"The United States’ oldest surviving railroad depot is the setting for one of Savannah’s newest art museums: the SCAD Museum of Art, which saw a major expansion in 2011. You might think that trying to put a modern spin on an 1853 antebellum building could go quite badly, but the end result is lovely. The long, low building features restored Savannah gray brick, a towering glass atrium, and some glassy exterior touches. There’s a lot going on inside, too: Sculptural representations of city skylines made up of tables and kitchen knives by Latin American artist Carlos Garaicoa; group exhibits exploring the profound influence of Mexican sculptor Elizabeth Catlett; and a showcase of work by Virginia Jackson Kiah, a painter and civil rights activist with long ties to the university. Other names over the past decade have included Kehinde Wiley, Nick Cave, and Ebony G. Patterson." - Ariel Felton, Sam Worley
