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| Telfair Museum of Art to open new Jepson Center for the Arts building Savannah, GA - The Telfair Museum of Art will open a new 64, 000-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art building to the public on March 10, 2006. The new building, the Jepson Center for the Arts, is the first expansion in the Telfair's 120-year history. It will join the museum's two c. 1819 National Historic Landmark buildings in Savannah's historic district, the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Owens-Thomas House, and is named in honor of the principal donors, local residents Alice A. and Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, whose other current and completed museum projects include Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, the Boston Museum, and Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, AK, the Jepson Center for the Arts will feature two large galleries for major traveling exhibitions; galleries for Southern art and photography and works-on-paper; a community gallery; a 3, 500-sq.-ft. hands-on art "experience" gallery for young people; two outdoor sculpture terraces, education studios, a 220-seat auditorium, cafe, and store. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |