Encaustic artist Tobia Makeover’s “No -Man’s-Land,” a one-night installation curated by the illustrious creative Marcus Kenney, is this Friday, May 6. Makeover says, “I asked Marcus to come to my […]
Beth Logan
Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Beth Logan had a career in healthcare HR and marketing. An artist and former gallery director, she serves on the board of nonprofit ARTS Southeast and has a passion for showcasing Savannah’s arts community, travel, oil painting, and cocktails!
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Tafy LaPlanche’s pandemic hustle
I visit the vibrant, talkative, and very savvy Tafy LaPlanche (American, b.1991) in her spacious upstairs studio in Savannah’s City Market Art Center. (Tafy is an abbreviation for Tiffany; her […]
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ROB FORBES: Out of the Darkness
“DFACS would send toys to foster homes during Christmas. I would get one or two and she would let me keep them in my room. And then she would break […]
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Stacie Jean Albano: HONORING LORETTA
I meet vivacious and loquacious Stacie Jean Albano in her stuffed-to-the-gills home studio in Savannah’s Parkside neighborhood. One text read, “Let’s do Tuesday. Mondays are always a little cranky since […]
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Curtis Patterson: ‘One of the most important sculptors of our time’
“A Notable Journey,” a solo exhibit by African American sculptor Curtis Patterson, opens this Friday, April 1, at Savannah’s Laney Contemporary. Curated by Patterson’s former student Melissa Messina, it promises […]
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PAINT OUT SAVANNAH!
Painting en plein air is the practice of painting landscapes or cityscapes out-of-doors, in a loose, faster style than can be accomplished in the studio. Pronounced like the “plen” in […]
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Maggie Evans: BEING GEMINI
Maggie Evans is one busy lady. This semester, in addition to serving as a part-time Professor of Foundation Studies at SCAD, she was appointed as a Joan C. Edwards Distinguished […]
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Beth Logan’s Art Patrol Recommendations
Savannah may soon be turning green for St. Patrick’s Day, but over at Location Gallery at 251 Bull Street, the mood is deeply blue. Location is celebrating its 6th anniversary […]
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Art’s accessibility and retrospective interpretations
As readers may know, in my past life I served as marketing director for Hospice Savannah where a very minor, but very satisfying, part of my job was running the […]
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Derek Larson: Coming back to True North
It took a pandemic for Derek Larson to discover, or more accurately, to rediscover, his passion, his calling, his True North. Growing up in Maryland, he was always creative. “My […]
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Stella Ranae Von Schmid’s ultimate calling
Stella Ranae Von Schmid is just as interesting and unique as her name may suggest…a slim, attractive woman with a vintage 50’s clothing and hair vibe who always sports THE […]
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ART PATROL: Beth Logan recommends
Don’t miss this Friday evening’s (Jan. 21) opening reception at Location Gallery, 251 Bull Street, when A.J. Perez, co-founder and studio manager of Sulfur Studios, shows his portraits of local, […]