2025 HAMBIDGE HIVE
August 28 - September 13, 2025 | Uptown Atlanta
VIP Hour 6:00-7:00pm General Admission 7:00-10:00pm
This summer, Hambidge Hive arrives—15 floors up! With panoramic city views, we’re flipping the 15th floor of Uptown Atlanta into a full-on creative takeover—think connected rooms, pop-up galleries, cozy lounges, and immersive installations. We will create a unique Hambidge satellite with experimental works, performances by DJ Kemit and Fly on the Wall, and unexpected moments of connection—all set against sweeping city views. September 13 marks the 30th anniversary of our annual Hambidge Auction, join us to bid on work, view the installations, and party!
The HIVE Auction and Party is Saturday, September 13.
Our Hambidge Auction goes live at noon on August 28, the day of our artist reception. There will be options to “Buy it Now” leading up to the big night and our auction will close at 10:00pm September 13. Don’t miss our fan favorite: the $200 Wall! Works on this wall will be exclusively available at an affordable price on September 13. All events are at Uptown Atlanta (575 Main St NE Atlanta, GA 30324). For transit and parking information, visit our directions page.
Installation by Roberto Rafael Navarrete
HaMBIDGE Hive Schedule
Sneak Peek Patron Tour with T.K. Smith: August 27 (open to Patrons & Sponsors only)
Artist Reception: August 28, 6:00-8:30pm (click HERE to register for FREE)
(Online Auction now live via the Givesmart platform)
Hive Installation Artist Talk #1: August 30, 12:00-1:30pm (FREE click HERE for more information)
Artwork Viewing by Appointment: Sept 2-12 (request time HERE)
Hive Installation Artist Talk #2: September 11, 6:00-7:30pm (FREE click HERE for more information)
Auction Party: September 13, Ticketed Event (click HERE to buy tickets)
VIP Hour 6:00-7:00pm General Admission 7:00-10:00pm
Don’t miss out: the party continues at Madre Selva after the auction closes 10pm till late!
HIVE INSTALLATION ARTISTS
Paul Stephen Benjamin
Paul Stephen Benjamin was born in Chicago, Illinois and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He holds a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MFA from Georgia State University. Benjamin’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the US including at the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA; Virginia Musuem of Fine Art, Richmond, VA;Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA; ICA, Richmond, VA; Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for Art, Savannah, GA, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Prospect 5: Yesterday we said tomorrow, New Orleans, LA. Benjamin is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Joan Mitchell Fellowship, Hudgens Prize, Southern Art Prize, State Fellow of Georgia, MOCA GA Working Artist Project, Artadia Award, a Winnie B. Chandler Fellowship, and a Hambidge Fellowship.
MIKE BLACK
Black graduated from Georgia State University in 2012 with a BFA concentrated in Sculpture. He is an Atlanta based mixed media artist A.K.A, maker of things. He has shown in Atlanta, New York, Miami, and Canada.
Maxwell Blankenship
Maxwell Blankenship, also known as Maxxieb, is a 25-year-old multidisciplinary designer and textile artist based in Atlanta, GA. He holds a BFA in Interior Design with a minor in Fibers from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). By day, he works in hospitality design at Shaw Contract’s Custom Design Studio, where he collaborates with interior designers to bring custom carpet solutions to life through texture, color, and storytelling.
Outside of his full-time role, Maxwell’s personal practice centers on hand-tufted textile art. Using tufting as his primary medium, his work explores vibrant color, queer identity, and the joy of play. Through bold forms and rich textures, his pieces serve as expressive reflections of self and space. His work has been exhibited in Memphis, TN.
Grace Kisa
Grace Kisa is a Kenyan born American artist based in Atlanta, Georgia.A multi disciplinary artist whose primary expression is sculpture, her process is improvisational, a combination of creative play and problem solving. The materials that she uses vary from clay, metal, wood, fiber, and resin. with a focus on recycling and repurposing ordinary objects .Her work draws inspiration from the experiences of a childhood spent in Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana, Virginia, and as a practicing artist Georgia.
By taking what is familiar and transforming it, she creates narratives that engage various histories while working through concepts of intersectional identities, examining the processes of migration and cultural exchange beyond borders. Particular attention is given to ideas of comfort, alienation, adaptation and assimilation. Set against how that relates in a globalized world
Scott Ingram
Artist Scott Ingram’s practice includes painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, and installation. A devoted student of 20th century Modernism, Ingram often uses manufactured materials and the formal visual language of abstraction to create his work. However, rather than the house paint, steel, glass, and reinforced concrete typical of mid-century art and design, the artist instead employs and emulates media closely associated with our current material culture. Simulated sheetrock paintings, nail polish line drawings, concrete blocks made of foam, and actual houses pierced by wooden I-beams satirically elevate the trappings of contemporary commercialism to the place of Modernist art and architecture. Delighting and challenging our eye at once, Ingram’s playfully disrupted geometric compositions provide a comic critique of the structures that define urban life and landscape today.
