Telfair Museums
Jepson
Center
Open 10am–5pm today
Telfair
Academy
Open 10–5pm today
Owens-Thomas House
& Slave Quarters
Open 10am–5pm today
TELFAIR MUSEUMS' THREE SITES – TELFAIR ACADEMY, OWENS-THOMAS HOUSE & SLAVE QUARTERS, AND JEPSON CENTER –
ARE OPEN!
OPEN 10AM-5PM THURSDAY–TUESDAY
CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY
Under Georgia law, there is no liability for an injury or death of an individual entering these premises if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of contracting COVID-19. You are assuming this risk by entering these premises.
ARE OPEN!
OPEN 10AM-5PM THURSDAY–TUESDAY
CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY
Under Georgia law, there is no liability for an injury or death of an individual entering these premises if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of contracting COVID-19. You are assuming this risk by entering these premises.
Happenings
Sonya Clark: Finding Freedom
'Sonya Clark: Finding Freedom' consists of a large-scale canopy quilted together from cyanotype reactive fabric squares that were made with the help of workshop participants over the course of Clark’s various residencies. Draped as a night sky overhead, the work offers a celestial viewpoint that encourages us to consider freedom seeking enslaved individuals whose forced labor built the wealth of this nation.
Noel W Anderson: Heavy is the Crown
The printed works, tapestries, and paperworks on view in the exhibition utilize found imagery from various media and archives that are reprocessed by Anderson through assorted means of distortion and manipulation to collectively expose the haunting relationship of black masculine (mis)representation to structures of power.
Re-Cor-Dare: Sauda Mitchell
Re-Cor-Dare is a solo #art912 exhibition of Savannah-based artist Sauda Mitchell (American, b. 1981). Mitchell’s prints, paintings, and artist books serve as compelling visual responses to her sustained engagement with archival collection materials. In researching personal papers, photographs, artifacts, and curated digital collections, her work explores thematic topics of study relating to the Black experience. Utilizing QR codes, selected works link to digitized collection materials focusing on their ability as teaching tools recalling stories embedded within the African American collective memory.
Complex Uncertainties: Artists in Postwar America
The rise of America as a world superpower after WWII created a distinctly individual and identifiably “American” approach to artmaking. Complex Uncertainties is an evolving exhibition grounded by works in Telfair’s modern and contemporary collection that reveals some of the ways in which historic events challenge artists to construct narratives and react to power.
Sugar
Explore the sweet culinary habits of Savannahians in this fun exhibition dedicated to the consumption of sugar in the port city. Using furnishings and portraits from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection, this unique display gives visitors a glimpse into humans’ connection to sugar and its complicated history. Porcelain and silver were shipped from Europe and beyond into the Port of Savannah, providing the elite of this city with purchasing options far surpassing those of any inland towns of the 19th century.
Events
Telfair Contemporaries Launch Reception
Free and Open to the Public
Pre-registration is required
Telfair Museums is excited to announce the launch of a new affinity group with a mission-based focus to support the growing modern and contemporary collection and exhibitions programs. This group, Telfair Contemporaries, will engage directly with Erin Dunn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Led by contemporary art enthusiasts, Telfair Contemporaries welcomes anyone with an interest in modern and contemporary art.
Melchers Society Unveiling
Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society members are invited to celebrate the unveiling of Felix Vallotton’s portrait of society namesake Julius G. Melchers (c. 1885–1886) in the Academy’s Sculpture Gallery and the Melchers purchase of Kara Walker's 'Porgy and Bess' libretto.
COMING FULL CIRCLE: From Jim Crow to Journalism, a book lecture by Wanda Lloyd.
Join Telfair Museums and The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)- the Savannah Yamacraw Branch for COMING FULL CIRCLE: From Jim Crow to Journalism, a book lecture by Wanda Llyod.
Art Start: Stroller and Toddler Tours
Once a month, our youngest patrons are invited to the Jepson Center for story time, a special tour, and art activity. Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here.
Three museums bridging 200 years of art, history, & architecture in Savannah.
Telfair offers a diverse array of contemporary art, fine and decorative art, and authentic Savannah history.
Explore our three museums » Telfair offers a diverse array of contemporary art, fine and decorative art, and authentic Savannah history.
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