The new exhibition, ROOTS: Hair-Culture-History, Exploring the Hair & Cultures of West & Central Africa, will be on display until the end of January 2022, giving Savannahians plenty of time to discover how hair is engaged within different cultures. The exhibit aims to honor and explore the hair, culture, and history of West and Central Africa.
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Artist’s first solo exhibit calls attention to cosmic void
Emily Furr’s new solo exhibit at the SCAD Museum of Art challenges our perception of the world, the capitalist society we live in, and incongruences within our universe and nature. Star Tap calls attention to the cosmic void played out in society and life through a postmodern lens and dystopian trip of her works from the last three years, most of them made in 2020.
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Creative community to reunite for Savannah Local Artist Market
The Savannah Local Artist Market – aka SLAM – will return on March 6 for a third year to spotlight works by over 60 area visionaries, encompassing everything from paintings, prints, and jewelry to sculptures, woodwork, textiles, and ceramics.
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Take a virtual tour of artworks by Chatham County schoolkids
A new online exhibition showcasing works by Chatham County schoolkids is now available for viewing. The Links, Inc., Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, and the City of Savannah is presenting the […]
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A showcase of diverse works draws to a close at Savannah’s Cedar House Gallery
The Cedar House Gallery’s most diverse annual show of artwork collections, the Local Artist Showcase, features ceramics, glass art, jewelry, paintings, and more by 13 Savannah-area artists. As the event […]
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SCAD takes deFINE ARTS events virtual to highlight globally prominent artists
For over a decade, the Savannah College of Art and Design has welcomed culture-defining international artists for its renowned deFINE ART program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s deFINE […]
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Colonial-style ceramicist Tammy Zettlemoyer offers workshops at Savannah’s Wormsloe Historic Site
For the past nine years, ceramicist Tammy Zettlemoyer has been on the road, traveling across the country packing and unpacking her beloved pottery pieces, setting up shop steps away from […]
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Savannah’s new ‘Picasso to Hockney’ exhibit features dramatic works by renowned artists
Opening to the public on Feb. 19 at Savannah’s Jepson Center, Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage is a traveling exhibition considering modern artistic practice from the late 19th century through the 21st century, focusing on how visual artists innovate and experiment with theater arts, said Erin Dunn, associate curator of Modern and Contemporary Art with Telfair Museums.
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Savannah-based artist Bradley Collins ‘Found a Job’ at The Sentient Bean
As a student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Bradley Collins began a journey of odd jobs that ranged from monotonously moving boxes off an 18-wheeler to picking […]
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Savannah’s Drive Thru Art Box features a triptych of new Panhandle Slim paintings
Michelle Obama, Woody Guthrie, and André 3000 are the subjects of three new paintings by Panhandle Slim now on view at Savannah’s Drive Thru Art Box. This unexpected space for […]
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Telfair receives grant for exhibition of Savannah folk artist William O. Golding
Telfair Museums has been awarded a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts grant for an original exhibition of works by folk artist William O. Golding. The son of an African […]
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A new exhibit at Savannah’s Telfair Academy examines outdated origins of museums
Museums were intended to be centers for learning and spaces to educate the public. Our current understanding and approach to these institutions grew from a human impulse to collect, categorize, […]