Jepson Center: "Stay Awhile: Interiors in Art"
Mar
1
to Apr 1

Jepson Center: "Stay Awhile: Interiors in Art"

Artists depict interior settings in many ways. Some focus on them as the subject of their work, while others use them to create settings and backdrops to inform a scene. Often, they are rich in detail and ripe for further visual exploration. Stay Awhile: Interiors in Art encourages visitors to thoroughly ponder a selection of works from Telfair’s permanent collection, including paintings, drawings, and photographs, that feature a variety of views of the indoors. Rather than emphasize a specific narrative, the text accompanying each work of art offers the visitor entry points for looking more closely at elements of a composition, encouraging them to form their own ideas or discuss them with fellow museumgoers.

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Jepson Center: "In Reflection: Contemporary Art and Ourselves"
Apr
25
to Apr 25

Jepson Center: "In Reflection: Contemporary Art and Ourselves"

In Reflection: Contemporary Art and Ourselves is a long-term evolving installation of Telfair Museums’ modern and contemporary collection featuring paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures, textiles, and mixed and time-based media from 1945 to the present day. In addition to the expansive historical context and aesthetics, the wide variety of artworks on view encourages us to consider the artist’s role in mirroring individual and collective experiences and identities through these objects. These reflections are broadly explored as personal, social, and cultural themes. The PERSONAL delves into the self, offering insight into the feelings and emotions invoked through the work. The SOCIAL looks critically at the world, tackling of-the-moment topics such as climate change, globalization, social activism, and politics. The CULTURAL takes a big picture view, grappling with history, religion, language, heritage, legacy, and land that are central to cultural customs and traditions.

The exhibition also features select loans of provocative artworks by cutting-edge contemporary artists in the United States and beyond. These additions remind us that art is never static but continues to personally, socially, and culturally respond to the current moment. Offering another point of view, audio clips by artists, art professionals, and community members react to select works and encourage multiple interpretations. As we navigate the exhibition and learn about the works, we can ponder our own perspectives, unveiling a deeper understanding of ourselves and our relationships with the world around us.

This exhibition is organized by Telfair Museums and curated by Erin Dunn, curator of modern and contemporary art with assistance from Kylie de Jesus, Melaver Family Curatorial Intern.

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Telfair Children's Art Museum: "The World of William O. Golding"
May
10
to May 10

Telfair Children's Art Museum: "The World of William O. Golding"

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Telfair celebrates a new exhibition in its immersive Children’s Art Museum (CAM) that focuses on the fantastic art of Savannah artist and sailor William O. Golding (1874-1943). A host of new interactive experiences will lead children and adults through the remarkable story of this artist whose seafaring adventures of 49 years inspired his distinctive maritime drawings. New exhibits by FREN Inc. bring Golding’s pencil and crayon drawings to life in animations that visitors of all ages may control and interact with.

A popular 2022 Telfair Museums exhibition and book documented Golding’s colorful life and art. Golding, an African American seaman, was tricked aboard a sailing ship as a youth on Savannah’s waterfront in the 1880s. He eventually became a seasoned sailor who served in the U.S. Navy and worked on ships of all types from a whaler to a man o’ war. In the new CAM, Telfair’s collection of 23 Golding drawings serves as inspiration for interactive exhibits showcasing the ships depicted in his art, as well as ports near and far that he visited across the globe. An immersive LED wall will allow participants to guide their own animated ship to follow Golding’s journeys, exploring geography, weather, and maritime technology as seen by one of Savannah’s most unique artists.

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Jepson Center: "Heroes and Hosts:" Lisa D. Watson and Dana Richardson
Jun
13
to Apr 26

Jepson Center: "Heroes and Hosts:" Lisa D. Watson and Dana Richardson

The tenth annual Boxed In/Break Out is a collaboration between Savannah-based artists Lisa D. Watson and Dana Richardson. Watson is a native plant advocate with the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance and the Georgia Native Plant Society and serves as a guide for painter Richardson to explore indigenous plant habitats as inspiration for her paintings. Combining sculpture, painting, and text, the artists will transform each window into a theatrical narrative where fragile ecosystems take center stage. The scenes will invite viewers to step into an immersive experience that bridges the divide between human-made and wild spaces. Unique stories—from ancient trees in Maritime Forest to Longleaf habitats, fleeting grasslands and wildflowers, the adaptations of bog and aquatic plants —are revealed to evoke a sense of wonder and urgency and education. By casting Coastal Plains indigenous plants as both hosts and heroic performers, the installation underscores their critical role in sustaining life while highlighting the precariousness of their existence.

Guest judge Renée Maurer, associate curator at The Phillips Collection, selected Heroes and Hosts because “of the creative ways it addresses themes of biodiversity and conservation, using storytelling to highlight indigenous and vulnerable plant species in Georgia. Combining painted and sculptural elements, each window will theatrically reveal a beautiful, immersive, educational experience. The project will create moments of reflection allowing visitors to consider their relationship with nature and their role in conservation.”

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Ships of The Sea Maritime Museum: "Beyond the Plate: Sea and Sky": Rob Strati
Sep
25
to Apr 12

Ships of The Sea Maritime Museum: "Beyond the Plate: Sea and Sky": Rob Strati

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Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum—an acclaimed museum dedicated to celebrating and preserving America's maritime legacy—is delighted to present "Beyond the Plate: Sea and Sky," an exciting new solo exhibition featuring nautical-inspired, mixed-media art by Rob Strati

"Beyond the Plate" will showcase new work by one of America's hottest contemporary artists. Strati has recently enjoyed sold-out exhibits at Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis and FREMIN Gallery in New York and has sold work to top international art collectors in New York, London, Hong Kong, Dubai, and beyond. Strati's art incorporates broken porcelain plates that have been embellished and adorned with creative details. The exhibition features the artist's latest bold, kinetic mixed-media works and limited-edition prints, as well as an ambitious site-specific installation that will be suspended from the ceiling of the Ships of the Sea atrium.

Opening Reception: September 25, 2025, 5:30-7:30 pm

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SCAD Museum of Art: "Personified:" A Group Exhibition
Nov
26
to May 3

SCAD Museum of Art: "Personified:" A Group Exhibition

Personified presents selections from the SCAD Museum of Art Permanent Collection that focus on the human form as a vessel with which to examine common culturally constructed ideas related to identity. The works on view demonstrate the myriad ways artists hybridize, morph, caricaturize, or embellish their figures, imbuing them with characteristics typically unrelated to the body but which ultimately emphasize their humanity.

Exhibiting modes of personification from animals to common objects, the shifting body manifests first through metamorphosis — a theme anchored in historic literary and religious sources — which sees the subject in the process of transformation, typically as a metaphor for broader themes like love, alienation, hidden fears, or growth. These works include Wangechi Mutu’s Homeward Bound (2010), which depicts a figure transmuting into a hybrid animal–machine, an expression of the raw strength of women. Other works explore the notion of the composite, in which the subject is presented as an amalgamation of an array of cultural signifiers as a reflection of the social conditions of the artist’s time, as seen in the images of luxury items that make up Rashaad Newsome’s photographic collaged portrait GAG (2015). Lastly, the adorned body is celebrated in works like Nick Cave’s Drive-By, a freewheeling film in which the artist’s iconic Soundsuits jump, roll, and dance in fluid, pulsating motion. The artist’s extravagant costumes obscure all identifying features of the wearer as well as the resulting inferences the viewer could make based on appearance, offering transcendent, joyful embodiments of empowerment.

