ISSUE 15 / JANUARY-APRIL 2013
TELFAIR ACADEMY / OWENS-THOMAS HOUSE / JEPSON CENTER
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Director's Message This spring we are proud to present a diverse lineup of exhibitions that feature works of many different media and time periods. The annual PULSE: Art and Technology Festival will bring some of the most cutting-edge 21st-century artists to Savannah to create installations and performances that blur the boundaries between art and technology. Very different-though equally exciting-will be two chair shows, The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design, a traveling exhibition, organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, in collaboration with the Jacobsen Collection of American Art and toured by International Arts and Artists, Washington, DC, and our in-house exhibition Sitting in Savannah: Telfair Chairs and Sofas.
Happy New Year! This month marks my one year anniversary as Director of Telfair Museums. It has been a whirlwind year of learning about the history of the Telfair, our three significant buildings, our wonderful permanent collection of fine and decorative arts, and the important educational outreach activities we offer to the Savannah community. I have also enjoyed getting to meet so many of you whose support makes it possible for us to present world-class exhibitions and education programs that bring the arts to thousands of people each year. Thank you! I hope you have had a chance to visit the incredible exhibition Offering of the Angels: Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery on view at the Jepson Center. Including works by Botticelli, the workshop of Titian, and other Italian masters, this exhibition offers the Savannah community the first opportunity to view Renaissance paintings since the 1930s. Telfair Museums is honored to be one of only four museums in the United States to present this exhibition-a real testament to the museum’s international reputation-and we are thrilled to be a partner with the Italian government in celebrating 2013 as the Year of Italian Culture in the United States! Thanks to the generosity of the Telfair Academy Guild (TAG), we are able to present three additional lectures to enhance your understanding of the exhibition. The show will remain on view through March 30, so I hope you will visit it again and again!
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We are also pleased to highlight several major additions to our permanent collection that will be on view for the first time this spring, including the extensive collection of important American and English silver from Dr. Frank Rizza and family and several very significant portfolios of contemporary photography from Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Rappaport, and Joel and Zoe Dictrow. Building a worldclass permanent collection is at the very core of a museum’s mission, and we are so grateful to these and the many other donors who have generously contributed works of art to the Telfair. These gifts of art, as well as the many generous financial bequests to the Mary Telfair Legacy Society, create a real and lasting legacy for the museum that will make it possible for us to continue sharing the joy of art with generations to come. Finally, we have several wonderful special events coming up, including TAG’s The Art of Great Fashion, the Telfair Silent Art Auction, the Telfair Ball & Bash, and TAG’s The Artful Table. The Telfair is so grateful to have such dedicated event chairs and committees who work tirelessly to raise funds that directly support our mission to develop awareness, understanding and appreciation of the arts. I hope to see you at one or more of these events!
Ciao, Lisa Grove, Director/CEO
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All programs take place at Jepson Center, unless otherwise noted Friday, January 25, 4-6 pm
Pre-PULSE 3D Printing workshop for Educators Armstrong Atlantic State University*
ART + TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL January 30-February 3, 2013 Telfair Museums’ PULSE: Art and Technology Festival returns for 2013 with 5 days of exciting programming by national, international and regional artists. This year projects include an exhibition of interactive robotic sculpture and video works by artist Hye Yeon Nam, game installations curated by New York independent arcade Babycastles, and works by Georgia-based new media artist Derek Larson. PULSE features an interactive robotic sculpture and video works by artist Hye Yeon Nam, and game installations curated by New York independent arcade Babycastles. Performances include a rare U.S. appearance by Onyx Ashanti, the American-born, Berlin-based musician has appeared at TED Talks and venues internationally demonstrating his Beatjazz system. Ashanti’s system includes a wireless sensor network that converts his finger, hand, and breath movements, into musical control data, which allows him to play synthesizers with dance-like movements and saxophone-like fingerings. PULSE also includes a new performance, in/divisible, by the Medeology Collective, and a one night staging of Douglas Wilson’s game Johann Sebastian Joust. The festival also includes Blank Page Poetry, a new combination of spoken word and projection in collaboration with Indigo Sky Community Gallery presented at the Jepson Center on the closing night of the festival. All PULSE events are free thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah.
Saturday, January 26, 10 am-3 pm
Pre-PULSE Game Design workshop for Teens* Wednesday, January 30, 6 pm
PULSE opening lecture and demonstration by Hye Yeon Nam Thursday, January 31 11 am
PULSE Artists Panel for Students #1 with Andrew Hieronymi and Keita Takahashi 6 pm
Games as Social Space, a conversation with Keita Takahashi and Douglas Wilson, moderated by Syed Salahuddin and Kunal Gupta of Babycastles Friday, February 1 11 am
PULSE Artists Panel for Students #2 6 pm
Performance by Onyx Ashanti 6-8 pm
Performance: In/divisible VJ performance by the Medeology Collective Saturday, February 2 10 am
Huggable Nature workshop with Hye Yeon Nam* 10 am
Game cabinet workshop and pop up arcade with Babycastles* 2-5 pm
PULSE Family Day: 3D printing, music technology 3 pm
Demonstration and performance by Onyx Ashanti 5-7 pm
Live gameplay: Johann Sebastian Joust Sunday, February 3, 6 pm
Blank Paper Poetry, presented by Indigo Sky Community Gallery *Advance registration is required, call 912.790.8823
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January 31-February 3, 2013 /Jepson Center
Telfair will also present a gallery playable version of the exploration game Proteus, the projection game Digits by Penn State interaction design professor Andrew Hieronymi, and unconventional sports games from the recently Kickstarter-funded collection, Sportsfriends. These artistic multiplayer games include BariBariBall, Hokra and developer Douglas Wilson’s award winning no graphics game Johann Sebastian Joust. A musical game for 2-7 players using motion controllers and the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, JS Joust will be staged one night only during PULSE. Admission to this exhibition is free during PULSE (Jan. 25-Feb. 3), thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah. TELFAIR.ORG
Unfamiliar Behavior: Works by Hye Yeon Nam January 31-April 28, 2013 / Jepson Center For PULSE 2013, Telfair presents the first solo museum exhibition by Hye Yeon Nam, a digital media artist working in performance video, experimental interaction design and games, and robotic installations. Her work reflects the complexity of social relationships by making the familiar strange, and by interpreting everyday behaviors in performative ways. The exhibition includes the interactive robotic installation, Please Smile, in which five skeleton arms follow the viewer and point accusingly. Face tracking software changes this accusatory gesture to a friendly wave if the viewer smiles. Other works react to the viewer’s behavior, such as the miniature bowing figures that make up the interactive sculpture Hooray, or the experimental Kiss Controller, which allows a kissing couple to control a videogame via a headset and their mouths. The exhibition also includes performance videos which speak to the Korean-born artist’s initial feelings of displacement in the U.S. Hye Yeon Nam is a Ph.D. candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology and holds an M.F.A. in digital media from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her art has been exhibited in The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. (2011-2012), and has been screened in New York’s Times Square. Her work has appeared in venues including New York’s Eyebeam and at electronic art festivals and conferences worldwide including Conflux (New York, 2010), FILE festival (Brazil, 2011, 2012), SIGGRAPH (Los Angeles, 2008, 2010), ISEA (Istanbul, 2011), and others in China, Ireland, the UK, Germany, Australia, Denmark, and Switzerland. Her work has appeared in print and broadcast media including the Discovery Channel (Canada), Leonardo Journal, Wired, We Make Money Not Art, Makezine, Business Insider and Engadget. Top to Bottom: Hye Yeon Nam, Please Smile, 2011/2012, wooden skeleton arms, motors, microcontroller, camera, computer, Onyx Ashanti/ Beat Jazz external power supplies. Hye Yeon Nam (with Sam Mendenhall), Kiss Controller, 2011. -Biographical information &
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Admission to this exhibition is free during is PULSE thanks to aproject funding electronic jazz artist with a Beatjazz what (Jan. you 25-Feb. get when3),you cross sci-fi obsessed from the City of Savannah.
