Fruitlands Museum Releases August Schedule

Thursday, July 28, 2016

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Fruitlands has released their schedule of events for August. Events include "The Love Dogs" performance at the Summer Concert Series on August 4, a parent and child workshop fairy houses and gardens on August 6, a gallery tour with artist-in-residence Carolyn Wirth and a film festival, plus so much more.

See the Schedule Below

FRUITLANDS 2016 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES FINALE – THE LOVE DOGS

Thursday, August 4 at 7:15PM | $10/car Members, $15/car Nonmembers.

The finale concert for Fruitlands 2016 Summer Concert Series will be a Fruitlands favorite, the dynamic group The Love Dogs. With its mix of jazz and jive, this energetic band brings the crowd to its feet every year. Concertgoers will gather on the lawn and listen to beautiful music performed on Fruitlands’ outdoor stage. Bring your blanket, lawn chairs and picnic baskets or purchase food from one of our food vendors. Beer and wine will be available on site. The Fruitlands’ Museum galleries and Wayside Visitor Center are open until 7PM. Concert admission price includes entry after 5PM.

PARENT AND CHILD WORKSHOP: FAIRY HOUSE & GARDEN IN A BASKET

Saturday, August 6, 2016| 1-3pm | $35 Members, $45 Nonmembers, $34 materials fee

Indulge your imagination in this two-hour workshop building a fairy house and garden that might just entice the fairies to come and play! Made inside the hollow of a basket, the completed project can be easily carried home. Using ferns, ivy, bark, leaves and twigs, participants will create a charming little house that any fairy would be pleased to call home. Once the house is complete, the landscaping can begin: lay out pathways, gardens or ponds. This workshop is a perfect way to share time with a friend or a child (ages 10 year and up). Instructor Betsy Williams, an accomplished horticulturalist, has authored several books, magazine articles, and lectures locally and nationally.

ART WORKSHOP: JAPANESE PUNCTURE BOOKS WITH CRISTINA HAJOSY

Saturday, August 13, 2016 |10AM-3PM |$100 Members, $125 Nonmembers, $5 materials fee

This all-day workshop will explore the Japanese puncture (or “stab”) binding, a technique that is especially useful as it joins individual sheets into a text block. Sheets can be edited and sequenced by the artist, then bound, resequenced, and then bound again and again! Perfect for visual journals, print collections, photo albums, signature books, and upscale scrapbooking, Japanese puncture book have endless uses. Hand stitching is a technique for sewing the sections, or “signatures,” of a book together. This workshop will cover six different decorative stitch patterns on both soft and hard covers. Unique decorative papers, book cloths, ribbons, and embellishments will be used, enabling you to add your own personal touches to your finished pieces. All supplies will be provided.

FERN IDENTIFICATION AND ECOLOGY FOR CONSERVATIONISTS AND GARDENERS

Sunday, August 14, 2016 | Time: 1-5pm | $40 Members and Students, $55 Nonmembers

This introduction to ferns will be helpful and informative for anyone interested in learning how to identify ferns—be it for confirming wetland boundaries, incorporating native ferns in a naturalized landscape, or honing your “botanizing” skills. Come explore the woodland trails and learn to identify the most common ferns of our area. An indoor classroom session will cover basic fern biology, identification techniques, and ecology; and the field session will provide simple and easy methods for positive field identification. Please bring a hand lens if you have one, a water bottle, and you’re encouraged to dress defensively (for mosquitoes and ticks).

GALLERY TOUR: CAROLYN WIRTH, 2016 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Thursday, August 18, 2016 | 3-4pm | Free with admission

Join 2016 Artist-in-Residence Carolyn Wirth in a guided gallery tour of special exhibition Seeing Past Faces. Learn how she approaches her work in sculpture, photography, and print-making. Learn about the people, ideas and events that inform her work and gain insights into the artistic process in this intimate gallery talk.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT FILM FESTIVAL

Sunday, August 21, 2016 | 10:30am-5:00pm | Free with museum admission

The Food for Thought Film Festival at Fruitlands Museum will showcase three documentary films exploring themes of environmental stewardship, community building, and the quest for personal expression. Held in the Wayside Visitor Center, the screenings are free with admission. Munch on popcorn while watching one or all three of the featured films!

10:30-11:35am TINY: A Story about Living Small

12:30-2:30pm The Last Patrol

3:00-4:35 The Cherokee Word for Water

PASTELS EN PLEIN AIR WITH LISA REGOPOLOUS

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, 10AM-3PM daily | $275 Members, $300 Nonmembers

If you love the outdoors and pastel painting, don't miss this! Enjoy the beauty of Fruitlands Museum grounds during this three day pastel intensive plein air workshop. Acquire the skill for organizing and carrying your pastels and supplies with ease. Learn what to pack, what to leave home and what to wear to make your plein air experience fun and enjoyable. Each day will feature a plein air demo and tips on scouting a location. Working small, you will create your own plein air pastel masterpiece! Develop the skill of simplifying, using 4-5 main shapes combined with under painting to develop your painting quickly. Composition, design, line, color, light effect, shadows and more will be taught.

STUDIO TOUR: CAROLYN WIRTH

Sunday, August 28, 2016 | 1-3pm | $15 Members, $25 Nonmembers

Take an intimate look into an artist studio on an exclusive tour of Carolyn Wirth’s workspace. Set in an industrial warehouse, Wirth’s studio contains works in progress, sculptural castings and armatures, and finished projects. Visit the studio with Carolyn and learn more about how she creates sculptures like those on view in Seeing Past Faces, her exhibition at Fruitlands Art Museum.

Register for summer programs directly through [email protected] or 978.456.3924, x239.
Fruitlands Museum is open Monday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. — 4 p.m., weekends and holidays 10AM — 5PM, April 15 – November 6, 2016. Admission is $14 adults, $12 seniors and students, $6 for children 5 – 13, and free for members and children under 5. Fruitlands Museum is located at 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Mass. For more information please visit http://www.fruitlands.orgor call 978-456-3924 ext. 291.