Join the MAS Collector’s Guild to visit artist Cedric Smith in his studio here in Macon. Cedric will show you what he is working on and tell you all about his process, content, and upcoming exhibitions. Guild members will see works in progress, ask questions and converse with the artist. Please RSVP to Art Curator, Megan McNaught at mmcnaught@masmacon.com. To join the MAS Collector’s Guild, contact Megan McNaught via email or by calling (478) 477-3232.

Cedric Smith was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1970. He resides in Macon, Georgia. He is a self-taught painter and photographer who draws on a wide range of influences and sources, traditional and contemporary, to express his poignant observations of African American life. Much of his work is inspired by an observation from his childhood: the absence and negative portrayals of African Americans in advertising and on the labels of popular brands during that of earlier times.

Smith has received extensive critical acclaim for his work in the U.S. and abroad. His work is in numerous private and public collections.