Programs & Education

The Telfair has a long and distinguished history of providing outstanding arts education programs to its community, including lectures, workshops, family days, school tours, outreach programs for youths and audiences with disabilities.

A vital art educational resource, the Telfair is the only art institution in Savannah to offer "visual literacy" tours, which encourage critical thinking and group discussion. Thousands of elementary through high school students participate in these tours annually. The Telfair creates curriculum-based teacher materials to help instructors prepare for field trips, and offers resources including a free video and cd-rom lending library.

The Telfair offers programs throughout the Savannah area for youths. The museum works with local agencies to offer outreach and tour programs for persons with disabilities, such as the museum’s touch tours for the visually impaired.

Adults are served through lectures by nationally and internationally prominent artists and scholars, films, classes and daily docent-led tours.

Although the Telfair provides an exhaustive selection of educational activities, programs and other offerings at present, it is looking to the future as well. The Telfair's Jepson Center for the Arts features state-of-the-art education galleries including the ArtZeum, an interactive education gallery, providing viewers of all ages with new ways to experience works of art. This exciting space, developed in collaboration with local educators, along with a student gallery, studios and auditorium, provide learning experiences for children and adults.

To further serve students and teachers, the Telfair offers free lesson plans based on works in the Telfair’s collection and exhibitions.

Saturday, July 04, 2009

View IMLS teacher resource materials for the Telfair's new education initiative, Art & Life: Five Connections.

Click here for the middle and high school edition
of Art & Life: Five Connections.

View teacher guide with general information on educational tours and resources at the Telfair.