Telfair Museums Brings Summer Art Activity Kits to Savannah Neighborhoods
- Topics:
- Arts in Savannah
Written by Harry DeLorme, Senior Curator of Education
In response to health and safety concerns due to the current pandemic, Telfair Museums has developed an alternative method of delivering hands on Summer art activities to youths in neighborhoods across the City of Savannah. In place of a series of three visits by an instructor to each of 13 centers for group art activities, the museum’s educators have developed a series of three hands on art activity kits delivered weekly to an expanded group of sites including 13 centers and 6 parks. Each activity packet is different and based on Telfair Museums exhibitions and collections. The activity kit distribution takes place in tandem with food distribution at each site via Second Harvest’s Kid’s Café program and City of Savannah Recreation and Leisure Services.
Art Outreach Kit Weekly Distribution
Week of July 20 Cyanotype Sun Print / STEAM Activity Kit
Week of July 27 Gouache Painting Activity Kit based on the art of William Kwamena-Poh
Week of Aug 3 (only 13 centers – park program ends) – Beaded weaving activity based on the art of Nick Cave
340 kits total distributed each week for a total of 1020 kits distributed.
Week 1: 18 sites, Week 2: 18 sites, Week 3: 13 sites
Distribution locations:
Cann Park (weeks 1 and 2 only)
Daffin Park (weeks 1 and 2 only)
Edgemere Park (weeks 1 and 2 only)
Hudson Hill Park (weeks 1 and 2 only)
Wells Park (weeks 1 and 2 only)
Tremont Park (weeks 1 and 2 only)
Cloverdale Center
Eastside Center
Liberty City Center
Windsor Forest Center
Carver Heights Center
Crusader Center
Delaware Center
Moses Jackson Center
Tatemville Center
Tompkins Center
W.W. Law Center
Woodville Center
