The Sandbox Children’s Museum open @ new Hilton Head Is. location

Don’t miss playing and learning at the new Sandbox Children’s Museum at Lowcountry Celebration Park on Hilton Head Is.

Make your reservation online to secure your spot!

Saturday: 2 play sessions 10AM & 1:30PM
Sunday at 1:30PM

Learn more here.

(Please note the new address below)

80 Nassau St.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
(843) 842-7645

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In-Person Art Classes @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center

Classes are back at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center! In person 8 and 6-week series classes for ages 6 and up begin August 16 and 30th!
Get back in the studio with art discovery classes, ceramics, guitar, acting, and more.

8-Week Classes (Begin August 16)
Basics of Choreography (14+)
Intro to Guitar (10-15 and 16+)
Modern African Fusion (13+)

6-Week Classes (Begin August 30)
Adventures in Art
Ceramics (9-12 and 12-16)
Character Development Through Movement and Imagination (13-18)
Discovering Art (6-8)
Home School Art (6-12) *biweekly

Learn more and register at savannahga.gov/artsclasses.

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FREE Family Movie Night @ Ships of the Sea Museum & Gardens with Mountainfilm on Tour Savannah

We are proud to present an evening of family- friendly films at Ships of the Sea Museum and Gardens. Our Family Movie Night brings back a stellar collection of hand-picked short films from our archives. Enjoy a summer night filled with movies that will entertain and inspire.

Enjoy food trucks from Latin Chicks and C. Alexanders, Leopold’s Ice Cream and free popcorn.

Social hour at 5PM; Films begin at 6PM.

Investment provided by the City of Savannah.

FREE Family Movie Night
Sat, August 7, 2021
5-7:30 PM
@ Ships Of The Sea Maritime Museum
41 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd.
Savannah, GA 31401

Family Concert @ Tybee Post Theater, 10:30AM Sat. Aug. 7

Perfect for kids, this toe-tapping and energetic show @ Tybee Post Theater on Tybee Island @ 10:30AM Sat. Aug. 7 will give your entire family infectious joy and boundless energy.

Jennifer Daniels’ family concerts are full of interactive songs, stories, and organized movement meant for kids newborn – third grade.

As an assistant to beloved kids’ author Eric Litwin (original author of Pete the Cat picture books), Jenn will use the guitar, ukulele, and picture books to get kids singing and dancing and excited about reading.

An award-winning writer and performer out of Lookout Mountain, GA, Jennifer Daniels delivers rich concert experiences full of laughter and friendly banter.

Order tickets online here.

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Tybee Post Theater
10 Van Horne Ave.
Tybee Island, GA 31328
912-472-4790
Email: info@tybeeposttheater.org

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EXTENDED DEADLINE!

Seeking an ART PORTFOLIO for auditions next year?

The Studio School Youth Art Portfolio Prep Program in Savannah is a 20 week full support virtual arts program created for youth to present the best portfolio possible for school auditions in 2022. Application deadline Aug 21 2021.

Details on website www.thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Instructor: Lind Powell Hollingsworth
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Kindermusik Savannah/Chatham County classes for ages 4-7

Does your 4-7 year old child show an interest in musical instruments, but isn’t quite ready for the discipline and attention span that private music lessons require?

If so, this special Kindermusik class is just for them! We move, we listen, we dance and play instruments. We learn theory, musical concepts, rhythms and composers…all under the umbrella of FUN! Come visit your first class for free- parents welcome and encouraged to attend too! Mondays at 4PM.

Text 912-432-5885 for more info or visit kindermusikwith88keys.com.

Kindermusik…A Good Beginning Never Ends.

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Exploring Science Through Art in Free Family Day, Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center & Telfair Academy, Savannah: Aug. 21

Local residents are invited to enjoy the exhibitions Never Spoken Again at the Jepson Center and Progressive Regression at the Telfair Academy on Sat. Aug. 21 2021in Savannah.

Family activities connecting science to art will be offered outdoors at the museums’ entrances, weather permitting, along with take-home art activities for children.

Learn more here.

Telfair Museums’ Free Family Days for Chatham County residents are offered throughout the year. Enjoy music, artist demonstrations, and hands-on art-making, and more — free of charge!

You’re Invited!

If you’re a local Chatham County resident or student, admission is waived for you to join in the Free Family fun. All you need to do is show proof of residency or enrollment at the front desk.

Here is a list of identification Telfair Museums accepts:
*Georgia driver’s license with Chatham County address and zip code
*Georgia state identification card with Chatham County address and zip code
*Voter registration card with Chatham County address and zip code
*Utility bill with Chatham County address and zip code
*Current college ID from SCAD, Georgia Southern Armstrong, Savannah State, Georgia Tech, or Savannah Tech

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ART START @ Telfair Academy, Savannah
July 21 2021 at 10:30–11:30AM
Telfair Academy

Once a month, Telfair Museums’ youngest patrons are invited for storytime and a special tour at Art Start.

For July, Art Start will return to in-person activities with you and your little ones.

Meet at the front gate of the Telfair Academy at 10:30AM. Learn more here.

