Drawn from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection, Primary: Artists Working in Red, Yellow, and Blue explores how artists have utilized primary colors in adventurous ways to elicit brilliant experiences. Featuring works by Roy Lichtenstein, Ellsworth Kelly, and Joan Miró, these energetic and dynamic compositions introduce viewers to the expansive possibilities of a simple palette.

‘Tideland’ is an exhibition of black and white photographs by Savannah-based photographer Parker Stewart (b. 1992). Taken between 2020 and 2024, these evocative photographs document the coast of Georgia by transporting the viewer into the visceral and primordial atmosphere of the barrier islands and inland waterways.

The SCAD Museum of Art is proud to honor our U.S. service members by participating in the annual Blue Star Museums movement. In collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America, SCAD MOA welcomes active-duty military personnel and their families with complimentary admission starting on Armed Forces Day, May 17, through Labor Day, Sept. 1, 2025. We look forward to presenting our latest exhibitions to these brave responders.

The SCAD Museum of Art joins world-renowned cultural institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the de Young Museum, San Francisco; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the Dallas Museum of Art as a Blue Star Museum participant.

(Un)Grounded, a solo exhibition of new work by Iranian-American artist Raheleh Filsoofi, is an immersive multimedia installation of ceramic vessels, sound, and video in conversation with the pottery and landscapes on view in The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery. Over the past two years, Filsoofi has traveled to nine states in the Southeast to collect soil, including a visit to Savannah in April 2024. She has carefully archived, processed, and extracted the clay from these locations to form the physical and symbolic content of her multidisciplinary practice. Embracing her movement as a woman and immigrant within the region, (Un)Grounded considers the legacies of Newcomb Pottery through Filsoofi’s personal identity to engage with present-day perceptions surrounding southern identity, transience, and meanings of authenticity.

In 1895, administrators in the art department at the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in New Orleans, Louisiana, a women’s higher education institution that was joined to Tulane University, started a new commercial enterprise so that their students could put the skills they learned in their art and design courses into practice. A group of potters, mostly men, created the various objects out of clays sourced throughout the South, and women graduates of the art program painted them with images of flora and fauna. Newcomb Pottery quickly received praise throughout the US for the quality of its designs and the perceived authenticity of its representation of Southern regional identity, and these strong ties to location remain present today, long after the Pottery’s closure in 1939.

This exhibition focuses on the Newcomb potters’ material and chosen subjects, their relationships to regional identity, and the Pottery’s changing approaches to these subjects over time. Tasked with representing the region through their work, Newcomb designers earned a reputation for turning to their local environment for inspiration. This exhibition explores how designs that featured repeating, semi-abstract, and carefully selected plants such as waterlilies eventually transformed into muted landscapes of moss-draped oaks and cypresses, and the way these images matched romanticized visions of the South that were growing in the 20th century. The Moss Mystique asks visitors to reconsider their ideas about what makes a place unique. In an adjacent gallery, interdisciplinary artist Raheleh Filsoofi’s new multimedia exhibition (Un)Grounded will respond to the complexities of Newcomb pottery.

Stop the annual learning “Summer Slide” by joining the LOPL Summer Reading Challenge. Readers of all ages are invited to log ten hours of reading whatever they chose, however they choose, for prizes and fun. Each LOPL branch hosts special free programming events throughout the summer. Sign up online or in-person at LOPL.

Camp Dates:
Week 1–3: June 2–20
Week 4–5: July 7–18
Location: Performance Initiatives, Inc.
Cost: $150/week for new campers | $120/week for returning campers
Hours:
Day Camp: 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Post-Camp Care: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Registration: www.pifitness.org

Calling all fangirls and boys — meet celebrities from Iconic TV and Movies at Epic Cons Savannah!
Talent from fandoms set to appear include, but not limited to: Twilight, Gilmore Girls, The Flash, Once Upon a Time, Harry Potter, and more!

📍 Location: Faherty 109 W Broughton St Savannah, Georgia
📅 Date: June 6-8
⏰ Time: Fri/Sat 10:30-6:30
Sun 11:30-5:30

Join us for our next free homebuyer workshop!

We are hosting our next First Time Homebuyer class on Saturday, June 7th, from 9am-3pm located at 2 E Main St, Statesboro, GA 30458.

The class will be held in person and online!

What to expect:
– Lunch is provided!
– Learn about the homebuying process from start to finish.
– Guest speakers will present on topics such as shopping for a mortgage, finding a real estate agent, how to budget, and more!

Welcome to A Fresh Perspective: Purpouse & Plants! Join us for an hour filled with plant-powered goodness at the beautiful Forsyth Farmers’ Market. Get ready to explore the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle. Whether you’re a seasoned vegan or just curious about incorporating more plants into your diet, this event is perfect for anyone looking to gain a fresh perspective on the power of plants. See you there on Saturday, June 7that 10:00.

Join LOPL for free family fun and sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge Games, activities, performers at six library branches. Each one has something special planned! Read and log ten hours between June 1 and July 31 for SRC prizes. Join us for SRC special programs and events.

Celebrate World Ocean Day with Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant at the UGA Aquarium on June 7! Enjoy a day filled with interactive activities, including ocean-themed games, art projects inspired by marine life, and continuous screenings of ocean-focused films. Take a pledge to protect our waterways and learn how small actions can make a big impact on the health of our ocean.

World Ocean Day is included with aquarium admission for all visitors and registration is not required. All activities will take place between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. However, the aquarium will remain open until 5 p.m.

