SHIPS OF THE SEA MARITIME MUSEUM
LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC WILLIAM SCARBROUGH HOUSE AND GARDENS
SUPPER AT SEA - TIMA
Artist Biography
Tybee Island Maritime Academy (TIMA) is Georgia’s only school dedicated to fostering high academic achievement through a maritime-focused, project-based curriculum. Our innovative approach combines STEAM principles with real-world maritime careers, offering students hands-on learning experiences. The curriculum is student-centered, drawing inspiration from the local maritime industry, history, and the natural environment of Tybee Island and the greater Savannah area.
For Supper at Sea, TIMA students collaborated with renowned fiber artist Katherine Sandoz to create a breathtaking coral reef weaving. This project seamlessly merged creativity, craftsmanship, and maritime heritage, with students learning intricate sailor knots and weaving techniques.
The final piece reflects their dedication and artistic talent, and it is now featured in the auction at the Ships of the Sea Museum, celebrating both the students’ work and the rich maritime history of the community.
TIMA's Art
Tybee Island Maritime Academy (TIMA) has long been an educational partner of Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum. Throughout the school year, TIMA students—from Kindergarten to eighth grade—visit the museum for complimentary field trips that combine guided tours, hands-on STEAM projects, and explorations of maritime history aligned with their grade-level curriculum.
For the second consecutive year, TIMA Visual Arts Instructor Daria Collins and her students are participating in Supper at Sea. Last year, TIMA students created a fiber sculpture inspired by traditional sailor crafts. This year, they embraced the maritime theme by designing and constructing their own bowsprits and figureheads.
In maritime folklore, figureheads—the carved figures mounted on the bow of sailing ships—were believed to offer more than decoration. Sailors thought these figures could ward off evil spirits, misfortune, and sea monsters. Often carved as women, mermaids, saints, animals, or mythological beings, figureheads were chosen for their symbolic power to guide and protect vessels at sea.
TIMA's 2025 Masterpiece
CORAL REEF