Telfair Magazine - January-April 2015

TELFAIR ACADEMY / OWENS-THOMAS HOUSE / JEPSON CENTER

ISSUE 21 / JANUARY–APRIL 2015

MEMBERS’ MAGAZINE

Director‘s Message

Lisa Grove talks to former Telfair director Gregory Allgire Smith.

Welcome to 2015 at Telfair Museums!

As we enter a new year, I want to extend my thanks to each of you, our museum supporters, for helping make 2014 another great year for Telfair Museums!

In 2014 we sent our beloved Robert Henri painting of a little Spanish dancing girl off on a yearlong national exhibition tour, and presented a major solo exhibition of hauntingly beautiful works by the award-winning contemporary artist Whitfield Lovell.

Our multiyear Slavery and Freedom in Savannah research project and book received multiple local, state, and national awards, further expanding Telfair Museums’ reputation as a leader in our field.

In 2014 we successfully launched our “Securing the Future” endowment campaign and celebrated the twentieth year of I Have Marks to Make, an incredible program that brings the therapeutic power of art to veterans and people with disabilities. We once again welcomed every fourth-grade student in Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools through our gallery doors for our school tours program, a service that the museum has offered free to the community since the 1930s.

As I reflect on these accomplishments and so many others, the question I ask is not “How did we do all this?” The answer to that is easy: with the support of dedicated staff, trustees, volunteers, and members like you.

The question I come back to time and again is: “Why do we do all this?” Why do we work so hard to bring you great exhibitions? Why do we send our staff and volunteers out into parks and playgrounds to offer hundreds of free education programs? Why do we invest our precious resources to preserve our historic buildings and invaluable collection of art objects?

We do all of these things because we fundamentally believe that art and history are important. We believe that our buildings, paintings, furniture, and other treasures have the power to tell stories that give meaning to our community and our lives. These stories connect us to our past, help us understand who we are today, and renew our commitment to the future.

We do all of these things because art builds community.

It’s vital. It’s touching. It’s fun. It’s for everyone. It’s this fundamental belief—art is for everyone!—that gives meaning to everything we do.

As you read through this issue and learn of all the upcoming exhibitions, programs, and events, remember the simple answer to why we do it all: because of YOU! With warm wishes for a great year,

Lisa Grove, Director/CEO

William Henry Johnson; Jitterbugs II, 1942; screenprint; on loan from the Amistad Research Center; Tulane University, New Orleans.

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PULSE Art + Technology Festival January 21–25, 2015 / Jepson Center The PULSE Art + Technology Festival enters its ninth year with a multisensory mix of fun and innovative technology-based art. Come to PULSE’s opening night to experience virtual reality in two interactive works made for the Oculus Rift VR system, including the award-winning game PaperDude VR by the Canadian design group Globacore, and Keith Roberson’s creepy-cool Apalachicola Night Anomaly. See people become bees in artist Katja Loher’s video sculpture exhibition and lecture. Thursday night see a dance performance with Purring Tiger’s interactive projection Mizaru, and try it yourself afterward. Make constellations in the interactive installation Wondrous by SCAD physical computing students and enjoy art GIFs by internationally-known internet artists. Friday night features an amazing performance by the renowned multimedia artist Miwa Matreyek, who combines animation and live action. Matreyek will perform two of her works in the historic Telfair Academy Rotunda, while the Savannah-based artist Switzon Wigfall III will animate the Academy’s outdoor sculptures with projections. Workshops for all ages will provide an introduction to technologies including 3-D printing and electronic music, and the PULSE Free Family Day will highlight cool art and do-it-yourself technology projects from Savannah area makers, including students from Savannah’s STEM Academy. PULSE offsite events will take place the week of the festival and after with our community partners Art Rise Savannah and Non-Fiction Gallery. Saturday night at the Jepson Center, Art Rise Savannah will hold a first-ever GIF Film Festival of web animations by local artists. Amaze yourself at PULSE!

Admission to galleries and to PULSE events at the Jepson Center is free of charge, thanks to the City of Savannah, Hargray Communications, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Katja Loher: Beeplanet January 21–April 12, 2015 / Jepson Center A featured exhibition for the 2015 PULSE Art + Technology Festival will focus on the work of the Swiss-born artist Katja Loher, a leader among the next generation of video artists.

Loher’s work takes video out of conventional modern contexts and into wall-mounted video portals and hand-blown glass bubbles. By peering into these orbs, viewers enter a parallel universe of performances by costumed dancers, entirely scripted, choreographed, and filmed by Loher. Environmental themes play a large role in the artist’s recent works, touching on endangered species, bee colony collapse, and speculation on whether humans can fulfill the essential roles that these creatures play. Loher’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions worldwide, at venues including the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa; the San Jose Museum of Art; VOLTA NY, New York; the MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy; the United Nations Pavilion, Shanghai Expo, China; SIGGRAPH Asia, Yokohama, Japan; and Art Digital, Moscow, Russia. Her work is featured in many private and public collections, such as those of the 21C Museum, Kentucky; and the Credit Suisse Collection, Switzerland.

Top to bottom: Katja Loher; Plant Bubble, 2013. Beeplanet, 2013.

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SCHEDULE Pre-PULSE Workshop: Make Your Own Electronic Music Toy, with Artist Ross Fish (ages 11 and up)* Friday, January 16, 4 pm / Jepson Center

Pre-PULSE Workshop: 3-D Printing for Beginners (ages 12 and up)* Saturday, January 17, 10 am–1 pm / Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St.

Director’s Circle Wine Reception Wednesday, January 21, 5 pm / Jepson Center See details on p.18. RSVP at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org.

Opening Lecture by Video Sculptor Katja Loher and Reception Wednesday, January 21, 6 pm / Jepson Center DJ and cash bar following lecture Mizaru Performance by Purring Tiger

Artist Panel for Students Featuring Katja Loher and Purring Tiger (Aaron Sherwood, Kiori Kawai) Thursday, January 22, 11 am / Jepson Center

Lecture and Dance Performance by Purring Tiger Thursday, January 22, 6 pm / Jepson Center

Performance by the Medeology Collective Thursday, January 22, 7 pm / Jepson Center

Artist Panel for Students Featuring PULSE Artists Friday, January 23, 11 am / Jepson Center Mizaru by Aaron Sherwood

Performance by Miwa Matreyek and Outdoor Projections by Switzon Wigfall III Friday, January 23, 6 pm / Telfair Academy $5 suggested donation

PULSE Offsite Event: Technology Projects Friday, January 23, 7:30 pm / Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St.

