Join us for a Happy Hour Meet and Greet and Project Discussion with August + September ON::View Artist-in-Residence Melinda Borysevicz! Melinda will share her plans for the work to be painted during her Residency - a Savannah procession featuring figures and faces from the community. Portrait sessions for this work will be open to the public - attend this informational meet and greet to learn more!

Join us on Wednesday, August 6th at 6 PM for an Artist Talk with Debora Oden in conjunction with her solo exhibition Whistling in the Dark on display in The Ellis Gallery from July 4th - August 16th, 2025

About the Exhibition:

Whistling in the Dark is a collection of works exploring the roles of abstraction and play as methods of navigating the beauty and chaos of our contemporary life on earth. The works are created with oil-based inks, printed on paper, then mounted onto panels. The creation of these pieces begins and ends through monoprint processes where Oden navigates energy, conflict, and boundaries (both real and imagined) and their influence on the movement of matter. The artist thinks of these works as moving images. Marks spill, they crash, they block, and they bounce, the action to be completed in the viewer's mind. Everything is in a state of flux; the only constant is change.

About the Artist:

Debora Oden won the Triennial Prize, 5th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Cairo, Egypt and her work was included in the 3rd International Experimental Engraving Biennial at The Brancovan Palace Cultural Center in Mogosoaia, Romania. She was also invited to participate in the 2009 China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition and Symposium, hosted by the Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Shanxi University College of Fine Art and the Beijing Center Academy of Fine Art. In addition, her work has been exhibited in France, Thailand, Egypt, Poland and Austria. Her prints can be found in the collections of The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, the University of Dallas, the University of Nebraska, Hallmark Global Services, Grinnell College and the Kohler Art Library.

“There is history that sits beneath my feet in my grandparents backyard. In recent bodies of work I have travelled home to McIntosh and Glynn County to document various sites of oyster tabby shells, ruins, plantation grounds, and architecture. I want to deeply understand the roots and foundations of where I come from by documenting parts of the land that still hold original tabby ruins and foundations (related to slave trade and housing); to later create my own molds and studies for a longer term project. Each visit feels like a homecoming as I unpack a history that is embedded within the infrastructure of my upbringing. Through the camera, my desire to handbuild, and my intention to mine memory; my goal is to photograph and build different small forms of oyster tabby objects – using this as a time to process and to redefine the key materials I need to use to create.” – Davion Alston

In conjunction with First Fridays in Starland

CLOSING RECEPTION for Whistling in the Dark, a Solo Exhibition by Debora Oden in The Ellis Gallery

About the Exhibition: Whistling in the Dark is a collection of works exploring the role of abstraction and play as a method of navigating the beauty and chaos of our contemporary life on earth. The works are created with oil-based inks, printed on paper, then mounted onto panels. The creation of these pieces begins and ends through monoprint processes where Oden navigates energy, conflict, and boundaries (both real and imagined) and their influence on the movement of matter. The artist thinks of these works as moving images. Marks spill, they crash, they block, and they bounce, the action to be completed in the viewer's mind. Everything is in a state of flux; the only constant is change. 

About the Artist: Debora Oden won the Triennial Prize, 5th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Cairo, Egypt and her work was included in the 3rd International Experimental Engraving Biennial at The Brancovan Palace Cultural Center in Mogosoaia, Romania. She was also invited to participate in the 2009 China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition and Symposium, hosted by the Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Shanxi University College of Fine Art and the Beijing Center Academy of Fine Art. In addition, her work has been exhibited in France, Thailand, Egypt, Poland and Austria. Her prints can be found in the collections of The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, the University of Dallas, the University of Nebraska, Hallmark Global Services, Grinnell College and the Kohler Art Library.

Join us for First Fridays in Starland – every first Friday of the month from 5 - 9PM! August’s First Friday will be held on Friday, August 1st

CLOSING RECEPTION for Whistling in the Dark, a Solo Exhibition by Debora Oden in The Ellis Gallery

CLOSING RECEPTION for Wild Thing, a Group Supporter Exhibition in The Supporter Gallery

ON::VIEW RESIDENCY PROJECT FINALE with Davion Alston, our June + July Artist-in-Residence

OPEN STUDIOS with our studio members, including our Incubator Artist, Isaac McCaslin!

and EXTENDED HOURS in our Sulfur Shop!

ARTIST TALK with ON::View Artist-in-Residence, Davion Alston: Wednesday, July 23rd at 6PM

“There is history that sits beneath my feet in my grandparents backyard. In recent bodies of work I have travelled home to McIntosh and Glynn County to document various sites of oyster tabby shells, ruins, plantation grounds, and architecture. I want to deeply understand the roots and foundations of where I come from by documenting parts of the land that still hold original tabby ruins and foundations (related to slave trade and housing); to later create my own molds and studies for a longer term project. Each visit feels like a homecoming as I unpack a history that is embedded within the infrastructure of my upbringing. Through the camera, my desire to handbuild, and my intention to mine memory; my goal is to photograph and build different small forms of oyster tabby objects – using this as a time to process and to redefine the key materials I need to use to create.” – Davion Alston

Join us for First Fridays in Starland – every first Friday of the month from 5 - 9PM! July’s First Friday will be held on Friday, July 4th

OPENING RECEPTION for Whistling in the Dark, a Solo Exhibition by Debora Oden in The Ellis Gallery

CONTINUING RECEPTION for Wild Thing, a Group Supporter Exhibition in The Supporter Gallery

ON::VIEW RESIDENCY OPEN STUDIO with Davion Alston, our June + July Artist-in-Residence

OPEN STUDIOS with our studio members, including our Incubator Artist, Isaac McCaslin!

and EXTENDED HOURS in our Sulfur Shop!