Gregory Walker
Gregory has spent over thirty years making essential architectural spaces, furniture, and objects. A founding partner of Houser Walker Architecture and Kokili Projects, his work spans a range of scales and types. Whether the challenge is an international headquarters, a home, or a flower vase, his work inevitably returns to a series of primary concerns and values: place, volume, flow, proportion, light, and atmosphere, uniquely expressed through craft, material, and production techniques. He has taught at the University of Arkansas, Georgia Institute of Technology, and his alma mater of Auburn University.
Charlita
Charlita (Charlie Mitchell) is a 37-year-old Indigenous scenic designer specializing in live events and art installations. With roots as a mixed-media artist and prop maker, her creative path is deeply grounded in tactile exploration and an eye for intricate detail. Over the years, Charlita has evolved her practice into transforming spaces into immersive, emotionally resonant environments—whether designing large-scale events or site-specific installations. Her work honors craft, culture, and sensory engagement, inviting audiences into spaces that are both imaginative and intentional.
Marryam Moma
Marryam Moma is a Tanzanian-Nigerian visual artist based in Atlanta whose innovative analog collage practice has established her as a prominent contemporary voice. With a Bachelor of Architecture from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, Moma transforms disparate elements into intricate narrative compositions that promote understanding and inclusivity.
Her work has achieved remarkable visibility across diverse platforms. Her art has graced covers of MODE MEN Magazine and XXL Magazine, appeared in acclaimed television productions including Black-ish, Bel-Air, and Cherish The Day, and been featured in Popular Science, Create! Magazine, and The New Brownies Book, which earned the NAACP Image Award in 2024.
Moma's practice extends beyond galleries through ambitious public installations, including an outdoor sculpture for The United Nations, murals for Clark Atlanta University sponsored by Dell Technologies and Home Depot, and the building-wide ICONoclasts Atlanta installation for Dashboard. She's currently developing "Quilts in the Sky," a permanent sculpture for November 2025.
Roberto Rafael Navarrete
Roberto Rafael Navarrete (He/They) (b. 1982) is an interdisciplinary first generation Peruvian-American artist working across photography, installation, sculpture, video and performance. Working with various species of wood his entire life and researching the knotted language of his Inca ancestors has had a significant influence on Navarrete's work throughout his career as this introduced his passion for knots and alters. In 2015, Navarrete received The Graduate Teaching Assistantship at Florida Atlantic University and The Community Engagement Initiative Grant 2018. He lived in South Florida from 2015 to 2020 where he received his Masters in Fine Arts (2018) at Florida Atlantic University with a focus in Painting, Photography and Mixed Media Installations. Navarrete currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Carol Santos
Carol Santos is a Brazilian-born, Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist whose work draws deeply from family heritage and personal memories. Working with acrylics, oils, natural pigments, textiles, and sculpture, she creates dialogues between past, present, and future, inviting reflection on multicultural identity. Santos often incorporates recycled materials and collaborative memories, fostering an inclusive creative process that involves family and friends. Her work is held in private collections in the U.S., Brazil, and Europe, and she has exhibited nationally and internationally. Santos holds an MFA in Painting from SCAD and degrees in Marketing and Communication. She lives in Sandy Springs with her husband and three children, finding joy in a lively home, cooking, and gardening.
Joel Silverman
Joel Silverman confronts ecological and urban change through projected site-specific video projection, aerial photography, LiDAR scanning, and kinetic sculptures informed by cartography. He holds an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and a J.D. from University of Georgia School of Law.
Joel is the co-founder of Drift the Map, a series of experimental durational walk-happenings imagining urban walking as a form of time travel. We invite the public regularly to join us in navigating the city using historical maps rather than current maps, or to re-enact significant walks from history and are led on behalf of the Museum of Design Atlanta and the urbanism activist group ThreadATL.
Joel is a former environmental policy advisor to the Governor of Georgia and his advocacy for arts and culture began in 1997 when he successfully sued the City of Atlanta as an ACLU attorney to overturn Atlanta’s ordinance banning street artists and musicians from busking in public. He continued this advocacy once he quit the law at age 30 to become an installation artist and photographer. As an adjunct faculty member at Emory, Georgia State University, and Agnes Scott College, Joel has taught experimental filmmaking, photography, and printmaking with a focus on social justice-minded artmaking, digital futurism, and photographic and cinematic art history.
T. W. Pilar
Pilar T.W. is a conceptual designer based in Atlanta. Her work explores the entanglement of human industry and ecological systems through sculpture, and installation. Drawing on philosophy, material studies, and systems theory, her practice foregrounds steel, plastics, and organic matter to examine climate, labor, and infrastructural memory.
