2021 Savannah Series: April, May, June separate solo exhibitions; Grand Bohemian Gallery, The Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St.; kesslercollection.com or call 912.721.5007. Savannah native, painter Dottie Turner Leatherwood, “A Conversation with the Savannah Landscape,” opening reception 4-7 p.m. April 15, exhibit through May 15. SCAD graduate, multi-disciplinary artist Amiri Geuka Farris, “Inspire and Surprise, Art in Public Spaces,” opening reception 4-7 p.m. May 27, exhibit through June 27. Public artist, Savannah resident Jerome Meadows, a talk entitled “The Importance of Art in Public Spaces,” on the significance of public art to the community and how it reflects our society at large on 6 p.m. May 27.
Two artists of the month for April: through April, Gallery 209, 209 E. River St.; gallery209savannah.com; Napoleon Wilkerson art includes portraits of family, friends, students, cultural and historical. Subjects reflects their various emotions and different activities and experiences. Shirley Daniell designs unique jewelry and accessories created for the wearer to make a clear statement. Also available at Gallery11 in City Market.
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Somewhere Along the Continuum by Matt Toole: through April 30, artist talk 2 p.m. April 17 via Instagram Live Facebook Event online at fb.me/e/1hLeBDnWu; ON-VIEW Pop Up Gallery, Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. Toole’s sculptures are actual objects found in the Coastal Georgia. They are parts of a larger environmental collective that people have been drawn to for millennia. Organism
Most people wouldn’t equate rest to revolution. But with “Revival: A Call for Radical Care,” the latest group exhibition at Sulfur Studios, curator Antonia B. Larkin looks to send the message that quiet reflection is a path to personal power.
“Self care has been a thing for the last few years,” she explained during this week’s episode of Art on the Air. “But a lot of my friends were starting to look more inward…navigating isolation, and navigating all the emotions that come along with George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the countless others who have died because of police violence.
Like many, fine artist Elise Aleman spent much of spring and summer last year quarantined, distant from friends and family. To ease her loneliness and soothe her soul, Aleman gathered canvas, brush, and oils to paint her way out of isolation.
Screen shots from Zoom meetings and friends’ images from Facebook became sources of inspiration for “Faces of 2020,” her one-woman exhibition now showing at Gallery Espresso through March 25.
A formal reception and artist meet and greet takes place Saturday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the coffee shop.
Born in Havana, Aleman left Cuba with her mother and father in 1967 as refugees. They landed in New Jersey but eventually settled in South Florida. Always a creative type, Aleman earned an associate’s degree in fashion illustration in 1982, setting her up for a career in graphic design and other commercial work.