SPONSOR ARTS SOUTHEAST’S 2025–2026 EXHIBITION SEASON

ARTS Southeast is currently seeking sponsors to make targeted contributions in support of our 2025–2026 Exhibition Season in The Ellis Gallery. By sponsoring this program, you’ll help us present bold, relevant contemporary art, and support exhibiting artists directly through artist stipends and honoraria. This is a fantastic way to ensure that Savannah continues to be a hub for art and culture and for you or your business to be recognized as a supporter of the arts!

Each exhibition runs for two months and includes opening and closing receptions in conjunction with Starland First Fridays, VIP Exhibition Previews, as well as artist talks and other programming that invites deeper engagement with the work on view.

2025 – 2026 Exhibition Season

Deb Oden

Jul 4 – Aug 16, 2025

Printmaker and painter Deb Oden creates intimate yet large-scale works out of repetitive linework.

By building up layers of gesture and a smart use of color, her work buzzes with a frenetic energy. Through the juxtaposition of chaotic movement against quiet passages, Oden’s work celebrates tension and release.

Living on the Edge

Photographs by Teake Zuidema

Sept 5 – Oct 18, 2025

Dutch photographer Teake Zuidema documents the ghost forests of the Southeast, exploring the ecological effects of climate change on our coast’s trees and shorelines.

LOOK!

Nov 7 – Dec 13, 2025

ARTS Southeast’s annual group exhibition celebrates Savannah’s most exciting and innovative artists, both known and unknown, with works in all media including painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking. LOOK! is a snapshot of Savannah’s arts community.

Featured image courtesy of Betsy Cain

ON::View Revue

Jan 15 – Feb 14, 2026

This annual group exhibition celebrates the 2025 ON::View Artists-in-Residents.

Featured artists: Jon Roberts, Li Hui Huang, Sierra King, Ainaz Alipour, Jana Marie Cariddi, Davion Alston, Melinda Borysevicz and Noah Reyes

Featured image courtesy of Jana Marie Cariddi

Preston Orr

Mar 6 – Apr 11, 2026

Preston Orr developed a distinct approach to mixed-media collage, exploring the conceptual power of unconventional materials. Each element in his work carries its own history and character, adding layers of meaning beyond visual composition. His work invites viewers to consider not just what is seen, but what is felt, remembered, and transformed.

Pasaquan

May 1 – Jun 13, 2026

After a vision in 1935, Eddie Owens Martin, later known as St. EOM, founded Pasaquoyanism — a vivid, gender-fluid belief system blending global symbols and outsider art. In 1956 he began construction on Pasaquan, a 7-acre visionary site now recognized as one of America’s most significant art environments. This exhibition traces his radical life, mystic visions, and enduring legacy.