Telfair Museums
Jepson
Center
& Telfair Children's Art Museum
Open 10am–5pm today
Telfair
Academy
Open 10am–5pm today
Owens-Thomas House
& Slave Quarters
Guided tours available from 10am-4:00pm
Open 10am–5pm today
Three unique sites, endless adventures through art, history, & architecture. Discover the source of Savannah's creative culture.
Happenings
Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now
Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now will be the first major exhibition to explore the profound impact of an undeveloped, 26,000-acre barrier island off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, on artists working in the United States. The exhibition will focus on the Ossabaw Island Project (OIP) and Genesis—a pair of revolutionary multidisciplinary residency programs that ran on the island from 1961–1982—and their legacies in its examination of Ossabaw as a site for creative experimentation.
Divided Loyalties: Stories of the American Revolution
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Telfair Museums will feature works from the permanent collection that reveal the complications of living in revolutionary times, especially in Savannah. Portraits from the 18th century put faces to the challenges of this period. While colonial politicians and businessmen were at odds with families, friends, and partners, women made difficult decisions to protect themselves. Meanwhile, people of African and Indigenous descent were left out of critical conversations yet pulled into violent clashes.
Roots in the Rushes:
African American Basketry
of the Lowcountry
Roots in the Rushes: African American Basketry of the Lowcountry explores the intricate history of this basketmaking tradition in the region. These handsewn forms were largely found in Savannah and the greater coastal Georgia and South Carolina region and highlight the historical and cultural contributions of one of the Lowcountry’s oldest handicrafts of African origin.
#art912, A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table is a solo exhibition of figurative paintings on canvas and a site-specific mural by artist Julia Roland (b. 2002). A recent graduate of SCAD who grew up in Savannah, Roland’s identity as a queer Black woman from the American South informs her practice, but she sees the works speaking broadly to the human need for community.
In Reflection: Contemporary Art and Ourselves
In Reflection: Contemporary Art and Ourselves is a long-term evolving installation of Telfair Museums' modern and contemporary collection featuring paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures, textiles, and mixed and time-based media from 1945 to the present day.
Events
Youth Digital Photography Class, Class 1
Join us at the Jepson Center to develop your young person’s photography skills.
Drop-In Studio
Take time to unleash your creativity, join us in our studios every Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 2pm for artmaking projects for all ages!
Veterans Open Studio
This program provides a calm, open studio approach with guidance in drawing and painting by an experienced instructor and is open to all veterans.
Classical Life Drawing, Class 2
Learn to draw the human figure from life using a classical academic approach rooted in 19th century French training. Suitable for beginners through advanced students, this course emphasizes careful observation and disciplined looking.
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.
Explore our three museums »