Colors pop at Warhol exhibition in Savannah
It takes a lot more than Andy Warhol’s famous 15 minutes to get from Atlanta to Savannah, but lovers of pop art willing to invest the time will be rewarded with a major exhibition opening March 1 at Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts.
"In Living Color: Andy Warhol and Contemporary Printmaking from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation" features works by pop icon Warhol and 19 other artists, including Chuck Close, Frank Stella and Keith Haring.
On view through May 17, the exhibit focuses the ways in which color affects both subject and viewer. Warhol screenprints from the 1960s through the ’80s serve as the lens for the exhibition’s study and frame the show’s five sections: emotion, experience, experimentation, attitude and subversion.
“This multifaceted exhibition of American pop artists explains the use of color to influence how people interpret and respond to images,” said Lisa Grove, Telfair Museums’ director and CEO. “The artists in the exhibition drew inspiration from the world around them and used bright colors and repetition as a form of communication.”
Special programming includes a free talk by collector Schnitzer at 6 p.m. March 5; a free disco-themed “Pop Art Pop-up Party” at 6 p.m. April 9; and a free family day, 1-4 p.m. April 11. From 1 to 4 p.m. every Saturday during the show’s run, guests can work with assistants to create a Warhol-esque flower screenprint to take home (regular admission applies).
Noon-5 p.m. Sundays-Mondays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. $12, $5 students. 207 W. York St., Savannah. 912-790-8800, www.telfair.org.
THEATER
Outfit announces 2015-16 lineup
Theatrical Outfit has announced its 2015-16 lineup, billing it as its “Season of Courage.”
Outfit artistic director Tom Key explained that the five varied plays speak to the “adventure of the human experience” and that the long-time troupe seeks “not only entertain and engage, but to inspire and transform.”
The schedule:
- Sept. 10-20: "Memphis," a co-production with Aurora Theatre to be presented at the Rialto Center for the Arts. The Tony Award-winning, 1950s-set musical from Joe DiPietro and David Bryan follows a white DJ who falls for R&B music and a magnetic black singer who's chasing stardom.
- Oct. 1-25: "R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe," D.W. Jacobs' one-man show blending multimedia, poetry and humanist humor. Key will star as Fuller, the engineer, environmentalist, futurist, poet, philosopher and geodesic dome inventor.
- Dec. 3-27: "A Little Princess," the family musical by Brian Crawley and Andrew Lippa.
- Jan. 28-Feb. 21, 2016: "Moxie," world premiere of a globetrotting adventure by Lane Carlock and Brian Kurlander. The play, aided in development by the Alliance Theatre's Reiser Atlanta Artist Lab, follows the life-impacting journey of a handmade book made by a Marine as a gift for his son.
- April 14-May 15, 2016: "The Light in the Piazza," the Tuscany-set musical from Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel about a family secret that may stand in the way of a blooming romance. It will be directed by former Georgia Shakespeare leader Richard Garner.
The Outfit also will orchestrate “Tom Key and Friends,” a one-night celebration (with scenes, music and remembrances) of Key’s 20th anniversary with the theater, 4:30 and 8 p.m. Jan. 9, 2016 (with reception in between). Tickets, $100 per person, limited to full-season subscribers until July 1 (when they become available to the public).
Subscription packages ($65-$195) on sale now. Single tickets ($20-$50) on sale July 1. All shows except "Memphis" will be performed at the Balzer Theater at Herren's, 84 Luckie St. N.W., Atlanta. 678-528-1500, www.theatricaloutfit.org.
VISUAL ART
Four Hudgens Prize finalists announced
The Hudgens Center for the Arts has announced the four Georgia artists selected as finalists for the third $50,000 Hudgens Prize, one of the country’s largest art awards: Bethany Collins, Scott Ingram, Rylan Steele and Orion Wertz.
All four will display their work in the finalist’s exhibition, April 7 through June 27 at the Duluth arts center. Each also receives a $1,500 stipend.
Based on studio visits and the works on view in the finalist’s exhibition, the $50,000 Hudgens Prize will be awarded by the same panel of curators and scholars from outside Georgia who selected the finalists. The prize winner will be announced at a June 13 award celebration.
Collins and Ingram are Atlanta multimedia artists. Steele teaches photography at Columbus State University. Columbus artist Wertz specializes in paintings and drawings. Full bios at thehudgens.org.
Poem 88 changing Westside locations
Poem 88 gallery and bookshop has closed temporarily as it prepares to move close-by in the Westside Provisions District, It will reopen in mid-May in a larger space at 1170 Howell Mill Road currently occupied by Seed Factory children's shop. The storefront will be sectioned into three salons: the front for current exhibits, the center for the bookshop and reading room, and the back space for showings of work in inventory. Coming in May: paintings and sculpture by Atlanta artist In Kyoung Chun. poem88.net.
