Fine Arts in the Low Country

FAMOUS for fine arts, architectural design & creative minds - Pooler is your gateway to southern culture and all the Savannah / Hilton Head region has to offer.

"The object of art is to give life a shape." ~ William Shakespeare

Since 1978, the Savannah College of Art Design (SCAD) has had an undeniably positive impact on the region. SCAD is a private art school that offers fine art degrees and enrolls greater than 9,000 students from all 50 states and 100 countries. International student enrollment is 10-12 percent. In addition to their sprawling main campus in historic downtown Savannah, Georgia... the college has an Altanta campus and even offers a study-abroad campus in the scenic town of Lacoste, France.

Have you ever heard someone complain about being bored, nothing to do in the Savannah ~ Hilton Head region? These people simply haven't been informed of the many awesome & ever-changing local activities - just begging to be enjoyed.

Beyond all the great "everyday" local activities... beaches, museums, galleries, shows, historic sites, concerts, etc. - nearly every weekend the region plays host to large special events and festivals.

"The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly."

~ Aldous Huxley



As an introduction to the history and fine arts of the region, we recommend taking a Savannah area tour - to see the area's Architecture, both Old and New!

Check out local galleries, get details about piano competitions & songwriting contests. Learn where to buy local paintings, or canvas prints - even research film grant possibilities.

For Those Who Appreciate

The Finer Things In Life,

Let’s Discover Our World Of Fine Arts...

Allison Williams Hill

Aurora Mazzoldi

Architecture

Ceramics

Dance

Drawing

Film & Savannah Area Films

Photography

Furniture

Intermedia

Music & Opera * Featured Musicians

Painting

Poetry

Printmaking

* Savannah Cultural Activities 2010 *

Sculpture

* Theatre *

Minutes Away... You’ll Find "Historic Savannah"

Some of the things you'll want to see in this city - from 1733, include:

• The country's largest National Historic Landmark District

• Savannah's River Street with restored cotton warehouses, restaurants, galleries, shops and activities

• City Market, a pedestrian mall with restored buildings, restaurants, clubs, galleries, shops and activities

• The South's first public art museum, the Telfair Museum of Art

• Owens-Thomas House, America's finest example of English Regency architecture

• Historical Buildings: Mercer House, Telfair, Lucas Theatre

• Savannah College of Art and Design, one our local institutions of higher learning, is one of the nation’s largest and most respected private art schools

How The World Sees Savannah

• “America’s Most Haunted City” - American Institute of Parapsychology

• “Top Distribution and Logistics Location in the Nation” - Expansion Magazine

• “Hottest Cities to do Business” - Inc Magazine

• “Top Ten Places in the South for the Creative Class” - Southern Business & Development

• “One of the three Most Elegant Cities in the South” - FemaleFirst.co.uk

• “Memorial Health - Service Excellence ~ Distinguished Hospital” - J.D. Power and Associates (first hospital in Georgia to have received this distinction)

• “Third Best Southeastern Location for Families” & “Top 10 Southeast Cities for Family Vacations” - Family Fun Magazine (owned by Disney World Enterprises)

• “3rd Most Romantic Destination” - Southern Living Reader Survey

• “Top Five Road Destinations” - Hotels.com

• “6th Most Popular Destination” - Conde' Nast Reader Survey

• “Top 8 Places to Retire” - Money Magazine

• “Top 10 U.S. Cities to Visit” - Conde Nast Traveler Magazine

• “Top Ten Hot Spots for Entrepreneurs” - Area Development Magazine

• “One of The Fastest Climbing Metro Areas in the United States” - Milken Institute

• “Top 10 Places to Watch a St. Patrick’s Day Parade” - USA Today

• “Top Ten Walking Cities” - Walking Magazine

• “Top 10 Most Beautiful Places in America” - USA Weekend Magazine

• “One of 10 Great Streets in America Award (Bull Street)” - The American Planning Association

• Kevin Barry’s voted among “Top 10 Irish Pubs in America” - America’s Best Online

• “Top 12 Trendy Travel Hot Spots of the World” - New York Times

• “Top 12 Public Squares in the U.S. and Canada” - Great Parks/Great Cities Award ~ the Project for Public Spaces

• “Top 25 Arts Destination" - National Readers Poll American Style Magazine

• “Top 25 Places to Live and Work” - Outlook Magazine

• “37th best city in America for Golf, out of 330” - Golf Digest

• “Memorial Health Named 54 on the Seventh Annual Prestigious List” - Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz of the Great Place to Work Institute in California

• Memorial Health Named “Top 100 Places to Work” - Fortune Magazine

• Savannah College of Art & Design - One of the “100 Hidden Gems” in higher education - Jay Mathews “Harvard, Shmarvrd: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to College That is Best For You”

• “Top 200 Places in the Country to Live” - Forbes Magazine

• “Great Alternative Spring Break Destination” - Orbitz.com

Local Fine Art and Entertainment Publications

• Murmur Magazine Is a homegrown Savannah monthly digest magazine. Murmur focuses on Savannah's underground and counterculture scenes in music, fine arts, oddities and culture.

• Skirt! Magazine is a homegrown, free magazine that can be found just about everywhere. Skirt! is all about women...their work, play, families, creativity, style, health and wealth, bodies and souls

The Savannah area is often called the “Hollywood of the South." The list of films shot in the region is extensive!

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Rates From

Phuket -

$8

Cape Town

$9

Milan -

$44

Blackpool -

$22

Florence -

$21

Amsterdam

$32

Marrakech -

$10

Istanbul -

$26

Orlando -

$29

Tokyo -

$47

Frankfurt -

$35

Bangalore -

$12

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