By Eric Curl (For the Savannah Morning News)
July 5, 2023 – The Savannah College of Art and Design refuses to say how or if the university is using the historic downtown building that was the “Clarence Thomas Center for Historic Preservation,” following the removal of student courses from the tax-exempt structure in 2021. In fact, the university is reluctant to even acknowledge the building’s existence, or say whether the art of the late Savannah artist and educator, Virginia Jackson Kiah, is still displayed there.
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The Savannah College of Art and Design has removed the sign from the former Clarence Thomas Historic Preservation Center on East Broad Street. Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News
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