Personified is organized by SCAD Museum of Art curator Ben Tollefson.

Image: Wangechi Mutu, "Homeward Bound," 2010, archival pigment print with silkscreen on archival paper, edition 32 of 45, 25 x 19 1/4 in. SCAD Museum of Art Permanent Collection.

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Jepson Center: "Making Marks: 2025"
Dec
7
to Apr 6

Jepson Center: "Making Marks: 2025"

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For more than three decades, Telfair’s annual Making Marks exhibition has celebrated community art making, highlighting the work made by individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Art making provides opportunities for self-expression, creative development, and healing. Much of the art featured is made in group environments as part of Telfair’s extensive outreach programming at Savannah area community partner sites. The exhibition includes art made under the guidance of Telfair outreach instructors at local health and social service organizations, along with art made by local students, veterans, and incarcerated individuals. Making Marks reflects on the positive impact art can make in our lives.

2025 Community Partners Include:

St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital –Outpatient Rehabilitation, Georgia Infirmary, Movement Disorders Program, and Cancer Survivorship Program, Union Mission, Inc. –Ben and Betty Barnes Center, Park Place Outreach, Inc., Senior Citizens, Inc. –Ruth Byck Adult Day Health Center, Savannah Center for Blind and Low Vision, Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, Youth Intercept Program, EmployAbility, Savannah Speech and Hearing Center –Stroke Survivors’ Support Group, City of Savannah Therapeutics Program, City of Savannah Adult Day Care Program, Coastal Harbor Behavioral Health, LIFE, Inc., Savannah VA Outpatient Clinic, Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center, Tharros Place, Matthew Reardon Center for Autism, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools System, and Telfair’s Veterans Studio Art Program –Savannah Veterans of the Arts.

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Jepson Center: "#Art912, A Seat at the Table:" Julia Roland
Jan
9
to Dec 6

Jepson Center: "#Art912, A Seat at the Table:" Julia Roland

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A Seat at the Table is a solo exhibition of figurative paintings on canvas and a site-specific mural by artist Julia Roland (b. 2002). A recent graduate of SCAD who grew up in Savannah, Roland’s identity as a queer Black woman from the American South informs her practice, but she sees the works speaking broadly to the human need for community. The exhibition invites painted figures and the viewer to meet in quiet dialogue, sharing a space around a table in both a physical and metaphysical sense. Through expressive hairstyles, layered color, contrasting backgrounds, and shifting poses, each unique subject’s face becomes a focal point, meeting our gaze with insistence—a site of recognition and resistance. A Seat at the Table invites all voices into the room, asking us not just to look, but to witness human connection and empathize with ongoing struggles.

About the artist:
Julia Roland is a visual artist and graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, earning a BFA in Painting with a minor in Art History. She began making art in fifth grade and continued her development through performing arts schools in her hometown, Garrison School for the Arts and Savannah Arts Academy.

Roland’s work explores the layered complexities of African American culture and human identity. She creates portraits that reflect her lived experience and intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in shaping identity and visibility.

A Seat at the Table is part of Telfair Museums’ #art912 initiative, which is dedicated to raising the visibility and promoting the vitality of artists living and working in Savannah. This exhibition is organized by Telfair Museums and curated by Erin Dunn, curator of modern and contemporary art.

Image: Julia Roland; mural proposal for A Seat at the Table, 2025-2026; courtesy of the artist.

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Jepson Center: "Bojana Ginn: Biometric Sublime"
Jan
22
to Jul 5

Jepson Center: "Bojana Ginn: Biometric Sublime"

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Telfair Museums presents a solo exhibition by artist Bojana Ginn in conjunction with the 19th edition of the museum’s PULSE Art + Technology Festival. Ginn states that her works “operate between science and spirituality, where algorithms translate intimacy into wonder.” Her new interactive installation entitled Biometric Sublime transforms the rhythms of the human body into a living ecosystem of art. At its core is the heartbeat, translated into luminous video animations, therapeutic audio, and sculptural fiber elements that invite immersion and contemplation. A biometric sensor in the exhibition amplifies the viewer’s presence, turning each heartbeat into a visual expression. The rhythm of deepbreath is also encoded in the movements of the immersive video. Alongside the installation’s digital components, sculptural elements created from organic fibers such as sheep’s wool and jute will merge with sustainable synthetic materials, echoing themes of renewal and healing. Biometric Sublime is an aesthetic environment of well-being: intimate, futuristic, and profoundly human.

About the artist:

Dr. Bojana Ginn is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist, former medical doctor, and curator. Her abstract art advocates health as a human right, addressing the impact of digital and biotechnologies amid climate change. A recipient of the Ellsworth Kelly Award, Ginn’s work has been exhibited internationally, including the Venice Architectural Biennale and the Museum of Art and Design in New York, and she has held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, GA, and Atlanta Contemporary. Collaborating with scientific institutions such as NASA, Ginn’s impactful work resonates at the intersection of art and innovative research. Her ephemeral and site-specific installations often incorporate biological material such as sheep’s wool in combination with LED lighting, and digital video projections. A champion of sustainability, she was an artist in residence at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, where she used AI to visualize experiments with fungi that consume plastic.

This exhibition is organized by Telfair Museums and curated by Harry DeLorme, Director of Education and Senior Curator.

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Laney Contemporary : Marcus Kenney: "The Ball"
Jan
27
to Apr 4

Laney Contemporary : Marcus Kenney: "The Ball"

The Ball is a suite of 26 collaged lithographs that feature illustrations of costumed characters from an Italian masquerade ball. The collection was created using techniques which are typical of Marcus Kenney's work, such as the recontextualization of found imagery and compositions made of striking yet irreducible elements.

Created in the style of Dadaist collage, Kenney repurposed a set of lithographed illustrations originally published in 1827 by Cucininello and Bianchi of the Royal Printing House in Naples. Masked figures, floating on antique stained paper, occupy theatrical, humorous, and often bizarre compositions. 

Kenney has titled this series of collages “The Ball” as a double reference to the masquerade ball depicted in the original illustrations, and also as a nod to German artist Hugo Ball, one of the founders of the Dada movement. Ball, in his “Dada Manifesto,” stated that the post-World War I art movement “alternated between coherence and absurdity.” Kenney’s simple yet provocative collaboration across two hundred years, between a forgotten Italian illustrator and a contemporary American artist, proves that “what’s old is new again, and what’s finished has yet to begin.” 