Join us at ARTS Southeast for an Artist Talk with Eric David Wooddell in conjunction with his project “Past - Present - Future” in The Drive Thru Art Box at Green Truck Pub! We’ll meet at ARTS Southeast for an indoor talk, then walk over to Green Truck to grab a bite and see the work in person.

Eric David Wooddell is a visual & sound artist who uses collage and paint to create layers of inspiration for others. He works from his studio at Cedar House Savannah, GA and is continually inspired by the city’s vibrant and cooperative artist community. For his project in the Drive Thru Art Box, Wooddell worked in collage and paint on panels to explore temporal themes utilizing the box’s three sections. Past – Present – Future will be on display in the Drive Thru Art Box from April 10th – July 8th, 2025. Artist Instagram: @madeonearthstudio

Davion is a visual artist, educator, and critic based between Atlanta, GA, New Haven, CT, and Brooklyn, NY. He describes his work as a constant flow of doing and undoing; thematically informed by his personal upbringing, and out of the desire to know where his genealogical lineage comes from. The language for his artistic process rests at the intersections of visibility, endurance, stillness, memory, displacement, and connectivity; usually blurring and redefining his relationship between photography, sculpture, and installation.

Location: Over Yonder, 2424 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA

Join us for an Exhibition Walk-Thru with Alan Rothschild, Founder of The Do Good Fund, in conjunction with "Tomorrow and Yesterday, Selections from The Do Good Fund" in The Ellis Gallery at ARTS Southeast.

To learn more about the exhibition and The Do Good Fund, visit artssoutheast.org/dogoodfund

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors:

Lead Sponsor: Bud Green & Lynn Weddle
Reception Sponsors: Joshua Yates, Marilyn Brady & Dave Henry

Our programming is made possible with support by:

Investment by the City of Savannah, Georgia Council for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Gulfstream Aerospace, Starlandia Supply

Join us for First Fridays in Starland – every first Friday of the month from 5-9PM!

June’s First Friday will feature:

CLOSING RECEPTION for Tomorrow and Yesterday, Selections from The Do Good Fund in The Ellis Gallery

OPENING RECEPTION for Wild Thing, a Group Exhibition in The Supporter Gallery

PROJECT FINALE for our May ON::View Artist-in-Residence, Jana Marie Cariddi

OPEN STUDIOS

and EXTENDED HOURS IN THE SULFUR SHOP

Tomorrow and Yesterday brings together over 30 photographs from The Do Good Fund — a public photography archive based in Columbus, GA — featuring a broad cross-section of Southern image makers working from the post-WWII era to the present.

Featured artists: Carolyn Drake, William Ferris, Jill Frank, Lee Friedlander, Peyton Fulford, Andres Gonzalez, Emmet Gowin, Stacy Kranitz, Baldwin Lee, Gordon Parks, Sheila Pree Bright, Tamara Reynolds, Jeff Rich, RaMell Ross, Maude Schuyler Clay, Sage Sohier, Mike Smith, Mark Steinmetz, Susan Worsham, Brandon Thibodeaux

The Do Good Fund, Inc. is a Columbus, GA based public charity. Since its founding in 2012, the fund has focused on building a museum-quality collection of photographs taken in the American South since World War II. The collection ranges from works by more than twenty Guggenheim Fellows to images by lesser known and emerging photographers working in the region. 

Do Good’s mission is to make its collection of more than 800 images broadly accessible through regional museums, nonprofit galleries, and nontraditional venues and to encourage complementary, community-based programming to accompany each exhibition.

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors:

Lead Sponsor: Bud Green & Lynn Weddle
Reception Sponsors: Joshua Yates, Marilyn Brady & Dave Henry

Our programming is made possible with support by:

Investment by the City of Savannah, Georgia Council for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Gulfstream Aerospace, Starlandia Supply

During her time as an artist in residence at ARTS Southeast, Jana will be working on pieces for her upcoming exhibition at the SCAD Museum of Art. The show will feature sculptural paintings and a wall-sized installation of drawings that raise questions about our internal state in relation to our body and our surroundings. At what point do they coalesce? Through visceral imagery, texture, and sculptural approaches to painting, she conjures worlds from memory and partial recall, allowing feeling to take over logic.

During her time as an artist in residence at ARTS Southeast, Jana will be working on pieces for her exhibition at the SCAD Museum of Art. The show will feature sculptural paintings and a wall-sized installation of drawings that raise questions about our internal state in relation to our body and our surroundings. At what point do they coalesce? Through visceral imagery, texture, and sculptural approaches to painting, she conjures worlds from memory and partial recall, allowing feeling to take over logic.

