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Viewing events for July 6, 2008

June 1-Sept. 30
"Fantastic Adventures in Text and Image "
SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
First Floor Map Gallery 3
This exhibition charts the adventures of famous literary characters such as Robinson Crusoe, Lemuel Gulliver, Moll Flanders and Tom Sawyer through various editions of books, including those illustrated by well-known artists such as Cruikshank, Hogarth, Rowlandson and Rockwell.
June 1-Nov. 30
"Lines and Shadows, Image and Self: Artist Portraits on Paper"
SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
Second Floor Print Gallery
This exhibition features important artist portrait prints from the 16th and 18th centuries, drawn from the SCAD Museum of Art's collection. Included are early portraits of Michelangelo and Raphael, portraits of Rembrandt, several engravings from Anthony Van Dyck's series "Iconography" and early mezzotints portraying Lely, Kneller, Reynolds and others by pioneering British printmakers such as Isaac Beckett and John Smith.
June 1-Nov. 30
"Hogarth’s Tale of Two Cities: Rich and Poor in 18th-century London"
SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
Second Floor Painting Gallery
This comprehensive exhibition of prints by William Hogarth chronicles the highs and lows of life in 18th-century London. Selected from the SCAD Museum of Art's Earle W. Newton Collection of British and American Art, the 50 pieces on view include celebrated series such as "A Harlot's Progress," "A Rake's Progress," "Industry and Idleness," "Four Prints of an Election" and "Marriage à la Mode." Hogarth's moralizing narratives interweave actual events and contemporaries with his imaginative visions to create a rich pageant of urban life.
June 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2009
"The Master Eye: 19th- and 20th-century Photography from the Rhoades Collection"
SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
First Floor Photography Gallery
The photographs in this 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.
June 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2009
"Mapping the Past: A Selection of Antique Cartography from the Newton Collection"
SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
First Floor Map Galleries
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.
June 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2009
"150 Years of Architectural Elegance: The Central of Georgia Railroad’s 1856 Gray Building Headquarters" and "Saving a National Treasure: Bricks, Mortar and Metal"
SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
First Floor Entrance Gallery
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.
June 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2009
"Focus on 20th-century Art: Highlights from SCAD’s Collection"
SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
Second Floor Focus Gallery
Significant works from SCAD's permanent collection-including paintings, drawings and prints by Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Salvadore Dalí, Raphael Soyer, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden, Faith Ringgold and others-represent changing movements in modern and contemporary art.
June 4-Aug. 17
"Crossing Timelines" Exhibition by Joy Flynn
Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St., Savannah, Ga.
The exhibitions department presents a new series by SCAD foundation studies professor Joy Flynn. Flynn creates a visual journal that explores abstract ideas of time, generational relationships and experiences in her ancestral homeland of Norway. The work in this exhibition was funded in part by a SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development. A reception is scheduled June 6, 6-8 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
June 10-July 10
"Still" Exhibition by Lindsay Ryden
May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St., Savannah, Ga.
"Still" features work by Bachelor of Fine Arts painting student Lindsay Ryden. Her self-portraits and watercolors of interiors embrace the stillness of figures and objects in space, while the translucency of her palette dramatizes cool light as it plays off skin and monochromatic interior spaces. A reception is scheduled June 12, 6-8 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
June 12-July 12
"Bringing Stories to Life" Exhibition
Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.
The exhibitions department at SCAD hosts "Bringing Stories to Life," which explores modes of storytelling in puppetry arts. Puppetry has been used throughout the world to tell historical, political and folkloric stories through various media such as video, animation and live performance. Storytelling is a celebrated foundation of puppetry arts and continues to evolve as puppeteers explore new techniques and adaptations of traditional puppetry. This exhibition features a group of artists who explore the whimsical, satirical, autobiographical, poetic, fictional and non-fictional genres of storytelling in puppetry arts. The reception is scheduled June 13, 6-7:30 p.m.
June 21-July 26
Rising Star 2008: A Pre-college Program for Rising High School Seniors
SCAD-Savannah, 342 Bull St., Savannah, Ga.
This challenging five-week program awards college credit to rising high school seniors who are ready for a summer college experience. Students may enroll in two college-level classes and have the opportunity to build or enhance their visual arts portfolios. For more information, read the Rising Star brochure.
June 21-Aug. 23
Bike Club
Gallery Espresso, 245 Bull St., Savannah, Ga.
Saturdays, 8 a.m.
The group meets on Saturdays at Gallery Espresso. Don't forget your helmet.
The SCAD bike club is free. Sponsored by the student recreation department.
For more information, e-mail student recreation or call 912.525.6958.
June 23-Aug. 10
"Yes No Maybe So" Exhibition by Marcus Kenney
Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 322 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, Ga.
The exhibitions department presents "Yes No Maybe So," a new body of work by SCAD alumnus Marcus Kenney (M.F.A., photography, 1995). Kenney intuitively uses found objects in paintings and sculptures that engage social narratives. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. A reception is scheduled July 24, 6-8 p.m. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public.
June 23-Aug. 22
Open Gym
St. Paul's Activity Center, 16 W. 32 St., Savannah, Ga.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sponsored by the student recreation department. For more information, e-mail student recreation or call 912.525.6958.
June 24-Aug. 19
Writing Center at Smithfield Cottage
Smithfield Cottage, 118 W. Hall St., Savannah, Ga.
Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m.
During summer quarter, a Writing Center staff member will be available every Tuesday at Smithfield Cottage for graduate students to ask writing-related questions. Appointments are not required but prepared questions are helpful. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 912.525.4707.
June 27-Aug. 15
Academics Anonymous Group
York Hall, 115 E. York St., Savannah, Ga.
Fridays, 2-3 p.m.
Students who are on academic warning, provisional, probation or readmitted status are invited to join this support group offered by the offices of academic advising and counseling and student support services. Learn academic and personal strategies that can help you succeed. To sign up, call 912.525.6971.
July 2-15
Exhibition by Darra Crosby, M.F.A. Student in Fibers
Hall Street Gallery, 212 W. Hall St., Savannah, Ga.
Darra Crosby is a Master of Fine Arts student in fibers who works in chalk and acrylic on chalkboard. A reception is scheduled July 3, 6-8 p.m. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public.
July 2-Aug. 13
Art Therapy Group
York Hall, 115 E. York St., Savannah, Ga.
Wednesdays, 4-5:30 p.m.
This group, using various art mediums, is designed to explore and expand self-awareness and increase self-esteem. For more information, call 912.525.6971.
July 7-21
"Yoswadi Krutklom/ A Story of the Story" Exhibition
Alexander Hall Gallery, 668 Indian St., Savannah, Ga.
This M.F.A. exhibition by illustration student Yoswadi Krutklom reinterprets contemporary Hollywood gossip-magazine idols as laugh-out-loud characters. The exhibition and reception, scheduled July 11, 6-8 p.m., are free and open to the public.
July 7-Aug. 8
"Kinetic" Exhibition by Matt Toole
Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St., Savannah, Ga.
"Kinetic" features a series of sculptural pieces and a video installation of a performance by Matt Toole, a foundation studies and sculpture professor at SCAD. In conjunction with the exhibition, Toole will conduct a three-day found-object workshop for youth during the Savannah Summer Art Camps. An artist's reception is scheduled July 11, 6-8 p.m. The exhibition and artist's reception are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free off-street parking is available. Read more about the gallery.
 
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