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Laney Contemporary : Jeremiah Jossim: " Moonlight & Shadow "
Jan
27
to Apr 4

Laney Contemporary : Jeremiah Jossim: " Moonlight & Shadow "

Jeremiah Jossim’s recent body of work, moonlight & shadow, stems from a fascination with American history and the landscapes he witnessed on road trips across the country. Drawn to a book of Amish quilting during a recent excursion, Jossim was struck by quilts with names such as “sunshine and shadow,” “triple-chain,” and “wild goose chase,” as well as their remarkable affinity with modernist abstraction. In moonlight & shadow, quilting and painting patterns merge with landscapes in the distant vista, traveling along the edges of many of the paintings, encasing or expanding the geometries and spaces within. This selection of new work, which is Jossim’s first exhibition at Laney Contemporary, builds on his bold palette while extending it towards new horizons grounded in the tradition of craft, landscape, and abstraction.

 

Jossim notes that quilting and making art can both be forms of survival. For many American women in the 18th and 19th centuries, quilting was the essence of warmth and familial continuity; colorful patterns conveyed information, meaning, and legacy. The quilt is historically linked to healing and memory, to spirituality, durability, and way-finding. Having completed radiation treatment in August, Jossim shares: “This body of work is a difficult one to hold in my hands; it's about being sick, like really sick, and not knowing if you'll see next year.” The quilt and the canvas connect the unseen or the abstract to the tangible, the unknown to the known. “Maybe the quilt is the portal bringing me closer to the other side at a time when I wonder about my own continued existence.”

For Jossim, the twenty-eight multi-sized paintings in moonlight & shadow are dream-like in practice, instinctive, and full of gravitation toward the colors of transition between day and night and back to day again. They call attention to spectrums of time and states of flux. His landscapes are vast, grandiose, and at times lonely. Yet there is a bold hue of hope on the horizon with the anticipation of sunrise. 

I felt the sea at my feet,

the crush of shells

and worried about tiny cuts.

But that other place called with a stiff southern wind,

smelling of bark and willow

cattail and cicada.

I hold on to that tiny golden thread.

That is a future.

Painting has a way of traveling.

Each linseed covered brush is a wish,

an island where I can hear the wind running like horses.

-Jossim 2026

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SCAD Museum of Art : Eva Jospin : " INTO THE WOODS "
Feb
2
to Jun 7

SCAD Museum of Art : Eva Jospin : " INTO THE WOODS "

In her debut U.S. museum exhibition, Eva Jospin demonstrates her creative magnitude and the unique nuance of her singular practice. The range of Jospin’s expression fascinates viewers with otherworldly appeal, from the sculpted forests and architectural follies she meticulously carves in cardboard to her richly embroidered landscape tapestries and her most intricate and delicate renderings. The artist’s power is as equally evident in her intimately detailed works as it is in her monumental immersive installations that envelop audiences in their timeless presence and inspire a deep sense of wonder. Whether drawing from Renaissance forebearers or the fantastical worlds of fairy tales, Jospin’s artworks collectively embrace the captivating mysteries of nature and ruins alike with intensive particularity and craftsmanship, encouraging us to contemplate contemporary materials and our place in history too. Together, we experience the whimsy and enchantment of these eternal conversations, with complete certainty of our central role in it all.

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SCAD Museum of Art : Mona Bozorgi : "Strain and Strand"
Feb
2
to May 17

SCAD Museum of Art : Mona Bozorgi : "Strain and Strand"

Mona Bozorgi (SCAD M.F.A., photography, 2018) uses experimental photographic processes to examine the intersections of representation, objecthood, and gender. Bridging photography, sculpture, and fiber arts, her latest body of work expands on her ongoing series Threads of Freedom, which explores the role of imagery in Iranian women’s self-representation and performance of gender amid broader sociopolitical movements in the country. Printing photographs on silk then unraveling and reassembling them, Bozorgi overlays “selfie” images originally shared on social media of women participating in protests against government mandates enforcing the hijab, or headscarf. The resulting collages, composed of the individual silk strands and mounted within wooden frames reminiscent of daguerreotype cases, mirror the deluge of online imagery presented on cellphones’ boxed screens, meditate on female bodily autonomy and containment, and highlight the intimacy, vulnerability, and impact of public-facing images of oneself. Echoing silk’s unmatched tensile strength, Strain and Strand celebrates the resilience of women who stand strong individually and find great power together.

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SCAD Museum of Art : Group exhibition : "Personified"
Feb
2
to May 17

SCAD Museum of Art : Group exhibition : "Personified"

Personified presents selections from the SCAD Museum of Art Permanent Collection that focus on the human form as a vessel with which to examine common culturally constructed ideas related to identity. The works on view demonstrate the myriad ways artists hybridize, morph, caricaturize, or embellish their figures, imbuing them with characteristics typically unrelated to the body but which ultimately emphasize their humanity.

Exhibiting modes of personification from animals to common objects, the shifting body manifests first through metamorphosis — a theme anchored in historic literary and religious sources — which sees the subject in the process of transformation, typically as a metaphor for broader themes like love, alienation, hidden fears, or growth. These works include Wangechi Mutu’s Homeward Bound (2010), which depicts a figure transmuting into a hybrid animal–machine, an expression of the raw strength of women. Other works explore the notion of the composite, in which the subject is presented as an amalgamation of an array of cultural signifiers as a reflection of the social conditions of the artist’s time, as seen in the images of luxury items that make up Rashaad Newsome’s photographic collaged portrait GAG (2015). Lastly, the adorned body is celebrated in works like Nick Cave’s Drive-By, a freewheeling film in which the artist’s iconic Soundsuits jump, roll, and dance in fluid, pulsating motion. The artist’s extravagant costumes obscure all identifying features of the wearer as well as the resulting inferences the viewer could make based on appearance, offering transcendent, joyful embodiments of empowerment.

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SCAD Museum of Art : Laurie Anderson : "All in Your Head"
Feb
2
to Jun 7

SCAD Museum of Art : Laurie Anderson : "All in Your Head"

SCAD deFINE ART 2026 honoree Laurie Anderson presents All in Your Head, an exhibition that brings together three installations featuring the written word, striking projected images, and the visualization of alternate realities. An internationally lauded avant-garde artist, Anderson has created innovative, transdisciplinary work in a career that spans five decades. She continues to expand the lexicon of performance art and bridge the divides between experimental expression and popular culture. Both arresting and ephemeral, Anderson’s work tackles sprawling contemporary themes like the state of cultural life in the U.S. or anchors itself in age-old narratives like Noah’s Ark. Through her myriad approaches — from filmmaking and live performance to painting, sculpture, digital media, and more — she underscores storytelling, both personal and collective, as a central driving force in her artistic practice. In this exhibition, Anderson traverses time and space, whether by virtually visiting the moon in an immersive VR work or traveling into the recesses of her childhood in a multimedia narrative, questioning what is remembered, what is spoken, and what is possible.

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SCAD Museum of Art : Farah Al Qasimi : " Psychic Repair "
Feb
2
to Jun 7

SCAD Museum of Art : Farah Al Qasimi : " Psychic Repair "

In Psychic Repair, photographer and musician Farah Al Qasimi activates the SCAD Museum of Art’s façade vitrines and an interior gallery through the play of scale and dimensionality. Informed by her girlhood in the UAE and experiences of womanhood in the U.S., Al Qasimi produces highly saturated images that explore rituals of self-presentation and their ties to identity, memory, and belief formation. Across photographic installations and music videos, she layers these images in a style reminiscent of early internet pop-up ads and department store displays, shifting fluidly between analog and digital modes. Patterns, textures, and shadows become conduits for fantasy and phantasm in her documentary photographs, while her music videos transform jump-rope rhymes, spoken poetry, and punk rock songs into prophetic mantras. Throughout the exhibition, the supernatural operates as a metaphor for the unseen, transient forces of contemporary beauty and fashion culture that shape how we see, feel, and behave.

