Event
Telfair Museums Impressionism Free Family Day
August 15, 2026
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Date(s)
August 15, 2026
Venue
207 W York St ,
Savannah, GA 31401
- Saturday, August 15, 2026 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
10 am-5 pm: Free Admission for locals* to the Jepson Center
1-4 pm: Activities and artist demonstrations
Enjoy a back-to-school event with loads of activities inspired by Impressionism and Modernity: French and American Painting. Visitors of all ages can participate in art-making activities and see local "plein air" landscape artists at work. Try your hand at painting and become part of a "living painting" and have your photo taken in an Impressionist scene! The afternoon will also include music by harpist Kristin King and a meteorologist's tour of Impressionism and Modernity.
10 am - 1 pm: Drop-In Studio in the Education Studios
1 pm - 4 pm: Plein air landscape painters, Mike Mills and Lori Keith Robinson, will give painting demonstrations in the atrium.
1 pm - 4 pm: An "Impressionist Photo Station" will be on the 3rd Floor Landing.
2 pm - 4 pm: Harpist, Kristin King, will be playing on the 2nd Floor Landing.
2 pm: Patrick Prokop will lead a "Weather Tour" of Impressionism and Modernity in our Levitt and Varnedoe Galleries.
*Free admission all day for local residents, including Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty, Bulloch, Jasper, and Beaufort Counties. Investment provided by the City of Savannah.
1-4 pm: Activities and artist demonstrations
Enjoy a back-to-school event with loads of activities inspired by Impressionism and Modernity: French and American Painting. Visitors of all ages can participate in art-making activities and see local "plein air" landscape artists at work. Try your hand at painting and become part of a "living painting" and have your photo taken in an Impressionist scene! The afternoon will also include music by harpist Kristin King and a meteorologist's tour of Impressionism and Modernity.
10 am - 1 pm: Drop-In Studio in the Education Studios
1 pm - 4 pm: Plein air landscape painters, Mike Mills and Lori Keith Robinson, will give painting demonstrations in the atrium.
1 pm - 4 pm: An "Impressionist Photo Station" will be on the 3rd Floor Landing.
2 pm - 4 pm: Harpist, Kristin King, will be playing on the 2nd Floor Landing.
2 pm: Patrick Prokop will lead a "Weather Tour" of Impressionism and Modernity in our Levitt and Varnedoe Galleries.
*Free admission all day for local residents, including Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty, Bulloch, Jasper, and Beaufort Counties. Investment provided by the City of Savannah.
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