futurologist instrument inventor. The result of 20 years of conceptualization that has taken Onyx Ashanti on a conceptual journey from Mississippi to California to London to NYC and finally to Dr. Clement Shimizu, 3D PacMan, courtesy Dr. Clement Shimizu. Berlin, where he now resides. Onyx Ashanti.
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The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design March 1-May 19, 2013 / Telfair Academy The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design tells an American story of one of the most common furnishing items found in the home, the workplace, and any sort of public setting, both interior and exterior. Using 40 chairs which span more than two centuries of design and manufacture, The Art of Seating captures a slice of Americana that parallels the arc of United States history. Handmade chairs such as Ladderback Doll’s Chair (c. 1800-25), Shaker Rocking Chair (c. 1840), and the Appalachian Bent Willow Arm Chair (c. 1890) demonstrate America’s utilitarian method of creation, whether pre- or post-industry. Other examples illustrate the variety of revival movements of the 19th century, including Egyptian, Gothic, and Rococo. Twentieth-century examples display a shift to simpler, less decorative design such as Oxbow Arm Chair (c. 1903) designed by David Robertson Smith and manufactured by Stickley Brothers in Michigan, LCW (Lounge Chair Wood) (c. 1952), designed by Charles and Ray Eames and manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Company in Michigan, and Sol-
Sitting in Savannah: Telfair Chairs and Sofas
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March 9-October 27, 2013 / Telfair Academy & Owens-Thomas House This exhibition highlights Telfair Museums’ significant collection of seated forms. Originally from the collections of 19th-century Savannahians and other collectors, this exhibition will showcase chairs and sofas as both functional objects, as well as sculptural forms. The Telfair’s furniture collection represents one of the museum’s strongest holdings. Within this category, objects created for seating indicate a variety of tastes with origins of construction mostly in the Northeastern United States, especially New York and Philadelphia. Sitting in Savannah will be the first exhibition to feature this area of the collection since the 1995 exhibition Classical Savannah: Fine and Decorative Arts, 1800-1840. Unlike that show, which took an
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id Elm Ball Chair (1970), designed and manufactured by Jon Brooks. Other examples represent the imaginative eye of architects, including the Johnson Wax Company Chair (c. 1938) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and manufactured by Steelcase Corporation in Michigan, the Grasshopper Arm Chair (1946) designed by Eero Saarinen, architect of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and manufactured by Knoll Associates of New York, and High Stool (1971), a bar chair made of corrugated cardboard, masonite and wood designed by Frank Gehry and manufactured by Easy Edges, Inc., in California. Early 21st-century examples represent work by Vivian Beer as designer and manufacturer with Current (2004), and Laurie Beckerman’s Ionic Bench (2010), fabricated by Heritage Woodshop in New York. The Art of Seating is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville in collaboration with the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. All chairs in this exhibition have been loaned by the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation. Special thanks to Mr. Andrew VanStyn, Director of Acquisitions, Conservation and Photography for the Jacobsen Collection of American Chairs. 1 Designed by Charles Eames (1907-1978) and Ray Eames (1912-1988); Manufactured by Evans Products, Co. for Herman Miller Furniture Company (Est. 1923), Grand Rapids, MI; LCW (Lounge Chair Wood), c. 1945; Photo by Michael Koryta and Andrew VanStyn. 2 Designed by Warren McArthur Jr. (1885-1961); Manufactured by Warren McArthur Corp., Rome, NY; Sling Seat Lounge Chair, c. 1935; Photo by Michael Koryta and Andrew VanStyn. 3 Designed and Manufactured by Vivian Beer (b. 1977), Penland, NC; Current, 2004; Photo by Douglas J. Eng. 4 Designed by Frank Gehry (b. 1929); Manufactured by Easy Edges, Inc. (active 1969-73), Los Angeles, CA; High Stool, 1971; Photo by Michael Koryta and Andrew VanStyn.
in-depth look at a variety of collections within a short period of time, this exhibit will only focus on one aspect of furniture—seating. The Telfair Academy’s Drawing Room will serve as the hub of the show, but chairs and sofas will also be identified throughout the museum in all period rooms at the Academy and Owens-Thomas House. For example, the entire suite of the Telfair family’s Philadelphia-made curly maple furniture will be on view in the Owens-Thomas House Drawing Room. The set includes fifteen chairs, two Recamier sofas, and a center table. Created in the 1820s and likely housed in the Telfair mansion’s Drawing Room, this suite of furniture has not been on display in one room since the 1980s. Other objects on view will include fancy chairs, klismos chairs, chairs with oak, rush and upholstered seating, as well as recent acquisitions never before seen on view, including a side chair, c. 1835, attributed to Anthony Gabriel Quervelle of Philadelphia, and an 1810 sofa by J. S. Taylor of New York. Sponsored in part by the Telfair Academy Guild. Opposite: 5 Side Chair (Philadelphia), one of fifteen, c.1820-30. Bird's eye maple, mahogany, poplar, pine, and oak; 29x 481/4 in.; Bequest of Mary Telfair. 6 Grecian Sofa (New York), c.1815-21; Mahogany, cane, and ormula; 29 x74 x 28 in.; Museum purchase 1906.6.
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RELATED PROGRAMS / Telfair Academy Director's Circle Preview Reception March 8, 6 pm RSVP by March 1 to Catherine Renner at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org
Lecture by Ben Thompson, Curator of The Art of Seating, and Members' Opening March 8, 7 pm Free for members or with museum admission. Sponsored by the Telfair
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Silver from the Rizza Collection Opening March 23, 2013 / Jepson Center
Telfair Museums is pleased to announce the donation of a major collection of American and English silver from Dr. Frank Rizza and his family. Ranging in dates from the 18th to the 20th centuries, the collection includes a large variety of hollow and flat ware, including tea services, trays, coffee pots, epergne, toast rack, candlesticks, cruet set, tea and coffee urns, porringers, sauce boats, and many items included in their original cases, such as a 173-piece flatware service made by Tiffany and Company for the Kress family, which is housed within a custommade cabinet.