Children‘s Workshop: Artbots! by the Hatch* Saturday, January 24, 10 am–12 pm / Location TBA

Free Family Day Saturday, January 24, 1–4 pm / Jepson Center See p. 15 for more details.

Admission is free, thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah and Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Matreyek

Miwa Matreyek Matinee Performance Saturday, January 24, 3 pm / Telfair Academy

GIF Film Festival presented by Art Rise Savannah Saturday, January 24, 6 pm / Jepson Center

Curator’s Tour* Sunday, January 25, 1 pm / Jepson Center *Free with pre-registration. Please call 912.790.8823 or visit telfair.org/pulse/classes.

Events are free unless otherwise noted.

Globacore PaperDude VR

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The Visual Blues January 30–May 3, 2015 / Jepson Center The art scene in Harlem from 1919 to approximately 1940 provided a creative haven for African Americans and encouraged a melding of art, music, literature, and poetry, giving rise to the term “Harlem Renaissance.” The Visual Blues explores the rich interaction between the visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance and the wealth of blues and jazz music emanating from the Deep South and moving north. Artists and musicians of the period blurred artistic boundaries, drawing inspiration from each other and often contributing to one another’s art forms.

The Visual Blues exhibition comprises fifty-two paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, illustrating the unprecedented outburst of artistic creativity during the Harlem Renaissance that was inspired by blues and jazz, dance and social clubs.

By the 1920s, many Southern musicians had moved to Northern cities, bringing with them the new rhythms and poignant lyrics of Southern black music. Alongside such illustrious musicians as Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, and Duke Ellington, Southern African American artists performed at famous nightclubs in Harlem, including the Savoy Ballroom, the Apollo Theater, and the Cotton Club. The culture of the Harlem Renaissance fostered friendships and collaborations among artists of many disciplines. A wide circle of performers, poets, playwrights, and painters socialized and lent support to one another.

With paintings on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, this exhibition presents a rare opportunity for audiences to learn about the lives and careers of many artists—some of whom, such as Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden, are well known, and others whose reputations have been submerged over time.

Organized by the Louisiana State University Museum of Art. Top to bottom: William Henry Johnson; Folk Family, 1942; serigraph with pencil on paper; Amistad Research Center. Ellis Wilson; Shore Leave, 1943; oil on masonite; on loan from the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans.

RELATED PROGRAMS / Jepson Center Director’s Circle Preview Dinner Wednesday, January 28, 6 pm See details on p. 18. RSVP at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org.

Opening Lecture by Dr. Margaret Rose Vendryes and Members‘ Reception Thursday, February 5, 6 pm Telfair presents a lecture by the artist, historian, and curator Dr. Margaret Rose Vendryes on artists of the Harlem Renaissance. The lecture is presented as the 2015 W. W. Law Lecture in collaboration with the Savannah Black Heritage Festival. A light reception will follow.

Admission is free, thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah

The Visual Blues Free Family Day and Concert Saturday, March 7, 1–4 pm See p. 15 for more details.

Admission is free, thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah and Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

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The Art of Diplomacy: Winston Churchill and the Pursuit of Painting April 24–July 26, 2015 / Jepson Center In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s death, Telfair Museums presents an exhibition exploring the wartime hero’s secret weapon: his paintbrush. The Art of Diplomacy: Winston Churchill and the Pursuit of Painting features several paintings by the iconic British leader as well as photographs, letters, and other personal belongings drawn from the family holdings of Churchill’s descendants.

The Art of Diplomacy explores the relationship between Churchill’s strategic decision-making and his evolving practice as an artist. Churchill, who picked up painting in the wake of his resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty following 1915’s disastrous Battle of Gallipoli, embraced art as a source of great enjoyment. But beyond his love of what he called a “joy-ride in a paint-box,” he saw painting as a testing ground for such leadership strengths as audacity, humility, foresight, and strength of memory. Painting a picture, he wrote, “is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle.”

The Art of Diplomacy presents a novel interpretation that places the act of painting at the center of Churchill’s evolving leadership—and, by extension, at the heart of twentieth-century history. The exhibition asks us to ponder how differently things might have turned out had Churchill not discovered art. “His painting may have helped to save Western civilization,” the noted art historian Ernst Gombrich wrote about Churchill, who once said he would have been unable “to live . . . to bear the strain of things” without “his daubs,” as he humbly referred to his paintings.

The Art of Diplomacy was organized by the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta. Savannah is the final stop of the exhibition on a year-long statewide tour of eight cities throughout Georgia.

Telfair Museums is delighted to have the opportunity to collaborate with the Millennium Gate Museum as well as with colleagues at the Georgia Historical Society and the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force to present a range of educational programming related to this exhibition.

Organized by the Millennium Gate Museum.

RELATED PROGRAMS / Jepson Center Director’s Circle Preview Dinner Wednesday, April 22, 6 pm See details on p.18. RSVP at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org.

Opening Lecture and Members‘ Reception Thursday, April 23, 6 pm Don’t miss this exciting lecture by Rodney Mims Cook Jr., a noted architect, preservationist, and President of the National Monuments Commission, and Duncan Sandys, a great-grandson of Winston Churchill. Join us for a rare glimpse into the life of the great British prime minister and his family, art, and connections to Georgia.

Free to members or with museum admission.

A reception will follow the lecture, which is sponsored in part by the Telfair Academy Guild.

The Art of Diplomacy Sketch Walk Saturday, May 9 Jepson Center tour 12–12:45 pm Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum sketch crawl 2:30–5 pm See details on p. 13. Ages: teen to adult. Free; registration required.

Contact Kip Bradley at 912.790.8823 or bradleyk@telfair.org.

Top to bottom: Winston Churchill at the easel, 1946; Courtesy of Corbis Images.

Winston Churchill smoking a cigar in his Chartwell studio dressed in his blue RAF siren jump suit, December 1, 1944; Courtesy of Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.

