The Goat Farm Arts Center

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Tucked away in West Midtown, this 10-acre historic property boasts a variety of indoor and outdoor performance spaces to see a concert by a touring act or local band or a show by one of the resident dance or theater companies.

On a perfect spring day I had the privilege of touring the Goat Farm in Atlanta’s West Midtown area. This curious space is one part dilapidated warehouse, one part urban farm and one part beautifully awesome. Rumor has it that this space was once owned and guarded by a notorious recluse who chased would-be developers off with a shotgun. Now this urban oddity is an idyllic yet still clandestine space, home to artists, musicians and small nonprofits. The new owners of the space have grand plans to develop an affordable live-work-play environment attracting creative talent from all walks of life. They are keeping development to a minimum; instead of relying on retail driven business, they thrive on renting practice space, event facilities and artists quarters at reasonable prices to those looking for a quirky and rustic experience.

The Goat Farm Arts Center is a hybrid project that assembles art, performance, science, design, and technology entities in developments that simultaneously operate as centers for contemporary art and performance. The center is housed in a 19th-century complex of industrial buildings and contains the studio space for over 450 artists, performers, designers, researchers, creative entities and small tech start-ups. The Goat Farm hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, traditional and experimental theatrical performances, film screenings, contemporary dance performances, art exhibitions, workshops, seminars and panel discussions. It is also home to resident performance companies gloATL, Saiah, The Collective Project and Theatre du Reve. The Center houses two Artist-in-Residence programs through affiliate organizations, The Creatives Project and Mint Gallery.[2]