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Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart will showcase his art in Atlanta

Mickey Hart is not only the legendary drummer for The Grateful Dead, but a longtime artist.
Mickey Hart is not only the legendary drummer for The Grateful Dead, but a longtime artist.
By Melissa Ruggieri
Feb 25, 2019

We've had visits recently from Paul Stanley, Rick Allen of Def Leppard and Ric Ocasek, and now Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart will make a local appearance to exhibit his art.

Hart will debut his showcase in Atlanta as part of his North American art tour at Wentworth Gallery in Phipps Plaza from 2-4 p.m. March 24.

The longtime Dead percussionist refers to his work as Vibrational Expressionism and says it combines art with music and science.

Mickey Hart art.
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Hart, who will be back in Atlanta June 29 for a show with Dead & Company at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood, is on the board of trustees of the American Folklife Center and has worked with archivists and ethnomusicologists at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian.

Visit www.mickeyhartfineart.com for a closer look at his artwork.

Mickey Hart art.
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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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