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In Living Color: Andy Warhol and Contemporary Printmaking from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation March 1–May 17, 2015 / Jepson Center Andy Warhol (1928–1987) depicted the world with the volume turned up. Employing a seemingly endless palette, his work has challenged our perceptions of popular culture, politics, and consumerism for more than fifty years. Warhol was the central figure of American pop art, a movement that emerged in the late 1950s in reaction to the heroism of abstract expressionism. Warhol and his contemporaries sought to eradicate the notion of the “genius artist” and downplay the role of originality in art, adopting mechanical means of generating images such as screenprinting, which theoretically allowed for an endless reproduction of images.

In drawing inspiration from the rapidly changing world around them, pop artists sought to be more inclusive in their subjects, and more aware of the day-to-day conditions of contemporary existence.

Spanning three decades of Warhol’s career, this exhibition features some of the artist’s most iconic screenprints, including his portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Mao Zedong, the splashy camouflage series, and the controversial Electric Chair portfolio. Drawn exclusively from the rich collections of Jordan Schnitzer and his family foundation, In Living Color is divided into five sections—experimentation, emotion, experience, subversion, and attitude. In each, Warhol’s work is placed in conversation with other artists of the postwar era, such as Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, and Keith Haring, whose work uses color as a tool to shape how we interpret and respond to images.

Support for the exhibition and related educational and outreach programs has been made possible by a grant from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

Andy Warhol; Marilyn Monroe, (II.22); AP edition C/Z, 1967; screenprint; © 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

RELATED PROGRAMS / Jepson Center In Living Color Free Family Day

Opening Lecture by Jordan D. Schnitzer

Saturday, April 11, 1–4 pm

Thursday, March 5, 6 pm

See p. 15 for more details.

Admission is free, thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah and Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

Join the noted art collector Jordan D. Schnitzer for an inside look at the works In Living Color. Mr. Schnitzer’s passion for collecting post–World War II American art grew from his first purchase at age 14 to a collection that now includes more than 8,000 works by American masters. Free to members or with museum admission.

The Jepson Center Eckburg Atrium will house a monumental inflatable sculpture by acclaimed Parisian artist Anne Ferrer. Titled Hot Pink, the huge biomorphic work was originally commissioned by the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia, for that museum’s light-filled atrium. Ferrer is noted for her colorful, sensuous, and playful sculptures, which have been shown in venues ranging from the Pompidou Centre in Paris, to La Paz, Bolivia, to a recent large-scale work for the Houston Public Library. Ferrer’s vibrant works are something of a sensory overload. In past projects, she has collaborated with performers, composers, perfumers, and a pastry chef. Stitched from parachute fabric, Hot Pink’s billowing form will remain on view through the fall of 2015, overlapping with an exhibition of another French artist who explored the possibilities of colors, Claude Monet.

RELATED PROGRAM / Jepson Center Opening Lecture by Anne Ferrer Thursday, April 9, 6 pm The Paris-based artist will lecture on her work.

Free to members or with museum admission.

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Anne Ferrer, Hot Pink, 2014,Installation

Anne Ferrer: Hot Pink Opening April 9, 2015 / Jepson Center

Clockwise from top: Chuck Close; Lyle, 2003; 149-color silkscreen; published by Pace Editions, Inc.; photograph courtesy the artist and Pace Prints.

Louise Bourgeois; Couples, edition 35/150, 2001; lithograph; Louise Bourgeois: © The Estate of Louise Bourgeois Helen Frankenthaler; Madame Butterfly, AP 10/14, 2000; woodcut; © 2014 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Andy Warhol; Electric Chair (II.81); edition 183/250, 1971; screenprint; © 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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Opens March 13, 2015 / Telfair Academy From tea pots to punch bowls, explore the world of drinking in this fun exhibition dedicated to objects used for the consumption of tea, wine, coffee, punch, beer, cider, and chocolate. This unique display will give visitors a glimpse into our past drinking habits, using items from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection. Featuring practical articles, such as wine siphons, as well as elaborate decorative pieces, including an early nineteenth-century wine cart made from silver, the show highlights everyday objects once used for the ordinary practice of drinking.

Beautiful, simple, and ornate decanters, tea caddies, mugs, cups, and saucers created with glass, silver, and porcelain in America, England, France, and China will present viewers with a broader understanding of drinking customs. Unlike our casual, everyday practice of drinking with paper cups on the go, earlier traditions required special utensils and rituals for the consumption of beverages, including the exotic libations of chocolate, tea, and coffee.

Top to bottom: Unknown maker; decanter, c. 1830; Bohemian or English, blueflashed glass cut to clear; bequest of Margaret Gray Thomas, OT1951.72.a-b.

Unknown maker; Wine Cart and Decanters, c. 1825; American, silver, glass; gift of Caroline Lamar Woodbridge, in memory of her half-sister, Mildred Deveau Cunningham, 1954.9.1.Pierre Louis Dagoty; Demitasse Cup and Saucer (from a set of four), n.d., porcelain; Sylvia and Frank Ferst Collection; 1988.2.14.a-b.

RELATED PROGRAMS / Telfair Academy Director’s Circle Preview Dinner Wednesday, March 11, 6 pm See details on p. 18. RSVP at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org.

Opening Lecture and Members‘ Reception Thursday, March 12, 6 pm Telfair Museums celebrates the opening of three new exhibitions in a joint lecture by Telfair curators.

Tania Sammons, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Historic Sites, will lecture on a broad array of collection objects related to the drinking of beverages from tea and coffee to wine and beer. Courtney McNeil, Curator of Fine Arts and Exhibitions, will lecture on the art of Anne Taylor Nash and other work by female artists active in Savannah between 1920 and 1960. A light reception will follow the lecture. Free to members or with paid museum admission.

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Women Artists in Savannah, 1920–1960 Opens March 13, 2015 / Telfair Academy The period of roughly 1920 through 1960 saw the development of a vibrant artistic community in Savannah. Organizations such as the Savannah Art Association (founded in 1920 as the Savannah Art Club), the Southern States Art League, and the Association of Georgia Artists worked in tandem with Telfair to encourage the arts in Savannah by organizing exhibitions, providing art instruction, and bringing visiting artists to Savannah.

