Reflecting the American predilection for card-playing and gaming during the Federal era, the card table was one of the most common articles of furniture imported to Savannah in the years following the American Revolution. In this small, specialized exhibition, the Telfair Museum of Art draws primarily from its permanent collection to survey card tables and [...]
Walter MacEwen (1858-1943) was one of the most highly decorated American artists of the late nineteenth century. Cosmopolitan and versatile, he produced works in varying genres and styles, but was best known for his charming depictions of rural Dutch life. A native of Chicago, MacEwen enrolled at the Munich Academy in 1877, commencing a residence [...]
This exhibition examines the important role Savannah played in the production and collection of silver in Georgia’s largest coastal city. With some exceptions, silver manufacturing in Savannah lasted approximately a century, from the second half of the 18th century to just before the Civil War. However, collecting the precious metal in its decorative form continues [...]
This exhibition marks the first major retrospective of collage and assemblage artist Aldwyth. For more than two decades, Aldwyth has produced her art in relative seclusion from the larger art world. Now seventy-three, she lives and works in an octagonal house on the edge of a salt marsh on Hilton Head Island, where she creates [...]
Organized by the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon and guest curated by Georgia artist Corinne Colarusso, Painters’ Reel shows the energy and connections shared among contemporary Georgia painters. In addition to Colarusso, who is based in Atlanta, artists represented in the exhibition include Savannah painters Betsy Cain and Marcus Kenney.
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