Come create meaningful artwork and memories with your child on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mon. Jan. 16 2023
About the Artist:
Jennifer Mack-Watkins is a contemporary visual artist whose artistic aesthetic draws from a confluence of reference points, most of which include her Japanese Mokuhanga printmaking techniques and her culturally rich southern roots. Her work has been acquired at prominent institutions including the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Library of Congress, The Met, The Getty Archives and she has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Vogue and Essence. Jennifer holds a bachelor of arts in BA in studio arts from Morris Brown College, an MAT from Tufts University, and an MFA in Printmaking from Pratt Institute and is on the Board of Trustees at the Brattleboro museum. In 2022, Mack-Watkins completed her first children’s book illustration for Kokila/Random House titled You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!
Date: Mon. Jan. 16th, 2023
Time: Choose 1 Session: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM or 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Location: JF Gregory City Park || Richmond Hill, GA 31324
Price: $40, includes all supplies (RSVP + purchase by Jan. 14th)
Please have your child bring their favorite snack, and plan to stay to assist your child during the event. To RSVP for this event and receive payment information, please email sammack1126@gmail.com and CC jennifermack.com@gmail.comletting Jennifer Mack-Watkins Studio know which time slot you’d like to attend, and how many participants you’ll have in your group.
Looking forward to commemorating this day and creating some art with your child.
Whether you have a budding actor, artist, or a child that loves to be creative, the Savannah Cultural Arts Center has a class for you! Beginning with Parent/Child movement for ages 2-3, there are classes for all ages through high school! New classes for youth include a Disney-based dance and movement class and teens also have new dance options, including hip hop and cultural dance classes!
Classes will begin the week of Jan. 9 2022.
Youth classes run for 6 weeks, teen classes run for 6 or 8 weeks, class dependent.
Learn more about the classes and register online here.
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Inspired by Shi Jinsong’s motorcycle works, on view in the artist’s exhibition Waiting for a response which we might never get transform holiday icons into whimsical sculptures using polymer clay.
Admission to the workshop: $10. Supplies included. All skill levels welcome. Boxed dinner provided.
To sign up, email Kristin Poitras, manager of museum visitation and programming, at kpoitras@scad.edu.
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Inspired by Shi Jinsong’s motorcycle works, on view in the artist’s exhibition Waiting for a response which we might never get [link: https://www.scadmoa.org/exhibitions/waiting-for-a-response-which-we-might-never-get], transform holiday icons into whimsical sculptures using polymer clay.
Admission to the workshop: $10. Supplies included. All skill levels welcome. Boxed dinner provided.
To sign up, email Kristin Poitras, manager of museum visitation and programming, at kpoitras@scad.edu.Savannah-area residents receive free admission on the second Sunday of every month. Here’s the listing for December!
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Your kids can learn a new skill, get creative @ new Savannah Cultural Art Center classes
A new round of classes has begun at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center and there is still time to join! From dance to visual art classes, everyone has a chance to create.
Youth art, movement, and music classes are back at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center! A new round of 6-week session classes will begin Mon. Oct. 17 2022. Class favorites are back along with some new ways to get creative.
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Youth Classes Clay – Mondays
Intro to the Flute – Mondays
Parent/Child Movement – Tuesdays
Pre-ballet – Tuesdays Homeschool Art – Tuesdays
Ballet/Jazz Combo Class – Wednesdays
Creative Movement – Wednesdays Youth Art -Saturdays
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Teen Classes
Clay* – Mondays
Jewelry and Metals* – Tuesdays
DIY Musician – Wednesdays *8 Week Class Sessions
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Learn more about classes and register online here.
Homeschool Art is back with more art! Offered Tuesdays at 11AM for ages 6-12 years, this class is now a weekly course with 6 sessions beginning Oct. 18 2022.
Learn, create, and have fun in our art series prepared for home schooled students! Each session will offer a different creative and educational activity to foster artistic expression.
Parents are encouraged to join in on the fun for free.
Scribble Art Studio’s after school art classes in Savannah teach foundational skills and self-expression. Art Classes for 2022-2023 begin Mon. Aug. 29 2022
These after-school art classes explore artmaking using a wide variety of materials and mediums including: design markers, tempera, acrylic and watercolor paints, printmaking and sculpture materials, collage, paper-making and more.
Classes begin Mon. Aug. 29th, 2022 and run through the end of the school year.
Cost for each block of five classes: $200 and includes all materials.
