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LOCALS RIDE FREE*
*Locals ride FREE February 4 - 10, 2008.
To take advantage of this offer, signup for your hometown pass.
*Certain restrictions apply. Valid with a resident local ID: Local driver's license or voter's registration. Sorry, we cannot accept utility bills, rental contracts, etc. |
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Georgia Days Kickoff Event
Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
An Evening with James Edward Oglethorpe
A Dramatic Historical Presentation by Scott Hodges
Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St., Savannah
Free and open to the public
Oglethorpe Arrives at Darien
Friday, February 8, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Fort King George State Historic Site, Fort King George Drive, Darien
This event is organized by Fort King George and the Lower Altamaha Historical Society.
For more information please call 912-437-4770.
Free and open to the public
Super Museum Sunday
Sunday, February 10, 2008, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
Savannah-area museums
(visit www.georgiahistory.com after January 1, 2008, for museum list, or contact individual sites of interest)
Sponsored by: Richmond Hill Plantation
Free and open to the public |
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The SCAD Museum of Art (typically located at 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) is closed for renovations until this Spring. However, we have installed a temporary museum gallery on the 3rd floor of the Jen Library (201 E. Broughton St). As always, all of our events and exhibitions are free and open to the public. ere are our upcoming events/exhibitions:
Poetic Visions: Focus on Black Women Artists
Feb. 1-Apr. 4, 2008
Temporary Museum Gallery
Jen Library, 201 E. Broughton St., third floor
In conjunction with the Savannah Black Heritage Festival, the Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies and the SCAD Museum of Art present an exhibition that celebrates the visual expressiveness of the art of African-American women. A selection of approximately 15 pieces from the Walter O. Evans Collection/SCAD Museum of Art features the work of sculptors Mary Edmonia Lewis (c. 1845- c. 1911) and Elizabeth Catlett (b. 1915), folk artist Clementine Hunter (c. 1886-1988), and painters Alma Thomas (1891-1978), Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998) and Margaret Burroughs (b. 1917), as well as Faith Ringgold (b. 1930).
Opening Reception for Poetic Vision: Focus on Black Women Artists
Feb. 5, 2008, 5 pm to 6 pm
Temporary Museum Gallery
Jen Library, 201 E. Broughton St., third floor
Refreshments will be provided from the Gryphon Tea Room and music will be played by Ben Tucker. All are invited to attend.
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Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years
February 1 – April 6, 2008
This exhibition, organized by the Susan Conway Gallery in Washington, DC, presents original political cartoons by Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Patrick Oliphant from the beginning of the 21st century to the present, as well as unique examples of the artist’s work in sculpture and oversized caricature drawings.
Admission is $4- $10, free to members.
Hours- M/W/F/Sat. 10a-5p - Sun 12-5p - Th 10a-8p, closed Tues.
Exhibition on view at Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. on Telfair Square. For more information call 912.790.8800 |
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