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SCAD Museum of Art : Anish Kapoor : " 'Earth Sky on Red Ground "
Feb
2
to Jun 7

SCAD Museum of Art : Anish Kapoor : " 'Earth Sky on Red Ground "

Featuring 15 canvases ranging from 2012 to 2022, Earth Sky on Red Ground is the first museum exhibition in the U.S. devoted entirely to the painting practice of Anish Kapoor, an eminent artist recognized for his peerless international renown. His iconic sculptures in a diverse spectrum of materials often confound the viewer’s perception. Yet Kapoor’s paintings simultaneously emphasize the viscerality of our physical existence and the metaphysical inner worlds we share. The artist has intrepidly accomplished this feat with his expressive technique, characterized by sensuous brushwork and an immersive scale that envelops the viewer in the works’ powerful traction. Kapoor’s canvases feature abstract forms with a forceful gestural boldness that is deftly achieved in thickly impastoed oil paint. The works’ timeless titles convey an almost ritualistic dialogue with the long arc of the medium and our collective history. The immediacy of Kapoor’s approach to painting animates this integral part of his practice, demonstrating its centrality to the truly incomparable creative outpouring of a contemporary master.

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SCAD Museum of Art : Max Lamb : "ELEMENTS"
Feb
2
to Jun 7

SCAD Museum of Art : Max Lamb : "ELEMENTS"

Showcasing numerous objects in a range of materials, including metal, stone, wood, polystyrene, and textile, Elements highlights Max Lamb’s versatility as a designer and the thoroughness of his exploration across mediums. Lamb’s boundless creative practice has become one of the most well-regarded of his generation, noted for his ceaseless inventiveness. The forthrightness of his work — and the efficiency of the methods through which he creates it — at times belies his extremely nuanced problem-solving and the meaningful ways he confronts some of the most complex challenges of our era. While the exhibition organizes these works by material to highlight the range and depth of his work, the slippages between each category demonstrate the overarching ethos of an artist who is guided by an unparalleled inquisitiveness that unifies his approach.

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SCAD Museum of Art : Group exhibition : " 'In Character "
Feb
2
to Jun 7

SCAD Museum of Art : Group exhibition : " 'In Character "

In Character explores how contemporary artists draw from the visual aesthetics of animation, illustration, and sequential art to unpack notions of identity, imagine alternate realities, and depict Black life and community. Across the featured paintings, drawings, sculptures, and textile works, the distinctive language of cartoons and comics emerges through flat, outlined forms, shallow picture planes, and exaggerated bodily features.

Works like Trenton Doyle Hancock’s grand superhero narratives and caricatured self-portraits mythologize personal experience and complicate understandings of power, while Gary Simmons’ painted reinterpretations of early Looney Tunes characters interrogate the origins of racialized stereotypes in cartoons. By leveraging the familiarity of animation, the exhibiting artists demonstrate how popular media have historically flattened Black representation, while simultaneously revealing its potential for experimentation and expansion. In Character underscores the power of these aesthetic traditions as both a form of expression and a method for idealization and self-reinvention.

Featured artists
Trenton Doyle Hancock 
Victoria Dugger 
Mark Thomas Gibson 
Arthur Jafa 
Gary Simmons 
Kara Walker 
Qualeasha Wood 

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Jepson Center: "Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961-Now"
Mar
13
to Sep 7

Jepson Center: "Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961-Now"

Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now is the first major exhibition to explore the profound impact of an undeveloped, 26,000-acre barrier island off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, on artists working in the United States. The exhibition will focus on the Ossabaw Island Project (OIP) and Genesis—a pair of revolutionary multidisciplinary residency programs that ran on the island from 1961–1982—and their legacies in its examination of Ossabaw as a site for creative experimentation. Taking its name from a poem written by celebrated poet and former Genesis member Henri Cole, Off the Coast of Paradise will feature the work of internationally renowned artists, past and present, who have considered the island through myriad lenses in their work, including the historical, the environmental, the social, the cultural, and the personal. They include Harry Bertoia, Agnes Denes, Marcy Hermansader, Suzanne Jackson, Ellen Lanyon, Doris Lee, Sally Mann, Michael Mazur, Ross McElwee, Athena Tacha, Betty Tompkins, and Anne Truitt, among many others, as well as a major new commission by Allison Janae Hamilton.

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Alexander Hall: Alejandro Giraldo: "ADAPTIVE BODIES"
Mar
23
to Apr 3

Alexander Hall: Alejandro Giraldo: "ADAPTIVE BODIES"

In his M.F.A. thesis exhibition ADAPTIVE BODIES, Alejandro Giraldo presents paintings, prints, sculpture, and a new multimedia installation featuring imagined male-presenting characters whose emotions and contradictions recall the artist’s own experiences with professional life and acts of productivity. Performing familiar actions related to work, the figures become caricatured, contorted, and deformed by physical, psychological, and symbolic pressures, revealing the ways professional structures and expectations shape identity and physical posture. Here, the body functions simultaneously as a pictorial vehicle and an expressive mechanism, acting as a site where tensions, frustrations, and ironies accumulate and find resolution through the gesture of painting.

Across Giraldo’s oeuvre are references to himself, including his own hand, codifying each work as indirect self-portraits and exposing a dichotomy between his two identities — the corporate figure and the painter. By representing both, Giraldo creates a critical distance from which to observe and interrogate these roles, confronting his own contradictions while questioning the structures of success and productivity that shape his personal biography and artistic practice. Revealing the absurdity inherent in contemporary expectations of capacity, ADAPTIVE BODIES asks how we function as sites of constant negotiation — and at what cost.

Opening reception: Friday, March 27, 5–7 p.m.

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Gallery 2424 : Isabella Covert : "i don’t know how, but it grew from me"
Apr
15
to Apr 19

Gallery 2424 : Isabella Covert : "i don’t know how, but it grew from me"

In the current era of evolving technological intersections with the body, the coupling of organism and machine is birthing reevaluations on the body’s potential. Drawing from feminist posthuman theory, the work in the exhibition challenges current notions of reproduction, gender, and family structures, suggesting alternative synthetic reimaginings of the body. In the thesis exhibition i don’t know how, but it grew from me, traditional biopolitical structures are dismantled and replaced with constantly exfoliating cyborgian skinscapes. Shifting perspective on gestational labor and the leaky excess of bodily production, this work questions the decisions surrounding biotech, who has the authority to determine how hunman developments are distributed, and how advancements can restructure liberation.

Opening reception: April 17, 6-9pm

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SCAD Fibers: Open Studio
Feb
27
5:00 PM17:00

SCAD Fibers: Open Studio

Join SCAD Fibers on Friday, February 27 from 5 to 8 PM in Pepe Hall for a one-night immersive exhibition of textile art and design!