Learn, create, and have fun in our three-part art series prepared for home schooled students! Each session will offer a different creative and educational activity to foster artistic expression. Parents are encouraged to join in on the fun for free. Ages 6-12.
First session is Tuesday, Aug. 23 2022, 11AM-Noon.
Also starting next week – Creative Movement for ages 6-9! This 6-week session is open to all, no dance experience required! Tuesdays, 5-6PM
Create magical mornings of art and dance for ages 2 to 12 at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center. From movement classes and ballet to mixed media art, there’s a little something for every young mind.
Parent/Child Movement (Ages 2-3 years) – Tuesdays 9:15-10AM
Pre-Ballet (Ages 4-5 years)- Tuesdays 10:30-11AM
Homeschool Art (Ages 6-12)- Tuesdays 11AM-12PM
Youth Intro to Ballet (Ages 6-8 years)- Wednesdays 9:15-10AM
Start your day with art with Jepson Center’s new and combined programs.
Once a month, the museum’s youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.
$5 per child Adults: members free | non-members $12
Here are upcoming Art Starts with different themes each month:
Thurs. May 19 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: View and be inspired by the work of local artists in our #art912 CONVERGENCE exhibition. Register online here.
Thurs. June 16 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: Explore this year’s PULSE exhibitions and explore technology in art with LED throwies and floaties. Register online here.
Thurs. July 21 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: Explore BLOW UP: Inflatable Contemporary Art and create balloon art. Register online here.
Thurs. Aug. 18 2022, 10:30–11:30AM, Jepson Center: Explore The Art of William O. Golding and make flags. Register online here.
$25 per parent child, $15 adult. All materials included.
Abayomi doll making workshop with Aisha Sinclair Abayomi is a Yoruba word for “precious meeting.” During the transatlantic slave trade from Africa, mothers would often take pieces of cloth from their skirts and make these dolls to help keep hope and remember their children.
Learn to make your own in this featured Juneteenth studio program open to all ages.
Hands-on artmaking and inflatable art demonstrations from 1–4PM. Telfair offers a back-to-school family event with activities based on the museum’s exhibition of large-scale inflatable art.
The event will include balloon and sculpture activities, inflatable art by local artists, and bouncy house fun in Telfair Square.
Once a month, Telfair Museums’ youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here. Come play and learn with the Jepson Center.
$5 per child
Adult members free | Adult non-members $12
Thurs. April 21, 10:30-11:30AM
Jepson Center
207 W. York St.
Savannah, 31401
This month, view The Art of William O. Golding and start your own travel drawing collection to tell a story.
Sat. April 23, Activities from 1-4PM
Jepson Center
207 W. York St.
Savannah, 31401
Follow the travels of sailor and artist William O. Golding with family art making activities including sailor’s knot bracelets, nautical flags, and floating boat toys, along with tours of the exhibition.
Investment provided by the City of Savannah and the Georgia Council for the Arts.
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Telfair Museums now offers local residents free weekend admission to the Jepson Center and Telfair Academy April 2 – August 28 2022.
Residents are invited to explore the largest museum exhibition of work by African American artist, William O. Golding, in The Art of William O. Golding: Hard Knocks, Hardships, and Lots of Experience on view at the Jepson Center, along with other featured exhibitions free of charge.
Free weekend admission includes residents of the following counties:
-Chatham
-Bryan
-Effingham
-Liberty (Georgia)
-Beaufort (South Carolina)
-Jasper (South Carolina)
Note that registration is currently open for City of Savannah residents. Other registrations will be added to a waiting list and contacted about available space starting two weeks before the start of camp.
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Classes begin April 4 2022. Your favorites are returning, plus new dance and movement classes for ages 2-3 and 4-5 years.
Classes include: Youth mixed visual art, homeschool biweekly art class, youth and teen clay, teen songwriting, parent/child movement, pre-ballet. And more!
Registration is officially open for Spring Break Arts Camp 2022 @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center.
Arts Through the Ages camp will engage 3rd through 6th grade students in a variety of projects, activities, and art history, providing a creative spark and a whole lot of fun! Elements across both performing and visual arts will be included.
This is a half day camp that runs 9AM-1PM (with an hour on each end for drop off and pick up). Camp is open to current 3rd through 6th graders.
Quick Details
Dates: March 28-April 1
Times: 9AM-1PM (drop off and pick up windows are an hour either side of camp)
Ages: 3rd through 6th Graders
There will not be a lunch break in the half-day camp but multiple snack breaks will be worked in. Masks will be required at camp while the City of Savannah has a mask mandate in place.