Telfair Academy
121 Barnard St.
Savannah, GA 31401

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Does your pre-teen NEED AN ART PORTFOLIO for auditions next year?

Do you have an action plan to ensure they have enough quality art to present so they have a great chance of acceptance? No?

The Studio School Youth Art Portfolio Prep Program is the answer! 20 weeks of full support for your pre-teen so that they can present the best portfolio possible. Application deadline Aug 1st.

Details on website www.thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Instructor: Lind Powell Hollingsworth
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Sat. June 10: Wonders of Water @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center

Join the Savannah Cultural Arts Center on the lawn this Saturday, July 10 2021, @ 10AM for an engaging FREE morning session of crafts, stories, and movement for ages 4 to 7!

This week, you’re invited to be inspired by water! The art activity will be created by the movement of water and a short Hula lesson will teach participants about storytelling through dance, celebrating Polynesian culture.

The fun begins at 10AM and will last about an hour. Space is limited, registration is required, and family units will be socially-distanced. (Parents/guardians are required to stay with their children for the duration). Please register online here by noon the Friday before the event.

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Teen Art Portfolio Prep Program @ The Studio School Savannah

“Is your middle schooler prepared for art auditions next year?

Good art takes time to create.

Learn about The Studio School Savannah’s 20-week full support art program to uplevel your child’s portfolio and increase their chance of success.”

Details on www.thestudioschoolsavannah.com

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Still time to register for Scribble Art Studio’s Summer Camp 2021.

Weekly sessions from June 7-Aug. 6 2021. Camp is from 9AM-Noon, Monday through Friday, and includes all art materials, two instructors and snacks.

Your young artist will explore different art themes from around the U.S.A. in Scribble’s Ode to the American Road Trip. Space is limited so book your spots today.

For ages 4-14. Includes all art materials, two instructors & snacks.

Register online here. 

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This week’s SouthernMamas.com newspaper column: Savannah Music Festival Jazz Academy student’s podcasts features musicians, authors, students.

The article spotlights Christina Campbell, 11, a rising sixth grader @ Godley Station K-8 School in Pooler. As a student in the SMF Jazz Academy, Christina started her own podcast called “The Entertainer” – which features musicians, authors & more.

Read the article here.

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SMF Jazz Academy

SMF Jazz Academy is accepting student applications. The academy is open to students at all music levels. With SCCPSS planning for in-person student majority attendance for 2021-22, the academy plans to follow the district’s lead.

All students in the program will have at least one rehearsal a week and one private lesson on their instrument. Students will also perform at the end of each semester, participate in monthly jam sessions and work with local jazz musicians in masterclasses.

The academy is accepting beginning, intermediate and advanced students in grades five through 12. Previous musical experience not required with free instrument rentals available.

Enrollment period:  Aug. 2-22

To apply, more info: savannahmusicfestival.org/jazzacademy

Contact: Jessica Messere, jessica@savannahmusicfestival.org, 912-234-3378 x107.

Teen Art Portfolio Prep Program @ The Studio School Savannah

“Is your middle schooler prepared for art auditions next year?

Good art takes time to create.

Learn about The Studio School Savannah’s 20-week full support art program to uplevel your child’s portfolio and increase their chance of success.”

Details on www.thestudioschoolsavannah.com

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Join The Sandbox Children’s Museum on Hilton Head Is. OUTSIDE at their new Lowcountry Celebration Park location on Monday evenings at 6:30PM starting Mon. June 14 2021 for a free show from Rick Hubbard and his kazoo band on the museum’s porch.

Lowcountry Celebration Park is located off Pope Avenue near the Coligny Beach parking lot.

Stay tuned for news on the opening date of The Sandbox Children’s Museum’s new building. The museum’s former 18 Pope Ave. location is now closed.

Meanwhile, The Sandbox 2 @ Tanger 2 Outlets in Bluffton SC is open. Learn more here.

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Speaking of kazoos – don’t forget about this fun daytrip from Savannah: The Kazoo Factory, also known has Kazoobie Kazoos, in Beaufort, S.C..

The Kazoo Factory offers museum tours where kids can see how kazoos are made. The museum tours show how kazoos are assembled,
imprinted, packaged and shipped to all corners of the world. Kids can also make their own kazoos to take home.

Factory Tour Hours
Monday – Friday
Book a tour online here. 
Admission includes a build-it-yourself kazoo)

This might be a good activity to pair with a visit to the lighthouse at Hunting Island near Beaufort.  Info on Hunting Island here.

The Kazoo Factory, 12 John Galt Road, Beaufort, SC 29906,  (800) 326-0358, http://www.thekazoofactory.com/

June 19: Tea Time Around the World @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center

Join the Savannah Cultural Arts Center on their lawn for an engaging FREE morning session of crafts, stories, and movement for ages 4 to 7!

On Sat. June 19 2021, the topic is tea and will include teacup decorating, a Raku pottery demonstration, and a storytime reading of “Tea Time around the World.”

The fun begins at 10AM Sat. June 19 and will last about an hour. Crafts can be taken home at the end of the session.