The event will include make-and-take demos like screen printing, indigo dyeing, machine knitting, weaving, embroidery, and tufting. Refreshments will be served.

This event is free and open to the public.

Graphic design by Katie Hagen (Fibers MFA 2023) @katiehagencreative
Artwork based on "Curtain Call" by Trish Andersen (Fibers BFA 2005) @trishandersenart

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Ology Gallery: Eastside 11: Artists of the Victory Heights / Avondale Art Crawl
Feb
14
to Mar 21

Ology Gallery: Eastside 11: Artists of the Victory Heights / Avondale Art Crawl

A group exhibition celebrating the variety of expressions that bloom when creative people share a block, a community, and a conversation.

Eleven neighbors — eleven voices. Eastside 11 gathers a lively, tightly knit constellation of artists who live and make work in the Victory Heights / Avondale neighborhood. Though each artist works in a distinct style and medium, the exhibition reveals a compelling dialogue that emerges from their shared surroundings. From bold contemporary expressions to nuanced, personal narratives, the works reflect the diversity, energy, and individuality of Victory Heights and Avondale.

EASTSIDE 11 ARTISTS:

Tony Artemisia - Betsy Cain - Maxx Feist - Mary Hartman - Isaac McCaslin - Christopher Moss - Will Penny - Rick Petrea - Dana Richardson - Matt Toole - Eric Wooddell

FEBUARY 14 - MARCH 21, 2026

ART CRAWL: SATURDAY, FEB 21, 11 AM - 5 PM

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEB 14, 5:30 - 8:00 PM

CLOSING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 5:30 - 7:30 PM

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Savannah Art Association: "ECHO" Curated Exhibition at Cobra Room Gallery
Feb
6
to Mar 2

Savannah Art Association: "ECHO" Curated Exhibition at Cobra Room Gallery

Savannah Art Association Presents ‘ECHO’ Curated Exhibition at Cobra Room Gallery Opening Reception: First Friday, Feb. 6, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

SAVANNAH, GA — The Savannah Art Association (SAA) is proud to present ECHO, a curated group exhibition featuring 11 regional artists, opening Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Cobra Room Gallery. The exhibition opens with a public reception at 5:00 p.m. and will remain on view through March 2, 2026.

Curated by Dr. Jason Hoelscher, MFA, PhD—professor at Georgia Southern University and Gallery Director for all GSU campuses—ECHO explores themes of repetition, reflection, and resonance. The 11 featured artists interpret the concept of an "echo" through diverse contemporary approaches, including abstraction, memory, and personal narrative.

“ECHO speaks to the way artistic ideas repeat and transform over time,” said Elise Aleman, SAA gallery coordinator and board member. “We’re excited to bring this curated conversation to the Starland District and continue building a space for thoughtful artistic exchange.”

The Cobra Room Gallery is located at 2429 Lincoln Street, inside the Lone Wolf Lounge. The opening reception is free, all-ages, and open to the public via the gallery's side entrance on 41st Street.

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

  • What: ECHO Curated Group Exhibition

  • Where: Cobra Room Gallery, 2429 Lincoln St. (Enter via 41st St. side door)

  • Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 6, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

  • Exhibition Dates: Feb. 6 – March 2, 2026

  • Cost: Free and all-ages accessible

Founded in 1910, the Savannah Art Association is the region’s oldest nonprofit visual arts organization, supporting artists through exhibitions, education, and community engagement.

For more information, visit savannahartassociation.org/cobraroom-gallery.

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Cleo the Project Space:   "After Stone, After Ruins (Notation 1)"
Feb
5
to Mar 5

Cleo the Project Space: "After Stone, After Ruins (Notation 1)"

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February 5th - March 5th 2026

A Solo Show

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 5th 6-9 pm

Cleo the Project Space in collaboration with Atlanta Center for Photography and Swivel Gallery is pleased to present After Stone, After Ruins, the newest body of work from Le’Andra LeSeur: 

“In recent years, I have become increasingly interested in exploring the body’s response to sites of historical violence across the U.S.—both those that serve as catalysts for violent acts and those where such acts have occurred. What continues to move me is not only the depth of information that remains unavailable at these sites but also the limitations of the narratives that do exist, often restricting how these histories are acknowledged and honored.

With my work, I seek to uncover the traces left behind at these sites, guided by the understanding that absence is never truly empty.

At Dunbar Creek, where the Igbo people refused enslavement, choosing death in a collective act of defiance and freedom, the water leaves behind a haunting void that echoes in the quiet waters of Ebenezer Creek, where hundreds of recently freed Black people were abandoned to drown during Sherman’s March to the Sea. Binding these histories is a shared current of loss amidst the promise of freedom.

These waterways, bound by both geography and spirit, extend further to the historic Baptism trail in Riceboro, GA, where faith and survival have long been intertwined. Through these connections, I’ve come to believe that while water bears the weight of this violence, it also carries the capacity to heal, hold, and renew.

Throughout my practice, I have sought to reckon with histories that persist unseen within the land itself, questioning how emptiness is measured—not just physically, but spiritually. This inquiry opens space to consider how historical violence, silencing, and erasure shape our mental and physical presence, ultimately influencing our perception of space and our collective memory. In acknowledging these imprints, I am interested in how practices of repair can reframe these perceptions, generating possibilities for reconciliation and a sense of renewed understanding. 

This work will evolve throughout three iterations and reference artistic interventions to land such as Beverly Buchanan’s Marsh Ruins, Nancy Holt’s Stone Ruin Tour, and Stanley Brouwn’s How Empty is This Space?.”

 

Join us at Cleo for the first iteration of this showcase: After Stone, After Ruins (Notation 1) opening on February 5th 2026. This opening will mark the end of a three week pilgrimage and research trip around coastal Georgia visiting sites and gathering archival material and testimony to be displayed in the gallery tracing LeSeur’s route of investigation. Two additional exhibitions will follow, further reflecting this study through new print and sculptural works: at Atlanta Center for Photography from February 12–April 18, and at Swivel Gallery from May 6–June 6. 

Le’Andra LeSeur is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans video, installation, photography, painting, and performance. LeSeur’s practice is rooted in an ongoing pursuit of liberation—examining how repetition and ritual become pathways to reclaiming space, visibility, and agency. Grounded in personal experience yet resonating on a broader scale, her work honors Blackness, queerness, and femininity while critically examining the societal structures that seek to suppress and silence these identities. Through the presence of her body and voice, LeSeur crafts immersive experiences that disrupt perceptions and resist imposed narratives encouraging audiences to engage in deep reflection and recognition around themes of identity, collective memory, and the duality of grief and joy.

The artist has received several notable awards, including the Tulsa Artist Fellowship (2024), Leslie-Lohman Museum Artists Fellowship (2019), the Time-Based Medium Prize as well as the Juried Grand Prize at Artprize 10 (2018). LeSeur has appeared in conversation with Marilyn Minter at the Brooklyn Museum, presented by the Tory Burch Foundation, and has lectured at The New School, NY, NY, and the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, among others. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY; MFA Boston, Boston, MA; The Shed, New York, NY; Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA; A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, and others. Residencies include Pioneer Works, iLab at The University of the Arts, Visual Studies Workshop, ArcAthens, NARS Foundation, Marble House Project, and MASS MoCA. Her work is in the Whitney Museum of American Art collection.

