Folk Art Park

Folk Art Park was designed to respect and represent southern folk art's traditional properties. There is a large quilt making display created by Lonnie Holley and Howard Finster. Folk Art Park has cement islands created by freeway bridges. It is located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia at Piedmont Bridge over I75 and I85 in the Peachtree Corridor. It is not much of a greenery park meaning it is actually a park based on quilting and folk art using buildings and freeways to create an aerial view that is meant to be seen and recognized. The park has gourd trees, animal and human sculptures, windmills, and some walls to add to the displays.

It is the first outdoor park and tribute to folk art. The park was completed in honor of the Olympic Games of 1996 held in Atlanta. There is a sculpture garden with several pieces like Earth Flower by Lonnie Holley and Good Mornin' Happy Day by Harold Rittenberry. The artists are mostly locals, though some are from other areas of the south. Star Wheel with Guitar Girls is one of the windmills on display created by James Harold Jennings. Fence and Gateway is another by the same artist at the park.