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Jepson Center: "Heroes and Hosts:" Lisa D. Watson and Dana Richardson (#art912 Boxed In/Break Out)

  • Jepson Center 207 West York Street Savannah, GA, 31401 United States (map)

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.