Albany Area Arts Council

Member Art Organizations

Albany Museum of Art

The Albany Museum of Art

The Albany Museum of Art offers a schedule of national traveling exhibitions, changing exhibits of Georgia Artists and community interests. Permanent collections include 19th and 20th century American and European art and one of the largest collections of Traditional African Art in the Southeast.






The Albany Symphony Orchestra

Albany Symphony Orchestra

The Albany Symphony Orchestra is Southwest Georgia's only professional orchestra and is under the direction of a full-time resident conductor. The orchestra performs a 5 concert series on Saturday evenings at the Albany Municipal Auditorium and 3 matinee concerts on Sunday at Darton College.






The Mount Zion Albany Civil Rights Institute Image

Albany Civil Rights Institute

The museum tells the story of the impact of the southwest Georgia movement on the rest of the world while focusing on the role of the African American church and the freedom music that emerged during this period.








Thronateeska Heritage Center

Thronateeska Heritage Center

Thronateeska Heritage Center, established in 1974, is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the education of our community in the areas of cultural history and science.








Albany Municipal Auditorium

The Albany Municipal Auditorium

Albany's magnificent Historic Auditorium is fast gaining the reputation as a Center for Performing Arts, in the heart of Albany and Southwest Georgia.








Albany Concert Association

Albany Concert Association

The Albany Concert Association was founded in 1935 as a non-profit organization with the goal of bringing high quality entertainment by professional artists to southwest Georgia.








Georgia Artists' Guild Of Albany

The Georgia Artist's Guild of Albany

The Georgia Artist's Guild is a group of practicing artists dedicated to advancing he standards and awareness of visual arts in the region and the State of Georgia. The Guild meets monthly, sponsoring workshops, lectures, and demonstrations of interest to area artists.








Theatre Albany

Theatre Albany

Theatre Albany offers five major productions during the regular season in its 314 seat main stage theater. In addition, productions are offered in the intimate Studio theater, as well as children's theater, reader's theater, summer youth workshops, and adult acting workshops.








Albany Chorale

The Albany Choral

The Albany chorale is a long standing choral group presenting three concerts a year of classical, jazz, madrigal and American folk music. A small Chamber Ensemble group is chosen by auditions and is available for special community events. In addition, the Chorale performs with the Albany Symphony orchestra during the Christmas season and at other special musical presentations.