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SUMMARY:Garden Volunteer Informational Session and Reception
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to learn from an expert horticulturist? Are you curious about historic gardens? Do you enjoy giving back to the community in a meaningful way? Then we want to chat with you! The Webb Deane Stevens Museum warmly invites you to attend a free garden volunteer informational session and reception on Sunday\, April 7\, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. \nYou will meet our head gardener\, Peter Winne\, and learn more about the history of the Amy Cogswell Colonial Revival Garden on the campus of the Webb Deane Stevens Museum in the heart of Old Wethersfield. We’ll talk about all the available opportunities to support the garden\, which sits on our beautiful 8-acre campus. You will also meet some of our current garden volunteers\, and help us celebrate Ann Foley\, our retiring garden volunteer coordinator. \nYou’ll receive a variety of perks as a garden volunteer\, including free admission to the museum for yourself and a guest\, as well as free admission to most of our community programs. \nWe hope you will join our team of dedicated garden volunteers! Please RSVP HERE by April 3.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/garden-volunteer-informational-session-and-reception/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Garden Program,Members
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SUMMARY:NYC Trip to The Winter Show and More
DESCRIPTION:TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. \nThis January 24-26\, join Executive Director Brenton Grom for a multi-generational experience during Americana Week\, New York’s annual celebration of decorative arts and design! Our VIP itinerary includes a lecture by Sarah Coffin (former Senior Curator at Cooper Hewitt)\, visits with dealers at the 70th Winter Show\, and a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The general itinerary will be followed by a special segment for the upcoming generation\, who will join Brenton at the Winter Show’s chic Young Collectors’ Night party\, followed by drinks at Chapel Bar\, and the Taylor Swift: Storyteller exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design the next morning. \nThe Winter Show\, held at the stunning Park Avenue Armory\, is America’s premiere art\, antiques\, and design fair\, and features many of the world’s top experts in the fine and decorative arts. Learn more HERE. \nGENERAL ITINERARY (JANUARY 24-25) / \nInformation continues below for the Young Friends portion of the trip. \nWednesday\, January 24\, 2024 \n\n11:00 AM / Lunch at Inside Park at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church (included in registration fee).\n12:45 PM / Lecture by Sarah Coffin (St. Bartholomew’s Chapel)\, retired Senior Curator and Head of the Product Design and Decorative Arts Department at Cooper Hewitt\, Smithsonian Design Museum: “Dining and Diplomacy: Tablescapes and Cuisine as Political Messengers in Empire France.”\n2:00 PM / Tour of historic St. Bartholomew’s Church with church staff\n3:00 PM / The Winter Show (Park Avenue Armory)\, including special commentary from exhibiting dealers.\nDinner and evening activities on your own.\n\nThursday\, January 25\, 2024 \n\n10 AM / The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Brenton Grom and Elizabeth Fox\, Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow at the Yale University Art Gallery. This exclusive tour through the American Winng and recently-renovated British Galleries will focus on the history of period rooms and antiques-collecting\, the future of museums\, and what all of this means for our own Webb Deane Stevens Museum. Participants from the Young Friends’ itinerary will join us n this stop.\n\nTICKETS\nNSCDA-CT & Museum Members: $300 per person. Non-Members: $350 per person. \nIncludes admission to The Winter Show\, the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and lunch on January 24. Prices do not cover transportation\, lodging\, or meals not included in the itinerary. Click the registration link for information on lodging options. \nPlease note that tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled by the Webb Deane Stevens Museum. It is understood that participation in this event/tour releases The Webb Deane Stevens Museum\, NSCDA\, NSCDA-CT\, WDS staff and volunteers from any responsibility whatsoever for injury or death\, or loss or damage of personal property sustained in connection with an event/tour. \nYOUNG FRIENDS ITINERARY (JANUARY 25-26) \nThursday\, January 25\, 2024 \n\n10 AM / The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a multi-generational group led by Brenton Grom and Elizabeth Fox\, Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow at the Yale University Art Gallery. This exclusive tour begins in the American Wing and continues through the Afrofuturist Period Room and the British Galleries\, which reopened in 2020 following an innovative redesign by Roman and Williams\, a firm acclaimed for its work in hotels\, restaurants\, and retail spaces. We’ll talk about the history of period rooms and antiques collecting\, and what all of this means for contemporary design and the future of museums.\nLunch and afternoon activities on your own.\n6:30 PM / Young Collectors’ Night at The Winter Show (Park Avenue Armory)\, where young design enthusiasts\, collectors\, and philanthropists step out for a night of mingling\, perusing\, and extraordinary fashion. We’ll chat with some dealers along the way in about objects in their booths and meet young leaders in decorative arts and design.\nDrinks at the beautiful Chapel Bar\, a Gothic-revival Sunday School chapel designed in 1867 by James Renwick\, Jr.\, and redesigned as a bar in 2018 by Roman and Williams\, the firm responsible for the British Galleries at the Met!\n\nFriday\, January 26\, 2024 \n\n10:00 AM / Taylor Swift: Storyteller\, an exhibition of the artist’s costumes\, props\, and ephemera at the Museum of Arts and Design. Our tour will be led by MAD staff\, with additional insider commentary from Miranda Head\, Events and Rentals Manager at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum\, who was a member of the team making magic on Taylor’s global concert tour until she joined our team last fall!\nOptional informal lunch and visit to Roman and Williams Guild\, the flagship store of the design firm responsible for the Met British Galleries and Chapel Bar.\n\nTICKETS\n$300 per person. Includes admission to Young Collectors’ Night (a $250 value)\, the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and the Museum of Arts and Design\, as well as a complimentary 1-year Webb Deane Stevens Museum membership. Price does not include transportation\, lodging\, meals\, or drinks. Click registration link for information on lodging options.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/nyc-trip-to-the-winter-show-and-more/
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