CurrentGroup Exhibition
Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961-Now
Jack Leigh, Suzanne Jackson, Harry Bertoia, Sally Mann, Allison Janae Hamilton
March 13, 2026 - September 6, 2026
Opening Reception: March 13, 2026
About the Exhibition
This is the first major exhibition to explore the profound impact of an undeveloped, 26,000-acre barrier island off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, on artists working in the United States. The exhibition focuses on the Ossabaw Island Project (OIP) and Genesis—a pair of revolutionary multidisciplinary residency programs that ran on the island from 1961–1982—and their legacies in its examination of Ossabaw as a site for creative experimentation.
Curator
Beryl Gilothwest and Erin Dunn
Tags
natureidentityenvironmentalismspiritualityracelandscapeart colonybarrier islandresidency programcontemporary art