 

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Gallery 2424: "The Winter of our Discontent:" Tamara Garvey
Jan
30
to Feb 21

Gallery 2424: "The Winter of our Discontent:" Tamara Garvey

Gallery 2424 presents The Winter of our Discontent, a solo exhibition of work by Savannah-based artist Tamara Garvey which pairs statements from women with paintings of the Log Lady from the David Lynch show Twin Peaks.

Garvey’s inspiration for this new body of work stemmed from various interviews and speeches made in 2021 by then-Senate candidate J.D. Vance in which he referred to childless "ladies" (and people in general) as "miserable," and with "no physical commitment to the future of this country." Garvey issued a public call inviting women from all over the U.S. to submit their thoughts on their commitment to community, others, the future, and the environment in rebuttal to Vance’s statements that marginalized and devalued half of his constituents.

In addition to the paintings, Garvey combined their actual voices (or her own voice reading their written words) into a continuous sound file as part of the exhibition experience. The women’s voices provide a backdrop for her paintings which feature a gamut of symbolism, including witchery, Woody Guthrie's phrase "This machine kills fascists,” suffragism, Ruth Bader Ginsberg's iconic collars, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

On view: January 30-February 21, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, January 30, 5-9pm

First Friday: Friday, February 6, 5-9pm

Open hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1-4pm

Artist talk: Sunday, February 15, 3pm

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Dec
11
5:00 PM17:00

Norwood Gallery: "Word of Mouth: A Celebration of December"

Norwood Gallery is excited to host the next iteration of Pocket Space, the roving exhibition series curated by Lisa-Jaye Young as PocketSpace (a roving project), here at Norwood Gallery. Word of Mouth: A Celebration of December continues her thoughtful approach to gathering artists, ideas, and community within our growing space. @lisajayeyoung

Opening Reception
Thursday, December 11th • 5–8 PM

Featuring work by:
carmela aliffi
rebecca braziel
betsy cain
sarah cherry
elissa dietz
susan falls
deborah first
katie glusica
mary hartman
n. masani landfair
sharon norwood
tobia makover
darcy melton
debora oden
dana richardson
liz sargent
marcela sinnett
emma varland
jennifer mack watkins

Join us as we celebrate another chapter of Pocket Space and close out the year through art, conversation, and creative exchange.

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Location Gallery: "Working Titles"
Dec
7
to Dec 30

Location Gallery: "Working Titles"

Working Titles is a result of when the performers from the big top, sideshow and midway return to everyday life with spectacular results. New mixed media pieces by Peter E. Roberts.

Gallery profits from show are donated to Third Act

LOCATION GALLERY @ Austin Hill Realty features group and solo art shows by local Savannah artists. Gallery profits from shows are designated to local non-profits.

Open Mon.-Fri.10a-5pm, Sat. 11a-3p or by appointment

show@locationgallery.net

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Gallery 2424: "In the House of Johnny Ray:" Marta McWhorter
Dec
5
to Jan 2

Gallery 2424: "In the House of Johnny Ray:" Marta McWhorter

In the House of Johnny Ray is a solo exhibition by Marta McWhorter exploring the intersection of absence and imagination, and the great "What Ifs" surrounding the loss of a parent, through a highly sculptural installation environment. 

Through her creative exploration, Marta has built a personalized dreamscape to reimagine a fantastical childhood with the father she did not know from the ages of 3-23. A feast for the senses, the show will entice the viewer to spend time contemplating life and the creative spirit.

On view December 5, 2025-January 2, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, December 5, 5-9pm

Artist Talk: Sunday, December 14, 3pm

Closing Reception: Friday, January 2, 5-9pm

Open Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1-4pm or by appointment. Additional hours posted on IG @gallery_2424. Closed for the holidays Saturday, December 27 and Sunday, December 28.

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Ology Gallery: "The Banquet: Winter's Feast."
Nov
22
to Dec 20

Ology Gallery: "The Banquet: Winter's Feast."

Just in time for the holidays, “The Banquet: Winter’s Feast” will showcase stunning ceramics for your dining experience. Discover beautifully handcrafted bowls, cups, vases, plates, platters, and all the essentials you need to create an exquisite table.

SCULPTURE RELIEFS BY KYLE BROWN

NOVEMBER 22, 2025 – DECEMBER 20, 2025

OPENING RECEPTION: NOVEMBER 22, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00 PM

CLOSING RECEPTION: DECEMBER 20, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00PM

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Camaleón: "LAB 7": Group Exhibition
Nov
15
6:00 PM18:00

Camaleón: "LAB 7": Group Exhibition

Join us for the launch of Camaleón a new gallery venue and cultural center, with the opening of its inaugural exhibition, LAB 7— an ode to play and experimentation.

Curated by Alex Mendi, the show features work from: Alejandro Giraldo, Bethany Rooklidge, Cameron Emory, Debora Oden, Eve Friday Hannah Esquenazi, Ivy L. Anderson & Valheria Rocha, with live music by Luca.

Camaleón is an emerging multidisciplinary space where experimentation meets community.

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Location Gallery: "6 x 6 by 20"
Nov
14
to Dec 31

Location Gallery: "6 x 6 by 20"

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20 local artists each make six 6" x 6" pieces for a total of 120 pieces for holiday shopping! Artists include Stacie Jean Albano, Camela Aliffi, Janet Bailey, Adrienne Berkland, Joy Dunigan, Manda Faye Dunigan, Tate Ellington, Mary Hartman, Tree McDougal, Christopher Nitsche, Julia Licht, Tobia Makover, Jennifer Nolan, Anisa Nonya, William Pagano, Melody Postma, Alex Pashikov, Peter E. Roberts, Lisa D. Watson and Heather L. Young. Gallery profits from run of show are donated to Safe Shelter.

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Cute Tomatoes Gallery: "Louder than Destruction"
Nov
7
5:00 PM17:00

Cute Tomatoes Gallery: "Louder than Destruction"

"Louder than Destruction" is a group show curated by Maxx Feist, featuring art made in response to current political affairs.

Featuring work by Titty Bats, Isak Dove, Jose Ray, Brother Bruce, Adrienne Berkland, Marc Thomas, jazz Howington, Caleb Williamson, Caroline Rose, Trinity Tibe, Ugis Berzins, Adolfo Alvarado, Anna Keck & Marcy Carol Kenney.

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Cleo the Project Space: "Survey to a Sweet Reminder" : Alex Adkinson and Camille Wong
Oct
18
to Nov 29

Cleo the Project Space: "Survey to a Sweet Reminder" : Alex Adkinson and Camille Wong

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Opening reception: October 18th, 6-9pm, artist talk 7pm

Camille Wong (they/she) is a research-based artist living in Los Angeles, CA. Their practice examines power, geopolitics, and historiography through the lens of media and spectacle. They approach the gaze of ethnography by authoring the personal into the world through experimental documentary. Their work has been shown at the Art, Design, & Architecture Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has exhibited their work throughout Los Angeles including the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), and Monte Vista Projects. They received their MFA in Media Art at UCLA and BAs in Art and Environmental
Studies from UCSB.