Self-taught and independently researched, Pilar’s work has been featured on WABE City Lights, in ArtsATL, and other notable publications. She has exhibited across galleries and public spaces throughout the Southeast.
Lonnie Holley, All from One, Acrylic on Paper; 2020
HAMBIDGE HIVE AUCTION ARTISTS
Jesse Abbott + Corinne Adams + Soon Chris Ahn + Ashley Anderson + Steven L. Anderson + Susan Antinori + De'Ja Armstrong + Josh Aronson + David Baerwalde & Alex Martinez + Temme Barkin-Leeds + Michael Barringer + Rose M. Barron + Alisa Barry + Doug Pierre Baulos + Melissa Basham + Bonnie Beauchamp Cooke + Laura Bell + Jorie Berman + Rick Berman + Khalilah Birdsong + Lillian Blades + Justin Blount + Maggie Jones Boudreaux + Christian Bradley West + Rob Brinson + Joseph Brooks + Marc Brotherton + Caroline Bullock + Lucinda Bunnen + Craig Burkhalter & Sylvie Veyrunes + Anthony Campos + Philip Carpenter + Mindy Chaffin + Angelyn S. Chandler + In Kyoung Chun + Kathy Colt + Don Cooper + Myrtie Cope & Austin Hendrix + Eilis C. Crean + Isabell Daniel + Katrina DeMarcus Santiago + Crystal Desai & Orion Crook + Wendy DesChene & Woodland School, Group of Seven + rEN Dillard + Terri Dilling + France Dorman + Treyvian Dowell + Richard DuCree + Didi Dunphy + Chris Dziejowski + Scott Eakin + Casey Engel + Sabre Esler + Peter Essick + Eddie Farr + Rowena Federico Finn + Doug Foltz + Adam Forrester + Angus Galloway + Rachel K. Garceau + Shanequa Gay + Brian George + Richard Gere + Karen Graffeo + Krista Grecco + Lori Haas + Matt Haffner + Sage Hall + Frank Hamrick + Tom Haney + CoCo Harris + Heather Bird Harris + Lydia A Harris + Donte K Hayes + Jessica Helfrecht + Austin Hendrix & Myrtie Cope + Jenny Henley + Tony Hernandez + Jillian Heusohn + Julia Hill + Laurence Holden + Lonnie Holley + Roxane Hollosi + Minna Hong + House of TAU + Scott Ingram + Kimani Johnson + Susan Ker-Seymer + George King + Cassia Kite + Jason Kofke + Kathryn Kolb + Maria Korol + Micheal Lachowski + Meg Lagodzki + Robbie Land + Sam Lasseter + Michelle Laxalt + Ester Lipscomb + George Long & William Downs + Beth Loveland + Gabi Madrid + Shoccara Marcus + Dominique Maru + Jason Matherly + Zapp McConnell + Casey McGuire & Mark Schoon + Forest McMullin + Yari J. Mena + Lonnie Holley + Ruth Moffatt + Marryam Moma + Jennifer Stack Moore + Raoul Morren + Megan Mosholder + Mollie Murphy + Eleanor Neal + Shahnaz Nia + Laura Allen Noel + Dorothy O'Connor + Masud Olufani + Julia Paull + Joe Peragine + Allen Peterson + Jo A Peterson + Mario Petrirena + Marinelly Pinango + Allie Pohl + Lynn Pollard + Michael Reese + Kathryn Refi + Hannah Reynoso Toussaint + Ato Ribeiro + Rocio Rodriguez + Stacie U. Rose + Carol Santos + Elinor Saragoussi + Santi Saucedo + Jazmin Marie Saunders + Tommye McClure Scanlin + Jeff Schmuki + Kimberly Michelle Shelton + Robert Sherer + Tim Short + Jena Sibille + Joel Silverman + Jessica Smith + Stephanie Smith + Royce Soble + Ann Stewart & Seana Reilly + Tom Swanston + Tommy Taylor + Dayna Thacker + Tiffany Thomas + Aineki Traverso + Gregory Turk + Mary Stuart Walker + Matthew White + Martha Whittington + Lisa Whittington + Jeffrey Wilcox Paclipan & Christine Wilcox + Ife Williams + Jasmine Nicole Williams + Susie Winton + Melissa Word & Gavin Bernard + Jennifer Yorke + Soo Kim Yung & Nam Kim + Nyala Yvonne +
MUSICAL + DANCE PERFORMANCes
DJ KEMIT
DJ Kemit is your favorite DJ’s favorite DJ—a legendary tastemaker with roots in hip-hop and a reach that spans the globe. From his early days with Grammy-winning Arrested Development and Goodie Mob, to being a driving force in Atlanta’s music scene, Kemit doesn’t just spin records—he curates unforgettable sonic experiences. His genre-defying sets blend house, soul, jazz, and hip-hop with precision, earning him respect from peers like Louie Vega, A Tribe Called Quest, and Josh Milan, and the honor of being voted “Best of Atlanta” multiple times.
