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.

100 Days of Purpose – June 1–September 8 (ongoing)
Led by Savannah’s only lifestyle medicine physician and coaching team at Purpose & Plants, this 100-day community wellness challenge inspires simple, daily actions tied to your deeper purpose. It’s free, flexible, and designed to help you reset, recharge, and reconnect. Join the private Facebook group to access all of the free giveaways and resources.
→ Join anytime: https://purposeandplants.com/100-days-of-purpose-1

James Benjamin Franklin has brightly reimagined the conventions of painting through a language of process and discovery. His works incorporate repurposed textiles such as blankets, towels, afghans, clothing, and bathroom mats, creating sensually-layered rafts of visual and physical texture which serve as alternative canvases. These surfaces, in turn, are painted, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed with materials which include acrylic paint, sand and glitter. Whereas traditional canvas can be precious or overbearing, Franklin’s tactile surfaces are liberating and playful. They allow open experimentation where his visual lexicon and studio methods can evolve or reinvent themselves.

Franklin’s paintings are housed in handcrafted plaster-molded frames, each one with a unique geometry. Irregular shapes complement and contain the playful chaos of the many-layered painting surfaces. His process of discovery explores how specific media become more meaningful when applied to textiles and other found surfaces. His work is experimental in the best sense of that oft-used expression: it deploys intentional, rigorous investigation while learning from each new result.

The finished pieces suggest an artist who relishes surprise at the unexpected while discovering freedom in technique. This freedom has led Franklin to refine his practice with increasing nuance in shape, edge, color, and texture, and their interactions over time. Ultimately, the artist wishes to communicate something essentially human about the making of his art – the joys of creative experimentation, as evidenced by the work itself.

“There’s an understanding of time that I appreciate,” says Franklin. “You can get a sense of how the art was made, revealing a story or history to the process – the joy, as well as the struggle. Bringing the viewer into the piece and having a shared experience about making and about life.” Creative acts are communicated and felt more urgently than an aesthetics borne of intellectual preoccupations. Within a single work of art, new meanings and additional layers are revealed over time. Franklin’s art is evergreen, relational, and continuously inspiring.

Paintings shown in Visitor feature vivid, bold colors and mark-making, resulting in finishes and atmospheres which are new to Franklin’s body of work. His edges and borders have also evolved, enabling a variety of ways of seeing the painting as an ensemble. The frames create counterpoints to prevailing visual energies which radiate from an alchemical display of pigment, texture, and surface.

The title of the show references a poetic entrance, or visitation, to otherworldly spaces. Franklin is a first-time visitor to Savannah, Georgia, where his work also fills the galleries at Laney Contemporary for the first time. Both artist and audience share an experience of visiting and being visited.

Bio:
James Benjamin Franklin received his BFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA in 1999 and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI in 2017. Recent exhibitions include Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; KMAC, Louisville, KY; FRONT International, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH; Broadway, New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI; Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI; and Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City. Franklin was born in Tacoma, WA in 1972 and lives and works in Detroit, MI.

Hours:
Tuesday-Friday, 11-5pm
Saturday, 11-2pm
Free Admission

We will have cooler weather before we know it! We are reaching out to our community to help us help those in need by donating new or gently used blankets and backpacks for the homeless. We are accepting blankets, quilts, bedrolls, sleeping bags, backpacks and rucksacks. Drop off location is Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd, Savannah. Drop off dates are July 22 & 29 from 4-6 p.m. and July 24 & 21 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. For more information contact (912) 925-4839.

Learn the basics of home composting from the comfort of your own home with this brief online class.

Andrew Morris is a self-taught gardener who has created a life centered around teaching people to grow their own food and supplying them with the tools they need for success.

