Exhibits & Shows
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Art Quilts by LaToya Thompson
This solo exhibition brings together art quilts created over the years alongside collaborative community quilts that honor collective voice, healing, and creative expression.
Rooted in African American and Gullah Geechee traditions, these quilts are more than stitched fabric—they are vessels of story, history, and spirit. Each work reflects personal journeys shaped by ancestry, faith, community, and lived experience, carrying forward the legacy of quilting as both art and testimony.
Together, the quilts in Journey of the Stitched Soul blur the line between artist and audience, emphasizing quilting as a communal act of remembrance, resilience, and celebration. This exhibition invites viewers not only to look, but to feel—to witness how individual stories, when stitched together, form a powerful collective soul.
Opening
June 4 @ 6pm
Alejandro Giraldo
Alejandro Giraldo is a Savannah-based painter whose work explores the intersection between realism and abstraction, with a strong focus on imagination, surrealism, and the culture of work. Working primarily with acrylics, oils, charcoal, and oil pastels, Giraldo often integrates elements from his background in electronics and design. At times, he incorporates electronic components directly into the canvas, merging the mechanical with the expressive. His paintings frequently feature recurring characters inspired by office workers, forming satirical and whimsical narratives that reflect on contemporary life.
In his native Colombia, he participated in several auctions and exhibited his work in various galleries and museums, including two solo exhibitions at Universidad de los Andes with his project "LABORA" and Universidad Nacional (UNAL). He is the recipient of SCAD’s Educator Scholarship and was honored with the Painting Department Memorial Scholarship in 2024 in recognition of his outstanding performance. His most recent recognitions include an award from the London International Creative Competition for his painting “Shield of Dreams.” He also received honors in the 2nd China-Colombia National Painting Contest, themed “United in the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games for a Shared Future.”
Opening Aug 5 @ 6pm
The
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Collection of
African-American
Fine Art
Anthony and Davida Artis have been collecting African American art since 2009. Their collection now exceeds 100 artworks by more than 70 artists, consisting primarily of prints but also including original watercolors and drawings. Represented in their holdings are historic artists that include Elizabeth Cattlett, Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Romare Bearden and Benny Andrews as well as prominent contemporary artists such as Faith Ringgold and Kehinde Wiley.
We are honored to present a specially curated selection of 43 works from their collection in Hampton County at the Stanley Fine Arts Center.
"Father & Child" John Woodrow Wilson