The Savannah Book Festival will be back in 2022, and officials are busy planning for an in-person event scheduled to take place next February 17-20 with three main ticketed event headliners and a free Festival Saturday.
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A time for artists of all facets
Get ready to trade your COVID mask for your favorite cosplay or comic book character costume. On July 24 and 25, the Savannah Convention Center will be full of comic fans, creators, experts and actors.
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Celebrate Juneteenth victories at Savannah African Art Museum
The Savannah African Art Museum is a nonprofit institution that introduces all audiences to African art and culture with the mission to provide engaging experiences that educate and start conversations about the power, diversity, and spirituality of African art. In addition, the museum is looking for volunteers and interns with good communication skills.
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‘Quilting to Change the World’
Savannah quilters are keeping the traditions alive.
The King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation’s Beach Institute and The African Diaspora Museology Institute partner to present “Quilting for a Better World: The Artistry of African American Handmade Quilts.”
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Unstationary kits are helping others to get unstuck
Imagine taking three large aspects of your life and combining them all into a singular product; that’s exactly what Alicja Colon did when she sought to create her craft kits. After years of counseling, working with students, and a full-time job as a paper engineer, Colon founded and created Unstationary.
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Fans invited to connect with artists behind work
Neighborhood Comics, downtown Savannah’s comic book specialty store, has launched a Comic Artist-in-Residence Program. Designed to demystify the process of making comics, Lee Heidel, owner of Neighborhood Comics thought this would be the perfect opportunity to connect Savannah-area comic book artists with the public.
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Atlanta-based artist debut’s first solo exhibition at Laney Contemporary
Laney Contemporary presents an in-person artist talk with Atlanta-based painter Craig Drennen which will also be broadcasted live via Instagram on June 11. “Merchants, Bandits, and Certain Senators” is Drennen’s first solo exhibition at Laney Contemporary and inspired by the Shakespearean play “Timon of Athens.” This exhibition also marks the first time the Merchant works have been shown in public.
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Grand Bohemian Gallery showcases Amiri Gueka Farris in ‘Dreaming Savannah’
“I’m a color theorist, so I try to combine colors that uplift,” said multimedia artist Amiri Gueka Farris who is best known for his assemblages of brightly colored patterns, textures, […]
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POP! POP! POW to open at Location Gallery
Austin Hill Realty presents POP! POP! POW opening June 4 at Location Gallery.
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Cora Ennis Morris’s ‘What Lies Beneath’ debuts at Cedar House
Photo-encaustic artistic Cora Ennis Morris found her inspiration behind her latest series of works, “What Lies Beneath,” at Cedar House Gallery from the documentary “Chasing Coral” that she saw at the Savannah College of Art and Design Film Festival in 2017. From that moment, she realized the vital role that reef systems play in our ecosystem and felt compelled to create this collection of art to bring attention to the decline in coral reefs globally.
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Savannah Food, Wine Festival canceled, again
For the second year in a row, The Savannah Food & Wine Festival announces its cancellation of the 2021 festival, scheduled for November 8-14.
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Multifaceted artist to release new single ‘Savannah Sky’ this month
Charles Maring is an artist with an impressive international resume who has lived and worked primarily in the northeast. When New York shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Maring and his wife embarked on a trip along the East Coast. The two eventually made their way to Savannah, fell in love with the city, and decided to pack their bags and move.