Julia Roland's 'A Seat at the Table' at Telfair Museums

Julia Roland's solo exhibition 'A Seat at the Table' is on view at the Telfair Museums' Jepson Center in Savannah, Georgia, through December 6, 2026. The show is part of the #art912 initiative, which promotes local artists. Roland's paintings feature bold color blocks, ambiguous emotions, and supernatural themes. Works like 'Table for Three' (2025) depict nude, androgynous figures with inscrutable expressions. The 'Seated' series includes 'Red Seated 1' (2015), 'Purple Seated 3' (2025), and 'Yellow Seated 2' (2024), where subjects wear masks adding mystery. 'Three in Translation' (2025) references Afrofuturism with glowing Black figures and cosmic backgrounds. 'Time and Place' (2024) shows more active figures in a spiritual scene. The exhibition is installed in a corridor around a conference table, limiting public access, which the reviewer criticizes as undermining the initiative's goal.