This month, Westside Atlanta’s unique home furnishings store, Room & Board, is participating in three exciting events that bring food, wine, fine art and modern design to the table while supporting community ties and local charities. Atlanta’s distinguished three-level, 34,000-square-foot-store for home décor and design will showcase timeless items and hot trends at the Westside Provisions District Wine Walk, The Atlanta Arts Festival and the inaugural Midtown Festival of the Arts.
Throughout these series of events, Room & Board will feature works from the marvelous 103-year-old Eva Zeisel, internationally acclaimed artist and contemporary design legend, who collaborated with New York City design studio KleinReid to create a series of limited-edition silkscreens called Lovers’ Suite exclusively for Room & Board. The prints are hand-signed and numbered by Zeisel, featuring abstract symmetrical swan, tulip and wing motifs with her signature curved shapes in four colorways. Born in Budapest in 1906, Zeisel’s works are in the permanent collections of Brohan Museum in Germany, the British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum in London and The Museum of Modern Art in New York among others. She has lectured widely and had retrospective exhibitions in dozens of museums in the U.S. and abroad.
Westside Provisions District Wine Walk – Thursday, Sept. 16
Bunk up with Room & Board for an evening of savory sips and swag as the Westside Provisions District hosts the neighborhood’s first ever Wine Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Guests will enjoy extended shopping hours, a tasting glass to sample wine from around the world carefully selected by Perrine’s Wine Shop and a map of the district with information about each wine featured on the tour complete with giveaways. Benefiting AID Atlanta, tickets for the Wine Walk are $30 and can be purchased online.
The Atlanta Arts Festival – Saturday, Sept. 18 & Sunday, Sept. 19
Room & Board will uproot to Piedmont Park for a weekend celebrating outstanding art from across the country at The Atlanta Arts Festival. More than 200 local and nationally recognized artists from an eclectic mix of 12 mediums, including jewelry, painting, photography, ceramics and sculpture, glassblowing and more, will gather for two days at an outdoor artisan market, which has been ranked among the top 200 art festivals in the country for both fine art and fine craft by The Art Fair Sourcebook. For more information, visit www.AtlantaArtsFestival.com.
Midtown Festival of the Arts – Saturday, Sept. 25 & Sunday, Sept. 26
Celebrating Midtown Atlanta’s diverse arts and entertainment offerings, the Midtown Festival of the Arts will take shape along the Midtown Mile on Peachtree Street between 5th and 10th Streets. Midtown’s walkable city streets will transform to showcase a vibrant artist market featuring more than 100 visual artists as well as stages for performing arts. Room & Board will be one of many retail booths showcasing signature home décor items at the event, which also includes chef demonstrations, special tastings from more than 25 outstanding restaurants and a free evening movie. Details on the event are available at www.midtownfestivalofthearts.org.
