CURRENTLY ON VIEW: TELFAIR ACADEMY: The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design | Sitting in Savannah: Telfair Chairs and Sofas JEPSON CENTER: The High Chairs: An Installation by Jessica Scott-Felder | Facing South: Portraits of Southern Artists by Jerry Siegel | Sarah Frost: Arsenal | Silver from the Rizza Collection
Tania Sammons, Curator of Decorative Arts and the Owens-Thomas House, and Harry DeLorme, Senior Curator of Education, took time out of their day to answer questions posed on Twitter, Facebook and via email with #AskACurator Day. Here’s the full Q&A! Tania and Harry are really excited to share their knowledge with all of you. #AskACurator Tania [...]
This summer, repair work was steady on the Owens-Thomas House’ stucco and its hyphen window. Work will continue through the fall and winter by the Coastal Heritage Society , on the existing stucco, a wonderful patchwork of repairs since the home’s construction in 1819. For the technically-inclined preservationist, it’s an informative escapade into how approaches [...]
In June I had the opportunity to attend the grand opening of the major exhibition George Bellows at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. There I had the privilege of seeing George Bellows’ Snow Capped River, one of the highlights of Telfair Museums’ permanent collection, hanging alongside dozens of other major Bellows works [...]
Dan Winters has spent more than two decades creating memorable photographs for such publications as The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, GQ, and Rolling Stone. Best known for his iconic and distinctive celebrity portraits, Winters has photographed public figures ranging from the Dalai Lama to President Barack Obama, Hollywood celebrities from Leonardo DiCaprio to Helen Mirren, and artistic [...]
HOURS & ADMISSION: TELFAIR ACADEMY | OWENS-THOMAS HOUSE | JEPSON CENTER | BUILDING CLOSURES
The artifacts of our homes and lives tell stories. As children these stories are means to understanding the processes of living. The two quilt exhibitions at Telfair Museums offer a wonderful way to explore the narratives of living while also fostering kid’s natural desire to make. Ellen Dissanayke in her essay The Pleasure and Meaning [...]
Lecture will feature Beth Mount, Tom Kohler, and Susan Earl. Free and open to the public.
With a bit of time between completion of summer camps and the beginning of fall programs, I have been able to meet the creative needs that come with my job. This has me thinking a lot about the pace of the museum’s educational programs. Mostly, I have been thinking about organizing tasks for [...]
A self-proclaimed “Man of Visions,” Howard Finster was one of America’s most widely known and prolific self-taught artists, producing over 46,000 pieces of art before his death in 2001. Finster saw himself as a sacred artist, tirelessly recording his visionary prophesies and providing glimpses of a celestial outer space world that God revealed to him. [...]
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