FREE DOCUMENTARY DOUBLE-FEATURE AT RIVER CLUB  

The River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah.  

March 4th, 2010

For more information, e-mail studentmedia@scad.edu or call 912.575.5507.  

Savannah, GA — The River Club will be the site of a free documentary double-feature on Thursday, March 4. At 7pm will be the screening of “Died Young Stayed Pretty” followed by a question and answer session with producer, director, cinematographer and editor Eileen Yaghoobian, and at 9pm will be the screening of “Veer.”
“Died Young, Stayed Pretty” (2008) is a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America.
“Veer” (2009), narrated by actor and bicycle enthusiast Matthew Modine, explores America’s fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups to which they belong.
 

Selections from the Permanent Collection  

Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.  

May 1st, 2009 through March 14th, 2010

790-8800. www.telfair.org  

Through October 26: “Constructs and Inventions: The Etchings of Erik Desmazieres.” A selection of the artist’s technically and conceptually sophisticated etchings.

Through August 31: “Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran.” The first survey of contemporary Iranian photography to tour the U.S., providing a rare and revealing view of Iranian life and experiences.

Through August 31: “Counter Photography: Japan’s Artists Today.” Works by 11 contemporary Japanese artists. The exhibition challenges many commonly-held beliefs about the nature of photography.  

Selections from the Permanent Collection  

Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York Street  

May 13th, 2009 through March 14th, 2010

For more information: 790-8823 or www.telfair.org  

Members free / $15 non-member ($15 adult admission fee grants access [one-time visit] to each of the Telfair’s three sites for weeklong period following date of purchase; check website for complete admission prices)

Sun. 12-5 pm; Mon., Wed., Fri., & Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Thurs. 10 am-8 pm (Telfair Academy is closed on Tuesdays)  

Kirk Varnedoe Collection  

Telfair’s Jepson Center, 207 West York Street, Savannah GA  

November 11th, 2009 through April 4th, 2010

912.790.8800 / www.telfair.org  

Assembled in honor of the late Savannah native, scholar, and MoMA curator Kirk Varnedoe (1946-2003), this remarkable group of works on paper contains pieces by some of the most pivotal artists of the past fifty years—such as Jasper Johns, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Richard Serra, and Richard Avedon.
Free to members or with museum admission ($15 adult admission fee grants access [one-time visit] to each of the Telfair’s three sites for weeklong period following date of purchase; check website for complete admission prices)
Sun. 12-5 pm; Mon., Wed., Fri., & Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Thurs. 10 am-8 pm (Jepson Center is closed on Tuesdays)
 

150 Years of Architectural Elegance: The Central of Georgia Railroad’s 1856 Gray Building Headquarters  

SCAD Museum of Art  

January 1st, 2010 through December 31st, 2010

Free. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. SCAD Museum of Art (Kiah Hall, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). www.scad.edu/museum  

These exhibitions chronicle the history of SCAD's Kiah Hall. Once the headquarters of the venerable Central of Georgia Railroad and now a college art museum, the landmark Greek Revival building epitomizes the elegance of mid-19th-century architecture. Exhibition assistance was provided through a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council. Complementing the historical overview of the building is a small photographic exhibition that documents the recently completed exterior preservation of the structure, a project made possible by a major Save America's Treasures federal grant and additional assistance from the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation and the Frances Wood Wilson Foundation.  

Mapping the Past: Antique Cartography from the Newton Collection  

SCAD Museum of Art  

January 1st, 2010 through December 31st, 2010

Free. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. SCAD Museum of Art (Kiah Hall, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). www.scad.edu/museum  

Maps depicting North America, Great Britain and the world are on view in the museum's three map galleries. Highlights include 1597 maps from the earliest atlas of the Americas, 1776 military maps, and other 17th- and 19th-century maps, some of them hand-colored. Cartographers include Wytfliet, Hondius, Monath, Lotter, d'Anville, Faden, Lodge, Cary and Wyld.  

The Master Eye: Photography from the Rhoades Collection  

SCAD Museum of Art  

January 1st, 2010 through December 31st, 2010

Free. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. SCAD Museum of Art (Kiah Hall, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). www.scad.edu/museum  

The photographs in this SCAD Museum of Art exhibition include iconic examples from pioneering 19th-century practitioners and major 20th-century photographers, who wielded their cameras to capture images of arresting landscapes, richly textured narratives, elegant fashion scenes, singular still lifes and powerful portraits. Featured photographers include Mathew Brady, Eadweard Muybridge, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Annie Leibovitz and other celebrated masters.  

AASU Invitational Alumni Art Exhibition  

Armstrong Atlantic State University Department of Art, Music & Theatre  

February 8th, 2010 through March 10th, 2010

Call 344.2801 from 12 noon to 3 p.m., weekdays, for information. www.finearts.armstrong.edu
 

As part of its Spring 2010 gallery schedule, the AASU Department of Art, Music & Theatre welcomes distinguished art program alumni back to campus to share current artistic creations. The AASU Student Government Association and Campus Union Board generously provide funding for AASU Department of Art, Music & Theatre events.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays
Free
AASU Fine Arts Hall Gallery
Armstrong Atlantic State University Department of Art, Music & Theatre
11935 Abercorn Street Savannah, Georgia 31419-1997
Call 344.2801 from 12 noon to 3 p.m., weekdays, for information. www.finearts.armstrong.edu
 

This Old House: Director’s Preservation Tour of the Davenport House  

Isaiah Davenport House Museum/HSF, 324 E. State Street, Savannah  

March 2nd, 2010 through March 23rd, 2010

912-236-8097
 

Learn about the preservation and care of the Isaiah Davenport House, recipient of the Preserve America Presidential Award. The museum’s director will lead a tour in and around the home discussing the recent restoration, maintenance issues and techniques for preserving the site for the long term. The tour is limited to twelve people and areas will be visited that are not regularly on tour. The experience will end in the garden with light refreshments.
Tuesday and Saturdays in March
[Tour dates: March 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23]
4:30 p.m.
60 minutes
Admission: $18  

Tea at Mrs. Davenport’s  

324 E. State Street, Savannah, GA - on Columbia Square  

March 4th, 2010 through March 25th, 2010

912/236-8097 /www.davenporthousemuseum.org – info@davenporthousemuseum.org  

Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in the historic atmosphere of the Isaiah Davenport House Museum. Patrons will be oriented to the history of tea and tea traditions relating to the early 19th century consumer. They will tour areas of the home where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea given with costumed interpreters. 60 minutes.
Thursdays, some Fridays and one Wednesday in March 2010 (4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 24 and 25)
$18. Reservations recommended. Limited attendance.
5 p.m.