Join us as we announce our four part summer lineup of workshops continuing this year’s theme of “Honoring and Celebrating”, this three-part series centers around honoring & celebrating ancestors, family traditions, trailblazers, earth, and harvest time. Each workshop listed below will be interactive with hands-on activities for all participants.
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Celebrating Mothers and Mother Figures
Saturday, May 13, 2023 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
To kick off the new series of workshops, The Savannah African Art Museum will hold a Mother’s Day-inspired event, sharing the history of Benin’s first Iyoba, Queen Mother Idia. Idia was rewarded the position within the court due to her role in helping her son, King Esigie re-establish unity and military strength of the Kingdom during a civil war. Workshop participants will make and decorate frames provided by the museum for a 4” by 6” image that attendees will bring of their mother or mother figure.
Register for the workshop on Eventbrite below.
Registration open May 10, 2023 @ 11:00AM
Celebrating Fathers and Father Figures
Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Continuing the theme of celebration, The Savannah African Art Museum will hold a Father’s Day-inspired event, sharing the history of King Ibrahim Njoya, ruler and perceived father figure of Bamum in Western Cameroon from 1895 to 1933. He created and implemented a writing system to preserve his people’s language during the colonial era and beyond. Workshop participants will make and decorate frames provided by the museum for a 4” by 6” image that attendees will bring of their father or father figure.
Register for the workshop on Eventbrite below.
Registration open June 6, 2023 @ 11:00AM
Celebrating Weaving Traditions
Saturday, July 8, 2023 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Museum will explore African weaving and textile traditions with a video viewing of young men in Ghana weaving beautiful designed Kente cloth on a loom. Participants will then have the opportunity to create their own woven art using an eco-friendly handmade loom and yarn, provided by the museum.
Register for the workshop on Eventbrite below.
Registration open June 24, 2023 @ 11:00AM
Celebrating Pioneers and Achievements
Saturday, August 12, 2023 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
This workshop will honor the 109th Anniversary of Savannah’s Carnegie Library, the only Savannah Library open to African Americans until 1963 when Savannah desegregated its libraries. Inspired by the Ikenga, a statue made and used by the Igbo people of Nigeria in celebration of the achievements of prominent community figures, this workshop will recognize and honor all the founders of the Carnegie Library whose stories and contributions are not widely known. Participants will make their own Ikenga-inspired art collages, consisting of images, newspaper & magazine clippings, and fabrics. Participants are asked to bring in their images (max 5” by 7”) and small clippings, photos, symbolic images, and other related materials about a pioneer, leader, or servant of the community that they would like to honor (living or deceased). The materials attendees bring with them will be attached to a sturdy artboard as part of their individual collages.
This workshop will be held at The Carnegie Library, 537 East Henry Street, Savannah, GA 31401.
Register for the workshop on Eventbrite below.
Registration open July 29, 2023 @ 11:00AM
Our workshop will be hosted on the second floor of the Upbeat Village Terracotta Gallery! This space is stair access only and we do not currently have an elevator or wheelchair access in this annex building. Registration is required for all workshops and lectures.