Program Details
Join Telfair Museums and the Ossabaw Island Foundation for a fascinating day trip to Ossabaw Island. The program will consider the history of the island through the lens of the Ossabaw Island Project and Genesis, the subject of the exhibition Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961-Now on view at Telfair. DC members will be treated to personalized tours and a first look of the interior of the recently rehabilitated Torrey West House where the residents of the Ossabaw Island Project stayed as well as transportation to Middle Place, the site of Genesis.
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What’s Included:
- Round-trip ferry transportation
- Vehicle transportation to Main House and Middle Place
- Personalized tours by Elizabeth DuBose, Executive Director
for the Ossabaw Island Foundation, and Erin Dunn, Curator of
Modern and Contemporary Art at Telfair Museums - Exclusive look at rehabilitated Torrey West House
- Boxed Lunches
- Drinks
Itinerary (subject to change):
- 9:00am: Boat departs from Rodney Hall Boat Ramp
- 10:00am: Arrive at Ossabaw Island and enjoy an overview of
island history led by Elizabeth DuBose - 11:00am: Interior tour of Torrey West House led by Elizabeth DuBose
and an overview of the history of the Ossabaw Island Project by Erin Dunn - 12:00pm: Lunch
- 1:15pm: Tour of Middle Place and an overview of the history of Genesis by Erin Dunn
- 3:00pm: Boat departs from Ossabaw Island
- 4:15pm: Arrive at mainland