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Other noteworthy items include a chocolate pot with cover inscribed “M. Telfair” by Samuel Kirk & Son of Baltimore, a silver spoon by the famed American patriot and silversmith Paul Revere, an early 19th century solid silver epergne made by the English silversmith Matthew Boulton, as well as a number of objects made in England by important silversmiths including Paul Storr, the Batemans, and Paul De Lamerie. Many of these pieces were included in the successful 2010 exhibition The Story of Silver in Savannah: Creating and Collecting since the 18th Century. The Rizza donation increases the Telfair’s silver holdings by approximately 20% and significantly enhances the stature of the collection. Beginning on March 23, silver and decorative arts lovers will have the opportunity to view the fine Rizza collection, which includes over 150 lots, at the Jepson Center.
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Born and raised in Savannah, Dr. Frank Rizza graduated from Benedictine Military School, Emory University and the Medical College of Georgia. He served two years in a MASH hospital in Korea for the U. S. Army Medical Corps. Upon his return to the United States, Dr. Rizza completed his general and pediatric surgery residencies and embarked upon a 36-year private practice in New Orleans. From 19681996, Dr. Rizza also owned and operated St. Charles Antiques, Limited, an antiques store that specialized in English furniture, oriental porcelain, and silver in New Orleans. He and his family have collected silver for decades and are pleased to place their silver treasures with the Telfair where they can be enjoyed now and in the future by Savannahians and visitors to the community.
RELATED PROGRAMS / Jepson Center Reception: Celebrating a silver donation from Dr. Frank Rizza and Family April 16, 5 pm Free for members. Please RSVP to Jessie Kotarski at 912.790.8866 or kotarskij@telfair.org.
Gallery Talk with Curator Tania Sammons Monday, April 22, 1 pm Free for members or with museum admisison. Left to Right: Peter, Ann, William Batman; Teapot (detail), 1802; 6 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Collections of Frank Rizza.Hester Batman (English, 1708-94, active London 1761-90); Creamer, 1788, 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; Sugar Basket, 1782; 5 x 3 7/8 inches.
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Facing South: Portraits of Southern Artists, Photographs by Jerry Siegel April 16 – September 15, 2013/ Jepson Center Jerry Siegel’s photographic portraits of southern visual artists compose a highly personal survey of some of the most interesting inhabitants of our region. An Alabama native, Siegel has spent the last 17 years traveling the area to capture the likenesses of both well-known and emerging artists in their familiar settings. Facing South assembles approximately 50 blackand-white and color portraits of Siegel’s subjects, including Benny Andrews, Radcliffe Bailey, William Christenberry, Lamar Dodd, Ida Kohlmeyer, Charlie Lucas, Charles Shannon, and Kathryn Windham. Expressive, intimate, and evocative, Siegel’s body of work offers sensitive insights into the region’s creative soul. Jerry Siegel, a highly-regarded photographer from Selma, Alabama, has worked as a fine art, advertising, and corporate photographer for the last two decades. Like many artists, Siegel is continuously drawn to his roots; he considers his photography to be “a journey to [his] beginning.” Siegel attended the University of South Alabama in Mobile and later graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta. His work has been exhibited in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, the Jule Collins Smith Museum in Auburn, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. This exhibition is organized by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art of Auburn University. It is accompanied by a 232-page hardcover catalogue published by the University of Alabama Press.
Top to Bottom: Jerry Siegel (American, b. 1958); Thorton Dial, Alabama 2007. Jerry Siegel; William Christenberry, Alabama, 2005. Jerry Siegel; Radcliffe Bailey, Georgia, 2006.
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Sarah Frost: Arsenal April 26-September 22, 2013 / Jepson Center
Telfair Museums will present a solo installation by Sarah Frost, entitled Arsenal. Originally created for the Great Rivers Biennial 2010 exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Arsenal is an installation comprised of hundreds of hand-made paper “guns” suspended from the ceiling that envelop the visitor and create an environment that is both beautiful and haunting. The project was inspired by Frost’s discovery of a community of boys who self-publish instructional YouTube videos for making elaborate and highly realistic paper guns, replicas of assault rifles, bazooka shells, pistols, and guns, out of copy paper and Scotch tape. Learning this craft from the videos, Frost methodically created hundreds of these paper gun forms to create a massive arsenal. Initially, Frost was attracted to the ingenuity of the homemade videos and guns but simultaneously stunned by the knowledge the boys had about the workings of the guns. She responded to the idiosyncrasy of the videos, such as an account of shooting Grandpa's snub-nosed revolver or using 1,400 sheets of paper to make a M134 Vulcan with tripod, and to the inventiveness of the gun forms. Their simple materials, paper and tape, belied their sophistication, as most shot paper darts through blow tubes, and many had moving parts: spinning chambers, folding or extendable stocks, and pumpaction barrels. For Frost, this simultaneous attraction
to the workmanship and discomfort with the subject matter was fascinating. Like an anthropologist, in Arsenal she re-presents found forms; because they are found, they are inherently reflective of their context and society. The installation evokes question-of meaning, politics, fragility, the need to communicate and so forth-above all it is a distillation of form, construction and the placement of objects within a space. Sarah Frost was born in 1967 in Detroit and lives and works in St. Louis. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture and painting from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Washington University in St. Louis. Frost has exhibited her work in St. Louis, New York, Miami and Palm Springs, California. As this issue was going to print, the country was shocked by the terribly violent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Given the subject matter of this exhibition, we considered whether we should cancel or postpone it. However, upon reflection, we decided that the installation is particularly resonant in light of the recent tragedies in Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado–as well as the ongoing gun violence here in Savannah–and decided that this is exactly the right time to present it. The installation is not intended to posit any particular political point of view. We simply hope it will, in some small way, help the community deal with recent events through conversation and reflection. We are working to create an appropriate and sensitive series of programs to accompany this exhibition, including a panel discussion on the pervasive presence of guns in our culture, the impact of gun violence on our community and strategies for healing and prevention. Please check our website for program updates. Please contact our Senior Curator of Education, Harry DeLorme at delormeh@telfair. org for more information.
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Offering of the Angels: Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery Continuing through March 30, 2013 / Jepson Center
Pietro Liberi; Annunciation, ca. 1670 (detail); Oil on canvas.
Fabrizio Boschi (1572-1642); The Fall of Manna, c. 1594-97 (detail).
