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January 19,2011-January 25,2011* Vol. 38 No. 47 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
SCAD Museum of Art Presents
“The Art of Faith Ringgold:
Story Quilts and Freedom Quests”
Faith Ringgold in Front of Tar Beach 2, photo by Grace
Matthews, Courtesy of the Artist.
The SCAD Museum of
Art presents its first major
exhibition of 2011 with “The
Art of Faith Ringgold: Story
Quilts and Freedom Quests,”
on view Jan. 31 through April
15 at the SCAD Museum of
Art, 227 Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd.
The exhibition will open
with a lecture by Ringgold 7
p.m. Jan. 31 at SCAD’s
Trustees Theater, 216 E.
Broughton St., followed by a
book signing. The lecture and
exhibition are free and open to
the public.
Ringgold, a celebrated
African American painter,
mixed media sculptor, per
formance artist and illustrator,
has works in the collections of
the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the Smithsonian
American Art Museum, the
Museum of Modem Art, the
Guggenheim Museum and
numerous others. The artist,
who has recently celebrated
her 80th birthday, is the recipi
ent of numerous honors,
among which are 22 honorary
doctorates.
Her painted story quilts
include series such as the
French Collection and the
American Collection. Her chil
dren’s book Tar Beach has
won Caldecott Honor and
Coretta Scott King Awards.
The exhibition, “The Art
of Faith Ringgold,” will fea
ture 60 pieces from across four
decades, including a number
of Ringgold’s most recent
works directly from her New
York gallery that will be on
view in a museum
for the first time. Seven story
quilts and tankas from the
Coming to Jones Road series
of 2000 and 2010 capture
evocative and memorable
visions of a late 18th-century
epic journey to freedom by a
group of slaves combining dra
matic episodes, and counter-
pointed by heroic icons from
Sojourner Truth and Harriet
Tubman to Martin Luther
King Jr.
Ringgold’s characteristic
duality of beautiful imagery
and deceptively simple charac
ters and storylines repeatedly
challenge the viewers to reex
amine mythologies of cultural
memory and identity.
The exhibition includes exam
ples in various media by the
artist, such as masks, dolls, soft
sculptures, painted story quilts,
drawings, prints and illustra
tions. In addition to Coming to
Jones Road, other highlights
include the Declaration of
Freedom and Independence
quilt (2009), Jazz Stories
(2004), and the complete illus
trations for Tar Beach (1991)
and Martin Luther King’s
Letter from Birmingham Jail
(2007).
The SCAD Museum of
Art, Trustees Lecture Series,
Walter O. Evans Center for
African American Studies, and
the Savannah Black Heritage
Festival sponsor the exhibition
and lecture, with generous sup
port from the Jacob and
Gwendolyn Lawrence
Foundation.
The SCAD Museum of
Art is open Monday-Friday
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Sunday from 1-5 p.m. For
more information, call
912.525.7191 or contact
museum@scad.edu.
Local Band Among Winners of
All Access Music Competition
The Georgia Lottery’s All
Access Music Search winners
were announced in a live tele
vised special Jan. 14.
The winners are: Xavier Lewis
“The Antidote to R&B” of
Loganville (pop/R&B);
Hannah Thomas of Covington
(country);
KidSyc@Brandywine of
Savannah (hip-hop/rap); and
theKey of Macon (rock).
The winners were select
ed by a combination of online
voting and celebrity judges,
including Georgia music super-
stars Dallas Austin, Monica,
Shawn Mullins and Clay Cook
of the Zac Brown Band. The
event was hosted by
Entertainment Tonight corre
spondent Kevin Frazier and cho
reographed by famed
actress/singer/dancer Jasmine
Guy.
The winners will head to
Hollywood to record a track at the
legendary Capitol Records
Tower.
Auditions were held in
Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and
Savannah with three finalists in
the categories of country, rock,
pop/R&B, and hip-hop/rap.
The band was formed in
early 2010 when KidSyc recieved
an e-mail with the subject line,
"We respect your MC abilities...".
This e-mail, sent by bassist
Charles Hodge eventually ended
KidSyc's year-long search for a
live band and sparked what was
soon to become an artistic force to
be reckoned with.
With a pair of plaid pants
and an undenialby magnetic
See Band, pg. 3
2010 SCMPD Stats
Show Crime Down,
Arrests Up
Chief Willie Lovett
Savannah-Chatham
Metropolitan Police, chal
lenged by Police Chief Willie
Lovett to reduce violent crimes
by 5 percent and overall crime
by 10 percent, overwhelmingly
surpassed those goals while
significantly increasing arrests
in 2010.
In Lovett’s first frill year
as chief, the total number of
crimes decreased by 15% and
violent crimes decreased by
25%. Every category was
below last year: homicides
down 33%; rapes decreased by
30%; robberies down by 29%;
aggravated assaults by 17%;
burglaries by 4%; thefts by
12%; and auto thefts down
45%.
Overall, the 10,047
crimes reported were the
fewest of any year since the
1970s. Following the trend, the
number of homicides fell to the
lowest number since the 1970s
- 17 in the City of Savannah
and three in the unincorporated
county. Another case was ruled
justifiable homicide by a grand
jury review.
Eleven cases were
cleared by arrest. During the
year, the department also
cleared six homicide cases
from 2009.
At the same time,
SCMPD recorded 56 more
arrests despite investigating
1,700 fewer crimes.
Chief Lovett credits the
performance to a myriad of
adjustments made to the over
all operations of the depart
ment .
“I believe our success last
year was the result of good
police work by essentially
everyone in the department,”
states Lovett. “Basic police
work, done well, can have a
dramatic effect. I see beat offi
cers taking extra initiative to
question people who are acting
in a suspicious manner. I see
detectives who toil endlessly to
solve cases and make arrests. I
see supervisors organizing
these efforts. And I see
Precinct Commanders who are
truly leading.”
18th Annual American Traditions
Competition
The 18th Annual American Traditions Competition invites
you to celebrate American music January 24-29, 2011 at the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull
Street and Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. The American
Traditions Competition is committed to offering a quality
national singing competition that celebrates the very best of
American music. For more information, contact (912) 660-
1667, or visit ATCSavannah@gmail.com or
www.American TraditionsCompetition. com.