Telfair Museums kicks off Juneteenth events in Savannah with its 18th year observance of this celebration of freedom and culture on June 7 from 10am-5pm at the Jepson Center, with free admission for local residents of Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty, Bulloch, Beaufort, and Jasper Counties. Family Day performances begin with a 1pm libation ceremony on the steps of the Jepson Center, accompanied by drummers and the African Spirit (Jamal Toure). Queen-Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation, will present storytelling, followed by a featured performance by author and performer Ron Daise (Gullah Gullah Island). The afternoon will also feature artist demonstrations by sweetgrass basket maker Gregory Grant, and painter Napoleon Wilkerson, and a presentation by youth of the Front Porch Step Team. Family art making activities and performances take place from 1-4pm. The Telfair Academy will also be open with free admission for local residents of Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty, Bulloch, Beaufort, and Jasper Counties in celebration of the Craft Along the Coast exhibition, which includes the work of African American woodcarvers and basket makers.

The Bank of America Museums on Us program offers Bank of America, Merrill, or Bank of America Private Bank credit and debit cardholders FREE general admission to 225 cultural attractions the first full weekend of every month.

For the past 25 years, Bank of America has provided access to some of our nation’s greatest cultural experiences and brought new visitors to partner museums. Use the Bank of America Museums on Us Location Finder tool to search for participating cultural institutions. With more than 225 Museums on Us partners in cities across the United States, there is an option for everyone.

Atlanta History Center:
Visit the NEW Goizueta Children’s Experience, Atlanta History Center’s new 5,000-square-foot space dedicated to the youngest museum guests.

Timed entry tickets are now required to enter the Goizueta Children’s Experience, so you can play, dance, and learn inside the Children’s Experience, climb the Locomotive, explore the gardens, meet the sheep and goats out on Smith Farm, and more without missing a thing. Make sure to reserve your time spot at the Admissions desk upon arrival.

Georgia State Railroad Museum:
Located in Tricentennial Park, Georgia State Railroad Museum is a beautiful National Historic Landmark located at the old Central of Georgia Railway Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities. With a fully operational turntable, you have the chance to explore historic railcars, experience the handcar and go on guided tours. Be sure to check the train rides that run on the hour from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m.

High Museum of Art:
Friends and families of any age can experiment, play, and make art in studio workshops and learn about art on view through gallery tours. Whether you’re joining Toddler Saturday, art-making activities or the Family Tour, there is something for everyone.

Family Saturday on June 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with programming for the whole family.

Morris Museum of Art:
Jonathan Green: The Aesthetics of Heritage
Filled with bold, bright paintings, lithographs, and serigraphs by Gullah artist Jonathan Green, The Aesthetics of Heritage highlights some of the artist’s key works from the Morris’s collection, including four recent acquisitions. On Display through August 31, 2025

Old Fort Jackson:
Old Fort Jackson is a National Historic Landmark offering daily cannon firings and exciting interactive programs for adults, kids and families. It features historical weapons demonstrations and interactive programming for families. Daily cannon firings occur at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Pin Point Heritage Museum:
At the Pin Point Heritage Museum located in the old A.S. Varn & Son Oyster and Crab Factory, visitors can experience the Gullah/Geechee culture first hand. For nearly 100 years, the community of Pin Point was quietly isolated on the banks of the Moon River just south of Savannah. Now, you can explore the refurbished museum complex and experience multimedia presentations, exciting exhibits, and unparalleled views of the marsh!

Savannah Children’s Museum:
Located within the Central of Georgia Railway Carpentry Shop, Savannah Children’s Museum features over a dozen exhibits designed to expand the imaginations of children including an exploration maze, a reading nook, and a sensory garden.

Savannah History Museum:
Located in the former Central of Georgia Railway Passenger Depot, Savannah History Museum takes you on a journey through time from Savannah’s earliest days to the present, with unique exhibits and interactive experiences for the family. Exhibits include an early 20th-century steam locomotive, archaeological finds from Savannah’s Revolutionary War history, and much more.

SCAD Museum of Art:
Diedrick Brackens ‘The Shape of Survival’
Diedrick Brackens creates woven tapestries that blend a cosmic array of allegories, historical narratives, and autobiographical memories into compelling forms. In the shape of survival, Brackens brings his work into intimate dialogue with the American South, drawing on the region’s history of quilting and influences from myriad historic artists, most notably Aaron Douglas. Brackens’ use of hand-dyed cotton acknowledges the weighty legacy of this material, honoring its past while transmuting it into lyrical, awe-inspiring artworks. Now through July 7

Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8 (the first full weekend of each month)

Learn something new this month with a visit to these and many more Museums on Us partners in Georgia and across the country:

Atlanta
• Atlanta History Center
• High Museum of Art

Augusta
• Morris Museum of Art

Savannah
• Georgia State Railroad Museum
• Old Fort Jackson
• Pin Point Heritage Museum (Saturdays only)
• SCAD Museum of Art
• Savannah Children’s Museum
• Savannah History Museum

Bank of America believes the arts have a unique ability to connect people and communities and help local economies thrive. Through Museums on Us, Bank of America provides its cardholders with free access to artistic and cultural experiences across the United States at celebrated institutions ranging from art, children’s and history museums to aquariums, botanical gardens and science centers.

We encourage those interested to use the Bank of America Museums on Us location finder tool to search for participating cultural attractions, understand any applicable Museums on Us admission protocols, and check with museums directly for their operating hours.

Present your Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain free general admission to any participating institution during the first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of each month. Cardholders only; guests are not eligible for free admission. Program excludes fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed shows. Not to be combined with other offers. Museum participation varies.