In her senior year at Savannah College of Art and Design, Anya Driffil is debuting her first art show at Gallery Espresso. Her work consists of acrylic paints, though her […]
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Artist captures controlled explosions in photography
Los Angeles-based artist Kevin Cooley exhibits his photography and video installation “Exploded Views,” a series of controlled explosions in the desert, at Laney Contemporary in Savannah from July 1 through Sept. 18.
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The Estes Gallery debuts at Great Oaks Bank
Great Oaks Bank CEO Mike Odom, Jr. has teamed up with Arts on the Coast to welcome the newest art gallery to Richmond Hill. A highly anticipated event after having been moved multiple times due to COVID restrictions and concerns, the Great Oaks Bank gallery was officially opened and dedicated on June 3. The gallery was dedicated to Barbara and the late Jimmy Estes, founding and integral members of Arts on the Coast.
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‘New Paintings’ by Thomas Mitz & Emmy
Thomas Mitz and Emmy share a mutual admiration for one another’s dedication to art. With their radically different approach to painting—Mitz being deliberately meticulous and Emmy’s work having a whimsical nature—their work finds commonalities in their ability to convey emotion through their complexity of art. Both Emmy and Mitz’s collections have never been shown before.
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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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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.
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Artist’s work stems from childhood compulsion of collecting
Morgan Smith has her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design she received in 2017, her Associates of Arts in clinical psychology from the College of Southern Maryland in 2014 and will receive her M.F.A. in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in May 2021.
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Printmaker to display ode to beauty of Savannah at Cedar House Gallery
Anthony TungNing Huang is an illustrator, printmaker and ballroom dancer. Upon taking his first printmaking class at SCAD last winter he immediately connected with the process.