Perhaps not surprisingly, female artists played a crucial role in the artistic life of Savannah during this period. Women Artists in Savannah, 1920–1960 showcases approximately twenty works, nearly all of them drawn from Telfair’s permanent collection, by some of the female artists who made significant contributions to Savannah’s art scene. Born in

1870, Emma Cheves Wilkins is the earliest artist in the exhibition; she began her artistic studies under Telfair’s first director, Carl Brandt, then received professional training in Paris at the Académie Colarossi before returning to Savannah and teaching art to other Savannah women such as Hattie Saussy and Augusta Oelschig.

The exhibition also includes work by artists who considered themselves to be primarily self-taught, such as Anna Hunter and Myrtle Jones, as well as work by artists from other cities who were influenced by time spent in Savannah, such as Andrée Ruellan and Mary Hoover Aiken. One of the most contemporary artists in the exhibition is Virginia Jackson Kiah, who moved to Savannah in 1950 and was widely known for her work as both a civil rights activist and a portrait painter.

Left to right: Mary Hoover Aiken; Café Fortune Teller, 1933; oil on canvas; gift of friends of Mary Hoover Aiken, 1975.3; © Joseph Killorin.

Anne Taylor Nash; Untitled (Blue kimono), n.d.; oil on canvas; collection of John and Virginia Duncan, Savannah.

The Paintings of Anne Taylor Nash March 13–July 12, 2015 / Telfair Academy Anne Taylor Nash (1884–1968) did not begin painting until she was forty years old, when she became inspired by the example of her close friend Elizabeth O’Neill Verner, an artist and a key figure in the Charleston Renaissance. Nash would go on to study art at the Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery (now the Gibbes Museum of Art) in Charleston, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the École des Beaux-Arts at Fontainebleau, France. Over the course of her artistic career, Nash produced an admirable body of work, mainly portraits, demonstrating her keen eye for color and composition in both her formal, commissioned portraits and her more relaxed likenesses of family and friends.

Born Anne Mauger Taylor in Pittsboro, North Carolina, she married Edmund Strudwick Nash in 1906. Her husband’s family tree includes the ART + HISTORY + ARCHITECTURE

Revolutionary War general Francis Nash, for whom the city of Nashville is named, as well as the poet Ogden Nash. Shortly after their marriage, the couple moved to Charleston, and Anne Nash became an active member of the Southern States Art League and was awarded a solo exhibition of her portraits at the Gibbes in 1933.

Nash and her family moved to Savannah in 1937, where she spent the remainder of her life as an active participant in Savannah’s art scene. She exhibited her work at the Telfair Academy with the Savannah Art Club on at least ten different occasions from 1931 to 1958. Given her long association with the museum, Telfair is delighted to be presenting the first solo museum exhibition of her work since her 1933 show in Charleston.

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FOT John and Virginia Duncan House Tour 5:30 pm, Location see p. 17.

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PULSE Children‘s Workshop: Artbots! by the Hatch 10 am–12 pm, Location TBA

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PULSE Free Family Day

10 am, JC

PULSE Miwa Matreyek Matinee Performance

Owens-Thomas House Closed for Annual Cleaning

3 pm, TA

January 12—16, OT

PULSE GIF Film Festival presented by Art Rise Savannah

TAG Meeting and Program

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WiBiTAG Meeting and Program: Kristen Baird 5:30 pm, Hospice Savannah

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Stroller Tour 9:30—10:15 am, JC

1–4 pm, JC

6 pm, JC

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PULSE Curator‘s Tour 1 pm, JC

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10:30—11:30 am, JC

The Visual Blues Director’s Circle Preview Dinner

A Collectors’ Evening

6 pm, JC

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The Visual Blues Exhibit Opening

Telfair Tots 6 pm, TA

Pre-PULSE Workshop: Make Your Own Electronic Music Toy, with Ross Fish 4 pm, JC

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Pre-PULSE Workshop: 3-D Printing for Beginners 10 am, Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St.

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PULSE Katja Loher: Beeplanet Exhibit Opening through April 21, JC

PULSE Director‘s Circle Wine Reception

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through May 3, JC

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The Visual Blues Opening Lecture by Dr. Margaret Rose Vendryes and Members‘ Reception 6 pm, JC

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Super Museum Sunday 12–4 pm, TA, OT, JC

5 pm, JC

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PULSE Opening Lecture by Video Sculptor Katja Loher and Reception

10 am, JC

6 pm, JC

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PULSE Artist Panel for Students 11 am, JC

PULSE Lecture and Dance Performance

by Purring Tiger

6 pm, JC

Performance by the Medeology Collective 7 pm, JC

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PULSE Artist Panel for Students 11 am, JC

PULSE Performance by Miwa Matreyek and Outdoor Projections by Switzon Wigfall III 6 pm, TA

TAG Meeting and Program

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FOT Lecture by Martha Keber 12 pm, JC

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Stroller Tour 9:30—10:15 am, JC

Telfair Tots 10:30—11:30 am, JC

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Closed for Telfair Ball TA, JC

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35th Annual Telfair Ball and Bash 6 pm & 9 pm, TA

PULSE Offsite Event: Technology Projects 7:30 pm, Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St.

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Anne Ferrer: Hot Pink Opening Lecture

by Anne Ferrer

In Living Color Exhibit Opening

FOT Charleston Trip

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In Living Color Opening Lecture by Jordan D. Schnitzer 6 pm, JC

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The Visual Blues Free Family Day and Concert 1–4 pm, JC

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TAG Meeting and Program 10 am, JC

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WiBiTAG Meeting and Program: Beth Kinstler 5:30 pm, JC

Cheers! Director’s Circle Preview Dinner 6 pm, TA

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Cheers!, Women Artists in Savannah, and The Paintings of Anne Taylor Nash Opening Lecture and Members‘ Reception 6 pm, TA

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Cheers!, Women Artists in Savannah, and The Paintings of Anne Taylor Nash Exhibit Openings

Anne Ferrer: Hot Pink Exhibit Opening

6 pm, JC

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In Living Color Free Family Day 1–4 pm, JC

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TAG Meeting and Program 10 am, JC

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Stroller Tour 9:30—10:15 am, JC

Telfair Tots 10:30—11:30 am, JC

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The Art of Diplomacy Director’s Circle Preview Dinner 6 pm, JC

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The Art of Diplomacy Opening Lecture and Members‘ Reception 6 pm, JC

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The Art of Diplomacy Exhibit Opening through July 26, JC

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FOT Annual Garden Party 5:30 pm, OT

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TA, OT, JC

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Closed for Saint Patrick’s Day

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Stroller Tour 9:30—10:15 am, JC

Telfair Tots 10:30—11:30 am, JC

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Docent Graduation

The Art of Diplomacy Sketch Walk 12–12:45 pm, JC 2:30–5 pm, Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum

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Teen Council Event Time TBA, JC

For full winter class schedule, see p. 12.

