National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has announced that Telfair Museums has been approved to receive an NEA: Art Works grant. One of the highest honors for arts organizations, this $25,000 award will support Telfair Museums’ 2017 exhibition Wundercamera: Savannah.
 
“The arts are all around us, enhancing our lives in ways subtle and obvious, expected and unexpected,” said NEA Chairman Jane Chu. “Supporting projects like the one from Telfair Museums offers more opportunities to engage in the arts every day.”
 
Wundercamera: Savannah is a site-specific exhibition, scheduled to open February 17, 2017. Wundercamera brings together works of art produced by contemporary photographers exploring the world of museums—including museums of natural history, historic houses, and fine and decorative arts institutions. The works in Wundercamera focus on different aspects of the museum and gallery culture as subject matter, all interpreted through the lenses of individual contemporary photographers. Curated by German-born, London-based photographer Klaus Wehner (aka MuseumClausum), Wundercamera debuted at Pitzhanger Manor Gallery and House in 2014, followed by the Manchester Metropolitan University, both in England. Wundercamera: Savannah will extend the exhibition’s conversation through newly commissioned site-specific photos of Telfair Museums taken by Wehner to be incorporated into the installation.
 
Telfair Museums will offer outreach programs, a Free Family Day, free youth photography workshops, and host an artist lecture as part of the show’s related programming.