At the top of my random (and far from complete) roundup of interesting May art events is the important and brave Bodyjumpers, a Solo Exhibition by Leia Genis opening on Friday, May 3 in Arts Sou...
Last year, I wrote a column about the vibrant arts initiative that is thriving “just over the bridge” at Palmetto Bluff, the beautiful 20,000-acre community situated on the May River between...
Molly Taylor, executive director of the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum since March of last year, and the subject of a profile in our April print issue, has assembled a dream team! Charged with...
On April 18th, the Historic Savannah Foundation will host a discussion on “Jewish Foodways in the Lowcountry South" as part of a lecture series called "People, Places and Stories That Define...
Beginning on April 8, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) will celebrate the culture, innovation, and global voices transforming design through its annual event, SCADstyle. Now in its ...
https://www.connectsavannah.com/arts-and-entertainment/scad-presents-scadstyle-2024-22042017
On Saturday, April 6, at 4 p.m., the Savannah Cultural Arts Center will screen “Power of the Pen,” a documentary that educates people about the passage of Georgia House Bill 479, which rep...
The opening reception for Katherine Sandoz’s new show at Laney Contemporary on Friday, April 5 is sure to be a well-attended, not-to-be-missed art “happening” in Savannah. The cerebral art...
https://www.connectsavannah.com/arts-and-entertainment/katherine-sandozs-water-filled-world-21884464
April is bursting with art events!…
Throughout my interviews with local artists, one theme consistently reappears: many of them must rely on another source of income to support their creative endeavors. Heather Young is one of the...
The title of this column is the header of an email I recently received from the New York-based firm that markets the Eastern Wharf’s Thompson Savannah. “Hmmm,” I thought, “Interesting th...
One big buzzword in home design right now is upcycling. Thrift stores, antique markets and even Facebook Marketplace aren’t just ways to save money and instead have become a haven for young ho...
Underneath the bright lights of the stage every Wednesday in March and April, audiences can experience the 5th season of Chi Chi's "Just a Little Drag," a competition presented by Club One, a s...
Savannah State University's Southern Regional Press Institute (SRPI) celebrated 73 years at the end of February. The two day media conference was packed with 13 workshops, and a theme titled “...
COMING FRIDAY, MARCH 8 The combination of encouragement and support from a loving husband, and the reawakening of creative urges spawned through extra time gifted during the pandemic, created th...
Diligently, quietly, and consistently, husband and wife duo Harry DeLorme and Rachel Green have had a sustainable, green art practice for over three decades. DeLorme graduated from UGA with an M...
One of the region’s most exciting contemporary artists is showing her work in a solo exhibition opening Friday, March 1 in the main gallery of Arts Southeast. Gabrielle Torres’ Wilton Street...
SCAD’s annual deFINE ART series is a true cornucopia of talks, exhibits, and celebrations of contemporary art’s most influential creators. It was a special treat to take a sneak peak of two ...
What an absolute pleasure to meet Eduardo Capilla, the generous-hearted, Argentinian visual artist and film maker behind the recently opened installation space, Capilla Studio. The studio first ...
In an effort to preserve family histories and cultural legacies, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is set to host the Hometown Treasures Expo in collabora...
Op-Ed Longtime Savannahians may know that Polk’s, the family-run produce business still in operation today, first started in the 1930’s in the old City Market…
JAMES OGLETHORPE, FATHER OF GEORGIA HITS BOOKSHELVES FEB. 15; THURMOND IS A PRESENTING AUTHOR AT THE 2024 SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL James Oglethorpe arrived in Savannah on Feb. 12, 1733 and Michael...
The Savannah Book Festival (SBF) returns this month for its 17th year of celebrating the written word. With a mission to promote reading, writing and civil conversation, the SBF has attracted an...
In an issue dedicated to leadership, it was easy for me to think of two young people at the forefront of making Savannah both an arts destination and a vibrant place in which to live and work as...
If you’re an art nerd like me, you get pretty excited when there’s a new art gallery in town. I learned about Ology Gallery (located, in all places, in the rear of a building on Thunderbol...