By Kip Bradley, Studio Programs Manager at Telfair Museums
It’s been about a decade since I painted a plein air landscape. This weekend I had the opportunity to do so during our Ossabaw Island painting workshop with West Fraser.
This one day workshop offered me something that deeply contrasted what has become my everyday life. It [...]
Creative Savannah a curated community exhibit at Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center.
One of the exciting things about current DIY maker trends is that these projects put creativity first and seems to build exponentially as individuals set out not just to undertake new creative ideas, but to solve everyday issues through creative tinkering.
Telfair Museums would like to [...]
The Telfair Museums Education Department is proud to present The Teachers at the Telfair 2011-2012, exhibition in the Jepson Center Mary Lane Morrison Community Gallery.
Education was a critical component of Mary Telfair’s vision for the Telfair Academy. According to her wishes, since established in 1883, the Telfair Academy of Art and Sciences has provided cultural [...]
Telfair Museums announce the opening of four new exhibits designed for preschool children and families. Funded by the Telfair Academy Guild, the new activities are installed in the ArtZeum – the children’s museum space at Telfair’s Jepson Center.
An opening celebration will take place on Saturday, May 19 at 11 am with activities in the [...]
Telfair’s Education staff is in the process of completing a great deal of very exciting winter classes and events. We have a slew of diverse and equally exciting educational opportunities planned for our upcoming exhibits. See our calendar for a full list of exhibits. Personally, I have been thinking a lot about [...]
A Native Son: Paintings by West Fraser is on view at the Telfair Academy until May 6… but you can take home a piece of your very own!
Of course, that’s if you can find it.
The 8.5 x 9 in. oil painting on wood can be found in the Historic Downtown, between Bay/Liberty and Montgomery/Price.
Here’s your [...]
In my first weeks at the museum, in an exciting brainstorm frenzy, Martha, Caryn, and myself initiated the ideas for what can we make? At the same time I found myself smitten with the Do-It-Yourself technological bent of our Senior Curator of Education, Harry DeLorme. I found that DIY Techno-Bling contained a whole range of [...]
You do not want to miss this years Silent Auction — it will knock your socks off! Here is a sample of some of the fabulous items we have to offer.
You will have to attend to see the rest!
The Illume Silent Auction is part of Telfair Bash, taking place on February 25, 2012.
An Arty [...]
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iPHONE/iPAD GAME DEVELOPMENT(AGES 18 AND UP) INSTRUCTOR ANDREW HIERONYMI
Saturday, February 18, 10 am-5 pm and Sunday February 19, 12 noon- 5 pm, at Jepson Center
iPhone / iPad Game Design workshop with Andrew Hieronymi. Hieronymi, professor of Interactive and Game Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, will lead a [...]