The Best Nude Show in Atlanta: Art Mondays at Apache Café

Atlanta Magazine has voted this the best adult art show in the city. Those who frequent Atlanta's culturally juicy underground happenings are probably more than familiar with Art Mondays, a weekly event taking place in downtown's Apache Café. Pull into one of the coveted parking spaces in front of the venue, and you might not realize that behind the flyer-cluttered veneer of the Apache Café, a blissful meditative experience awaits you. It also doesn't hurt that during the evening you will get a chance to feast your eyes on some very interesting eye candy. Art Mondays is decribed as an "Interactive Art Evening" wherein patrons are encouraged to participate in group figure drawing sessions. Before going to Art Mondays, I was a little fuzzy on how such an event could possibly be enjoyable for more than an hour. But my recent foray into this tempting environment has revealed to me an entire world of nighttime bliss...

The Vibe

If you happen to drop into Apache Café on any other night of the week, you can be prepared for an uncomfortably thick crowd. Getting a table on these nights practically requires a leap of faith (or at the very least, a reservation). But on Mondays, the energy surrounding the club is surprisingly subdued. Upon arriving and paying the $3 cover charge (set to increase to $4, but one which the hosts politely call "donations") I quickly discovered that despite the reasonable number of people in the room, there were more than enough tables to go around. Furthermore, event hosts have had enough preservation to cover each table with a huge sheet of complimentary drawing paper. To the left and to the right, various individuals had hunkered down at their tables and were deeply ensconced in the task of organizing their drawing materials. I felt immediately, that I'd been sent to a glorious "nighttime daycare" for adults, complete with refreshments and arts and crafts.

The Art