The Drive Thru Art Box at Green Truck Pub
The Drive Thru Art Box was started in 2012 by Matt Hebermehl and Mike Williams as part of the SeeSAW (See Savannah Art Walls) Project, a public arts initiative. Jessica Leigh Lebos led the way with the first yarn bomb installation. ARTS Southeast is proud to continue this unique way of presenting public art to the local community.
The Drive Thru Art Box is always on view at 2430 Habersham St. in the parking lot of Green Truck Pub. To have your work featured in the box visit our call for proposals here.
REBECCA BRAZIEL: ACQUISITION
ON DISPLAY: APRIL 5th - June 18th, 2024
ARTIST TALK & WALK: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024, 6 - 8PM (Presentation at Sulfur Studios at 6:30, Followed by a walk to Green Truck Pub)
PAST PROJECTS:
KELLY BOEHMER: BEER GARDEN
OCTOBER 10TH, 2023 - march 8TH, 2024
Will Penny: SMALL TALK
JULY 10TH - OCTOBER 8TH, 2023
CHRIS MOSS: 100 Proposals for the Drive Thru Art Box
March 10th - July 8th, 2023
PETER E. ROBERTS: 30+ DAYS OF ARTEESTS
December 12th, 2022 - March 8th, 2023
José RaY
OCTOBER 10TH - DECEMBER 8TH, 2022
“Angular Perceptions:” Lé Diegue
AUGUST 10th - OCTOBER 8th 2022
"Midnight in the Garden of Earthly Delights" by Cat Counihan & Faran Riley Peterson
april 10th - august 10th 2022
“life of delusion” by Maxx Feist
february 10th - april 8th, 2022
“a conversation in color:” a collaboration by jon witzky & samantha mack - december 10th 2021 - february 8th 2022
Tittybats - October 10th - December 8th, 2021
Troy wandzel, “altarpeice: offering” august - october, 2021
Tate Ellington - June 1st, 2021 - July 31, 2021
Kay Wolfersperger - April 10th - May 31st, 2021
Artist Statement
In this installation, the phrase “ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN US AND AN UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH” is split in two by a dotted grid that begins to deteriorate. The viewer is asked to consider how we distance ourselves from the implications of consciousness- whether these issues be emotional, moral, or political.
Emily is a fine artist living and working in Savannah, GA. In her practice, she investigates themes of identity and human condition through text-based work.
Artist Statement
As a botanical designer in Savannah, Leslie finds herself immersed in the flora of the low country. So often, we can pass through the shapes... the textures... the colors of our natural surroundings without fully appreciating it’s importance in our daily lives. This installation of native botanicals and preserved mosses creates a window into this landscape, affording the viewer a brief pause... to see themselves in, and their value to, nature.
In her fibers work Jennifer explores the intersection of traditional textile patterns and unexpected materials. In this installation a traditional American weaving pattern has been translated into a cut vinyl stencil and applied to the windows of the Drive Through Art Box. Inside the box Moss has installed cotton fabric that has been dyed a deep green, a color that is notoriously fugitive – meaning it fades easily in direct sun.
Over the duration of the installation, the direct morning sunlight hitting the box will bleach the green fabric to a much lighter and more yellow hue. Returning viewers will be able to see the difference in color from week to week, and at the end of the project the vinyl will be removed revealing a new iteration of the pattern on the fabric.
Inspired by the fabric of Savannah’s modern life overlaying it’s historic foundation, Hutchinson combines materials that have been weathered by nature and altered by man to create a continuum of repeated forms and textures that allow past and present, old and new to exist in the same space. Included in this assemblage are objects from the collection of the late, great, Mike Williams, who was the first artist to use this space for public art. The reverence given each material and its thoughtful placement within the greater whole creates a shrine-like atmosphere and breathes new life into the upcycled materials.
