The UnVacant Lot
Banner| Barefoot in the Wild Garden by Lucrezia Bieler
Located in heart of Thomasville’s downtown Creative District at 217 West Jackson Street, this space provides a unique opportunity to showcase public art year-round and serves to actively engage our neighbors through experiences which feature unexpected ideas. The UnVacant Lot is equipped with outdoor furniture, Wi-Fi, and shade sales and is accessible to everyone at no charge.
Licht und Schatten | Lucrezia Bieler
On View | Nov 6, 2025 – Feb 6, 2026
Lucrezia Bieler’s creation, Licht und Schatten, highlights Bieler’s unique papercuts inspired by the Wildlife Arts Festival logo and other gentle creatures in the Red Hills Region.
Celebrating the Festival’s 30th year, Darlene Crosby Taylor, Public Art Director at the Center, teamed up with Hurst Boiler the UnVacant Lot presenter, to craft an installation that highlights Bieler’s detailed and delicate paper cuts in a new, meaningful way.
Using the art of metalwork, Taylor and Hurst designed five and seven-foot lanterns with Bieler’s artwork casting both light and shadow throughout the space.
For the Love of You | Trish Land
Painted LIVE in 2025 during Stop and Smell the Roses! | Ongoing
Trish Land’s For the Love of You is her very own love letter to Thomasville, Ga. Full of Thomasville’s famous roses, Land is not only inspired by the beloved flower, but also by the people of Thomasville. The mural stems from a story of love and loss found amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Land, who hails from Albany, Ga., initially got involved with the Thomasville Center for the Arts when she applied for the Wildlife Arts Festival show four years ago.
Morning in the Red Hills
Joe Cowdrey
Installed 2020 + 2022 | Ongoing
Morning in the Tall Pines + Morning at the Fresh Spring
In Morning at the Fresh Spring, Joe Cowdrey draws inspiration from the iconic attributes of the Red Hills Region and portrays the fresh and clean water of our region. Cowdrey’s other project, Morning in the Tall Pines, uses similar inspiration from the surrounding forested areas setting the scene for a misty morning in the longleaf pine forest.
On Location
katherine sandoz
Installed 2021 | Ongoing
Field studies of the Red Hills region are documented in this installation of two vistas: one water and one field + forest. Creating a sense of one being at the bottom of a field, pond or swamp, this view depicts a high bluff, and a lower-lying lake with a constellation of water loving flora: pitcher plants, sagittaria, and water lilies.
Past Exhibitions