Space is limited, registration is required and family units will be socially-distanced.

Please register by noon the Friday before the event. Register online here. 

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Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center in Savannah free to locals June 12-13; free libation ceremony & virtual Juneteenth lecture

Telfair Museums will mark Juneteenth 2021 with free admission to the Jepson Center, a free libation ceremony, and a free virtual lecture.

From 10AM-5PM Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13, Savannah and Chatham County residents will receive free admission to the Jepson Center in partnership with the City of Savannah.

The free weekend features a libation ceremony at noon Sat. June 12 on the front steps of the museum led by local historians Vaughnette Goode-Walker and Jamal Toure.

Activity kits focusing on the Black experience and themes related to current exhibitions, including works by Savannah artist Sauda Mitchell, also will be distributed.

Juneteenth celebrates the beginning of the emancipation of enslaved Americans on June 19, 1865, by order of Union General Gordon Granger in Texas.

At 6PM Tues. June 15, Telfair will host its annual Juneteenth lecture with a virtual appearance by historian and author Anthony Cohen, whose book “Patrick & Me” chronicles his journey as a fourth-generation descendant of an enslaved man who escaped to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Drawing from an 1856 interview with his forbearer, Cohen carefully reconstructs the amazing life story of Patrick Sneed—a slave of African, Jewish, Irish, and Cherokee heritage—who fled from bondage in Savannah and later went on to fight in the Civil War. You can register for the free Zoom lecture at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rMobXJFBRsWVjCwRljswxw.

Telfair recently expanded its regular days and hours as it continues to pare back limitations enforced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. All three of Telfair’s sites—the Jepson Center, the Telfair Academy, and the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters—now are open from 10AM-5PM on Tuesdays, in addition to Thursdays through Mondays. The museum remains closed on Wednesdays.

Learn more here.

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Still time to register for Scribble Art Studio’s Summer Camp 2021.

Weekly sessions from June 7-Aug. 6 2021. Camp is from 9AM-Noon, Monday through Friday, and includes all art materials, two instructors and snacks.

Your young artist will explore different art themes from around the U.S.A. in Scribble’s Ode to the American Road Trip. Space is limited so book your spots today.

For ages 4-14. Includes all art materials, two instructors & snacks.

Register online here. 

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Have older kids at home looking for a local volunteer opportunity? The Savannah Cultural Arts Center is looking for Junior Camp Counselors to join them this July!

What are Junior Counselors? Counselors assist with summer art camps in a volunteer capacity. Responsibilities include assisting teachers with projects and staff with logistical tasks such as camper drop off and lunch.

Who? This opportunity is open to ages 14 to 18.

When? Camps run all four weeks in July, daily, 8AM-4PM.

Do I need to be available that whole time? No! Indicate your availability during July on the application form.

Learn more and apply online here. 

All camps will be masked and reduced capacity for social distancing.

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Does your teen need an art portfolio for auditions next year?

Do you have an action plan to ensure they have enough quality art to present so they have a great chance of acceptance? No?

Then enroll them in The Studio School’s Teen Art Portfolio Prep Program! 20 weeks of full support for your teen so that they can present the best portfolio possible.

Details on The Studio School Savannah Web site here.

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Treasure Maps pop-up, interactive, outdoor theatre, 7:30PM June 25 2021 @ Old Roberds Dairy Farm, Savannah

Treasure Maps is a pop-up, interactive, outdoor theatre taking place in six cities across Georgia.

The Treasure Maps show will include live-local hosts, film screening, installations, and interactive activities, all under safe social distancing practices. The roadshow feature is the film screening of Treasure Maps on the big screen.

Treasure Maps showcases a collage of ten Georgia storytellers’ experiences with an up-close and personal viewpoint into what it’s like navigating the complex webs of life in our communities as a person with a developmental disability.

Themes include:
starting your own business
friendship
going to college
alienation & acceptance
dealing with the physical aspects of disability
and how transformative living a full inclusion life can be.
This show is proudly presented by the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities and L’arche Atlanta. Local partners include the Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society and Savannah-Chatham County Parent Mentors.

NOTE: In the event of inclement weather, this event will be moved to an online format.

Register online for this free event here. 

Location
Old Roberds Dairy Farm
2500 Tennessee Avenue
Savannah, GA 31404

Telfair Museums three sites will now be open six days a week.

The Jepson Center, Telfair Academy, and Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters  – all in Savannah – will be open Thursday–Tuesday, 10AM–5PM. The sites will remain closed on Wednesdays.

Learn more here.

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Art Camps 2021 @ Scribble Art Studio, Savannah

Yes, we know many summer camps in our area are full already including the first few sessions of art camp @ Scribble Art Studio in Savannah.

However: there are a limited number of spots left in Scribble’s July & early August art camp sessions.

Camp is Monday through Friday, 9AM-Noon for ages 4-14.

Theme: Ode to the American Road Trip: Students take a creative journey to explore art themes from around the U.S.A.

Scribble provide all art materials, 2 instructors, and snacks. Cost is $250 per week and space is limited.

Questions? Email info@scribbleartstudiosav.com

Register online here.

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