City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (404) 266-0102

Address: 762 Miami Circle

Description: Artists themselves, the Vespermann family opened their first gallery to feature glass art exclusively. In 2008, Serena Vespermann partnered with Jeannie Cooper to expand their gallery to include paintings as well. You can also buy exquisite glass bracelets, earrings, and pins.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (404) 420-4342

Address: 264 Peters St. SW

Description: The work of African-American artists is among the contemporary conceptual work by well-known local and national artists from the Southeast and as far away as New York, Texas, and the West Coast shown at this Castleberry Hill gallery.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (770) 528-1444

Address: 30 Atlanta St.

Description: This museum is housed in a 1909 Greek Revival–style post office building just off the square in Marietta. Typical offerings include mainstream exhibitions of American and European art from the 19th and 20th centuries and highlights from the museum’s own collection of American art. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and students; the museum is open Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday noon to 4 p.m.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Shopping

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (770) 623-6002

Address: 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy.

Description: The Gwinnett Council for the Arts is a nonprofit organization that owns and operates the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts through contributions from private patrons, corporations, and foundations. Art exhibitions are presented in four areas, and the permanent collection holds works by Picasso and Kandinsky, among others. Admission is $5. Members and children younger than 6 are admitted for free.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (770) 642-7380

Address: 934 Canton St.

Description: Heaven Blue Rose, a contemporary cooperative gallery, takes its name from a group Marc Chagall belonged to in 1907. Run by five visual artists, the gallery features contemporary works in diverse media and subject areas. Since the gallery is artist-run, customers can meet at least one of the artists whenever they come in to shop.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (770) 645-2050

Address: 1169 Canton St.

Description: Judy Raiford, herself a jeweler, has for years offered her home just prior to Christmas to other artists wishing to reach the affluent residents of Roswell seeking unique holiday gifts. With the opening of a formal gallery, these very same artisans and others now have a much-needed location in Roswell from which to vend on a daily basis. The Raiford Gallery, a two-story studio north of the city’s historic square, was built out of timber frame and is quite unusual. In 9,000 square feet the gallery has room for delicate custom silver necklaces as well as enormous wood carvings, and the range in styles and media reflects the scale of the new exhibition space.