Watch Venus of Ossabaw and hear artist Allison Janae Hamilton discuss her work at the free Lawrence Lecture at Savannah’s Jepson Center museum.
The 2026 Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Lecture takes place at the Jepson Center in Savannah on Thursday, September 17, from 6–7 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. Telfair Museums will screen Venus of Ossabaw, followed by a conversation with artist and filmmaker Allison Janae Hamilton. Her work appears in Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now. This marks the 20th year of the Lawrence Lecture. Free tickets can be reserved through Telfair Museums. The Jepson Center is located at 207 W. York St.
