Cinqué Hicks
Cinqué Hicks
New Position
Editor-in-Chief
ArtsATL
February 2024
“Cinqué Hicks has been named editor-in-chief of ArtsATL.org. Starting March 1, he will be responsible for the nonprofit website’s editorial vision and will work with the executive director and the board on strategic planning. He will also coordinate partnerships with other media such as The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
“I’m delighted that Cinqué will be joining us as editor-in-chief,” says ArtsATL Executive Director Patti Siegel. “His 25 years of experience as an editor and arts journalist, both locally and nationally, will be a real asset to ArtsATL. I’m excited about this next chapter.”
A Harvard graduate with a masters in digital media from Georgia Tech, Hicks is a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for his long- and short-form reviews, analyses and essays for local and international arts publications including Artforum, Sculpture and Art in America. He served briefly as interim editor-in-chief at Art Papers.
Hicks was the founding creative director of the organization Atlanta Art Now from 2010 to 2011, where he managed and produced a visual art program exploring risky contemporary visual art created by Atlanta artists.
In that role, he oversaw and co-authored the book Noplaceness: Art in a Post-Urban Landscape with Catherine Fox, award-winning art critic and co-founder of ArtsATL, and Jerry Cullum,…” Read More
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