Join us on June 3rd from 5 - 9PM for our June First Friday Festivities! The evening will feature our Sulfur Street Fair (on 39th Street between Bull St. and Desoto Ave.) with over 15 artist vendors, Sweet Spice Food Truck, live painting, and performances by The Saltwata Players, Performing Artist Collective of Savannah Marquis Williams, Mikesha McPhaul, and more!

Street Fair Vendors: Maxx Feist Art, Moon Child Studio, Saorsa Soaps, Sweet Champloo Creations, Le Pouf Art, ChelPaints, Peanut Butter Shrimp Newspaper, Anya Driffill, Fear No Arts Media, Maine Trade Co., Hannah Manning Chan, Humana Ceramica, Isak Dove Art, BeadsbyClovis, Meaningful Boutique, Glory Days Vintage, OAK Magazine

In our Main Gallery we’re hosting the Opening Reception for Past Presence: Commemorating Juneteenth our 2nd Annual exhibition commemorating Juneteenth. This exhibition features artists from across the country whose work takes into consideration their own personal history – present or past – as it relates to the Black experience in the United States. These artists explore themes of ancestry, modern media narratives, vulnerability and resilience. Past Presence is a declaration of PRESENCE - of artists claiming space and demanding to be heard, artists sharing profound moments and eternal truths, artists daring to be artists in the United States of America in 2022 - 165 years after the enslaved in Texas were informed of their freedom. 

This exhibition was juried by several esteemed artists, educators and curators from Savannah, Georgia: Amiri Farris, artist and educator; Antonia B. Larkin, artist, curator and Visual Arts Specialist at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center; Lisa Jackson, Education and Community Outreach Liaison at The Savannah African Art Museum; Billie Stultz, Founding Director and Head Curator at The Savannah African Art Museum. Learn more, view and purchase works from the exhibition at: www.sulfurstudios.org/pastpresence. 

Participating Artists:

Viyanca Bennett, Jasmin Cage, Memphis TN, Abiodun David, Chicago IL, Danisha Edwards, Jacksonville FL, Tiara Unique Francois, Dallas TX, Kayla Grayson, Felicia Greenlee, Seneca SC, Frank Marshall, Savannah GA, Tyriq Maxwell, Savannah GA, Victor Montague, Washington DC, Calvin Wayne Parker, Savannah GA, Tameka Phillips, Savannah GA, T. Owens Union, Napoleon Wilkerson, Savannah GA, Livia Weiss

We’ll also celebrate the finale of our ON::View Artist-in-Residence Timothy Harding’s month-long project. Harding has been pursuing a project centered around the construction of a painting stretcher bar system as a site-responsive object. This work is an extension of his long-standing interests in exploring the relationship between the space of painting and the physical space they inhabit as objects. Over the course of his Residency during the month of May, visitors have had the opportunity to view forms that are traditionally considered flat, as sculptural. As the project has evolved, viewers were able to experience the work as an object constantly in flux with no two viewings being the same experience. The public is invited to see the culmination of this exploration during Friday’s project Finale.

The June Sulfur Street Fair is made possible with investment by the City of Savannah.

Thank you to our June Street Fair Sponsor, Vantosh Realty Group!