Stunning works by masters of the Italian Renaissance, including Botticelli, Tintoretto, Titian, Lorenzo Monaco, and Parmigianino, will continue to be on view this winter. The Uffizi Gallery, located in Florence, Italy, is one of the world’s oldest and most renowned art museums, and the 45 works in this exhibition have never before been on view in the United States. The exhibition includes Biblical scenes from the Old and New Testaments, each hand-selected by the director of the Uffizi Gallery, Antonio Natali, to provide a compelling overview of the role of religious art during the Renaissance. Offering of the Angels also demonstrates the powerful Medici family’s impact on art patronage, which helped to create a climate that allowed these master artists to flourish during what is now regarded as one of the greatest periods of artistic achievement in the history of Western civilization. This exhibition is organized by Contemporanea Progetti, Florence, and curated by Antonio Natali, director of the Uffizi Gallery.
Lead Corporate Sponsor: Gulfstream Lead Sponsor: Alice and Bob Jepson
RELATED PROGRAMS / Jepson Center Curator's Tour of Offering of the Angels January 22 & February 19, 2 pm. 20 guest maximum. Free to members or with museum admission. Led by Curator of Art Courtney McNeil.
TAG Evening Lecture Series Free to members or with museum admission. Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Sponsored by the Telfair Academy Guild. January 10, 6 pm “Art, the Handmaiden of Religion: Exploring Sacred Painting from the Uffizi,” by Diane Cole Ahl, Ph.D., Arthur J. and Barbara S . Rothkopf Professor of Art History, Lafayette College January 24, 6 pm “The Uffizi, the Medici, and Patronage during the Renaissance,” by Marcia Hall, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. February 7, 6 pm “The Conservation of Old Master Paintings,” by Claire Barry, Director of Conservation for the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
TOURS / Jepson Center Docents will guide you through this unique exhibition as you explore the Italian Renaissance together. Reservations are required at least two weeks prior to tour date. To schedule a group tour or school tour, please visit our website at telfair.org/learn or 912.790.8827.
Docent Drop-In Uffizi Highlight Tours Through-March 29 / Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 11 am and 2 pm First come, first served basis. 30 guest maximum per docent. Free to members. $15 for docent led tour and Jepson Center admission or $25 for docent led tour and Telfair 3-site pass.
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Audio Tour
Enhance your Experience! Learn about artwork in Offering of the Angels with an audio tour highlighting individual works in the exhibition. Free to members or $3 plus museum admission.
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CALENDAR January-February 2013
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New Year’s Day
Family Day
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TAG Evening Lecture Series: “Art, the Handmaiden of Religion: Exploring Sacred Painting from the Uffizi”
Blank Paper Poetry, presented by Indigo Sky Community Gallery 2-5 pm, JC
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Melchers Society: Meet-and-greet with Telfair Silent Art Auction artists
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TAG Evening Lecture Series: “The Conservation of Old Master Paintings”
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Melchers Society: Tour of the home and collection of Jackie & Ken Sirlin
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Super Museum Sunday
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Toddler 3rd Thursday: Toddlers Technology
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12-5 TA, OT, JC-(Admission to Offering of the Angels not included)
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Savannah Philharmonic Performance
TAG Meeting
The Art of Great Fashion: Carnevale! 6:30 pm, The Landings, Plantation Club
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Toddler 3rd Thursday: The Uffizi Part II
Curator's Tour: Offering of the Angels
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Savannah Book Festival
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TAG Evening Lecture Series “The Uffizi, the Medici, and Patronage during the Renaissance
Curator's Tour: Offering of the Angels
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2 pm, JC
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Telfair Silent Art Auction
PULSE: Art and Technology Festival
Lecture: From Giotto’s Bell Tower to Brunellichi’s Dome by Giuliana Castellani Koch.
FAAA General Meeting 6 pm, JC
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Unfamiliar Behavior: Works by Hye Yeon Nam
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Telfair Academy and Jepson Center closed to the public
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Games as Social Space: Curated by Babycastles
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Telfair Ball-Bella Firenze Telfair Bash-La Dolce Vita 9 pm, TA JS JOust
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The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design TA, through May 19
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Behind the Veil Wedding Show JC & TA closed for event
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Director's Circle Preview Reception 6 pm, TA
Jepson Center Closes Early 3 pm
The Artful Table: Chairs by Design Preview Party 6:30 pm, JC
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The Artful Table: Chairs by Design Lecture 10 am, Savannah Theatre, Luncheon 12 pm TA, JC
Lecture and Members' Opening for The Art of Seating
Jepson Center & Telfair Academy Open at 2pm
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TAG Meeting 10 am, JC
Sitting in Savannah: Telfair Chairs and Sofas TA, through October 27
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TAG Meeting 10 am, JC
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Facing South: Portraits of Southern Artists, Photographs by Jerry Siegel JC, through September 15
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Silver Celebration with Frank Rizza
all sites closed
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St. Patrick’s Day
5 pm, JC
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Toddler 3rd Thursday
6 pm, location TBA
Melchers Society Annual Meeting & Dinner
Melchers Society: Private collection tour
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FAAA General Meeting 6 pm, JC
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Easter
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Curator's Tour: Silver from the Rizza Collection
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Sarah Frost: Arsenal
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Slow Art Day 11 am-2 pm, JC & TA
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FOT Garden Party 5:30 pm, OT
TA - Telfair Academy OT - Owens-Thomas House JC - Jepson Center FAAA - Friends of African American Arts FOT- Friends of the Owens-Thomas House Melchers- Gari Melchers Collectors' Society TAG-Telfair Academy Guild WibiTAG-Women in Business in TAG WJS-William Jay Society
Events subject to change. Please visit telfair.org/events for the most up to date information.
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ADULT CLASSES Sketch-Booking is Hip! January 16–March 13 / Wednesdays 12–1 pm class time / 1-5 pm open sketch time Instructor: Kip Bradley Members $95, Non-members $120 It’s time to enjoy the simplicity, the growth, and the delight that comes from sketching. This 8- week class will introduce the idea of keeping a sketchbook, moving beyond personal hesitations and assist in developing individual methods. Four different types of sketchbooks will be used and their importance explored.. Each class will introduce easy exercises that will help find unique sketching styles. Learn how to sketch, draw, paint, and collage with a variety of simple techniques. Perfect for the beginner and experienced artist. Materials provided.
Open Studio Time for Sketchers & Painters January 16–March 13 Mondays 1–5 pm / Wednesdays 1–5 pm No open studio January 30 Instructor: Kip Bradley Members $45 / Non-members $65 Explore further the endless possibilities available through sketching. Join our community and ensure that you are setting aside time each week to work in your books. Share your work and ideas, work in groups, or find quiet personal moments inside the museum.
