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"A woman who will be like a rock in a riverbed, enduring without complaint, her grace not sullied but shaped by the turbulence that washes over her." Khaled Hosseini 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' p. 355
Mahidol University in Thailand and the ILO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reaffirming their commitment to collaboration, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building in the pursuit of universal health and social protection in the region.
The agreement was signed by Prof Piyamitr Sritara, President of Mahidol University, and Ms Kaori Nakamura-Osaka, ILO's Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, at a ceremony to mark World Day of Social Justice 2025, held at Mahidol University on 6 February 2025.
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Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 1:4
King James Bible
Professor Dr. Rozhan M.Idrus, Professor of Open and Distance Learning , Bilik Mesyuarat Utama FPBU, Aras 4, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia.
Professor Dr. Rozhan M.Idrus, Professor of Open and Distance Learning , Bilik Mesyuarat Utama FPBU, Aras 4, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia.
Washington Irving's lifestyle was and is still perfect. What made it so perfect was the land, his house, and himself.
His land, the water, and the train is the perfect set-up. When the sunset comes, it is so pretty. All the air feels good. The site is wonderful. I really do think that when someone's mad, they can go to this wonderful site and feel happy and alive.
- Alisha
This photo was taken on the second day of the Understanding Clifford's Tower event, on Tuesday 27th January 2015.
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Telfair Museums offers a unique understanding of Savannah’s place in our collective American past through art, history, and architecture. Mary Telfair’s 19th-century vision has uplifted the people of this city and beyond for more than a century. Her legacy continues to inspire.
Located in Savannah’s Historic District, Telfair Museums is comprised of three unique sites. Tickets include a visit to all three sites and are valid for one week from time of purchase.
Jepson Center
After a century of collecting, exhibiting, and educating Savannah and its visitors about art, history, and architecture, Telfair Museums’ Director and Board of Trustees identified the need for a new, larger facility. Their primary objectives were to increase the capacity for traveling exhibitions, continue an emphasis on education and community involvement, and increase archival storage for a growing collection. The museums’ Board of Directors envisioned a building representative of its time but also open, welcoming, and inviting. They also understood that, in a National Historic Landmark District, it would be challenging to express these ideals in architecture.
Five internationally recognized architectural firms presented their ideas to the trustees in 1998. The trustees unanimously chose Moshe Safdie and Associates. Safdie offered an outstanding international track record of responsible, compelling designs in historic settings, and he excited them with his passion about the possibilities of the new project. Safdie also offered a clear and stimulating vision of a building that would harmonize with its surroundings and welcome the community.
What nobody envisioned was a two-year controversy surrounding the proposed project as the design team made its case before Savannah’s Historic Review Board. Only the passion and dedication of countless individuals enabled the grand vision for the Jepson Center to endure, providing Savannah with a truly iconic structure that, in the words of Safdie, is “vital, contemporary, appropriate to the expression of art to come … and a building you cannot conceive of anywhere else but Savannah.”
Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, winner of an AIA Gold Medal.
Opened to the public in 2006.
Consists of 7,500+ square feet of gallery space.
Boasts 220-seat auditorium, community gallery, education studios, and sculpture terraces.
Includes work of notable American artists.
Houses the Kirk Varnedoe Collection, including works by Jasper Johns, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Cecily Brown, Frank Stella, Kiki Smith, and Richard Avedon.
Telfair Academy
Designed for Alexander Telfair, the Telfair mansion was constructed in 1819 on the site of the former colonial Government House, the official residence of Royal Governor James Wright. Alexander commissioned William Jay, a young English architect, to design his new home. Jay had recently arrived in Savannah from England to oversee the construction of the residence of Richard Richardson (now Telfair Museums’ Owens–Thomas House & Slave Quarters).
In 1875, Alexander’s sister Mary – heir to the family fortune and last to bear the Telfair name – bequeathed the house and its furnishings to the Georgia Historical Society to be opened as a museum. The Society hired German-born artist Carl Brandt to create the new institution. Working with New York-based architect Detlef Lienau and Savannah-based architect Augustus Schwab, Brandt remodeled the old Telfair home and constructed an addition to house a new collection of art. The museum opened to the public in 1886, making it the oldest public art museum in the South and the first museum in the United States founded by a woman.
In 1906, Telfair Museums’ Board of Trustees asked American artist Gari Melchers to serve as the museum’s fine arts advisor and to make purchases on its behalf. Melchers accepted, and during his tenure from 1906 to 1916, he facilitated the purchase of many of the best-known works in the permanent collection thanks to his many connections to the international art world. Yet Telfair did not acquire a single work by Melchers himself until after he stepped down from his official role in 1916.
Today, Mary Telfair’s unique gift to the city of Savannah has grown into an institution comprising three architecturally significant buildings, over 6,300 works of art, and a proud history of educational programming and exciting exhibitions.
Designed by William Jay in neoclassical Regency style.
Completed in 1819 as a residence for Alexander Telfair.
Bequeathed to the Georgia Historical Society by Mary Telfair in 1875.
Opened to the public in 1886 as the first public art museum in the South and the first museum in the United States founded by a woman.
Houses 19th- and 20th-century American and European art.
Includes major paintings by Childe Hassam, Frederick Frieseke, Gari Melchers, Robert Henri, George Bellows, and George Luks, and the original iconic Bird Girl statue.
Contains three 19th-century period rooms.
Owens–Thomas House & Slave Quarters
Designed by William Jay in the English Regency style.
Housed 14 enslaved people on the property by 1840.
Bequeathed to the Telfair Museum of Art in 1951.
Boasts decorative arts collection including Owens family furnishings.
Includes American and European objects dating from 1750-1830.
Features one of the earliest intact urban slave quarters in the South.
www.telfair.org/our-three-museums/
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