5 pm, JC

Events are subject to change; please visit TELFAIR.ORG for the most current information.

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TA–Telfair Academy / 121 Barnard St. on Telfair Square OT–Owens-Thomas House / 124 Abercorn St. on Oglethorpe Square JC–Jepson Center / 207 W. York St. on Telfair Square FOT–Friends of the Owens-Thomas House TAG–Telfair Academy Guild WiBiTAG–Women in Business in TAG

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Winter 2015 Classes / Jepson Center Enhance your artistic skills at the Jepson Center! Contact Kip Bradley at 912.790.8823 or bradleyk@telfair.org to reserve your space now!

Youth Classes Portfolio Builder: Youth Drawing II

Video Game Development

This class is designed to help upper-elementary and middle school students improve their drawing skills. In Youth Drawing II, students will better understand the more complex ideas of foundational drawing. This is a great class for students to develop their art portfolios. New students welcome! (Materials included.)

In this five-week class, students will will explore, play, and develop video games, while learning computer programming from scratch using Game Maker. Suitable for beginners to intermediate-level participants with a funloving personality; no programming experience required.

(Materials included.)

Adult Classes

What the Heck is an Arduino?

Ages: 10 to 14 Instructor: Marisa Lilje Thursdays, January 29–February 26, 4:30–6 pm Members $100, Non-members $125

Drawing from Antiquity

Instructor: Carl Fougerousse Thursdays, January 8–January 29, 10 am–1 pm Members $120, Non-members $145

In this course, students will learn a classical, academic approach to drawing the figure from ancient sculptures.

The tradition of drawing from antiquity dates back to the Renaissance and has made up a great part of the studio practice of artists ever since. Historically, the Telfair Academy’s collection of plaster casts has presented local artists with a great opportunity to learn the timeless principles exemplified in these famous works. We are now proud to offer this unique learning experience once again.

Portrait Drawing

Instructor: Atsuko Smith Fridays, January 30–March 13, 10 am–1 pm (no class Feb 27) Members $175, Non-members $200

In this beginner-to-intermediate adult class, students will work from a live model and explore fundamental and advanced drawing skills through portraiture. Learn to develop observational abilities through a careful study of proportions as they pertain to the individual nature of the face. Emphasis will be placed on depicting the head through the use of light and shadow, based on a five-value system. Students will develop and improve skills necessary to obtain a “likeness” in drawing from life.

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Ages: 10 to 16 Instructor: Lauren Winter Thursdays, March 5–April 2, 4:30–6 pm Members $100, Non-members $125

Instructor: Ross Fish Saturday, January 31, 10 am–2 pm Members $75, Non-members $95

Join the artist and musician Ross Fish in a fun and engaging workshop to learn about the fundamentals of the very popular microcontroller known as the Arduino. The Arduino is a bridge between the digital and physical worlds and is a wonderful introductory tool for those looking to gain basic programming and electronics experience. The Arduino is used in a variety of applications but is particularly useful for exploration in interactive artwork and new media. Participants will leave with their very own Arduino that they will build from scratch for less than the price that RadioShack sells them for! No previous soldering experience is required!

Figure Drawing and Painting

Instructor: Atsuko Smith Tuesdays, February 10–March 17, 1–4 pm Members $175, Non-members $200

This class will focus on rendering the figure, using the mediums of both drawing and painting. Students will complete detailed studies of portions of the human body, focusing on the anatomy of hands and facial features, in charcoal, graphite, and white Conté on gray paper, followed by color studies in either acrylic or oil paint. Attention will be paid to creating a full range of values and mixing naturalistic colors corresponding to the subject.

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Build Your Own Guitar Pedals!

Sketchbooking Is Hip!

Join the artist and musician Ross Fish in a fun and engaging workshop to build your own guitar pedals. Projects include the famous Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine) kill switch, distortion pedals, fuzz pedals, and other unworldly sound devices to crush your guitar tone into oblivion.

Bask in the glory of your own awesomeness as you shred onstage with a pedal you built with your own two hands!

No previous soldering experience is required!

The more that technology becomes integrated into our lives, the cooler low-tech activities like sketchbooking become. It’s time to enjoy the simplicity, growth, and delight that come from sketching. This eight-week class will introduce you to keeping a sketchbook and assist you in developing your own methods. This class will provide a strong introduction to drawing and watercolor techniques, while helping you develop the habits of incorporating sketching into your everyday life! Artists of all levels are welcome, and materials will be provided.

Instructor: Ross Fish Saturday, February 21, 10 am–2 pm Members $75, Non-members $95

Beginning Oil Painting

Instructor: Woody Cornwell Mondays, February 16–March 23, 1–4 pm Members $175, Non-members $200

This class focuses on the fundamental techniques of painting with oil-based paint. Designed for those with a broad range of painting experience, the class will develop both beginning and continuing-level students’ skills using color, composition, and creativity. The subject matter will range from still-lifes to old master studies and photography.

Specifically, students will explore techniques from the basic understanding of “fat over lean” to imprimatura, grisaille, impasto, and alla prima.

Screenprinting

Instructor: Rebecca Sipper Wednesdays, February 4–March 11, 1–4 pm Members $175, Non-members $200

The perfect introduction to the world of screenprinting!

Students will learn all the fundamentals of screenprinting on fabric. Every step will be explained in a simple, straightforward way, and students will create beautiful prints by employing the same photo emulsion process that the professionals use. This eight-week class is open to artists of all levels. Bring your own fabric by the yard, t-shirts, or other fibers for printing.

Painting Boot Camp

Instructor: Kip Bradley Tuesday, March 24, 10 am–2 pm Members $75, Non-members $95

Port City Sketch Crawl. Photo by Pete Schramm.

