SCAD Museum of Art Celebrates Its First Decade

Many may enter the SCAD Museum of Art doors of the "Gray Building" and not realize its deep rooted history in Savannah. In 1856, this original historic landmark was once home to the pre-Civil War railway depot. The only surviving antebellum railroad complex in the U.S. After a major extension in January 2010, the SCAD Museum of Art of today was born, carefully crafted by architects and designers by integrating key components and chemical compounds of the building's history into the 19th-century mortar. The museum caters to both students and visitors, driving home the importance of education at SCAD and the greater Savannah community. With more than 10 galleries of rotating and permanent exhibitions and presentations, SCAD MOA brings the works of some of the world's most established and emerging artists.

SCAD Museum of Art has featured numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the years. Most recently, solo savants such as Carter Flachbarth's "Morality Sucks" and Robert Wilson's "A Boy From Texas" focus on societal and global events and flawlessly illuminates a Texas childhood. Master groups like "Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection and "Elizabeth Catlett: Points of Contact" celebrates more than five decades of influential ring designers of the 20th and 21st century and a contemporary nod to the inspirational work of Black American and Mexican artisans.

The annual SCAD deFINE ART event welcomes new exhibitions of incredible artists. The works of 2022 honoree, Katharina Grosse's "Chill Seeping", is a spectacular display of large-scale works on canvas using shapes, colors and elements of architecture and landscape. Other noteworthy exhibitions such as Norbert Bisky's "Mirror Society" and Group exhibition "Icons Only" highlight recent works by Bisky that have been reapplied to a mirrored surface and an iconic Hollywood imagery collection by SCAD alumni photographers.