Have a teen looking for a job over Spring Break? Classroom assistants are needed for camp! This is a paid position open to ages 16+. Learn more on about this opportunity online here or email scac@savannahga.gov.
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Summer Camps 2022 @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center
Registration for Summer Camp will open in April 2022, but dates have been announced.
Ages 6-12
June 13 – June 17
Jun 21 – June 24 *4day camp
Jun 27 – July 1
Ages 13-17
July 5 – July 8 *4day camp
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All camps will take place @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center, 201 Montgomery St.
Questions? Call (912) 651-3677 or email scac@savannahga.gov.
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FAMILY DROP-IN STUDIO IS BACK @ Jepson Center, Savannah
Weekends
10AM-2PM
Free to members and non-members with museum admission
We’re happy to see the return to Jepson Center’s family drop-in studio activities on Saturdays and Sundays from 10AM-2PM. Jepson Center staff will offer 4-5 activity options, and a studio assistant will be on hand to assist. Open to all ages! Work at your own pace and comfort level, we encourage exploration! Studio occupancy may be limited.
Each day of spring break, the museum will offer Drop in studio with featured activities for kids and their parents looking to Unleash their creativity. A studio assistant is always on hand to answer questions and assist guests. Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Savannah (GA) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated presents the 21st Annual New Beginning Youth Art Exhibition celebrating the talents of local middle-school and high-school students. Works included in this year’s juried exhibition are based on the theme Celebrating Culture, Celebrating Heritage, Celebrating You.
This show – which will be Feb. 22-March 19 2022 – encourages students to create for a juried art show.
Opening and award presentation: Tuesday, Feb. 22 2022, 6-8PM.
ART START STROLLER & TODDLER TOURS @ Jepson Center, Savannah
February 17 2022, 10:30AM-12:30PM
Adult & Child (Pair) $12 | Child (5 and younger) $5 | Adult & Child (Member) $5
Once a month, Telfair Museums’ youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for storytime, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here. Come play and learn with us!
View New Acquisitions from the Brandywine Workshop and try your hand at printmaking.
Upcoming Art Start Stroller & Toddler Tours @ Jepson Center, Savannah
Feb. 17 2022, 10:30AM-12:30PM. View New Acquisitions from the Brandywine Workshop and try your hand at print-making. Register online here.
April 21 2022, 1o:30AM-12:30PM | View the Art of William O. Golding and start your own travel drawing collection to tell a story. Register online here.
FAMILY DROP-IN STUDIO IS BACK @ Jepson Center, Savannah
Weekends
10AM-1PM
Free to members and non-members with museum admission
We’re happy to see the return to Jepson Center’s family drop-in studio activities on Saturdays and Sundays from 10AM-1PM. Jepson Center staff will offer 4-5 activity options, and a studio assistant will be on hand to assist. Open to all ages! Work at your own pace and comfort level, we encourage exploration! Studio occupancy may be limited.
Each day of spring break, the museum will offer Drop in studio with featured activities for kids and their parents looking to Unleash their creativity. A studio assistant is always on hand to answer questions and assist guests. Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Time to sign up your child for Scribble Art Studio in Savannah’s popular after school art classes for ages 5 and older as well as their Portfolio Builders’ Class for older children.
Both the General Art classes and Portfolio Builders class run each day at both times for your convenience. You pick the day and time that works best for you. OPEN ENROLLMENT!
Classes run in 5 week sessions for $200. All supplies included.
Check out Scribble Art Studio’s updated website here.
Explore unconventional art with your little one at SCAD MOA’s Saturday Morning Story Time in Savannah @ 11AM this Sat. Feb. 5 2022. This week’s theme: enjoy exciting tales and fun activities as you learn about work by artist Patrick Dougherty. (Exhibit pictured) This event will take place outdoors. Plan and dress accordingly.
SCAD MOA Story Times are on the first Saturday of each month. Learn about work by a different artist each month.
Story Time is programmed for children ages 3 and up.
For more information, email Kristin Poitras, coordinator of museum visitation, at kpoitras@scad.edu.
Sat. Feb. 5, 11AM
Enjoy exciting tales and fun activities as you learn about work by artist Patrick Dougherty. This event will take place outdoors. Plan and dress accordingly.
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SCAD Museum of Art
601 Turner Blvd.
Savannah, Ga
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