Farm Arts Center 6.24

STUDIO RENTALS: atl@thegoatfarm.info

*** The Goat Farm does not host weddings

Thoughts

We love our city and want to help Atlanta compete for people & resources. A thriving contemporary arts scene can be an indicator of overall progress for a city. It’s akin to "waving a flag" notifying the world that Atlanta seeks to attract and is open to unique contemporary thought systems in civic, social & business layers. We wave that flag as hard as we can to attract new unique minds to our city and reduce “mind flight” to other cities.

Gravity Center:

The Goat Farm is a Creative Industrial Complex in West Midtown Atlanta. Our model, designed to attract a dense collection of forward-thinking ventures, has re-positioned an unproductive 19th century factory into one of Atlanta’s largest Centers for vanguard fields, contemporary thought, art & performance. The Goat Farm represents over a quarter of a million square feet of space. 470+ Members, which together employ 130+ people, occupy studios at the Goat Farm and contribute to the social, cultural & economic fabric of the city.

Our model recognizes that consistent vanguard arts programming creates a progressive “Center of Gravity” for many of the city’s thought leaders & their ventures. The Center houses entities in:

• The applied sciences & natural sciences
• New media
• Contemporary movement & dance
• Sound based work
• Architecture & design computation
• Transportation
• Theater
• Nanotechnology
• Engineering
• Cloud/mobile application development
• Industrial design
• Fashion
• Music composition
• 2D & 3D visual art
• Digital products & strategy
• Game design & theory
• Literature
• Animation
• Culinary arts
• Film
• Small manufacturing

The Goat Farm produces & presents over 150 programs annually in classical & contemporary music, traditional and experimental theater, film screenings, literary programs, contemporary dance, contemporary performance, art exhibitions, workshops, seminars & panel discussions.

Primarily exploring experimental and innovative works the Goat Farm is a laboratory where creative risk is nurtured & celebrated. The Goat Farm executes this mission through an unconventional for-profit model and does not operate on public funding, donations or grants.

"Best Use of Historic Property"
- Creative Loafing 2010

"Best Visual & Performing Arts Center on the Rise"
- Atlanta Magazine 2011

"Best Place to Witness the Atlanta Arts Renaissance"
- Creative Loafing 2012

"Best Performance Venue"
- Creative Loafing 2012 (Reader's Choice)

"Best New Businesses"
- Business Insider 2013

"Best Performance Venue"
- Creative Loafing 2013

"Top 6 For Technology Startups"
- Creative Loafing 2013

"Top Things To Check Out"
- New York Magazine - 2014

“Top Spots in Atlanta”
- Garden & Gun 2015

“Most Interesting Architecture”
- Atlanta Business Chronicle 2015

"Best Place to See Contemporary Dance"
- Atlanta Magazine 2015

"Changing the Face of Atlanta's Art Scene"
- The Creators Project 2015


******The Goat Farm does not allow weddings, receptions or rehearsal dinners


Believing the arts to be an economic driver for Atlanta, the Goat Farm Arts Center awards its performance and exhibition halls for free through a review board process. Once selected the Goat Farm invests in and works with the artists and/or performance groups to actualize the concept.

All Goat Farm Recipients receive its AIP (Arts Investment Package) which includes financial assistance, direct funding, production assistance, marketing assistance and rehearsal / performance / exhibition / classroom space. The Goat Farm AIP investment vehicle is valued at $9,000 - $80,000 per AIP recipient.

The AIP also includes:
Management team
Logistics team
Tech team
Aesthetics team
Production team
Graphic designers
PR firm
Social media team


Artist-in-Residence Programs:
The Center houses two Artist-in-Residence programs through affiliate organizations:

•The Creatives Project: http://www.thecreativesproject.org/programs
•Mint Gallery: http://mintatl.org/