Andrew opened Savannah Hydroponics & Organics in January 2009 to fill the need for a local source of specialty gardening and hydroponic supplies here in the Lowcountry. Born and raised in southern California where he was exposed to gardening, recycling, and composting at an early age, he was taught the benefits of sustainable living. Leaving SoCal for the mountains of Lake Tahoe as a young adult, his love for growing plants truly emerged. With snow on the ground up to eight months of the year, he started using lighting and hydroponic systems to grow plants year round indoors. After leaving California, he lived in Hawaii for almost two years, where, between his jobs as a boat captain, he helped his friends with a gardening store in Maui. He found his way to the Lowcountry via Harbor Town Marina after a period of living and working on yachts.

Date: July 2025, ongoing
Time: 10 minutes, self-paced
Location: Virtual – A link to the class will be emailed after we receive your email subscription

Registration Deadline: Thursday, July 31st
Cost: FREE to Email Subscribers*
Please call 912-349-4030 to with any questions.

****A link to the class will be emailed after we receive your email subscription. SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://forms.gle/HC53EMHNNdKeMTJQ7. ****

Please Join us for Savannah Calla’s Forth Annual T-Shirt Design Contest! VOTE to choose the design that you’d like to see used on this year’s Surf and Turf Poker Run T-Shirts!
CONTEST Starts July 5th!

World renowned, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Artists have graciously volunteered 6 designs to choose from this year!!! Making this one of our largest contests so far! The choice will be hard, so, feel free to Donate-to-Vote for several designs if you want!

YOU… will be helping to choose the final design!!! Just click here
www.gogophotocontest.com/surfandturfpokerrun

The designs have been submitted… And… For a mere DOLLAR PER VOTE, you can help determine the Design to be used on this year’s Parade T-Shirts! The proceeds from this Donate-to-Vote Contest will be used to support at-risk youth at Park Place Outreach, and Greenbriar Children’s Center. Wonderful organizations that have supported children and their families in the Savannah area for a combined total of over 115 years! www.greenbriarchildrenscenter.org www.ParkPlaceYes.org www.SavannahCalla.com

This is a great opportunity for these Artist’s designs to be seen by thousands of people, while supporting this local fundraiser! This is surely a very proud time for all participants, their families, and friends!

It’s also a wonderful way to donate on a smaller scale, or teach your children that you don’t have to have a lot to share, to support others in need! Every small bit can add up to a large blessing.

Let the VOTING begin!!! Check back often to “bump” up your favorite design if you need to! Thank you all for your continued support!
Please join our Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/share/17PdQ4msCF/ for Information and Updates.

I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Surf and Turf Poker Run on September 28th

Together… Community Supporting Community!
Be well… be safe… delylah 😊

delylah Thompson
Founder/President, Savannah Calla Inc
www.SavannahCalla.com
info@SavannahCalla.com
Chair, 2025 Surf and Turf Poker Run
SurfnTurfPokerRun@gmail.com
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/share/17PdQ4msCF/

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

Summer Art Camp at Scribble Art Studio includes all materials and daily snack. Instructors guide students each day in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and fiber arts. Students work with instructors to create themed projects along with guidance towards self-expression. We guarantee happiness, confididence and skill building each day. Each week is different for campers attending more than one week.

Our Mon. market! Offering everything from artwork(local) to veggies! Honey, eggs, coffee, baked goods, pecans, beef jerky, etc. etc. Live music by our local rock stars. Free parking. PLEASE…DO NOT PARK ON THE HELIPAD. Pet friendly.

Join Us for Business on the Move at Savannah Bee Company!

Step into the sweet world of Savannah Bee Company for an evening of networking and discovery! Enjoy lite appetizers, refreshing drinks, and a special mead tasting while exploring their beautiful showroom store and enchanting bee garden. This is a perfect chance to connect with fellow Chamber members in a unique and inspiring setting. Don’t miss it!

Date: Monday, July 14, 2025
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Savannah Bee Company Wilmington Island Showroom | 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Savannah, GA 3141

Cost: $25 Members | $35 Guest
Accessibility: Flat entrance
Contact: Email Sam Wilkins or call 912-644-6459

Join us at 22 Square Restaurant – 14 Barnard Street for an Industry Night Event! Enjoy Happy Hour pricing from 5pm – 9pm and pair them up with local savory bites!