Telfair Museum: Jepson opens

A VISION OF WHAT’S TO COME
Jepson Center for the Arts establishes key role of the arts in city’s future
After six years of construction, battles over architectural design, scheduling setbacks and a great deal of fevered anticipation, the $24.5 million Jepson Center for the Arts will open Friday.
Designed by Moshe Safdie, one of the world’s elite [...]

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Telfair Museum: Bad glass stymies Jepson construction

Jepson Center opening delayed until next year
Faulty construction materials, lack of foresight blamed for the latest delay in the Jepson Center for the Arts
The opening of Savannah’s largest public arts facility will not be as scheduled – again.
Telfair Museum of Art officials announced Monday the postponement of the opening of the Jepson Center for the [...]

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Telfair Museum: Jepson opening delayed again

‘It’s not possible for there to be a delay’
Telfair officials are certain the new Jepson Center will open as scheduled, despite a history of missed deadlines.
Telfair officials believe the fifth time may be the charm.
The Telfair Museum of Art announced last week that the new Jepson Center for the Arts will be completed and ready [...]

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Telfair Museum: Q&A with then-director Diane Lesko

JEPSON CENTER ‘SHOULD BE A POWERFUL DRAW’
Diane Lesko discusses building lessons and acquiring world-class art
Before Diane Lesko arrived, in 1995, as director of the Telfair Museum of Art, there was already talk about expanding the South’s oldest museum.
Its collection was growing, storage was shrinking and educational abilities were increasingly limited. It was clear to many [...]

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Telfair Museum: The Kirk Varnedoe Collection

AN INSPIRED COLLECTION
The life of Kirk Varnedoe brings about an art collection for all the enjoy
Some 20 pillars of the art world of the past three decades, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Chuck Close and Roy Lichtenstein, have donated one piece of artwork each to the new Jepson Center for the Arts in memory of [...]

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Telfair Museum: New leader’s job description

A picture of the Telfair’s new leader
Second phase of director search complete with Telfair’s release of ‘director description.’
The Connecticut company hired to find a new director for the South’s oldest museum concluded the second stage of its search a week ahead of schedule.
Management Consultants for the Arts Inc., a firm specializing in executive searches for [...]

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Telfair Museum: First step in finding a new director

First phase in director search completed
Consultant assessed last week the leadership needs of the Telfair Museum of Art
The consultant hired to find a new director for Savannah’s largest arts institution finished the first phase in a search officials say will be complete by the end of the year.
Linda Sweet, of Management Consultants for the Arts, [...]

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Telfair Museum: Looking for a new director

Search firm announced: Telfair board of trustees picks company to find Lesko’s replacement
The committee charged with the task of hiring a search firm to find a successor to the outgoing executive director of the Telfair Museum of Art announced its recommendation Monday.
Ronald B. Medinger, committee chair, said the board of trustees approved the selection of [...]

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Telfair Museum: Director resigns

Telfair director resigns after 11 years
After spending more than a decade shepherding the 24.5 million Jepson Center for the Arts from idea to reality, Diane Lesko will step down as executive director of the Telfair Museum of Art.
Lesko announced Tuesday during a retreat for members of the Telfair’s board of trustees that she would not [...]

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