Since the Tiny Doors ATL art project started at the Krog Street Tunnel in July 2014, founder and artist Karen Anderson Singer has become a local celebrity. At the time of writing this review, there are over 20 public art installations of tiny 7-inch doors throughout Atlanta. Each was handmade and installed by Singer who, according to CBS Sunday Morning and CNN, takes anywhere from 40 to 60 hours to make a single door. She described them as a "love note to Atlanta." Once the doors are installed, they are maintained too.
The doors are really cool and unique to the City of Atlanta. Atlanta is lucky to have Singer. From the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market to the Swan House in Buckhead, Tiny Doors have been popping up in places all over ATL. During the 2021 NBA Playoffs, Singer even unveiled a door at State Farm Arena with Atlanta Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins and CEO Steve Koonin: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQuTUF-r87C/.
You can check out all of Singer's amazing work on Instagram at @tinydoorsatl: https://www.instagram.com/tinydoorsatl/.
My personal favorite doors have been Door #21 on the new Atlantic Green in Atlantic Station, unveiled in October 2020, and Door #658 in Inman Park near the border with Old Fourth Ward. Door #658 was originally unveiled at the Hotel Indigo in Midtown in 2019. It's now located at the Edge OTB apartment complex, facing the Atlanta BeltLine's Eastside Trail. The door is numbered 658 because it's 658 times the size of a standard 7-inch Tiny Door. I uploaded pictures of these two doors to Tiny Doors ATL's listing here on Yelp.
As a homeowner in Atlantic Station since before the retail portion of the development opened in 2005, I'm proud to have Singer and Tiny Doors ATL as a neighbor and officially Atlantic Station's "Artist in Residence" as of April 2020. Tiny Doors' studio address is:
1380 Atlantic Drive
Suite 14100
Atlanta, GA 30363
Park in the Atlantic Station garage near stairwell 10 (green color). The first two hours of parking is free. I recommend entering and exiting the garage via 16th Street which puts you on level P2. It's much easier to get in and out that way (less traffic/congested).
Tiny Doors' studio doors opened to the public for the first time on July 17, 2020. Since then, Tiny Doors ATL has held Open Studio hours where the public can meet Karen Anderson Singer, see works retired and in progress, and browse and purchase #TinyDoorsATL merchandise.
Check out Atlantic Station's events page (https://atlanticstation.com/event/tiny-doors-atl-open-studio/all/) and Tiny Doors' Linktree (https://linktr.ee/tinydoorsatl) to see future Open Studio dates and hours as well as a helpful map of where you can find Tiny Doors around Atlanta.
Upcoming Tiny Doors ATL Open Studio hours are:
* Saturday, November 20, 2021, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
* Saturday, December 18, 2021, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Recently, Open Studio has taken place the third Saturday of every month. read more