Sidewalk Festival 2013 Images by Andrew Forino

Recently, Savannah was chosen as one of the top cities in America for art. And, it’s no wonder. With places such as SCAD and the Jepson Center upping our artistic game, Savannah is becoming a powerhouse in the art world. Some of the best places to see Savannah’s artistic side, however, are the hidden gems and unknown galleries around town.

Images by Kate Blohm and Matthew Zimmerman

The annual SCAD Scholarship Gala is the university’s signature scholarship fundraising event. Enjoy an evening of entertainment, mingle with artists and community leaders, and help strengthen the voice of the next generation’s creative talent.

SCAD’s 14th Annual Scholarship Gala will be held Saturday, February 2, at Poetter Hall on Bull Street. The Gala celebrates art, education and student success, and raises funds for the university.

Blick Art Materials, in partnership with Toyota Scion, awarded SCAD student Morgan Beem with a 2012 Toyota iQ Scion at a 2 p.m. ceremony today at their Savannah store, located at 318 West Broughton. Beem was selected out of over 85,000 entries in the nationwide contest.

Every month we hear about new ‘sure-fire’ diets, supplements, or magical powders that guarantee to make us healthier and thinner. But the truth is, getting the nutrition you need from foods is the ideal way to be the best version of you. So, we rounded up four superfood groups that are known to battle heart disease, improve memory, fill us up without weighing us down and prevent cancer. These include fish, veggies and fruit, plus super seeds and seaweed that give your immune system a boost while also helping to keep your waistline small.

It’s early evening on Halloween, but Diane Lane isn’t knocking on doors for treats. No, instead she’s looking up–at the ceiling of Jen Library on Broughton Street to be exact. “Wow, the ceiling is so beautiful,” she says of the exposed beams and florescent lights. She’s very perceptive and for a long moment she stands still among a small group of assistants and escorts to study the whole room before they usher her to the next.

Images by Ivan Feign

by Grace Barkley

Colleen Heine is a woman of many talents. During her studies in graphic design at the University of Kansas, she took up the fiddle and a love of bluegrass and Americana music, now playing in local the Savannah band, The Accomplices. Music continued to be a large part of her life, as she went on to lead the non-profit Folk School of St. Louis for 7 years post-graduation. While this was her ideal job, “at the intersection of design, music and social impact,” Heine looked to SCAD and its programs to broaden her understanding of design as a tool for leadership and change.

Some folks who live, work or play downtown were greeted with a pleasant surprise Friday as they strolled down Barnard or Bull Street or hunted for a parking space. Six teams of SCAD architecture students “rented” downtown parking spaces from 9 a.m. to noon and, instead of filling the space with a sedan or a pickup, set up public-use spaces that everyone could enjoy. Everything from lawn furniture to board games occupied the parking spaces, encouraging community participation and the reassessment of how we use our public space—sidewalks, streets, parking spaces, all of it—from the edge of one building to the next.