In the fall of 2017, 825 Warner Street became the birthplace for what would grow to become one of the most recognizable artist collectives in Atlanta, The Bakery, now based in South Downtown. The original location was just a raw space that people transformed into a magical place. Widely known for their art exhibitions, open mics, workshops, and a wide variety of other events, The Bakery has worked hard over the years to give practitioners and lovers of DIY art a space to learn, grow, network, and create.
Now, the people who started The Bakery have a new, even bigger project they are working on, The Supermarket. The founder and creative director, Willow Goldstein, and Assistant Director Amanda Norris sat down with Georgia Voice to discuss how The Bakery Atlanta came to be, what it is today and what they hope to bring to the table with The Supermarket.
Goldstein credits many of her ideas for The Bakery to her childhood and time spent with her mother on their 12-hour trips to Florida to visit family. It was a time before screens, so she said they “would make up imaginary BnBs and restaurants, talk about planning a whole menu. It was just a lot of make-believe.” Goldstein grew up around many artists in Cabbagetown before it was what it is today and her mother, who studied at the Atlanta College of Arts, always instilled in her the importance of the arts.
Goldstein’s mom also instilled in her much ambition.
“She thinks everything is possible,” she said of her mother.
That belief has always allowed her to place no boundaries on what The Bakery could be. It took that ambition to get the ball rolling in the first place. She went to college in Boston and later moved to New York for a few years, working different art internships and volunteering for different organizations, such as Arts in Bushwick, that would inspire her. She was feeling like she had run her course in New York, and Goldstein said, “I knew that if I wanted to do…
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