Many of the Telfair’s collection strengths have a strong connection to New York, including examples from the museum’s important American Impressionism and Ashcan School holdings.
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Telfair Academy
Charlie Johnson Lecture Series: “American Impressionism and the Ashcan School: Gari Melchers’s New York Connections”
Thursday, June 6 | 6 pm
Telfair Academy
“From Fancy to High-Style: New York Furniture at the Telfair”
Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 6 pmNew York held a particular fascination for Savannah and the Telfair family in the 19th century. Mary Telfair was educated in New York, and she and her family traveled there frequently to visit friends and participate in the New York social season.
Telfair Academy
“Savannahians in New York/New Yorkers in Savannah: Regional and Post-1945 Art from Telfair Museums,”
Thursday, July 11, 2013 | 6 pmThe twentieth-century portion of the exhibition includes a selection of works representing the exchange of ideas between Savannah and New York.
