Albeit small, Savannah rivals bigger cities -- looking at you, Denver -- for the caliber of art offerings

A few years ago I had the opportunity to attend the First Friday Art Walk in Denver, Colorado’s “Art District on Santa Fe.” At the time, I was co-hosting the radio show Art on the Air on WRUU 107.5 FM with fellow artist David Laughlin, and upon returning noted live on-air that I felt that, while Savannah’s visual art community isn’t ever going to be on par with New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago, it had the chance to compare to a place like the Mile High City, if things continued in the direction they were going.

Well, sorry to tell you, Denver, but Savannah has officially passed you on my personal artistic rankings.

In quantity, of course, Savannah will always come up short in comparison to larger cities, simply because they’re counting in the millions and we’ve yet to reach even 200,000 total residents. But who cares how many artists we have in total when the quality of the work coming out by local creators is at such a high level?

Doubt my assessment? Have a look at these three current exhibitions, and I promise you’ll be forced to at least consider that the Hostess City of the South is ready to stand alongside cities whose population dwarfs our own.

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