Macon Arts Alliance is excited to present their June show, “Embodiment”, featuring works by mixed media artist Courtenay Puckett. This mixed media body of work explores the banana tree as a metaphor for the human life cycle, its rhythms of growth, fruiting, decay, and renewal reflecting our own processes of becoming.

 

The opening reception will be at the Macon Arts Gallery on First Friday, June 5, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

 

Additionally, Courtenay Puckett will be holding an Artist Talk with 478 Creatives at the Macon Arts Gallery on Friday, June 26, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

 

“Embodiment” will be available to view from June 5 to June 26.

 

Presented by Macon Arts Alliance at Macon Arts Gallery

486 First Street, Macon, GA 31201

FREE

Jun 5 - Jun 26, 2026

 

Michael Albert Brings his Modern Pop Art Experience for All Ages to Macon, Georgia this Summer!!

As part of his Summer Southern Pop Art Tour, American Pop Artist Michael Albert will be bringing his nationally known Cereal Box Collage Workshop to the Museum of Arts & Sciences in Macon, GA on Friday June 26th from 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

 

He will lead his Hands-On Collage workshop where participants (Kids & parents) will have the chance to create their own masterpieces using Albert’s materials of choice, namely Cereal Boxes & other colorful cardboard packages including cookie boxes, cracker boxes, soda cartons & many other well known consumer brands. All participants will receive a free signed poster of one of Albert’s creations as a special gift for joining him in this creative art making session.

 

American Pop Artist Michael Albert was born & raised in New York on Long Island where graduated from Lawrence High School & then, New York University with a business degree, and currently lives & works in White Plains, New York with his wife Erynn. Together they have 4 children. Albert is the author of an artist autobiography titled, “An Artist’s America” (Henry Holt, 2008) and is nationally known for making collage artworks from Cereal boxes & other printed cardboard consumer brand packages. His work has been described as a cross between Pop Art, Cubism & Recycling with a wide range of subjects he explores including many text-based works. He just calls it “Art”.

 

Albert’s Pop Art is often referred to as “Modern” since he’s been creating it for the past 25 years and still creates new works on a regular basis, whereas the Pop Art movement began almost 70 years ago with the ‘old masters’ such as: Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and others who started creating art themed about everyday things (products & objects) & subjects (current events, etc). Albert’s “Portrait of An American Classic”, Frosted Flakes Box Collage was his official beginning as a Modern Pop Artist back in 1996. He calls that collage, ’The Birth of Cerealism’! Since that breakthrough creation, he has created over 700 collages from Cereal boxes like this, and thousands more with different themes, all artworks using the same everyday materials.

 

He says that his true goal in all of this work & effort is to create a masterpiece worthy of hanging in a major museum like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, the Louvre in Paris, The Tate in London, etc!

 

He will be bringing his nationally renowned “Modern Pop Art Experience” Art programs to over 100 cities in 6 states this summer including: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina & North Carolina. Over the past 15 years he has been running this art enrichment program and brought it to over 1,500 libraries, museums, schools, art & community centers in 48 states so far, with only Alaska & Hawaii left to complete the 50!

 

He is excited to bring his art to the Museum of Arts & Sciences for the first time!

 

View his work at https://michaelalbert.com.

 

This event is included in general admission for the day, and is FREE for our members.

 

Presented by Museum of Arts and Sciences at Museum of Arts and Sciences

4182 Forsyth Rd, Macon, GA 31210

Event included in general admission, FREE for MAS members

Jun 26, 2026 from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm

 

Join us for an engaging one-week day camp at the Johnston-Felton-Hay House, designed for rising 4th through 6th graders who have a curiosity about history and preservation! Campers will explore Macon’s architectural heritage, learning about different styles and the significance of preserving historical structures.

 

Highlights of the camp include:

A van tour with Visit Macon, tracing the area’s history from its earliest settlements at the site of what is now Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.

Hands-on learning about architectural and painting finishes.

A creative experience at Historic Macon’s Second Street workshop, where campers will discover and design their own projects.

 

By the end of the week, participants will have a deeper appreciation for how the past shapes our present and why it’s essential to preserve it for future generations.

 

Presented by Hay House at Hay House

934 Georgia Ave, Macon, GA 31201

Registration: $185 per student

Phone: (478) 742-8155

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.georgiatrust.org/tours-events/hay-house-events/

Jun 22 - Jun 26, 2026 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

 

Corks & Canvas is a fun, beginner-friendly painting workshop where you can relax and hang out with friends while a local artist teaches you how to recreate a beautiful painting. No painting experience required.

