Maybe you saw the intriguing postcards that circled around town a few weeks ago. Something called “The Fog” was opening at the Savannah Ogeechee Canal historic site, but other than […]
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A history of art
A hundred and twenty five years ago, the oldest art museum in the South was officially opened – Savannah’s Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, as it was known. Since […]
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Artists in Residence
It’s a familiar narrative in Savannah: Find a house that needs a little work, fix it up and settle down. But an art event next week in an Ardsley Park […]
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For Sherry
Last summer SCAD professor Sherran Deems was hiking in the mountains – a fond memory that seems much farther in the past than the handful of months between that time […]
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A Prophet in art as well as letters
Kahlil Gibran is of course best–known as the author ofThe Prophet, one of the best-selling books of all time and one of the few never to be out of print […]
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The Art of nothing
It makes me physically ill that my best friend has bought a white painting. – Marc, a character in Art Things aren’t always what they seem on the surface. […]
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The art of war
On May 17, I stood at the center of an art gallery. I looked around, observing the paintings and sculptures that decorated the walls and accented the room. I felt […]
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New Kids on the Block
Since January, an ambitious group of young artists has created a new kind of space for art in Savannah. Part gallery, part studio, their goal is open up the art […]
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In painting, what’s old is what’s new
When “Secrets of the Old Masters” opens Thursday at Trends and Traditions Gallery, some of the paintings will look familiar to local art patrons. Fifteen of the paintings were recently […]
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The luck of the draw
The Savannah College of Art and Design hosts two unique comics–related events this month. The first, “Storyteller’s Weekend,” happens this weekend and features renowned comic artists Howard Chaykin and Klaus […]
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Instant nostalgia
This Friday, at an event called Desoto Strut, a group of local artists led by Rachel Raab and Matt Hebermehl will try to recapture the energy that at one time […]
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Dutch Utopia: Christmas in January
This past Saturday I woke up with strong resolve to take down the stale–feeling holiday decorations, clear the Christmas cards off the mantel, and hit the mall to exchange the […]