Old Masters: Creating a Classical Portrait Drawing Saturday, March 23, 10 am–5 pm Instructor: James Langley Members $175 / Non-members $200
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James Langley is a professor of Drawing at the Savannah College of Art Design who creates contemporary figurative work in the classical tradition. His client based work includes an Altar Triptych for the Opus Dei headquarters in Midtown Manhattan and decorative mural painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A solo exhibition of Langley work made possible in part by a Presidential Fellowship at SCAD is scheduled for May 2013 at Chateau de FontaineHenry in Normandy, France. In this one-day workshop participants will tour the exhibit, Offering of the Angels, and discuss the relationship of Form and Content in the old masters. The techniques and processes discovered will be further explored in the studio as the instructor leads participants in the creation of a complete portrait sketch in the classical mode. The aim of the workshop is to give participants a clear sequential methodology in moving from drawing into painting and a heightened appreciation for the art of portraiture. Beginning to advanced artists welcome. Telfair membership affords a unique opportunity to enhance your artistic skills against the backdrop of the Telfair's permanent collection and visiting exhibitions, all at a discounted price. Check out 2012 classes at telfair.org or contact Kip Bradley at 912.790.8823 or bradleyk@telfair.org to reserve your space today! All classes are located at the Jepson Center unless otherwise noted.
The Renaissance Studio (La Bottega Rinascimentale) January 24–March 7 / Thursdays 12–3 pm, No class January 30 Instructor: Carl Fougerousse Members $185 / Non-members $210 In this six week class, students will execute a single studio painting depicting a classic renaissance interior with multiple figures. The image will be created using painting techniques of the period, with under-paintings and glazing, using the painter's secret geometry to compose the work as well as traditional sighting techniques and grid-method to transfer the drawing onto canvas. We will stretch and prime our own canvases and in all aspects of the painting endeavor to retrace the steps of the Old Masters.
Anatomical Drawing (Disegno Anatomico) February 19–March 26 / Tuesdays, 1–4 pm Instructor: Carl Fougerousse Members $185 / Non-members $210 Taking a page from DaVinci's sketchbooks, participants will strive to gain 'in depth' knowledge of the human from literally from the bones to the surface. Working in direct observation from the model, each class will focus on clarifying the complexity of a new portion of the body, while making numerous sketches, drawings, and studies in a variety of drawing media. A significant portion of the class will be devoted to techniques and practices at the center of one of the richest drawing traditions of all times: Renaissance Italian 'Disegno'
Drawing Basics January 15–February 12 / Tuesdays, 2–5:30 pm Instructor: Karen Bradley Members $175 / Non-members $200 This 5-week class will focus on basic drawing skills of sighting measurement and perspective and rendering form to achieve the illusion of depth on a 2-dimensional surface. Students will explore these skills in various dry media including charcoal on white paper, white conte´ on black paper and a limited “dead pallet” in pastels on brown paper. Still life subject matter will include geometrical forms, drapery and cast models. Final drawings will be executed in a limited “dead pallet” so to focus on primary drawing skills and application technique.
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Tradition Meets Technology: Portrait Painting and the Digital Model
Portfolio Builder: Youth Drawing II
February 7–March 19 / Thursdays, 10 am–1 pm Instructor: Karen Bradley Members $175 / Non-members $200 Students will explore an approach to portrait painting which combines traditional ideas and modern tools availed by Photoshop. Painting from digital photographs, students will utilize technology in measurement and simplification of form, color and value. A limited oil pallet will be used in order to focus on the primary aspects of proportions, likeness, luminosity and the mechanics of light on form as applied to the head. An emphasis on the old masters will provide students with a variety of paint handling ideas. Anatomical study of facial features will be explored as well as the overall masses of the head.
How to Fresco Saturday February 9 / 10 am–4 pm and Sunday February 10 / 12–5 pm Instructor: Sandra Fitzsimmons Members $210 / Non-members $225 Artist Sandra Fitzsimons will teach an intensive workshop on fresco painting with an emphasis on the historical technique. This 2-day workshop will give students the skills needed to complete fresco painting for walls and portable panels. The course begins with hands-on instruction for applying plaster. Using a prototype, students will draw and paint the cartoon, transfer it to the plaster and begin painting the image. Students will learn about traditional fresco pigments by grinding, preparing and testing fresco paints and a variety of surface preparation techniques and then paint the cartoon in color, as if it was the final fresco image. At the end of this workshop a portable fresco will be taken home. All materials provided.
Crash Course: Linear Perspective Saturday, January 26, 12–3 pm Instructor: Kip Bradley Members $45 / Non-Members $55 Students will learn 1 & 2 point perspective, as well as how it is applied in observational drawing, sighting, and measuring. This mini course will walk student step by step through the basic principles of perspective in creation of imagined landscapes. The final hour of the class will focus on the application of perspective to still life drawing. All materials provided.
How to Gild Frames Saturday and Sunday, 10 am-5 pm April 6 & 7 Instructor: Belinda McLain Members $450 / Non-Members $475 (Includes $300 supply kit) Students will be guided through preparation of the substrate, making and application of traditional gesso and bole, laying gold leaf, burnishing the leaf and creating a patina. Discussions will cover methods and materials, how they work, why they work and ways of achieving varying end results. Belinda McLain, a framemaker by trade for over 20 years, provides conservation of gilded antiques and period frame restoration as well as new designs and reproductions of period frames. She created Telfair Museums' gilded frames on James Jebusa Shannon’s George Hitchcock and Alfred Smith’s Luncheon Under the Trees.
WCWM? FAMILY MAKE Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 10 am–2 pm Free
to members and visitors with paid admission. Open to adults and children accompanied by an adult caregiver.
January 24–February 28 / Thursdays, 4:30–6 pm No class January 30th Instructor: Marisa Lilje Ages 10–14 Members $100 / Non-member: $125 . This class is designed to help upper-elementary & middle school students improve their drawing skills and begin the process of developing a portfolio. In Drawing II, students will focus on the figure, practicing portraiture and sketching from clothed models. New students welcome! All materials provided.
Video Game Development January 24–February 28 / Thursdays, 4:30–6 pm No class January 30 Instructor: John Chung Ages 14–18 Members $100 / Non-members $125 In this five week class student will build their own video game. Students will explore, play, and develop video games while learning computer programing from scratch using Game Maker. Students will create a simple game each day of the class and build skills to be incorporated in final games that utilize all learned skills. All materials provided.
Mini Masters February 16 –March 9 / Saturday, 10–11:30 am Instructor: Sherah Rosen Ages 4–7 yrs Members $100/ Non-members $125 This class will explore art fundamentals through exploration of different works from master artist such as Botticelli, Il Parmigianino, and Niccolo Pisano. Each day student will view, discuss, and recreate the great works form the Uffizi collection. In the studio students will make their own paint, work with gold leaf, paint their own family portraits, and more. All materials provided.
FAMILY MAKE Build Your Own Autonomous Robotic Pet Saturday, February 2, 10 am–4 pm Members $125 non-members $150 Step back from the everyday and find little inspirations. Telfair Museums’ education staff came across "Ollie", a little robot that is a creative and fun family project, developed by creative technologist Pritika Nilaratna that explores human product interaction. This one day workshop for individuals as well as parents and their kids will use Mrs. Nilaratna’s original Ollie Design to develop our own personal Autonomous robotic pet blimp. http:// meandollie.com/ All Materials Provided.
