Image: Tremaine Emory, vintage Levi's that inspired Denim Tears. Courtesy of the artist. On view in 'Denim Tears from the Pool of Black Genius', SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah
The SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah has set out its autumn 2026 season, with five exhibition openings and a programme of talks, screenings and workshops.
Two solo shows open on 24 August: Andrew Kuo's "Attachments", which uses painting as a tool to visualise personal data, and Nengi Omuku's "There We Sat Down", built on oil paint applied to gesso-prepared strips of the hand-spun Nigerian textile sanyan. On 14 September the museum opens "Denim Tears from the Pool of Black Genius", devoted to the designer and artist Tremaine Emory, alongside "The SCAD Museum of Art Celebrates 15 Years" by Christian Sottile, marking the museum's anniversary. NH DePass's "Nicolo" follows on 12 October.
Continuing exhibitions include Othiana Roffiel's "The Sky I Keep" (to 4 October), Masako Miki's "The Garden of Wandering Spirits" (to 13 December), the online presentation "Live Your Vision" devoted to Virginia Jackson Kiah (to 31 December), a group show pairing Sarah Charlesworth, Laurie Simmons, Sara VanDerBeek and Lucy Charlesworth Freeman (to 4 January 2027), and Stephen Antonakos's "Four, Once More" and Lap-See Lam's "Phantom Banquet" (both to 11 January 2027). "Highlights from the SCAD Museum of Art Permanent Collection" closes on 30 August.
The programming centrepiece is the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Lecture with Tremaine Emory on Tuesday 29 September at 5:30 p.m., followed by the museum's fall opening celebration at 6:30 p.m., with a members-only reception beforehand. Earlier that day, at 11 a.m., Kuo discusses "Attachments" with chief curator Daniel S. Palmer and Omuku discusses "There We Sat Down" with curator Ben Tollefson.
The museum's Walter and Linda Evans Center for African American Studies has also launched "Sundays with the Center", a free film series in the museum theatre highlighting Black history, art and culture; "Minnie Evans: Draw or Die", Linda Royal's documentary on the self-taught artist, screens on Sunday 30 August at 2 p.m. Recurring community tours and family workshops continue through the season.
