1st Annual Oscars Red Carpet Award Show

Players by the Sea will host is 1^st annual Oscars Red Carpet Award Show on March 3, 2010 in the SSU Ballroom at 8p.m.


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For Colored Girls

BY NTOZAKE SHANGE

FEB 17-19, 2010 

KENNEDY FINE ARTS THEATRE

Till Death Do Us Part

Solo Exhibition by Roosevelt Watson III

Opening Exhibition 6:00PM – 8:00PM Friday January 15
The exhibit runs through February 12, 2009
Social Science Building Gallery at Savannah State University

January 10th Gallery Program to Discuss Photographs of Tuskegee’s P. H. Polk

[Savannah, GA] – The King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, in conjunction with Savannah State University, is presenting The Photographs of P. H. Polk through January 25, 2010. Polk was a Tuskegee Institute-based photographer who produced powerful images of southern African-American life. A reception and discussion about the exhibit is scheduled for Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 3 pm at the Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St, Savannah, GA. The Savannah exhibit is sponsored by the project “Building Capacity of African American Museums” which is supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The January 10th program and reception will feature talks by Savannah-based photographer David Smalls, who interviewed Mr. Polk for a college research project; and Dr. Saundra Murray Nettles, whose uncle Ellie Lee Weems (1901-1983) was Polk’s student at Tuskegee Institute before becoming a prominent photographer IN Jacksonville, FL. Several graduates of Tuskegee Institute who knew Mr. Polk and who were even photographed by him have also been invited to share their recollections.


These reprints of 1930s and 1940s photographs by renowned artist P. H. Polk [1898-1985] represent three fascinating themes: African-American rural farm workers; studio portraits of upper-middle class black families; and portraits of Tuskegee Institute school associates, such as George Washington Carver, where Polk was the official school photographer. {Note: For images, GOOGLE P.H. Polk}


The Photographs of P. H. Polk is part of the Southern Visions: The Southern Arts & Culture Traveling Exhibits Program,operated by the Southern Arts Federation. Since 1995, Southern Visions has provided over 500,000 people with access to artistically excellent exhibits celebrating the South’s rich artistry and cultural heritage. The Photographs of P. H. Polk exhibit is made possible through the generous support of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts with a special thanks toPaul Jones and the P. H. Polk family for making the exhibit possible.

About The Southeast Georgia Collaboration of African-American Museums

Coordinated by Savannah State University, the seven museums participating in this collaboration have agreed to three broad principles: building skills and knowledge, supporting partnerships and linkages, and developing elements that promote the continuity and sustainability of capacity building. Collaborators include the SSU Archives; the Beach Institute African American Culture Center and the King-Tisdell Cottage; the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum; the First African Baptist Church Museum; the Dorchester Academy Museum in Midway, and the Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center in Portal. It has been awarded a 2008-2010 grant from the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) for $149,700.

FOR INFORMATION: Dr. Ronald Bailey at baileyr@savannahstate.edu

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COLLABORATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUMS

c/o Savannah State University P.O. Box 20187 Savannah, GA 31404 912/481-1409

Theatre and Dance Program Update

CONTRIBUTION
By Ted Shine
Directed by Teresa-Michelle Walker
November 12-14 at 8pm & November 15 at 3pm
Morgan Hall- $3 Students/Faculty/ Staff $5 General Admission

KINGDOMS: A Dance Exploration of Spiritual Realms
Choreographed and Directed by LaJune Wise-Wilkerson
November 20-21 at 7pm
Kennedy Fine Arts Theatre- $5 Students/Faculty/ Staff $7 General Admission

POOF: A SCAD Thesis Presentation
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by David I. L. Poole
November 23, 2009 at 8pm
Morgan Hall- FREE

CHRISTMAS CABARET
Directed by David I. L. Poole
December 1-2 at 8pm
Morgan Hall- $5 Advance

PSA: Public Service Announcement
Written and Starring: Teresa-Michelle Walker
January TBA- FREE

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
By Ntozake Shange
Directed by Teresa-Michelle Walker
Assistant Directed by Danielle C. Brown
February 17 at 8pm (Special Black Heritage Festival Performance- FREE)
February 18-20, 2009 at 8pm $5 Students/Faculty/Staff $10 General Admission

AFRICAN MEDEA
By Jim Magnuson
Guest Directed by Mical Whitaker
April 15-17, 2009 at 8pm
April 18, 2009 at 3pm
Kennedy Fine Arts Theatre- $5 Students/Faculty/Staff $10 General Admission

Contribution

Savannah State University Players By The Sea Presents:
Ted Shine's CONTRIBUTION
Directed by Teresa-Michelle Walker

Designed by Thelmore Jackson, Shedrrica Walker and David Poole

$3 Students, Faculty, Staff
$5 General Admission

Reservations Please Call 912-303-1629

Love Pains

"A one women show about five women who deal with love and heartbreak in very different ways."

Starring: Ashley Farmer

Directed By: Danielle Brown

Come out and enjoy a FREE show!

One Night Only!

November 6, 2009

8 P.M.

Presented in the Morgan Hall Black Box Theatre