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Ages 3–5 and parents Admission is $5 per child, $12 per adult. Museum member adults are free. Registration is required. To register, please contact Kip Bradley at 912.790.8823 or bradleyk@telfair.org.
Sponsored in part by JCB, Inc. January 17: Toddlers Technology February 21: The Uffizi Part 2 March: Thinking Chairs April: The Spork
January: Toddlers Technology February: The Uffizi Part 2 March: Spoons April: Portraits
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The Art of Great Fashion Gets in the Italian Spirit! January 21, 6:30 pm / Plantation Club, The Landings Jesters, tumblers, jugglers! Flags, flickering light and masks, masks, masks! The spirit of Carnevale in Florence will fill The Plantation Club when The Art of Great Fashion banishes winter’s darkness and heralds spring with styles from kathi rich. Telfair Academy Guild’s annual event is sure to bring warmth, color and light as models strut the runway in the latest wear! Experience TAG’s take on Carnevale with Italian fare sumptuous enough even for the Medicis, a stunning silent auction featuring irresistible items and packages, dazzling fashions by kathi rich accessorized with masks by local artists Zia of Zia Boutique, Katherine Sandoz, and more. Tickets are available online, by mail or by calling 912.790.8866. Individual tickets $85 per person; Patron tickets at $125 and features program recognition, complimentary open bar and reserved seating; Grand Patron Ticket at $250 puts you in the front row. The Art of Great Fashion Sponsors: Chatham Parkway Lexus Atlantic Records Management Company Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Larsen St. Joseph's/Candler Savannah Magazine Yates-Astro
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Bella Firenze–the 33rd Annual Telfair Ball February 23, 2013, 6 pm Join Telfair Museums as it brings Florence to Savannah with Bella Firenze, the 33rd Annual Telfair Ball, Bash and Art Auction events. A highlight of Savannah’s social scene, the Telfair Ball is open to Director’s Circle members and benefits the Telfair’s exceptional exhibitions, educational programs, and acquisitions. Please join us for an extraordinary evening, and support the Telfair in making Savannah an even more vibrant place as we continue to enhance our community!
Silent Art Auction, Thursday, February 21, 6 pm / Jepson Center Guests can wander the halls of the Jepson Center and bid on items at the third annual Telfair Silent Art Auction. Featuring artwork from more than 100 phenomenal artists, the auction will be on display both within the halls and online, beginning on February 11 for silent auction bidding. Guests can bid until the night of the event when winners will take home their auction prizes at the end of the night. Tickets $75 per person
Lecture, Friday, February 22, 10 am / Jepson Center To get in the spirit of the events, on Friday Telfair hosts, From Giotto's Bell Tower to Brunellischi's Dome: Florence and the Origins of the Renaissance, a lecture by Giuliana Castellani Koch, in the Jepson Center Neises Auditorium at 10 am. Providing insights both as a scholar of Italian humanities and art, and as a Florentine herself, Castellani Koch traces the Renaissance’s foundations beyond the known examples of artistic and architectural excellence. She summarizes the interplay of civic ambition, the expressions of wealth, intellectual vitality, and religious life which helped form the development of the humanistic spirit. Admission is free for Director’s Circle members or $25 per person. Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis.
Bella Firenze–the Telfair Ball, Saturday, February 23, 6 pm / Telfair Academy & Jepson Center On Saturday evening, the Telfair will transport guests to Florence, Italy in continued celebration of the exhibit, Offering of the Angels with Bella Firenze. Festivities begin with the opening of the silent auction and cocktail reception in the Telfair Academy. The fast-paced live auction, hosted again by Hugh Hildesley of Sotheby’s New York, will begin promptly at 7 pm in the rotunda. Guests will enjoy a delicious dinner presented by Lee Epting Events in the Jepson Center, following the live auction. Following dinner, guests will return to the Telfair Academy to enjoy music late into the evening by the Swingin’ Medallions. $350 per person / Director’s Circle members only
La Dolce Vita–the Telfair Bash, 9 pm / Telfair Academy The Telfair Bash, this year aptly-named La Dolce Vita or “the sweet life.” Bash guests will be treated to fine food, cocktails, and dancing as well as an opportunity to participate in the silent auction. $150 per person / Telfair members only For information or to become a Director's Circle member, contact Catherine Renner, Manager of Donor Relations, at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org.
Telfair Ball Sponsors Donatello ($5,000) Cay Insurance Services Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cay III Connect Savannah/ Charles and Rosalie Morris Dulany Industries Georgia Power Mr. and Mrs. John C. H. Hoof Jr J.T. Turner Construction, Inc Minis & Company SunTrust The Savannah Bank, NA Wells Fargo Insurance Services Bellini ($2,500) Bernard Williams and Company Bank of New York/Mellon Hunter Maclean St. Joseph's/Candler
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EVENTS The Telfair Academy Guild presents
The Artful Table: Chairs by Design With guest speaker Peter M. Kenny, Metropolitan Museum of Art April 4 & 5, 2013 / Jepson Center & Savannah Theatre The Telfair Academy Guild's popular springtime event, The Artful Table will continue the celebration of Telfair Museums' 2013 furniture exhibitions. The Art of Seating and Sitting in Savannah with the theme of "Chairs by Design." Reservations can be made by mail or online at telfair.org. For more information call 912.790.8866. Proceeds will support the upcoming exhibition "Spanish Sojourns: Robert Henri and the Spirit of Spain."
The Preview Party
The Lecture
Thursday, April 4, 6:30 pm, Jepson Center
Friday, April 5 at 10 am, Savannah Theater, 222 Bull Street on Chippewa Square
Stroll through tablescapes and vignettes created by talented local designers while sampling gourmet offerings from some of Savannah’s finest restaurants and caterers. TIny Tables and Chairs painted by local artists will be the highlight of a silent auction. Don’t miss this highly anticipated, fun, and often soldout party! Tickets are $85 per person for Preview Party.
Peter M. Kenny, Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts and Administrator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing, will be the speaker. He was deeply involved in guiding the ten-year renovation of The American Wing, completed in January of last year. The Telfair Academy Guild is delighted to welcome Mr. Kenny. The title of Mr. Kenny's lecture is "The Lure of New York Design: Duncan Phyfe, Mary Telfair and his Southern Clientele."
Friday, April 5 at 12 pm. Telfair Academy and Jepson Center Following Mr. Kenny's presentation, trolleys will transport guests to the Jepson Center where they can view the Tiny Tables and Chairs and Vignettes and the furniture exhibitions at The Academy and enjoy a delicious luncheon. Tickets are $75 for lecture and luncheon, or $40 for the lecture only.
Trolley transportation is available from Telfair Academy to the theatre. Recamier Sofa (Philadelphia), one of a pair, zc. 1820-30 (detail); Curly maple, tiger maple, maple, cane; 33 x 66 x 20 in.; Bequest of Mary Telfair.
