Chamblee Public Art Commission seeks sponsors and retools Art Drop for April event

Tanisha, the city arts liaison, told the commission that Art Drop is scheduled for April 20–25 and asked for help securing sponsors or donations of art supplies, naming Plaid as a prior sponsor and noting difficulty reestablishing contact with Prismacolor.

Staff proposed a different distribution model—a swap meet or free-exchange format at the new Dresden building that could include on-site skill-share sessions and small activities. Tanisha said the high school art club has previously assembled kits as a volunteer project and recommended having supplies ready about two to three weeks ahead (staff suggested aiming for supplies by April 1 to avoid spring break). She also raised social-media monitoring as a priority and said the event typically uses the hashtag noted in the discussion (transcript: "art drop chambli").

Commissioners suggested potential partners including Scrap Atlanta, which staff and members said might offer discounted materials or referrals; one commissioner warned about quality control for in-kind donations: "if we do get a lot of random donations... that's the you're sorting through almost trash sometimes, like expired markers and stuff," a commissioner said. Commissioners agreed to follow up on sponsorship leads, kit-sourcing, volunteer assembly, and social-media-monitoring tools and to continue planning offline.

Staff expects to involve volunteers on a Saturday format and will circulate more details as they finalize partnerships and timelines.