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Telfair Museums’ Members Only

Join Telfair Museums and the Ossabaw Island Foundation for a fascinating day trip to Ossabaw Island. The program will consider the history of the island through the lens of the Ossabaw Island Project and Genesis, the subject of the exhibition Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961-Now on view at Telfair.

Capacity is limited.

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Disclaimer: Participation in this program requires steadiness in walking up and down steep dock ramps, boarding a vessel from a floating dock, some walking on unpaved and uneven paths, and periods of standing.

What’s Included:

  • Round-trip ferry transportation
  • Personalized tours by Robin Gunn, Project Coordinator for the Ossabaw Island Foundation, and Erin Dunn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Telfair Museums

Itinerary (subject to change):

  • 10:00am: Boat departs from Delegal Creek Marina
  • 10:40am: Arrive at Ossabaw Island and enjoy an overview of island
    history by Robin Gunn
  • 11:00am: Walk to Torrey West House for an interior tour and an overview of the history of the Ossabaw Island Project and Genesis by Erin Dunn
  • 1:00pm: Lunchtime at the Club House
  • 1:30pm: Walking tour of the North End
  • 3:45pm: Boat departs from Ossabaw Island
  • 4:30pm: Arrive at Delegal Creek Marina

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exhibition

Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now

Jepson Center
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.
exhibition

Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now

Jepson Center
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.
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