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Home > Virtual Museum > CHGS Exhibitions > Witness & Legacy > Exhibitions Schedule : Telfair Event Schedule

Witness & Legacy at Telfair

September 14-November 28, 1999

Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art About the Holocaust
Organized by the Minnesota Museum of Art and The Regis Foundation and made possible by a grant from the Regis Foundation

Crafting A Jewish Style: The Art of Bezalel, 1906-1996
Organized by The Jewish Museum, New York

The Re'eh Series: In Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Collages by Irwin Kremen
Organized by the Telfair Museum of Art

Responding to the Holocaust: Artwork and Poetry by Local Students

Education Galleries

Due to the nature of these exhibitions, parental discretion is advised

Telfair information 912.232.1177

FREE admission to the Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences from September 14 October 12 courtesy of the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/Leisure Services Bureau.

Weekends starting September 10

The Empire Theater Company Robert Shaw's The Man in the Glass Booth
Savannah Mall, Lower Level Box Office
912.927.4669

Sept 14, 7:00 p.m

Opening Lecture
"Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art About the Holocaust"
Speakers: Dr. Stephen C. Feinstein, curator of Witness and Legacy, and Judith Goldstein, Holocaust survivor and featured artist Telfair Museum of Art Reception follows
Sponsored by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/Leisure Services Bureau
Free

Sept 22, 7:00 p.m.

Lecture
"The Terrible Secret? When Did the World Become Aware of the Holocaust and Why Does it Matter?"
Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff
Congregation Agudath Achim, 9 Lee Blvd.
912352.4737
Free

Sept 26, 3:00 p.m.

Lecture
"The Imagery of the Re'eh Series"
Irwin Kremen, featured artist
Sponsored by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/Leisure Services Bureau
Telfair Museum of Art
Free

Sept 26, 4:00 p.m.

Reception/Poetry Reading
Responding to the Holocaust: Artwork and Poetry by Local Students
Telfair Museum of Art Education Galleries
Select works loaned by the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust
Free

Oct 2-Nov 28

Exhibition
Witness to the Holocaust: William A. Scott III, WWII Veteran Remembers
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
912.231.8900
Sponsored by the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and American Legion Post 500

Oct 3, 3-6:00 p.m.

Lecture and Workshop
"Resilience of the Human Spirit: A Community Forum"
A panel of psychologists, sponsored by the Coastal Area Psychologists Association,
addresses issues facing individuals who have overcome tragic and oppressive circumstances.
Trinity United Methodist Church
225 W. President Street
Free

Oct 5, 7:00 p.m.

Lecture
"Racism, AntiSemitism, and the Holocaust"
Dr. Leon Bass, Savannah State University
University Archives, Adams Hall, SSU
912.356.2286
Sponsored by Savannah State University
Free

Oct 12, 7:00 p.m.

Gilmer Lecture: Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate
"Against Indifference"
Savannah Civic Center,
Johnny Mercer Theater
Sponsored by the Gilmer Fund; the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/ Leisure Services Bureau;
Chatham County; Jewish Educational Alliance Phillip Hoffman Memorial Lecture Series Fund; Danyse and Julius Edel.
Arrangements for Elie Wiesel made through B'nai B'rith Lecture Bureau
Free

Oct 13, 12:30 p.m.

Art for Lunch Gallery walk of Crafting a Jewish Style:
The Art of Bezalel, 1906-1996
Telfair Museum of Art
Free

Oct 14, 7:00 p.m.

Lecture
"Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? Theology in the Shadow of the Holocaust"
Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff
Congregation Agudath Achim, 9 Lee Blvd
912352.4737
Free

Oct 15-17

The Armstrong Atlantic State University

Oct 15-30

City Lights Theatre Company
Arthur Miller's Broken Glass
125 Broughton Street
Box Office 912.234.9860

Oct 17, 3:00 p.m.

Lecture
"The Holocaust through Children's Eyes: Art from Theresienstadt Concentration Camp"
Dr. Robert Harris, Professor of Art and Theater, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Telfair Museum of Art
Sponsored by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/Leisure Services Bureau

Oct 21, 7:00 p.m.

Lecture
"Courage and Compassion in the Nazi Era"
Douglas Huneke, author of The Moses of Rovno
Jewish Educational Alliance
5111 Abercorn Street
912.2365798
Sponsored by the Georgia Advocacy Office and ChathamSavannah Citizen Advocacy
Free

Oct 22-24

Masquers
Celeste Respanti's I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Jenkins Theatre at AASU
Box Office 912.927.5381

Oct 24, 16 p.m.

Hard Lox Cafe, Jewish Food Festival
Congregation Mickve Israel
Monterey Square

Nov 1, 7 p.m.

Lecture "The Liberation of Dachau, April 1945: One Soldier Remembers"
General Russel R. Weiskircher, Ph.D, STD, Brigadier General, U.S.Army, retired
The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum, 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler, GA
912.748.888
Free

Nov 7, 3:00 p.m.

Savannah Symphony Orchestra
The Jack M. Levy and Miriam Slotin Levy
Memorial Concert
Jewish Educational Alliance
5111 Abercorn Street
912.236. 9536
Free

Nov 9, 7:00 p.m.

KristalInacht Interfaith Memorial Service
Congregation Agudath Achim
9 Lee Blvd.
912352.2072

Nov 10, 12:30 p.m.

Art for Lunch "The Legal System of Nazi Germany"
Speaker to be announced
Telfair Museum of Art
Sponsored by Hunter, MacLean, Exley, & Dunn, P.C.
Free

Nov 11, 9:30-3:00 p.m.

Educators Symposium
In conjunction with the Georgia Art Educators Association Fall Meeting at
Telfair Museum of Art and Trinity United Methodist Church
To register call 912.232.1177

Nov 11, 6-9:00 p.m.

Dance Workshop
JoAnne Tucker of Avodah Dance Ensemble
Teens and adults are invited to participate
Jewish Educational Alliance
5111 Abercorn Street 912.927.9922
Sponsored by Morningstar Cultural Arts and the City of
Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/Leisure Services Bureau
Free

Nov 14, 3:00 p.m.

Dance Performance
JoAnne Tucker of Avodah Dance Ensemble
Jewish Educational Alliance
5111 Abercorn Street 912.927.9922
Sponsored by Morningstar Cultural Arts and the City of
Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs/Leisure Services Bureau
Free

Nov 15, 7:00 p.m.

AASU Presidential Lecture
"Holocaust Photographs: Fragments of Cultural Memory"
Dr. Marianne Hirsch, Dartmouth College
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Fine Arts Auditorium
912.921.2124
Free

Nov 21, 12-4:00 p.m.

Book Fair
Annual Hanukkah book fair will feature a special section on the Holocaust
Jewish Educational Alliance
5111 Abercorn Street
912.3558111

Nov 30, 7:00 p.m.

Lecture
"'Remember to Blot Out the Name..' Holocaust, History, and the Uses of Memory"
Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff
Congregation Agudath Achim, 9 Lee Blvd.
912.352.4737
Free