The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. This week’s blog is from Susan Isaacs, incoming Chairperson for The Creative Coast and Head Strategic Focus-izer with the Paragon Design Group. Read on to see what Susan and The Creative Coast Team are focusing on for 2012……

 I first came to Savannah in the fall of 1996 when the historic downtown was in many ways a scary place. Broughton Street was a hodgepodge of boarded-up windows, oddballs peddling suspect goods, and guys cat-calling as you walked past.

Then, during the course of my five years at SCAD, I watched as things changed. The scary began to disappear and I got the sense this town was resurrecting herself into something new and amazing. I was so taken by this that my plan to leave when I graduated was replaced by a strong desire to stay and become a part of the new Savannah. I was not alone in that hope; many of my college friends felt the same way.

The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. This week’s blog is from Jamie Wolf, author, consultant for the entrepreneurial-minded, NC State grad and Solutions Director for the Savannah Ocean Exchange.   Read on for Jamie’s thoughts on re-starting, re-booting and re-invigorating your world…

Did you know that 400 million new jobs are needed by 2020 to keep pace with the working age population? Did you know that youth unemployment is 3 times higher than adult unemployment? I bet you heard the world population is now 7 billion and counting. That sounds like competition for jobs and resources to me. So what can you do to control your own destiny?

My solution is to read and learn. (I personally keep the economy going by buying books, not shoes!) If you hate your job and are ready to quit, have been laid off and can’t find work, recently graduated and are still underemployed, or if you are transitioning to civilian life, then you are facing starting over.

The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. Today’s blog is from Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rushing, a talented writer living in Savannah. Lizzie has provided thoughts and opinions for a number of promient publications and previously served as the Arts Editor for South Magazine.

As Americans, we are the descendants of renegades and rebels. We are born of borrowed cultures on stolen lands. But wherein lies our honest identity? What does it mean to be a female American artist in these modern times?

Questioning a culture that is remixed and reformed, artist Kellie Walker initiates an exploration into Americana through her new collection, “Between Bones.” The exhibit, comprised of seven original works, lassos Walker’s childhood inspiration for the search.

A SCAD alumna and Savannah resident, Walker was born in Texas and raised in Kansas City. “My parents had their own Vet practice in the Texas hill country and my father specialized in large animal practice,” Walker says. “I grew up with a menagerie of critters running around the home.” Livestock, raccoons, squirrels, deer, cats and dogs, and “of course,” she says, “horses.” This cast of characters is metaphorically American: a mash-up of different breeds, mammals, from different walks of nature brought together for a chance at a better life. “My parents also always had these beautifully illustrated anatomical/ medical reference books laying around which fascinated me.”

The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. This week’s blog on window gazing is from Jake Hodesh, executive director & chief fashion critic for The Creative Coast.  Read on to see who’s been framed….

Hey friends.

Remember a few weeks back when we co-hosted Vogue magazine’s Fashion Night Out here in Savannah?

We partnered with some amazing local artists and filled the facade of the Creative Coast building with an incredible installation.

We wanted to share this crazy mashup recap video with you.

Savannah Windows is an ongoing project with the goal of integrating local art with local business. This video highlights a project that revolved around Vogue magazine’s Fashion Night Out on September 8, 2011. Our hometown of Savannah, GA was selected as a host for this global event. With the help of the Creative Coast, Savannah Windows has partnered with businesses and residents along York street and Broughton street to create window installations celebrating a rich cast of characters from Savannah’s past and present.

Here is the link to the Savannah Windows website.