Alex Adkinson is a Chicago-based artist and researcher whose work explores the connection between mythology and post-industrial landscapes through sculpture and digital media. With a background in experimental sound and DIY culture, Adkinson brings a process-based approach to his art. His artistic practice is closely tied to his scientific research, focusing on emerging digital imaging techniques for biodiversity study. He has published and presented his research at various institutions, including Yale and the University of Florida. Adkinson holds an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University and has participated in residencies, exhibited internationally, and regularly shows his work at project spaces and galleries across the US. His art reflects on the post-industrial landscape, using materials like steel, digital images, clay, copper, and chemicals to create haunting constructions that explore what's missing in a hyper-mediated society.

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Ology Gallery: "The Lucky Ones:" John and Linda Jensen
Oct
18
to Nov 8

Ology Gallery: "The Lucky Ones:" John and Linda Jensen

Photography and pottery - what more could we ask for? Not much, considering the creators are John and Linda Jensen, two of the most gifted and influential artists in our community. This exceptional couple has been sharing the wealth of their talents as both artists and professors of art for three decades.

John G. Jensen is a Professor Emeritus of Ceramics and Sculpture at Armstrong State University (now Georgia Southern University) in Savannah, GA. He specializes in figurative ceramic sculptures and wheel-thrown art pottery, known for their intricate detailing and emotive expressions. His craftsmanship and innovation have inspired countless students and artists to pursue their own creative journeys.

Linda G. Jensen is a Professor Emerita of Photography and Art Education at Armstrong State University (now Georgia Southern University). She is an accomplished artist who hand colors black and white photographs using various materials, including Marshall’s Photo Retouch colors, Prismacolor pencils, and glass seed beads. Her work features vibrant colors and textures, transforming her images into evocative stories that highlight light and shadow nuances.

Together, John and Linda have not only left an indelible mark on the academic world but have also enriched the cultural fabric of our community. Their work highlights the profound impact of art on individuals and communities, with lasting contributions that uplift and inspire those who experience their creations.

OCTOBER 18TH - NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, OCT 18TH, 5:30-8 PM

CLOSING RECEPTION & ARTIST TALK: SATURDAY, NOV 8TH, 5:30-7:30 PM

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Jepson Center: 2025 Lawrence Lecture by Artist Nari Ward
Oct
16
6:00 PM18:00

Jepson Center: 2025 Lawrence Lecture by Artist Nari Ward

For the 19th year of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Lecture, Telfair presents a talk by internationally renowned, New York-based artist Nari Ward, who is represented by a work in the current exhibition In Reflection: Contemporary Art and Ourselves. Ward is noted for mixed media wall works and for his sculptural installations which re-contextualize cast off objects collected in Harlem where he lives. Ward reuses objects including baby strollers, television sets, liquor bottles, and other found items to create his thought-provoking work. Some of his works, including his Breathing Bars Diagonal Left from the Art Bridges collection, shown at Telfair, make use of an African symbol representing the cycle of life that the artist saw in Savannah’s First African Baptist Church. The Lawrence Lecture, founded at Telfair by Dr. Walter O. Evans, and presented by Telfair’s Friends of African American Arts, is free and open to the public thanks to funding provided by the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation. Additional funding thanks to investment provided by the City of Savannah.

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Savannah Cultural Arts Center: "Audacious"
Oct
10
8:00 PM20:00

Savannah Cultural Arts Center: "Audacious"

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October 10 - November 22, 2025

A multimedia art exhibition celebrating LGBTQIA+ artists in our community. Presented by the City of Savannah Cultural Resources department in partnership with Savannah Pride Center

This exhibition honors courage in material, concept, process, and presence, amplifying voices that challenge, inspire, and redefine what it means to be seen and heard. Guided by Audre Lorde's words, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences,” this exhibition invites us to embrace the beauty of diversity and the transformative power of visibility.

Contributing Artists: Alana Bigos (She/Her), Alexandra Backlund (She/Her), Amari Brown (He/Him), Beau Frail (He/Him), Calvin Woodum (He/Him), Carter (He/Him), DeAndre’ West (He/Him), Grace Lawson (They/She), Haley Grubor (They/She), Indigo (He/Him), Julia Roland (She/Her), Kya Kelly (She/Her), Leo Leon (They/Them), Nancey B. Price (She/Her), Perry deVick (She/Her), Syrin Johnson (He/Him)

Curated by Antonia B. Larkin, Visual Arts Specialist, and Jazzmyn Howington

Opening reception: Friday, October 10th, 2025, 6-8pm

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Whitefield Center & Courtyard: "Outside/Inside": a Duo Exhibition by Cindy Male and Samantha Mack
Oct
10
to Oct 14

Whitefield Center & Courtyard: "Outside/Inside": a Duo Exhibition by Cindy Male and Samantha Mack

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With new fashions by Zoe Swann

Soundscapes by Eric David Wooddell

Architectural installation by Gwen Jin

Exhibition On Display: Oct 10th - 14th, 2025

Courtyard labyrinth open to the public through October

Whitefield Center Reception: Fri, Oct 10th, 4:30-8pm

Labyrinth Fashion Walk: Sun Oct 12th, 4-7pm

Rain Date: Sun, Oct 26th, 4-7pm

Artist Talk: Mon, Oct 13th, 6pm

Gallery hours Oct 13th 12-6pm or visit by appointment

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Jepson Center: "The Art of the Character: Highlights from the Glenn Close Costume Collection"
Oct
10
to Feb 15

Jepson Center: "The Art of the Character: Highlights from the Glenn Close Costume Collection"

Throughout her storied career, actress Glenn Close has collaborated closely with costume designers to help bring the characters she embodies to life. Inspired by the creativity and craftsmanship she saw in her film and theater productions, she began collecting and preserving costumes and accessories from her projects after her first movie, The World According to Garp (1982). In 2017, she donated her over 800-piece collection to the Sage Fashion Collection in the School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University.

First presented at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University in 2020, The Art of the Character: Highlights from the Glenn Close Costume Collection will offer visitors a unique opportunity to thoroughly explore the careful consideration and exacting details that teams of designers, drapers, and other craftspeople created in over 50 ensembles and numerous examples of jewelry, shoes, and other accessories. It will feature the work of award-winning costume designers, including Anthony Powell (1935–2021), Ann Roth (b. 1949), James Acheson (b. 1946), and Alexandra Byrne (b. 1962), and costumers like Barbara Matera Ltd (active 1968–2001), from 14 of Close’s best-loved movies.

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Gallery 2424: "Angst Ink Wood:" Ted Walke
Oct
3
to Oct 26

Gallery 2424: "Angst Ink Wood:" Ted Walke

Angst Ink Wood is a solo exhibition by Ted Walke, an artist based in Harrisburg, PA, on view at Gallery 2424 from Friday, October 3 through Sunday, October 26. Featuring 26 works, this exhibition explores Walke’s distinct style self-described as “idiosynctractic lapses of reason on wood panels.”