Do you want to learn the basics of oil painting? This class is designed to build foundational skills and expand students’ knowledge of techniques and materials that can be applied to many painting styles and to realistic or abstract subjects.

Students will learn how to use paint, paint mediums, and brushes for outstanding results; how to mix color; and how to create the illusion of three-dimensional forms.

Instructor: Kip Bradley Wednesdays, March 11–April 22, 12–2 pm Members $95, Non-members $120

Abstraction in Representational Painting Instructor: Woody Cornwell Mondays, April 6–May 11, 1–4 pm Members $175, Non-members $200

Designed for both beginners and experienced artists, this course will cover the fundamentals of abstraction and its application in the development of style and expression in representational painting. Explore line, shape, color, texture, and composition using a variety of media. The class will approach abstraction from specific “points of entry”: gestural abstraction, texture and collage, music, language, and visual studies of established abstract artists. Explore the world of abstraction with experimentation and discussion to become more familiar with your own personal style.

Two-Day Figure-Drawing Boot Camp Instructor: Kip Bradley Tuesdays, April 14 and 21, 1–5 pm Members $75, Non-members $95

If you can draw the figure, you can draw anything! This two-day intensive figure-drawing course is for students who are serious about learning how to draw. Learn tricks and tools with both classical and unusual approaches.

Two-Day Figure-Painting Workshop

Instructor: Carl Fougerousse Thursdays, April 23 and 30, 10 am–2 pm Members $75, Non-members $95

This two-day workshop for advanced students will focus on rendering the figure using oil paints. Students will work from a live model, focusing on anatomy, planner construction, and light with oil paints. Attention will be paid to mixing naturalistic flesh tones and placing the figure in space.

Art of Diplomacy Sketch Walk

Saturday, May 9 Jepson Center tour 12–12:45 pm Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum 2:30–5 pm Ages: Teen to adult Free, registration required

Winston Churchill painted not only as a hobby to escape work but also as a kind of life philosophy. He famously stated, "When I get to heaven I mean to spend a considerable portion of the first million years in painting, and so to get to the bottom of the subject." Come by the Jepson Center to tour the exhibit The Art of Diplomacy: Winston Churchill and the Pursuit of Painting and discuss why painting was integral to Churchill’s life. Then meet at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum for sketching.

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ART START Stroller Tours Third Thursdays, 9:30–10:15 am / Jepson Center Adults with infants from 2—18 months and their siblings are welcome. Tour is included with museum admission; always free to members. Ten infant spaces are available; pre-registration is available online at telfair.org/family or by calling 912.790.8827.

Open to our youngest visitors, Stroller Tours are monthly gatherings at which parents and caregivers can enjoy a morning at the museum while also engaging infants with art. Babies thrive on dynamic environments, so we’ll explore a different set of artwork each month in a gallery all to ourselves. There will be board books for the little ones afterward and adult conversation for you and like-minded art lovers. Finish your visit with a leisurely talk over complimentary coffee and tea in our café. Strollers, crying, and older siblings are all welcome here!

Southern Splendor—January 15 Explore the elements of the Southern landscape and fall in love with its romance.

Rhythm and Pattern—March 19 Find the connection in art and music by exploring the elements and principles each have in common.

Electrified—February 19 Look, touch, and listen to things that pulse with our new media technology and art exhibits.

Color Pop—April 16 Explore the color wheel and discuss the elements of color and color mixing.

Telfair Tots Third Thursdays, 10:30–11:30 am / Jepson Center Adults with preschoolers aged 2–5 and their younger siblings are welcome. Activity fee is $5 per participating child; regular museum admission applies for caregivers; always free to adult museum members. To register, please call 912.790.8827 or visit telfair.org/family.

Start your day with art! Once a month, preschoolers and their adult companions are invited to the museum for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Younger siblings are welcome to tag along. Come play and learn with us!

Seasonal Sensations—January 15 The changes in weather and seasons evoke particular sensations and emotions. Explore the connections of landscape and weather to feeling, and create your own weather-inspired watercolors.

PULSE—February 19 Put your fingers on the pulse of early childhood engineering, and create your own technologybased toys. Create sculptures that light up, make music with microcomputers, and safely explore electricity with Play-Doh and LEDs.

The Visual Blues—March 19 Find the connection between art and music by exploring the elements and principles each has in common. Make a collage inspired by the art of Romare Bearden, and learn the dances of the Harlem Renaissance period.

What Color Makes—April 16 Explore the color wheel and discuss the elements of color and color mixing. Create your own color wheel, then mix colors to create your own screenprinted t-shirt.

Teen Council The Teen Council is committed to making art more accessible by actively engaging teens in their community and encouraging them to connect with art on a personal level. The Teen Council is currently exploring the professional roles and functions of the various museum departments, and its members are serving as volunteers, assisting with museum classes, public events, and community programs. They are working toward a final project and event that will take place the evening of May 16, 2015—so be sure to mark your calendar now!

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Saturdays* (once a month), 1– 4 pm / Jepson Center Family Days are fun, educational, and FREE! Enjoy hands-on art projects, gallery exploration activities, story time, and much more, designed to engage the whole family! Create DIY masterpieces, play art detective, use our mobile Art Cart, or explore the interactive children’s ArtZeum. Everyone can get in on the art and the action! Stay a little while, or enjoy the entire afternoon.

Free and open to the public, thanks to funding provided by the City of Savannah and Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. *unless otherwise noted.

PULSE—Saturday, January 24 One of the most popular events during PULSE is the all-ages family day. From drones to 3-D printing, PULSE Maker Day will highlight cool art, technology, and do-it-yourself projects. Savannah-area“makers” will give demonstrations. In addition to all the hands-on fun in the Jepson Center, the performance artist Miwa Matreyek will give a special matinee show in the Telfair Academy at 3 pm.

The Visual Blues—Saturday, March 7 Explore the creativity of the blues, jazz, and the Harlem Renaissance in this day of activities for all ages. Make a collage inspired by the art of Romare Bearden and learn dances of the period. Enjoy a 2 pm performance by the Savannah Children’s Choir and a 3 pm concert by the legendary guitarist and blueswoman Beverly “Guitar” Watkins and the King Bees.

