An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until February 28, 2025
Arts Ob We People: Winter Exhibition and Sale is a display of original work by emerging and leading artists that represents the life of Gullah people on Hilton Head Island and the surrounding community. This annual arts and crafts exhibition features the work of local artists’ interpretation of the people, food, dancing, and daily living of the Gullah people.
Saundra Renee Smith is the 2025 featured artist of this annual Gullah Celebration. “My work is inspired by the bright hues born from a culture tempered in isolation. This makes my work authentically Gullah and is a tribute to the people who hold a unique place in American history.” Smith uses paints primarily with acrylic and oil on canvas, wood, tin, or glass. Says Smith, “ I strive to capture the daily lifestyle of the Gullah people through visual art. Baskets, and flowers, water and sky. Women and families with brightly colored dresses, and colorful head rags and hats to cover unique nappy hair and secrets of the land are what inspire me to paint. My work is spiritual and transformative as I seek to provide a glimpse of Gullah life, and ‘de luk pon we island.’”
The exhibit runs February 4-28, 2025. An artists’ reception, free and open to the public, will take place on February 5, from 5-7pm. All artworks will be on display and for sale.