As a Grammy-nominated producer and half of the deep house duo KemeticJust, DJ Kemit’s influence runs deep. He’s crafted hits like Anthony David’s #1 single “4evermore,” and collaborated with legends from Eric Roberson to Robert Glasper. From rocking private parties for Prince and Janet Jackson to commanding stages at Art Basel, One Music Fest, and the Atlanta Jazz Festival, Kemit remains a master of mood and movement. Now, he continues shaping culture through The Echo Room, Atlanta’s new hub for vinyl and analog sound.
For his full biography, visit his artist website.
Fly on a Wall
Fly on a Wall will be embodying energies expressed through the installations, using their bodies as a bridge between the art and the viewers.
Fly on a Wall is an Atlanta based arts platform that supports and creates embodied performance. Fly on a Wall aims to provide opportunity, space and resources for artists to create work that responds to, reimagines, and activates the ever-evolving moment within our community.
Fly on a Wall will be hosting an after party in their space for our September 11 Installation Artist Talk!
VOLUNTEER WITH US
BE A PART OF THE HIVE
It takes a lot to put on a multifaceted auction and installation with two weeks of events and activations! We need your help to make Hambidge Hive the best it can be. We will have a number of opportunities to volunteer leading up to our closing night party. Sign up for a volunteer time slot and check out upcoming volunteer opportunities at the linked button below.
Patron & Sponsor Opportunities
Support Hambidge Hive—and receive some very special VIP perks—by signing up to be a Patron or Sponsor of the Auction Party happening on September 13, 2025, on the 15th Floor of Uptown Atlanta. This year, we are proud to honor Susan and Ron Antinori for their legendary vision and leadership, which have helped shape and elevate Hambidge’s creative presence in Georgia and beyond. Choose your level and make a donation, or contact Kathryn Derryberry, Development Director, at kderryberry@hambidge.org or 770-851-5631. Click HERE to become a Patron or Sponsor today!
Learn more about sponsorships, event demographics, and VIP perks here.
Patrons & Sponsors
Honorees: Susan & Ron Antinori
Hive Leaders
Anna Callaway Real Estate – InvestInAtl.com, Susan & Ron Antinori, Melissa Bunnen-Jernigan & James Jernigan, The Modernist Design Collective - Felipe Flores, Lynn Pollard, Belinda & Ken Reusch
Creative Circle
Suzanne M. Arpin, Chubb, Lauren & Tim Schrager, Nancy Shaidnagle & Gene Luckey
Artistic Allies
Alisa & Joseph Alonso, Laurel & Gordon Buchmiller, Sherry & Jeff Cohen, Didi Dunphy, Pat & Jim Durrett, Will & India Epps, Martha Eskew & Chet Tisdale, John & Jaxson Ferrell, Judy & Scott Lampert, Karimah McFarlane-BUCKHEAD ART & COMPANY, Erika & John Montag, One Consulting Group, Kirk Rich & John DeRosa, Karen & Clay Rolader, Lee Walker & Dawn McNaught-Walker, Barb & Thom Williams, John & Jaxson Ferrell, Laura Murvartian & Michael Rhim
Friends of the Hive
Patty & Dan Blanton, Claire Olliff Bowen, Lisa Ezzard & Brooks Franklin, Liz Gillespie, Smith Hanes & Alisa Barry, Nancy Hooff, Chris Lewis & John Johnson, Bari & Russell Love, Rosemary Magee, Jenny Miller & Benjamin Findley, Molly Monk, Rob & Kayla Osborne, Karen & Fisher Paty, Paula Francis Rogers, Suzanne Shaw & Daniel Biddy, Kay Betts & John Sibley, Jane & Dan Skinner, Drs. Michael Milton & Brenda Stockdale, Kevin M. Storer, Ph.D, Anne & David Tracht, Dick Vincent, Kathy & David Williams, Michelle & Jonathan Williams, Woodie & Steve Wisebram
Patrons of Process
1 Electric, Judy Beckett, Louise Bray, Susan Bridges, Jennifer Brooks, Rebecca & Mick Cochran, Louis Corrigan, Anthony Healy, Wanda S. Hopkins, Beth Jones, Gordon Mansergh, Missi McMorries, Saundra Maass-Robinson, MD, Shanita Miller, Quentin Moses, Diane Wisebram
Thank you to this year’s committed event sponsors: Cathead Vodka, Madre Selva, The Wine Group, Skillshot, GDS Technology, Sceptre Brewing Arts, King Cube, MARTA, Anna Callaway Real Estate, Black Girls’ Guide to Atlanta, Pennhouse Productions, GULCH Magazine, and Uptown Atlanta.
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