Super Museum Sunday—Sunday, February 8 Families can add to the fun of Super Museum Sunday by taking part in several open-ended art-making activities in the Jepson Center Eckburg Atrium.

In Living Color—Saturday, April 11 Spring into fun, and celebrate the exhibitions In Living Color and Hot Pink in an afternoon of handson art-making for children and adults. Try out relief printing, and silk-screen your own t-shirts. Help make an inflatable sculpture!

Head Start Program Head Start students are coming back to the Jepson Center in February! Thanks to a generous contribution, 420 children between ages three and four will experience an education program focusing on The Visual Blues exhibition. Students will view the exhibit and hear music from the era in an interactive tour, then make art in a related studio activity. This program is designed to develop communication and physical and fine motor skills in these young members of our local community.

Sponsored by Kathy Von Hollen on behalf of the Margaret F. Perryman Charitable Trust.

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A Collectors’ Evening—Presented by the Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society January 15, 2015, 6 pm / Telfair Academy Join us for a suspenseful night of competitive curators, secret ballot casting, and major art acquisitions!

This is your chance to play curator for a night and influence Telfair Museums’ permanent collection.

The evening will showcase our curators as they each present a work of art that they wish to have added to Telfair’s collection. Patrons will enjoy a seated dinner and cocktails, then cast secret ballots to determine Telfair‘s next acquisition, which will be made possible by the evening’s proceeds. There also will be an opportunity to bid on fantastic art- and wine-related live and silent auction items.

Individual tickets are $175. Patron tickets are $250 for an individual or $500 for a couple. To purchase tickets and preview the art, visit telfair.org/collectors or call Marcya Burton at 912.790.8866.

Harry DeLorme, Senior Curator of Education: Sponsored

by Kelley & Josh Keller and Wilson & Linda Fisk Morris

Courtney McNeil, Curator of Fine Art and Exhibitions: Sponsored by Debbie & Asa Davis and Nancy Boyd

Lisa Grove, Director/CEO: Sponsored by The Bouchillon Ham & Dekle Group, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, The Village on Skidaway Island

Tania Sammons, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Historic Sites: Sponsored by Judge Realty and Iocovozzi Fine Art

Cuppetelli and Mendoza; Notional Field (detail), 2014; Wood, elastic cord, paint

Whitfield Lovell; (My) Precarious Life (detail), 2008; Conté on wood, wheel

Rembrandt van Rijn; The Flight into Egypt, (detail), 1651; Etching

George Fox; Griffin Claret Jug (detail),1886; Silver

Grosjean & Woodward, NY, Tiffany & Company; Basket with hinged handle, n.d.; Silver; inscribed GSO for George Savage Owens

Exclusive Trip to France October 20–26, 2015 Exclusively open to Director’s Circle and Gari Melchers Collectors‘ Society members.

Monet‘s studio in Giverny.

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Join Christopher Hartop, a prolific author on decorative arts and architecture, and Lisa Grove, Director/CEO of Telfair Museums, as they explore the fine art and beautiful homes of Paris and its charming environs. As you travel the city and countryside, you will discover how France’s art, culture, and natural landscape influenced American artists and artistic tastes in the nineteenth century. Marvel at Monet’s garden at Giverny, and savor some of his greatest works at Paris museums such as the Musée Marmottan Monet and the Musée de l’Orangerie.

Guests will also be treated to private “behind the ropes” visits to the Louvre, as well as to exclusive tours of other private collections. For more information please email Marcya Burton at burtonm@telfair.org TELFAIR.ORG

Member Groups Membership provides you with many additional opportunities to enjoy the unique social, cultural, and educational benefits that come with participating in the important groups that support Telfair Museums.

For more information on member groups or to join, please call Marcya Burton at 912.790.8866.

William Jay Society The William Jay Society (WJS) is a group of young professionals aged 21 to 40 who support Telfair Museums. Programs include art-related social activities and volunteer opportunities to broaden the influence of the museum in Savannah and the surrounding community.

Telfair Academy Guild / Women in Business in TAG TAG support the goals and activities of Telfair Museums through volunteerism. Membership is open to anyone who is a member of the museum and who is interested in supporting the guild’s activities. TAG meets every second Monday from September to May. WiBiTAG meets every other month on Wednesdays.

Monthly TAG Meetings and Programs Mondays, January 12, February 9, March 9, April 13 10 am / Jepson Center

WiBiTAG Meetings and Programs Kristen Baird Wednesday, January 14, 5:30 pm / Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Drive Harmony, balance, and unity are the watchwords of jewelry designer Kristen Baird’s work. Her sculptural, one-of-a-kind pieces embody drama without sacrificing functionality. Hear about and see her methods for creating inspiring jewelry.

Sponsors: Aileen Miller—Beverages; Genie Ogden via CCDS—Food

Beth Kinstler Wednesday, March 11, 5:30 pm / Jepson Center Beth Kinstler, Avalon Appraisals and Estate Sales, “Antiques York Street Show.”

Sponsors: Kathryn Murph, ABR—Beverages; Gail Onken, Health Insurance Specialists—Food

Friends of the Owens-Thomas House The Friends of the Owens-Thomas House (FOT) are dedicated to supporting the Owens-Thomas House. Located on Oglethorpe Square, the site encompasses the main house, the urban slave quarters, a carriage house, and a parterre garden created in the mid-twentieth century to replace the original working garden. RSVP to Cyndi Sommers, sommersc@telfair.org or 912.790.8880, for all events.

John and Virginia Duncan House Tour Thursday, January 8, 5:30 pm / 12 East Taylor Street on Monterey Square

Lecture and Book Signing Wednesday, February 11, 12 pm / Jepson Center “Savannah’s Favorite Frenchman: The Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette, March 1825,” a lecture by Martha Keber, with a book-signing to follow.

Annual Garden Party Tuesday, April 28, 5:30 to 7:30 pm / Owens-Thomas House Sponsored by Advanced Door Systems and Hager Companies

Charleston Trip March 4 and 5 This two-day trip will include an exclusive visit to the privately owned, William Jay-designed William Mason Smith House; a visit to Richard Hampton Jenrette’s Millford Plantation and Roper House; a tour of the Aiken-Rhett House Museum; and a private visit to a Charleston-made furniture collection. Contact AnneMarie Callahan at Greater Savannah Travel (Anne-Marie@ ThereAndBackAgain.com or 912.233.5656) to RSVP. Single occupancy, $649 per person; double occupancy, $565 per person. Must be paid in full by January 19. For further information, contact Cyndi Sommers, sommersc@ telfair.org or 912.790.8880.

Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society The Gari Melchers Collectors’ Society supports and promotes the expansion of the museum’s permanent collection, and provides its members with exclusive programs and educational opportunities that enhance their enjoyment and appreciation of art.

Free Admission for Military Personnel– Made Possible by Fifth Third Bank There is no service more inspiring, or more deserving of our respect, than the sacrifices made by military personnel and their families. Now, thanks to a generous sponsorship by Fifth Third Bank, all military personnel—whether active, reserve, or veteran—will receive free admission to all three Telfair sites for themselves and their families.

As a museum rooted in American history, Telfair believes it is our duty to reward these American heroes. We are extremely grateful to our friends at Fifth Third Bank for making this service possible. To receive your free family passes, simply tell the front desk of your military status at any of our sites.

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Director’s Circle Special Events To RSVP to any of these events, or to join the Director’s Circle, please contact Catherine Renner at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org.

PULSE Opening Lecture by Video Sculptor Katja Loher and Reception Wednesday, January 21, 6 pm / Jepson Center Wine at 5 pm for Director’s Circle members; meet and mingle with PULSE artists; reserved lecture seating upon request. Experience Katja Loher’s compelling video works—described as “quiet and elegant statements about humanity”—as this leader of next-generation video art shatters visual conventions and takes this artistic medium to new heights.

The Visual Blues Preview Dinner Wednesday, January 28, 6 pm / Jepson Center Dinner to Follow at Sapphire Grill View more than fifty works in a variety of media that explore the symbiotic relationship between Harlem Renaissance artwork and the wealth of blues and jazz music emanating from the Deep South between 1919 and 1940, spotlighting how musicians and visual artists blurred artistic boundaries to create a new form of visual expression.

Telfair Ball: “Blues in the Night” Saturday, February 28, 6 pm / Telfair Academy and Jepson Center Join us for Savannah’s most illustrious annual gala and fundraiser, inspired this year by the exhibition The Visual Blues. Blending Southern elegance with rich splashes of jazz, this evening will celebrate how blues and jazz music—born from Southern traditions—inspired a century of visual artists, all while raising money to support Telfair’s exhibitions, educational outreach, and related programs.

Cheers! Preview Dinner Wednesday, March 11, 6 pm / Telfair Academy Dinner to Follow Celebrate the art of the drink in this exhibition of beloved pieces from Telfair’s permanent collection—from intricate tea sets to fashionable steins—as we take a look back at decorative drinking vessels through the ages (just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day!).

The Art of Diplomacy Preview Dinner Wednesday, April 22, 6 pm / Jepson Center Dinner to Follow In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill, Telfair Museums will host an exhibition of his personal paintings, many of which have never before been shown to the public. As a special highlight, we will be joined by two guests of honor—the noted architect Rodney Cook, and Duncan Sandys, a great-grandson of Winston Churchill—making this an evening you will not want to miss.

Top to bottom: Katja Loher with Videoportal.

Malvin Gray Johnson; Elks Marching, 1934; oil on canvas; on loan from the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans.

Guests enjoying the Telfair Ball live auction.

Pierre Louis Dagoty; demitasse cup and saucer (from a set of four), n.d.; porcelain, Sylvia and Frank Ferst Collection, 1988.2.14.a-b.

Churchill painting the Chateau de George hotel, where he stayed as a guest of Consuela Vanderbilt in 1935; Courtesy of Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.

Director‘s Circle preview dinner.

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Blues in the Night The 35th Annual Telfair Ball and Bash Saturday, February 28, 2015 Join Telfair Museums for the 35th Annual Telfair Ball and Bash. A highlight of Savannah’s social scene, the Telfair Ball is open to Director’s Circle members, and benefits Telfair’s exceptional exhibitions, educational programs, and acquisitions. Please join us for an extraordinary evening, and support Telfair in making Savannah an even more vibrant place as we continue to enhance our community! For information or to become a Director's Circle member, contact Catherine Renner, Director of Annual Giving, at 912.790.8844 or rennerc@telfair.org.

Telfair Ball, 6 pm / Telfair Academy and Jepson Center Inspired by the rich musical spirit of the exhibition The Visual Blues, the theme of the 2015 Telfair Ball will be “Blues in the Night.” The festivities begin with the opening of the silent auction and a 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 chef Nick Mueller in the Jepson Center following the live auction. After dinner, guests will return to the Telfair Academy to enjoy music late into the evening by Right to Party. $500 per person / Director’s Circle members only.

Telfair Bash, 9 pm / Telfair Academy 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.

To preview the exciting auction items please visit telfair.org/ball.

Diamond Sponsors Colonial Group, Inc. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Jepson Associates Platinum Sponsor

Dulany Industries Gold Sponsors Acuity Brands, Inc. Brasseler USA Critz Auto Group Georgia Ports Authority Seacrest Partners SunTrust Bank

Jay Robinson; Count Basie and Billie Holiday at the Graystone Ballroom, Detroit, ca. 1947; egg tempera on gesso panel; on loan from a private collection.

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Front, clockwise from top: Chuck Close; Lyle, 2003; 149-color silkscreen; Published by Pace Editions, Inc.; photograph courtesy the artist and Pace Prints. Andy Warhol; Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn), (II.23), AP edition C/Z, 1967; screenprint; © 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Keith Haring; Pop Shop V; edition 153/200, 1989; screenprint; © 2014, © Keith Haring Foundation. Josef Albers; Homage to the Square, edition 35/125, 1967; screenprint. Above, top to bottom: Andy Warhol; © 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS). Camouflage (IIB406-413), edition TP 71/84, 1987; screenprint; publisher: Andy Warhol, New York. Cowboys and Indians: John Wayne (II.377), edition 207/250, 1986; screenprint; publisher: Gaultney, Klineman Art. Mao (II.93), edition 212/250, 1972; screenprint; publisher: Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York. All images collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

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