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Living History Tours: A Visit from Lafayette March 7, 8, & 9, 2013 Performances at 6 pm & 7pm
Photo by Jessica Denmark.
The Owens-Thomas House proudly presents a repeat of our popular living history program, “A Visit from Lafayette.” Featuring artist Alexandro Santana as the Marquis de Lafayette, the program—performed by Owens-Thomas House interpreters and volunteers—brings to life the famous visit of America’s first superstar, and his two-night stay in Mrs. Maxwell’s boarding house (today’s Owens-Thomas House.) In March 1825, Lafayette, a Frenchman and American Revolutionary hero, toured the country from 1824-1825 with considerable fanfare. His visit to the southern states was a fusion of elation and trepidation, as city and state officials prepared to welcome the Nation’s Guest and at the same time worried of offending Lafayette, because of his outspoken sympathies to the enslaved population. Admission: Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for non-members, $25 will include the Living History performance plus a Telfair Pass to enjoy a visit to the Telfair Academy and Jepson Center. Tickets available at the door, but space is limited, please email or call Cyndi Sommers to reserve your space, at sommersc@telfair.org or 912.790.8880.
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while enjoying the extraordinary surroundings of three of Savannah’s most beautiful structures—the historic Telfair Academy, the Telfair’s contemporary Jepson Center, and the lovely sanctuary of Trinity United Methodist Church.
The sixth Savannah Book Festival is a free, annual, world-class literary event which brings together critically-acclaimed authors—and thousands of readers—in historic downtown Savannah. Audiences can hear authors talk about their lives in letters
This year’s authors include Paula Mclain, Don Mann and local authors Griff and Cheryl Day of Back in the Day Bakery, Holley Jaakola and Mark Murphy. For a full listing of the festival’s fabulous weekend events, visit savannahbookfestival.org.
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Behind the Veil March 3, 2013 / Telfair Academy & Jepson Center Say “I Do” to Savannah Weddings and Telfair Museums’ Behind the Veil. Featuring over 50 wedding professionals in two of the city’s most popular venues, the Telfair Academy and the Jepson Center, Behind the Veil is a boutique bridal experience full of inspiration for brides and grooms alike. Now in it fourth year, Behind the Veil will open with a champagne brunch beginning at 11 am, followed by an afternoon of wedding inspiration and closing with ever popular BleuBelle Bridal fashion show. Behind the Veil doors open at 1 pm. Tickets are $20 in advance. Brunch tickets are $40 each and includes admission to Behind the Veil. Reservations are required. Reserve your tickets by visiting savannahmagazine.com/2012/12/06/behind-the-veil.
Slow Art Day April 27, 2013 / 11am -2 pm / Telfair Academy Slow Down, You Look Too Fast! Telfair Museums joins museums and galleries around the world to promote the art of looking at art slowly. Visitors are invited to walk through the Telfair Academy and take a long look at art as part of Slow Art Day, ex-
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periencing the works in a new way. The art viewing will take place from 11 am-1 pm, followed by lunch and discussion at Café Zeum from 1-2 pm. Visitors are responsible for museum admission and lunch costs. Please RSVP at http://bit.ly/TelfairSlowArtDay.
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Thank You to Our Exhibition Supporters You bring our exhibitions to life! Lead Gift Alice and Bob Jepson $100,000- $299,999 Terra Foundation for American Art $50,000-$99,999 Julius and Danyse Edel Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts $30,000-$49,999 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis G. Anderson Fred and Malinda Bergen Mr. and Mrs. Domenico De Sole Bob and Jean Faircloth Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation Marla and Morris Geffen Frances and John Kane Mrs. Robert O. Levitt Wilson and Linda Fisk Morris Elfrida Barrow Moore Elizabeth and Ted Muller National Endowment for the Arts John T. Neises Thomas V. and Susan G. Reilly
Mrs. Rosaleen Roxburgh Philip and Cathy Solomons Telfair Academy Guild (TAG) Don and Cindy Waters $20,000-$29,999 Joan and Gary Capen $10,000-$19,999 Anonymous (2) The late Mr. Malcolm Bell, Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Inge A. Brasseler Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Brown Byck-Rothschild Foundation, Inc. Glen and Connie Darbyshire Mr. and Mrs. H. Mitchell Dunn Jr. iTech for Business Bailee Tenenbaum Kronowitz Cultural Arts Fund Ms. Candace Lanier Dr. Richard F. Leighton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McWhorter Cheri D. and Benjamin R. Roach Barbara and Michael Ruddy Mrs. Helen R. Steward Ms. Anne P. West
$3,000-$9,999 Mimi Cay Mr. T. Mills Fleming and Dr. Marianne M. Fleming Nancy and Lawrence Gutstein Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. E. Michael Powers Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rabinowitz Jacqueline and Ken Sirlin Mr. Edgar W. Swanson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker Marty and Mary Vernick Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. $2,000- $2,999 Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Colonial Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Merritt Sr Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Moore The Olde Pink House Additional support provided by: J.C. Lewis Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ramee, Mr. and Mrs. David Solana
Director's Circle Director’s Circle members are among the Telfair’s strongest supporters whose annual commitments help ensure Telfair Museums' future and vitality!