Opening Reception: Friday, October 3, 5-9pm

Artist Talk: Sunday, October 5, 3pm

Open Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1-4pm or by appointment

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SCAD Museum of Art: "Amygdala:" Jana Marie Cariddi
Oct
3
to Jan 19

SCAD Museum of Art: "Amygdala:" Jana Marie Cariddi

For her debut solo museum exhibition, Jana Marie Cariddi (SCAD B.F.A., painting, 2015) presents two new bodies of work, including her signature amorphous constructions alongside a suite of black-and-white graphite drawings. Titled after the brain’s processing center for memory and emotion, Amygdala features sculptural paintings whose uncanny forms stir the instinctual urge to decode their designs through one’s own lived experiences, eliciting feelings of familiarity, curiosity, or even disgust. These surreal works, originating from intuitive sketches and meticulous planning, animate the artist’s obsession with childhood artifacts, pop culture relics, and early digital interfaces, spanning Windows screensavers, Betty Spaghetti toys, and Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Cut from CNC-milled wood and embellished with airbrushed patterns, resin, and marbles, the compositions pulsate with color and texture while mediating tensions between the organic and synthetic, the playful and macabre. Cariddi’s drawings similarly depict abstract ecosystems guided by a personal pseudo-science that favors feeling over logic, coalescing into an alphabet of idiosyncratic petroglyphs. Balancing visually and conceptually opposing forces, Cariddi’s works reflect on the unruly, discordant harmonies undergirding our bodies, sensibilities, and surroundings.

Jana Marie Cariddi (b. 1993, N.J.) earned her B.F.A. in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2015 and her M.F.A. in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2024. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally at venues in Los Angeles, Berlin, New Orleans, and Savannah, Ga., among others. Cariddi has participated in residencies including GlogauAIR in Berlin; Artist in ASO in Kumamoto, Japan; On::View at ARTS Southeast in Savannah; and the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency at Collar Works in New York. Cariddi lives and works in Jackson, Miss., where she is a Windgate Fellow and professor of painting at Millsaps College.

Amygdala is organized by SCAD Museum of Art assistant curator Haley Clouser.

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Gallery 2424: "Disappearer:" Jon Witzky
Sep
5
to Sep 27

Gallery 2424: "Disappearer:" Jon Witzky

Gallery 2424 is proud to present new works on canvas and Yupo by artist, curator, and editor Jon Witzky. On view from Friday, September 5 through Saturday, September 27, 2025, Witzky’s solo exhibition Disappearer continues his exploration of abstraction, figuration, and color following Sing the Body Electric, his 2024 exhibition with Ivy Anderson at Thompson Savannah. This new series marks a distinct evolution in his practice, embracing a bolder, more vibrant palette, solid and weighty forms, and raw mark-making.

Music remains a significant catalyst in Witzky’s creative process, with the exhibition’s title referencing Sonic Youth’s Disappearer from their 1990 album Goo. Beyond the musical nod, the title evokes the act of vanishing—the slow fade of memory, the way time erodes and reconstructs the past, and the shifting nature of personal and collective histories. In these paintings, moments and emotions emerge, dissolve, and reassemble—drawn, scratched out, redrawn, and reimagined, reflecting the shifting and imperfect nature of memory.

Witzky’s process is one of excavation. Layers of oil paint, oil sticks, pencil, and crayon are built up, only to be scraped away, revealing traces of past gestures. Erasure is as integral as application—each mark is subject to revision, discovery, and reconfiguration. In this process, the good, the bad, and the ugly coexist. Forms emerge and recede, contradictions surface, and the work settles into an uneasy equilibrium, where clarity and ambiguity are in constant flux.

Disappearer is not just about what is seen, but what lingers beneath—what is buried, uncovered, and re-examined. It is a meditation on the impermanence of memory, the instability of meaning, and the beauty found in both creation and destruction.

Opening Reception: Friday, September 5, 5-9pm

Artist Talk: Sunday, September 14, 3pm

Open Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 1-4pm or by appointment

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Ology Gallery: "happening. unfolding.:" Henry Dean
Aug
30
to Sep 27

Ology Gallery: "happening. unfolding.:" Henry Dean

The exhibition happening. unfolding. by Henry Dean showcases the artist's multifaceted approach to art, combining elements from drawing, journaling, and sketching as its foundation. Dean, known for his work in installations, paintings, sculptures, mixed media, photography, and video, draws inspiration from his interactions with nature and humanity. Through this exhibition, Dean continues to “unfold” his exploration of patterns and meanings, focusing on the importance of attentiveness and context. His art practice is deeply responsive, incorporating elements of history, philosophy, and geography to create a rich tapestry of visual and conceptual narratives.

AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 6, 5:30 - 8:00 PM

ARTIST TALK: SEPTEMBER 27, 5:30 - 8:00 PM

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Location Gallery: "Up For Grabs"
Aug
29
to Oct 3

Location Gallery: "Up For Grabs"

If you ever wanted to produce a solo or group show at Location Gallery, now is your chance!

Up For Grabs is our very first foray into seeing and awarding a show that is submission based.

And yes, Up For Grabs is a working title...the winning entry will have their own title. For more info and to apply click link

www.locationgallery.net/upforgrabs

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SCAD Museum of Art: "Style is Forever:" André Leon Talley
Aug
28
to Jan 11

SCAD Museum of Art: "Style is Forever:" André Leon Talley

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André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever is a tribute to the enduring legacy of André Leon Talley — distinguished editor, cultural icon, and beloved SCAD mentor and friend. The exhibition features select looks from Talley’s personal collection, including ready-to-wear, couture, and bespoke pieces, highlighting some of his most recognizable moments from legendary Met Galas to famed front rows as well as more intimate occasions and celebrations.

Rising from his Southern roots in North Carolina, Talley launched an unparalleled career that began with Diana Vreeland at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and traversed through pop culture with Andy Warhol at The Factory and into the highest echelons of style with Anna Wintour at Vogue. Talley’s deep intellect, flair for language, and skill at contextualizing contemporary design within the richness of history established his long reign as fashion’s kingmaker. In his columns and editorials, he stirred audiences to view aesthetics through a more expansive lens of beauty, identity, authenticity, and empowerment.

Style Is Forever displays a curated selection of Talley’s wardrobe by designers including Givenchy, Ralph Rucci, Balenciaga, and Gucci alongside cherished mementos and artworks from friends such as Diane von Furstenberg. Made possible through an extraordinary bequest of garments, accessories, and ephemera to the SCAD Permanent Collection, the exhibition foregrounds Talley’s lasting gift to generations of students and scholars.

Presented across SCAD museums in Atlanta and Savannah, Style Is Forever marks the 10th anniversary of the university’s SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film. Across his long partnership with SCAD, Talley curated acclaimed exhibitions and welcomed renowned designers to the university to share their insights, enriching the student experience while advancing cultural dialogue and exchange. 

An accompanying exhibition catalogue commemorates Talley’s grandeur and global impact, brought to life in new photography by SCAD alum Allen Cooley alongside images from the archives of fashion documentarians Jonathan Becker and Robert Fairer. Essays, stories, and memories from colleagues and admirers who experienced Talley’s singular character reflect on a career spanning more than four decades, offering a rare view into his private world, the people who shared it, and their collective contributions to fashion history.

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