Join us for the Launch Party for IMPACT Magazine's Newest Issue, Vol. 4 No. 1, and a celebration of "Impressed", featuring works by Ben Tollefson + Abby Edwards with Cleo the Project Space – Celebrate with us at Thompson Savannah, 201 Port Street!

IMPACT Vol. 4 No. 1 features:

• Birmingham-based multimedia artist and curator Amy Pleasant in conversation with Noah Reyes

• Alan Rothschild, founder of Columbus GA-based photo collection, The Do Good Fund – with an extended photo spread highlighting the collection, featuring: Gordon Parks, Baldwin Lee, Mark Steinmetz, Maude Schuyler Clay, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jill Frank, and more!

• Celebrated GA-based self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe, as remembered by Xenia Zed

• Daniel S. Palmer, Chief Curator at the SCAD Museum of Art

• Award-winning writer, oral historian, and teaching artist Trelani Michelle interviews Joshua Lindsey, Daniel White and Randall Patrick, founders of The Savannah Photo Club

• With contributions from local and regional artists, authors and tastemakers: Emily Llamazales, Michael Shepherd, Gordon Rabut and more!

In tandem, "Impressed" explores memory, performance, and self-expression through Edwards’ playful sculptural works and Tollefson’s vibrant, theatrical paintings.

Don’t miss the chance to celebrate our artist community with light bites, cocktails, magazine giveaways, and lively conversation as we toast to local talent and cultural connection.

Tomorrow and Yesterday brings together over 30 photographs from The Do Good Fund — a public photography archive based in Columbus, GA — featuring a broad cross-section of Southern image makers working from the post-WWII era to the present.

Featured artists: Carolyn Drake, William Ferris, Jill Frank, Lee Friedlander, Peyton Fulford, Andres Gonzalez, Emmet Gowin, Stacy Kranitz, Baldwin Lee, Gordon Parks, Sheila Pree Bright, Tamara Reynolds, Jeff Rich, RaMell Ross, Maude Schuyler Clay, Sage Sohier, Mike Smith, Mark Steinmetz, Susan Worsham, Brandon Thibodeaux

The Do Good Fund, Inc. is a Columbus, GA based public charity. Since its founding in 2012, the fund has focused on building a museum-quality collection of photographs taken in the American South since World War II. The collection ranges from works by more than twenty Guggenheim Fellows to images by lesser known and emerging photographers working in the region. 

Do Good’s mission is to make its collection of more than 800 images broadly accessible through regional museums, nonprofit galleries, and nontraditional venues and to encourage complementary, community-based programming to accompany each exhibition.

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors:

Lead Sponsor: Bud Green & Lynn Weddle
Reception Sponsors: Joshua Yates, Marilyn Brady & Dave Henry

Our programming is made possible with support by:

Investment by the City of Savannah, Georgia Council for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Gulfstream Aerospace, Starlandia Supply

Join us for our biannual Sulfur Street Fair!

The Sulfur Street Fair is a semiannual fundraiser/community event hosted by ARTS Southeast, taking place on May 2nd, from 5 - 9 PM, in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland. It will be hosted on 39th St, between Bull Street and De Soto Ave, and features:

• 14 local vendors

• Live painters

• Live music

May 2nd’s Street Fair will mark the release of IMPACT Arts + Culture Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 1, Savannah’s only dedicated arts and culture publication — heavy on visual content, this full color, glossy, 9x12” magazine features some of the South’s most exciting artists, writers and creatives. With poetry, fiction, comics, music & film reviews and more, IMPACT celebrates art and culture in the Southeast!

May First Friday Festivities will also include:

The Ellis Gallery: Opening Reception for Tomorrow and Yesterday, a selection of photographs from The Do Good Fund Inc.

ON::View Artist Residence: The Project Finale for our April Artist-in-Residence, Ainaz Alipour.

The Supporter Gallery: Ongoing Reception for Begin Again

Join us for an Artist Talk with ON::View Artist-in-Residence Ainaz Alipour!

Learn more here: https://artssoutheast.org/ainaz-alipour

Join us for First Fridays in Starland – every first Friday of the month from 5-9PM! April’s First Friday will take place on April 4th, and feature:

The Ellis Gallery: The Closing Reception of Gold Can Stay, a Solo Exhibition by Coulter Fussell

ON::View Artist Residency: The Project Finale for March’s Artist-in-Residence, Sierra King (Atlanta, GA)

The Supporter Gallery: Ongoing Reception for Begin Again

Open Studios

and extended hours in our Sulfur Shop!

Gold Can Stay, a Solo Exhibition by Coulter Fussell

On Display in the Ellis Gallery until April 12th, 2025

CLOSING RECEPTION: Friday, April 4th, 5 - 9PM

This event is in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland, and will also feature an ongoing reception for Begin Again in the Supporter Gallery, and the Project Finale of March ON::View Artist-in-Residence, Sierra King.

Join us for an Artist Talk with March Artist-in-Residence Sierra King!

Learn more at artssoutheast.org/sierraking