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President's Council $10,000 Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cay III Mr. and Mrs. F. Reed Dulany III Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Eckburg Ms. Linda Heasley and Mr. Stephen Coady Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Jepson Jr Mr. and Mrs. John C. Kane Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rabinowitz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Philip Solomons Jr Benefactor $5,000 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Curtis G. Anderson Mrs. Sylvan M. Byck Jr Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Capen Mr. Leigh Carter Mr. and Mrs. Dale C. Critz Sr Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Faircloth Mr. and Mrs. John G. Kennedy III Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levy Mr. J. Wilson Morris and Mrs. Linda Fisk Morris Mr. John T. Neises
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Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Roach Dr. and Mrs. Jason H. Stevens Ms. Ann G. Tenenbaum and Mr. Thomas H. Lee Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker Ms. Anne P. West Sponsor $2,500 Ms. Anne Bolyea and Mr. Lyle Walker Mr. and Mrs. C. Austin Buck Mrs. Terence C. Canavan Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Coker Jr Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Compton Jr Mr. and Mrs. Domenico De Sole Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gantt Dr. and Mrs. Jay U. Howington Dr. and Mrs. James G. Lindley Jr Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Brian McKay Mr. and Mrs. George D. Sinkler Mr. and Mrs. Cornell L. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Roger Soens
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Grand Patron $1,500 Anonymous (2) Mrs. Leopold Adler II Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Allen Mr. William Y. Atkinson and Mrs. Katharine Alphin Mr. and Mrs. John H. Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. William A. Baker Jr Mr. and Mrs. Craig Barrow III Bastille Metal Works Dr. and Mrs. Edward D. Biggerstaff III Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bogert Dr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch III Dr. and Mrs. Franklyn P. Bousquet Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Bradley Sr Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Brown Mrs. Ellen R. Byck Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cartledge
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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Cay Mr. and Mrs. Todd Clist Mr. and Mrs. Ron Coley Colonial Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. John M. Considine Jr Dr. and Mrs. Max M. Cooper Mr. Len A. Cripe and Ms. Sandra L. Roth Ms. Cay Critz Mr. and Mrs. Dale C. Critz Jr Mr. and Mrs. Glen M. Darbyshire Mr. and Mrs. Asa B. Davis III Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Demere Jr Mr. William J. Donahue Mrs. L. Michael Donovan Jr Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Dorman Mr. and Mrs. Berryman W. Edwards Jr Dr. and Mrs. A. Joseph Edwards III Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Eichholz Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Eidell Mr. and Mrs. James K. Emery Mr. and Mrs. John Eppel Mr. and Mrs. Carl Espy III Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Feiler Jr Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Fingerle Mr. T. Mills Fleming and Dr. Marianne M. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ford Ms. Chloe Fort Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garfunkel Dr. and Mrs. Morris R. Geffen Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Good Mr. Thomas S. Gray Jr Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Greco Mr. and Mrs. Kent C. Gregory Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Edward E. Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Brian Harlander Mrs. Robert A. Henry Dr. Fred W. Hicks III Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hillenbrand Mr. James E. Hogan III Mr. and Mrs. Willard R. Holland Jr Mrs. Toby W. Hollenberg Raymond and Dorothy Holmes Dr. and Mrs. Louis G. Horn IV Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hubbs Dr. and Mrs. Juha I. Jaakkola Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Jackson Mrs. Chris M. Johnson
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Ms. Helen C. Jordan Dr. Melvin L. Haysman and Mrs. Roberta Kamine-Haysman Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kaminsky Mr. Martin L. Karp Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Kaster Mr. and Mrs. Rob Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Kennickell Dr. Dorothy W. Kingery Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Kleisner Mr. and Mrs. James E. Kluttz Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kohn Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Kole Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kostilnik Dr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Kramer Mr. Ronald A. Kronowitz Ms. Morgan Kuhn Ms. Candace Lanier Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Lauretti Dr. Richard F. Leighton Mrs. Robert O. Levitt Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Levy Jr Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Levy Dr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Littman Dr. and Mrs. J. Blakley Long Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Macgill Mr. and Mrs. James S. MacLeod Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Hall McAdams Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace McDowell Mr. Don J. McElveen and Mrs. Carolyn Luck McElveen Mr. and Mrs. Rodman A. McLeod Dr. and Mrs. Charles McQuaig Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McWhorter Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Medinger Mr. Robert J. Merritt Sr Dr. and Mrs. William A. Miller Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Mondy III Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Moore Dr. and Mrs. William T. Moore Dr. Thomas J. Morrison Ms. Tammie N. Mosley Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Muller Mr. and Mrs. John Neely Ms. Donna P. Nicholas and Dr. Alan Perkin Dr. and Mrs. Gary K. Oakes Dr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Osteen Mrs. Benjamin A. Oxnard, Jr
Ms. Margaret Pacifici Mr. and Mrs. James L. Pannell Mr. Gregory M. Parker Mrs. June A. Parsons and Mr. Dan Oja Mr. and Mrs. John O. Paull Mr. John L. Picker and Mrs. Denise Regan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Pinyan Jr Mr. and Mrs. Donald Powell Mr. and Mrs. E. Michael Powers Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Powers Sr Ms. Jane Griffin and Mr. Madison P. Prickett Ms. Mary E. Raines Mrs. L. Allan Reynolds Dr. Frank A. Rizza Mr. and Mrs. John W. Robinson III Mrs. Rosaleen Roxburgh Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Ruby Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ruddy Dr. and Mrs. A. Preston Russell Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sassano Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmults Ms. Swann Seiler Mr. and Mrs. W. Russell Shaw Jr Dr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Sheils Jr Dr. Beth A. Sheridan and Mr. Thomas Gustinella Dr. and Mrs. J. Wayne Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sirlin Dr. and Mrs. David H. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith Mrs. Helen R. Steward Mrs. W. Travis Strahan Mr. and Mrs. Austin P. Sullivan Jr SunTrust Mr. Edgar W. Swanson Jr Mrs. Bailey W. Symington Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon U. Tenenbaum Mr. Zachary H. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Hue Thomas III Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Webb Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Whitaker Mrs. William A. Winburn III Dr. and Mrs. Fremont P. Wirth Jr Mrs. Frank L. Wooten Jr *Current Director’s Circle memberships as of 12.18.12
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Sojourn in Spain: Telfair Travels September 22-29, 2013 American artist Robert Henri (1865-1929) traveled to Spain seven times, often staying for extended visits. He found tremendous inspiration in Spanish history, culture, and in the colorful characters he encountered on his trips: bullfighters, dancers, gypsies, and others. Join other members of Telfair Museums and follow Henri’s footsteps in Spain. Spend four nights in Madrid at the Hotel Ritz, then take the high speed train to Seville for three nights at the Hotel Alfonso XIII, with day trips to Toledo and Jerez. The group will visit the Prado and other world-class museums, enjoy private lectures, receptions in exclusive clubs and private homes, and experience Spain as Henri did. The trip will be the perfect introduction to Telfair’s own Spanish Sojourns: Robert Henri and the Spirit of Spain exhibition. A leading proponent of American realism in the early 20th century, Robert Henri was one of the most influential artists of his generation. He is represented in the collection of Telfair Museums by the stunning painting La Madrileñita, one of over fifty works created during Henri’s numerous trips to Spain. In October of 2013, Telfair Museums will present the major exhibition Spanish Sojourns, the first museum show to examine this important aspect of Henri’s oeuvre. For more information on this exclusive travel opportunity, please contact Linda McWhorter at 912.236.2840 or l.mcwhorter@comcast.net.
Trip to the Hudson River Valley In conjunction with the upcoming exhibition connecting the Telfair and New York, the Friends of the OwensThomas House are hosting a trip to the Hudson River Valley the week of June 10, 2013. The trip will include visits to public and private homes, including early neoclassical houses such as Boscobel, known for its fantastic furniture collection; and, Montgomery Place, a Federal home later altered by Alexander Jackson Davis.
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Other houses on the tour will include Wilderstein, a Queen Anne-style country house decorated in the aesthetic movement style using materials such as mahogany, leather, and stained glass; Olana, the Moorish-style home of artist Frederick Edwin Church with 360 degree views of the Hudson River Valley; the Rockefellor’s Kykuit Complex; Lyndhurst, a Gothic Revival country house on the river designed by A. J. Davis; and Cedar Grove, the home of artist Thomas Cole. Please contact Cyndi Sommers, Owens-Thomas House Administrative Assistant, for further details, 912.790.8880 or sommersc@telfair.org.
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Designed by Harry Bertoia (1915-1978); Manufactured by Knoll Associates, New York City, NY; Large Diamond Lounge Chair, c. 1952; Photo by Michael Koryta and Andrew VanStyn, Director of Acquisitions, Conservation and Photography. Telfair Magazine is designed by Holly Akkerman.