Films & Exhibits
2021 – 2022 Cinema Gourmet
Our new season of great films, food and insight will be announced soon.
Enjoy a screening of a classic movie preceded by delicious food from Indigo Coastal Shanty and an insightful talk about what makes the film a “must see.”
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
October 14, 2021
6:30 pm
Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia. Written by William Goldman and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
The Third Man (1949)
November 11, 2021
6:30 pm
Out-of-work writer Holly Martins is invited to post-war Vienna by old friend Harry Lime, who has also offered him a job. When Holly arrives, however, he discovers that Harry has recently died after being hit by truck in front of his building. When Holly begins to ask questions, he gets conflicting replies and decides to investigate himself. Starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles.
The Rules of the Game (1939)
January 13, 2022
6:30 pm
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests-which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs. The refusal of one of the guests to play by society's rules sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy.
Do The Right Thing (1989)
February 10, 2022
6:30 pm
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. Controversial when it was first released, Spike Lee’s masterwork remains profoundly relevant more than 30 years later. Starring Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Rosie Perez and Bill Nunn.
Unforgiven (1992)
March 17, 2022
6:30 pm
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff. Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris.
Raising Arizona
April 14, 2022
6:30 pm
When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated. Written and directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter.
The Mildred Huie Wilcox Gallery at the Historic Ritz Theatre
REMEMBERING JOE DURRETT
May 7 – June 25, 2021
Remembering Joe Durrett is a tribute to the work of the late Darien artist curated by his daughter, Catherine Durrett. His work focused on graphic arts, silk screen, and acrylic painting all accentuated by his superb drawing ability. He was drawn to portraying the lives of the fisherman, their boats and the marine world that they inhabited. He was also a regular contributor to The Darien News who published his unique and humorous cartoons of local and national politics.
HOME MADE ART #2
July 2 – 31, 2021
After sheltering in place last year, we asked our community to share artwork that they created and we were overwhelmed with the response! Enjoy round two of our community’s creativity – young and old, amateur and professional – as they express their feelings and engage their creativity.
ANNUAL ART TEACHERS’ ART EXHIBIT
August 6 – September 24, 2021
Welcome back to school with artwork created by the individuals who are teaching our students! Creative and imaginative, these visual art teachers inspire with their distinctive visions.
NON OBJECTIVE ABSTRACT ART by DeLeon W. Peacock
October 1 – November 19, 2021
Colorful, swirling, and powerful pieces that are intuitive and inspiring. DeLeon has tremors brought on by a nervous condition but has found a way to turn that into a positive to enhance his painting process. Using the process of Gerhart Richter was the first 'way to paint' that he embraced and has developed his own style by adding and deducting in that process.
ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW
December 1, 2021 – January 28, 2022
Featuring hundreds of amazing art pieces in every medium made by talented K-12 students in our local schools. Come be amazed by the creativity and inventiveness the students put into their unique art.
CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
February 4 – 25, 2022
Local and regional African-American artists display their individual work bound in a common theme— a reflection of pride in the many dimensions of their African-American cultural experiences.
REFLECTIONS
March 4 – 25, 2022
A national program of the PTA that encourages students to create works of art in every form- literature, dance, film, photography, musical composition, or visual arts. The exhibit features the winning works of Glynn County students awarded at the local and the state level.
Re/UP-cycled Art Exhibit
April 1 – 29, 2022
Students and local artists turn trash into treasure – be it imaginative works of art or creating functional items from a variety of recycled materials including paper, plastic, fabric, wood and more. In collaboration with Keep Brunswick-Golden Isles Beautiful.
EXHIBIT TO BE ANNOUNCED
May 6 – 27, 2022
GEORGIA ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES
June 3 – 30, 2022
Sponsored by the Pilots Club of Metro Atlanta, this annual touring exhibit features the work of dozens of artists from all over the state in a variety of media, including painting, photography, clay pottery, mosaic, textiles, and other fine art media.