Exhibition Walk-Thru: Alan Rothschild | "Tomorrow and Yesterday, Selections from The Do Good Fund"

Join us for an Exhibition Walk-Thru with Alan Rothschild, Founder of The Do Good Fund, in conjunction with "Tomorrow and Yesterday, Selections from The Do Good Fund" in The Ellis Gallery at ARTS Southeast.

"Tomorrow and Yesterday" brings together over 30 photographs from The Do Good Fund — a public photography archive based in Columbus, GA — featuring a broad cross-section of Southern image makers working from the post-WWII era to the present. Together, they reflect how Southern photographers have captured moments of change, connection, and continuity across generations. As the South continues to shift — culturally, environmentally, politically — the photographs in The Do Good Fund’s collection serve as vital documents of memory and place.

These renowned photographers have made images that feel at once familiar and transporting, lifting the veil between the everyday lives of Southerners and the unspoken undercurrents that shape those lives. It is our hope that by making these works accessible to the Savannah community, we may play a small role in inspiring the next generation of Southern photographers.

Featured artists: Carolyn Drake, William Ferris, Jill Frank, Lee Friedlander, Peyton Fulford, Andres Gonzalez, Emmet Gowin, Stacy Kranitz, Baldwin Lee, Gordon Parks, Sheila Pree Bright, Tamara Reynolds, Jeff Rich, RaMell Ross, Maude Schuyler Clay, Sage Sohier, Mike Smith, Mark Steinmetz, Susan Worsham, Brandon Thibodeaux

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2 from 6 – 9PM (VIP Preview from 5 – 6PM) in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland, and our semi-annual Street Fair with art vendors, music, food trucks and a full bar, as well as our IMPACT Arts + Culture Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 1 Release Party.

About The Do Good Fund: The Do Good Fund, Inc. is a Columbus, GA based public charity. Since its founding in 2012, the fund has focused on building a museum-quality collection of photographs taken in the American South since World War II. The collection ranges from works by more than twenty Guggenheim Fellows to images by lesser known and emerging photographers working in the region.

Do Good’s mission is to make its collection of more than 800 images broadly accessible through regional museums, nonprofit galleries, and nontraditional venues and to encourage complementary, community-based programming to accompany each exhibition.

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors:

Lead Sponsor: Bud Green & Lynn Weddle
Reception Sponsors: Joshua Yates, Marilyn Brady & Dave Henry

Our programming is made possible with support by:

Investment by the City of Savannah, Georgia Council for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Gulfstream Aerospace, Starlandia Supply

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