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SUMMARY:Digging Deeper: Stories Told Through Needle and Thread
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive\, behind-the-scenes exploration of the Webb Deane Stevens Museum’s 18th and 19th century textile collection\, including many never on public display. A companion to our Threaded Voices exhibition\, Museum educators and guides Elizabeth O’Brien and Linda Pagliuco will share the histories behind the schoolgirls’ samplers\, quilted and embroidered bedcovers\, chair seats\, hooked rugs\, clothes\, and accessories. These hand-stitched items were not only made to be useful\, but they were skillfully and artistically created. In a time when educational opportunities for women and girls were limited\, needle and thread became the primary way for their voices to be heard. These examples of functional art ask you to look beyond the surface to understand the visual stories told by these young girls and women. \nDigging Deeper: Stories Told Through Needle and Thread will be offered at 10:30am and 1:30pm. Space is limited to 20 people for each time slot. The two-hour program includes the Threaded Voices exhibition and textile display in the Holcombe Education Center\, the Silas Deane House\, and the Isaac Stevens House. Some periods of prolonged standing and stair-walking will be required\, with seating available before and after the house tours. \nNSCDA-CT & Museum Members: $20 / General Public: $25. Purchase tickets HERE.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/digging-deeper-stories-told-through-needle-and-thread/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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SUMMARY:Book Creations with Gay Ayers
DESCRIPTION:Want to have some fun with folding and stitching your own small books using beautiful papers? Join artist Gay Ayers to make accordion books. You will learn how to fold them\, make covers\, stitch inserts\, and have these creative endeavors for yourself\, journals\, or gifts. You can later put in photos\, poems\, recipes\, or watercolors. Bring home at least two handmade books! Materials provided. Bring lunch and a good pair of scissors. Space is limited to 10 participants. \nAncient accordion-folded books have been around for centuries\, having found them in China\, Japan\, Korea\, Thailand\, India\, and Burma. Book artists in this country often use this form for their art. The second style of book that also has Asian roots is the Japanese Stab Stitch Binding. It is a simple non-adhesive binding that is an excellent introduction to book binding. It’s a good place to start and can be used in numerous ways\, such as travel journals. The stitching patterns on the cover can add ornamentation\, as well as beads that we will incorporate. The uses are varied: gifts\, journals\, and objects of beauty. \nNSCDA-CT & Museum Members: $40 / General Public: $50. Purchase workshop HERE. \nAbout Gay Ayers \nAs a visual artist of a variety of things\, such as book artist\, paper artist\, calligraphy\, photography\, miniature book collector and more\, Gay is constantly creating and thinking up new structures or figuring out how others might have made something. She enjoys sharing ideas with others so that they\, too\, can find their own creativity\, having taught in schools\, art workshops\, libraries\, small and large groups. \nGay’s background consists of studying with many well-known artists\, calligraphers\, and photographers. She has\, at times\, taken yearlong classes with these people. For years she has attended International Calligraphy Conferences\, which brought together teachers from the U.S.A.\, Canada\, Europe\, Asia\, and Australia. This led Gay to study in Wales with Donald Jackson\, O.B.E.\, the calligrapher to Queen Elizabeth II\, and the incredible artist who\, with 23 scribes\, led the way for 14 years to create the complete handwritten St. John’s Bible\, finished in 2014. \nGay’s photography world consisted of studying at the Santa Fe Workshops and the Maine Photo Workshop\, along with individual photographers. It helped that she is a traveler who led an adventurous life on 5 of the 7 continents\, freelancing and selling her work through a licensing agent\, stock photography\, and on her own. Much earlier on\, Gay was active in The Embroiderers’ Guild of America\, having achieved her master’s certification. Later she turned to textiles again\, but in another form. She began a successful business of restoring and cleaning linens\, vintage and contemporary.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/book-creations-with-gay-ayers/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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SUMMARY:Quilts That Make My Heart Sing
DESCRIPTION:When she lectures\, Ed Johnetta Miller talks about how she gets up the next morning to look at her work\, and she says\, “If it doesn’t make my heart sing\, I take my scissors and cut up the quilt and rearrange it until I feel like my heart is zooming along.” \nEnjoy this intimate journey through internationally recognized quilt/fiber artist Ed Johnetta’s work as she shares her influences and stories behind her stunning soulful creations. The presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a wine and cheese reception at 6:00 p.m. \nNSCDA-CT & Museum Members: $15 / General Public: $20. Purchase tickets HERE. \nAbout Ed Johnetta Miller: \nEd Johnetta Miller is an internationally recognized quilt/fiber artist working with color\, pattern\, and textures of fabric. She enjoys the freedom\, movement and power given to creating the sculpture of cloth. Combining the various colors\, patterns and weaves of fabric is very exciting to her\, and she tries to make each quilt as simple\, essential\, and direct as she can. She wants viewers to be able to visually enter her quilts and walk through fields of color to the still\, contemplative space within. \nEd Johnetta’s work is like a spiritual journey that allows her to return to the dye table\, sewing machine\, quilting studiously after day with renewed anticipation of what beauty will evolve. At times\, she is surprised with the results of a work that seems to have a life of its own\, in spite of her intent. This reminds her of the truth that she is not in control of the process\, she simply guides it. Ed Johnetta wants her quilts to reflect her positive view of life\, as well as her love of fabric. For her\, life is enriched with diverse experience and amazing opportunities that should be embraced and shared. \nWidely exhibited in the United States and internationally\, Ed Johnetta’s quilts can be found in numerous important museums\, and private collections such as the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum of Art\, Washington DC\, The Contemporary Quilt Museum\, Golden Colorado\, The Wadsworth Museum of Art\, Hartford Ct.\, Nelson’s Mandela’s National Museum\, Cape Town\, South Africa\, Safeco Corporation\, Johnson & Johnson Corporation\, Hartford Hospital\, Michigan State University\, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital\, US Embassy in Cotonou\, Benin\, WestAfrica; and in 2019\, she was commissioned by theWest Hartford Art League to design five quilts for a mural project on the grounds of the Art League. \n 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/quilts-that-may-make-heart-sing/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary War Encampment
DESCRIPTION:Our annual Revolutionary War Encampment will be held on Saturday\, May 27\, from 10 am to 4 pm on the Museum grounds. Join us for a day of free family fun – including reenactments from the 5th Connecticut Regiment\, cooking and marching demonstrations\, period music\, vendors\, and more. Plus\, General George Washington will make an appearance\, accompanied by a very special guest! \nEvent Schedule (Rain or shine!) \n10:00am-4:00pm Demonstrations throughout the day will include: \n• Surgeon’s table\n• Various flag displays\n• Weaving and sewing\n• Soldier’s tent and display of equipment\n• Colonial clothing\n• Open hearth cooking and food\n• Butter churning\n• Colonial music\n• Camp tours and information about the 5th Connecticut regiment and its history \n10:30am Musket and drill demonstration \n11:00am Children’s march with wooden muskets \n1:00pm Battle skirmish with invading British Marines \n2:00pm Cannon firing demonstration \nBig Bear Trading Company will be on site throughout the day selling jewelry\, gear and goods inspired by the 17th – 19th centuries. \nGeorge Washington and his horse\, Nelson\, will make a special guest appearance! \nPLEASE NOTE: All scheduled activities subject to change. \nRegular Museum admission applies for guided house tours and access to exhibitions in the Holcombe Education Center and Kuckro Gallery.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/revolutionary-war-encampment/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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