 

Bring a beverage of your choice to sip on while you paint. The cost is $30, and includes all materials for an 11 x 14 painting (or $35 for a 16 x 20 painting). The workshops start at 7 pm and lasts two and a half hours. On June 27, our instructor will teach a painting of yellow lemons hanging from a luscious lemon tree.

 

To register, visit: https://www.the567center.org/art-classes/ or call (478) 238-6051.

 

Presented by The 567 Center for Renewal at The 567 Center for Renewal

456 First St, Macon, GA 31201

$30 includes all materials for an 11 x 14 painting, or $35 for a 16 x 20 painting

Jun 27, 2026 from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

 

The Museum of Arts and Sciences is excited to present Bird Day on June 27, 2026! There’s fun for the whole family with live animal experiences, meet and greets with the Georgia Falconry Association, and bird craft activities happening all day long! Learn about falconry and all the birds that call the Mini-Zoo their home. This event is FREE for members and included in our regular admission prices.

 

Presented by Museum of Arts and Sciences at Museum of Arts and Sciences

4182 Forsyth Rd, Macon, GA 31210

Event included in general admission, FREE for MAS members

Jun 27, 2026 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

 

 

On July 2nd the Middle Georgia Concert Band will be presenting an exciting patriotic concert celebrating our 250th anniversary as a country.

 

The Middle Georgia Concert Band will be presenting exciting and moving patriotic music to help you celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary! Familier themes will be played including America the Beautiful and the Armed Forces medley. Also a march by John Williams and a moving piece to commemorate the Tuskegee airmen.

 

We will also host an ice cream social following the event!! Free of charge!

 

Presented by Middle Georgia Concert Band and Mercer University Band at Peach County High School

3665 Peach Pkwy, Fort Valley, GA 31030

FREE

Jul 2, 2026 from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm

 

 

Learn how to paint in acrylic in this 6-week class. You’ll be introduced to foundational techniques through simple, approachable projects.

 

In this six-week class, you can learn the basics of painting with acrylics with Molly Fox. The class will cover topics such as mixing colors, composition, brushstrokes and texture, while practicing painting a variety of subjects. Students will create three paintings throughout the class: a still life, a landscape, and a figure painting. No painting experience required.

 

Ages 18 and up. The cost is $175 for non-members, $145 for members, and includes all materials. Meets Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm, starting June 1.

 

About the instructor:

Molly Fox is a self-taught painter whose dreamy, whimsical style — which she calls whimpressionism — blends emotion, color, and imagination. Living with chronic illness and partial blindness, she creates from a place of deep feeling and quiet resilience. She primarily paints in oil and acrylic, with a growing interest in other mediums like oil pastels and mixed media. Molly has exhibited her work in group shows such as the Small Works Exhibition and Blossom Exhibition at Macon Arts Alliance, as well as the Rainbow Show at Macon ArtSpace. Her first solo show opens in September 2025 at Milledgeville Allied Arts. Molly is also a teaching artist who leads workshops, paint parties, and children’s art events through local creative communities.

 

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If you’d like more information about becoming a 567 member, you can visit our website: http://www.the567center.org/membership/

 

For information about our other workshops visit: http://www.the567center.org/art-classes/

 

Presented by The 567 Center for Renewal at The 567 Center for Renewal

456 First St, Macon, GA 31201

$175 includes all supplies

Jun 1 - Jul 6, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

 

Savannah band Wymberly heads to The Bird for a night full of Southern Rock and jam.

 

Music starts at 9:30 pm!

 

$5 / Door

 

Presented by The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom at The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom

430 Cherry St, Macon, GA 31201

$5 at the door

Jul 11, 2026 at 9:30 pm

 

Learn various techniques with clay as you create your own ceramic mugs in this fun workshop. No experience necessary for this beginner-friendly class. Kristin Streilein will teach this workshop. $45 includes all materials to make 1-2 mugs ($30 for members). Open to ages 12 and up (ages 12-15 must be accompanied by a participating adult). July 11, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm.

 

Creations will not be glazed (painted) during this class, but you can come back during our Clay Studio Night to glaze your creations in your choice of colors (registration for Clay Studio Night required). Clay Studio Night usually happens on the 2nd & 4th Friday of each month. Fee for workshop includes glazing during Clay Studio Night.

 

Register online at: http://www.the567center.org/art-classes/

 

Presented by The 567 Center for Renewal at The 567 Center for Renewal

456 First St, Macon, GA 31201

$45 includes all materials for 1-2 mugs

Jul 11, 2026 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm