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National Basketry Organization Exhibit Comes to Fruitlands September 19–November 22
All Things Considered VIII is a juried and invitational
exhibition organized by the National Basketry Organization–a biannual show featuring some of the best work being produced in traditional and sculptural basketry today. Master Basket-maker, JoAnn Kelly Catsos and American Craft Council Director of Education, Perry Price brought their years of experience and passion for basketry to co-curate the exhibit, selecting 70 baskets out of 281 entries from all across the country. Visitors to the museum are in for a real treat. The range in styles, techniques and materials represented in this show is exceptional and inspiring. From traditional ash splint baskets expertly executed, whimsical forms based on mathematical formulas, woven copper and mixed materials, this exhibition has an amazing assortment of colorful forms.
Baobab by Peggy Wiedemann
Basket Weekend
Saturday-Sunday, October 24-25, 10AM-5PM Free with Admission
Split White Oak Egg Basket by Leonna Wadell
Join us for a weekend of activities exploring baskets and basket weaving. Our celebration will include weaving demonstrations, basket making crafts for children, guided tours of the National Basket Organization annual exhibition All Things Considered VIII, a community basket bombing workshop, and more.
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From the Director’s Desk
It’s Fall at Fruitlands Fall is a time of harvest and abundance, no matter where you live. The seeds of things that have been planted and carefully sown have transformed and are ready to be cultivated. Harvard is surrounded by this abundance, certainly in the agricultural sense, but this is also true in the organizational sense. I am pleased to share that as we move into the fall we do so having just completed a new strategic plan with a fresh new vision and we are excited about the plans we are working on for the museum’s future. Getting to this point has been a careful and deliberative process and the “seeds” were planted almost two years ago when we started this planning journey. Along the way we “watered” these planning seeds by conducting visitor surveys, doing benchmarking research, and organizing work groups at both the board and staff level. The result of these efforts - our harvest - is a plan and a vision that speaks to a museum that is welcoming, relevant, and engaging.
Fruitlands will be known as a majestic gathering place that builds connections between nature, people and culture. Recognized nationally and loved locally for its engaging exhibitions and programs, the museum will serve as a catalyst for creativity and the development of curious minds for audiences of all ages. Fruitlands will be a welcoming oasis at the center of a community of learners that will gather to learn, celebrate and renew.
Our programs this season are also abundant with great scheduled and drop in offerings for families and adults to enjoy. New programs have been developed as a result of our planning journey and in response to member’s feedback. We are thankful to our new corporate members and sponsors whose support helps makes our exhibitions and programs possible. New exhibitions, the craft festival, gallery tours, trail walks, artists demonstrations and art classes are overflowing the pages of this newsletter and all are offered at reduced or no cost to our members. We look forward to seeing you soon to enjoy the best of the season and the fruits of the Harvest. Wyona Lynch-McWhite Executive Director
The Craft Festival at Fruitlands
in Partnership with Worcester Center for Crafts
Saturday, September 26—10AM to 4PM Sunday, September 27—11AM to 4PM Admission: $5 Members, $10 Nonmembers, Children under 12 are free. Includes admission to the Museum buildings. Get a jump on your holiday shopping with one-ofa-kind crafts from a total of 46 of New England’s professional artisans. There will be plenty of new artists along with the perennial favorites offering handmade pottery, jewelry, glassware, fiber art, wood items, toys and more. This fundraiser event benefits both the Worcester Center for Crafts and Fruitlands Museum and the entry price includes access to the Museum buildings as well as the festival. There will be food for sale and live music both days of the event which will take place rain or shine. It is one of our most popular events of the year. Volunteers are needed to assist with this event, please contact Suzanne Myer Smith, Director of Development at 978.456.3924, x289 or ssmith@ fruitlands.org if you are interested in helping. All participating volunteers receive free admission to the event and the Museum.
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River Running Between Two Pastures | Christopher Cranch | circa 1850
Hidden Hudson Revealed This fall in the Art Museum we will present Hidden Hudson, the largest exhibition of our Hudson River School landscapes in recent years. This is a great opportunity to become reacquainted with old favorites and perhaps other landscape paintings from our vast collection that you may not recall.
Paintings on display will include works by George Inness, Thomas Hill, Sanford Gifford, George Loring Brown, Alfred Britcher, John William Casilear, Thomas Chambers and Frederick Church, to name a few. If you’re a member, please come by for the special opening on September 18 from 6-8PM. If you’re not a member, you can join today by calling 978.456.3924 x288
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• Free Admission • Members Opening Reception Sept. 18, 6-8PM • Discount on Craft Festival Admission • Discount on workshops and classes • Discount on Craft Beer Tasting tickets • Discount at the Museum Store For more information about the benefits of membership, visit our website at www.fruitlands.org/ membership or contact Holly Mansfield at 978.456.3924 x288 or hmansfield@fruitlands.org.
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The museum had two curatorial interns during the Summer of 2015, Trevor Lamb from the University of Maine and Alex Holmes from Becker College. Both worked directly with Chief Curator Mike Volmar, but on very different projects. Trevor focused primarily on collections management and demonstrated his expertise in historic material culture developing interpretive materials for the Farmhouse and Native American Museums. Alex developed a trail tour app for android smart phones. Based on our existing self-guided trail tour, the app includes audio, text, and GPS functionality to help our visitors explore our living collection and will be available soon in the iTunes store! Watch our website for the launch date!
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Craft Beer Tasting at Fruitlands Museum Saturday, November 7, 3-5PM in the Tent Tickets $45 Members/$50 Nonmembers, $20 Designated Driver. Tickets on sale now at www.fruitlands.org/beertasting On November 7th Fruitlands Museum will celebrate the tastes of fall with a craft beer tasting. Guests will enjoy a beautiful evening in our heated tent with its magnificent view of the Nashua River Valley. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Fireside Catering and various local New England breweries will be represented for the tastings including Baxter Brewing Co., Wachusett Brewing Co., Down East Cider, Paper City Brewery and more. Tickets are limited for this event and are on sale on our website until October 30th.
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New! Guided Tours of Exhibits and Trails This Autumn, enjoy guided tours at Fruitlands Museum! Get out into the great outdoors on our 60-minute walk on the Yellow Trail. Enjoy the fresh air, learn about the Fruitlands landscape, and discover new vistas as a museum interpreter guides you on a walk through meadows and forests. Every Saturday and Sunday, September 19-November 22, 10:3011:30AM starting at Wayside Visitor Center. Weather permitting. The conversation continues in the Art Museum when museum interpreters provide a personalized, convivial view into the magnificent landscapes on display in special exhibition Hidden Hudson. Every Saturday and Sunday September 19-November 22, 3-4PM starting at the Art Museum entrance.
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A Pastel Exhibit by 80 Dusty Fingers and discuss their artwork, the materials they use, and their individual approach to the medium of pastels.
ART CLASSES: Joelle Feldman, Pastels Tuesdays, September 15October 27, 6-8PM $200 Members $225 Nonmembers Join us for a hands-on class with an individual coaching approach. Students will learn how to build a pastel painting from start to finish. You will also learn basic techniques that will help you master the pastel painting process. Details at fruitlands.org/ artistworkshops Space is limited. To register, contact programming@ fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924, x239.
Senior Day Monday, September 14 10AM-4PM Seniors 55+ Free Thanks to our sponsors, Tufts Healthcare and RiverCourt Residences, we are celebrating our senior visitors with a special day of FREE admission for everyone over 55. Enjoy a birding walk, a lecture and sing-along with Shaker spirituals, a guided trail walk, a collaborative sculpture activity, artist demonstrations, and more—all just for you! Check our website for a schedule of events.
Members Opening, Fall Exhibitions Friday, September 18, 6-8PM Free for Members Get the first glimpse of special exhibitions All Things Considered VIII and Hidden Hudson during this membersonly event. Catch up with friends and enjoy light refreshments RSVP required. Contact Holly Mansfield by email at hmansfield@fruitlands.org or by phone at 978.456.3924, x288.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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ART WORKSHOP: Pastel Painting with Lisa Regopoulos Saturday, September 19 10AM-3PM $100 Members $125 Nonmembers Hold onto a piece of summer! Learn the pastel technique to achieve the effect of blowing grass and sand that looks warm and inviting. This workshop will begin with a demo followed by individual attention at your easel and plenty of time for painting. Details at fruitlands.org/ artistworkshops.
Food for Thought Film Series: Hudson River Journeys Wednesday, September 23, 7-8PM, $5 suggested donation Hudson River Journeys allows us to see the river’s legendary inspiration continue today, through the eyes of renowned artist Len Tantillo and legendary folksinger Pete Seeger.
The Cedar Tree Pasture, c. 1885 | Robert Swain Gifford (1840 1905)
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The Craft Festival at Fruitlands Saturday, Sept. 26: 10AM-4PM Sunday, Sept. 27: 11AM-4PM See article, page 2.
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TRUNK SHOW @ The Fruitlands Museum Store September 26-27, 10AM-4PM See article, page 9.
OCTOBER ART CLASS: Jill Pottle, Materials and Methods for Acrylics & Oil Fridays, October 2-November 6, 9:30AM-12:30PM, $225 Members, $250 Nonmembers This course is for beginning and returning painters who want to acquire fundamental painting skills and conceptual understanding of contemporary approaches to painting with oils or acrylics. Details at fruitlands.org/artistworkshops To register, email programming@ fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924, x239.
ART WORKSHOP: Plein Air Pastels with Joelle Feldman Saturday, October 3 10AM-4PM, $100 Members, $125 Nonmembers This one-day workshop will focus on composition, texture, color, drawing
an outline, applying an underpainting and gradually building pastel layers until the painting is completed. Open to all levels of experience. To register, email programming@ fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924, x239.
Hidden Hudson Lecture: Erik Koeppel Presents “The Glory of the White Mountains” Sunday, October 4, 1-2PM $5 Members, $10 Nonmembers Nationally recognized contemporary plein air artist Erik Koeppel has spent most of his life creating masterful paintings in the style of the Hudson River School movement of the mid1800s. Join us for an illustrated lecture of Koeppel’s work that pay tribute to the natural beauty of New Hampshire’s White Mountains and the majestic power of the Hudson River School painters. To register, email programming@ fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924, x239. 80 Dusty Fingers Demo with Linée Baird and David Kaphammer
Monday, October 12, 12-2PM, Linée Baird Sunday, October 18, 12-2PM David Kaphammer Free with Admission Artists-in-Residence Linée Baird and David Kaphammer set up a temporary studio in the Wayside Visitor Center and demonstrates their techniques and approaches they takes with pastels to make artwork that is uniquely their own. Stop in to see how they transform a chalky stick of color into a work of beauty.
ART WORKSHOP: Traditional Reed Basketry with Jean Reed Saturday, October 17, 10AM-5PM $175 Members, $200 Nonmembers Spend a day with us in a relaxed atmosphere and master the art of basketry. In this seven-hour workshop, participants will make a simple country basket. This woodbased basket with carved oak handle is strong, sturdy, and versatile, serving many purposes. Great for the first time weaver to start with or a relaxing project for the more experienced. Join us and learn the joy of creating something wonderful with your hands. Supplies are provided and included in registration price. Space is limited. To register, email programming@fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924, x239.
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Annual bonfire Celebration
Saturday-Sunday, October 24-25, 10AM-5PM Free with Admission See article page 1
Saturday, November 7, 5-8PM See listing, page 8.
ART WORKSHOP: Landscape Photography with Norm Eggert
ART WORKSHOP: Weave Paper Baskets with Lynne Francis-Lunn Sunday, November 8, 10AM-4:30PM Saturday, October 24, $100 Members, 10AM-2PM $125 Nonmembers, $20 Members, $25 Nonmembers, Learn how to take landscape $10 Materials Fee photographs like a pro! Landscape photographer Norm Eggert leads Explore traditional bias basketry beginning and intermediate students techniques using colorful, hand through the essentials for capturing painted papers in this introductory stunning pictures in this one-day workshop led by contemporary basket introductory photography workshop. maker Lynne Francis-Lunn. Featured To register, email programming@ in All Things Considered VIII, Lunn fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924, is an emerging basket maker with a x239 unique eye for color and composition. All supplies provided, no experience necessary. ART WORKSHOP: Woven Space is limited. To register, email Cathead Basket with Jackie programming@fruitlands.org or call Abrams 978.456.3924, x239. Saturday, November 14, 10AM-4PM, $125 Members, $150 Nonmembers NOVEMBER Art in Nature Awards Ceremony A fiber artist for over 40 years, Jackie Abrams uses well-practiced basket making techniques in combination Sunday, November 17, 2-3PM with silk, cotton, archival paper, Free with Admission wire, thread, and buttons to form You’ve seen the incredible sculptures beautiful woven vessels. In this in the fields and along the hillside all workshop, participants will use hand year. You voted for your top choices. painted watercolor papers to create a Now it’s time to celebrate our Art gracefully shaped cathead basket from in Nature sculptors and find out beginning to end. Choose your own which artist will receive the juried size, color, shape and pattern. Explore, prize and the peoples’ choice award. experiment and have fun! Perfect Meet in Wayside Visitor Center for beginning as well as experienced for the awards presentation, light basket weavers. Supplies included in refreshments, and a hearty huzzah! the registration cost. Craft Beer Tasting Saturday, November 7, 3-5PM See article, page 4.
To register, email programming@ fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924, x239
Food for Thought Film Series: This May Be the Last Time Wednesday, November 18, 7-9PM $5 suggested donation Tracing a heartfelt journey, awardwinning filmmaker Sterlin Harjo interweaves the tale of a mysterious death in 1962 with the rich history of the powerful hymns that have united Native American communities in times of worship, joy, tragedy, and hope. By investigating the stories of these songs, this illuminating film takes us on an epic tour as we travel with the power of music through Southwest America, slavery in the deep South, and as far away as the Scottish Highlands. The film is approximately 95 minutes.
Cathead Basket from Fruitlands Collection
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Colorful Harvest Season at the Museum Store This Fall the Fruitlands Museum guests are spoiled for choice with distinctive new artisans displaying handmade art. New Hampshire League member and Nationally Acclaimed basket maker Sharon Dugan is exhibiting a range of unique and handmade baskets. Goldsmith Christiane Hilbrig-Tauroney has joined the store with a new classic and exclusive, handmade silver and pearl, line of jewelry–custom design orders are welcome. Luke Adams is back with a beautiful selection of hand-blown glass pumpkins. As are Jonathan Swift’s handmade beeswax candles. The Museum Store is open M, W, Th, and F: 10AM-4:15PM and Weekends: 10AM-5:15PM. Closed on Tuesdays. 978.456.3924, x235
RiverCourt Residences, Dean’s Concessions and Winding River Clothing Join Fruitlands as Corporate Members Thank you to all of our current Corporate Members: Corporate Benefactors Fireside Catering Corporate Partners Bemis Company, Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb Nypro, Inc. Corporate Associates Dean’s Concessions Groton Ayer Realty Trust RiverCourt Residences Corporate Friend Toreku Tractor & Equipment, Inc. Winding River Clothing Wagner Motors
TRUNK SHOW @ Fruitlands Museum Store
Winding River and Trimdin Reversible Jackets September 26-27, 10AM-4PM A unique opportunity to purchase the beautiful, new Fall line jackets and to meet the owner of Winding River and Trimdin, Michael Semprucci. These Boston family-owned companies, specialize in distinctive and reversible Art Jackets, Coats and Knit Wear made in the USA.
Every Donation Makes a Difference! Your gift this season can make a BIG impact on our Museum! Here are just some ways your donations are used at Fruitlands: $10
Provides gas for the Gator for one day
$50
Buys a reproduction Atlatl for the Native American Museum
$75
Pays for one day of storage for collection items not on display
$100 Purchases supplies for one art activity $250 Pays for a film or lecture $500 Covers the cost of an educational demonstration Return the enclosed envelope or visit our website today to make a donation. Every gift is appreciated and makes a real difference in our ability to maintain our collections and grounds and serve the community. We will also be doing some exciting things on Giving Tuesday, so be sure to check our Facebook and Twitter pages on Dec. 1st!
Mark Your Calendar September 14—Senior Day September 18—Exhibition Member Opening
Discover Heritage, Nature & Art 102 Prospect Hill Road Harvard, MA 01451
Nonprofit org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 102 Harvard, MA 01451
September 26-27—Craft Festival October 10-11—Harvest Weekend October 24-25—Basket Weekend November 7—Beer Tasting & Bonfire November 17—Art in Nature Awards Ceremony More information on upcoming events at www.fruitlands.org
Become a Member!
Enjoy the many benefits of membership, including unlimited free admission and a 10% discount at the Museum Store and Fruitlands Café. Visit our website or call 978.456.3924 ext. 288.
Executive Committee Marie LeBlanc, President Ken Cochrane, Vice President Kerry Lewis, Secretary Ellen Hazen, Treasurer
Board of Trustees Eileen deCastro Kent dur Russell Todd K. Helwig John Laupheimer John Ott Heidi Hunter Siegrist Peter Von Loesecke
MUSEUM HOURS Main Season April 15 - November 8, 2015 Mon, Weds, Th, Fri 10AM - 4PM Sat, Sun & Holidays 10AM - 5PM CLOSED TUESDAYS Fruitlands Café Hours: Mon, Weds, Th, Fri, Sat 11:30AM - 2:30PM Sunday Brunch 11:00 - 2:30 CLOSED TUESDAYS
DIRECTIONS
Museum programs are sponsored in part by the following partners and members like you!
Rt 2 to exit 38A. Go South on 110 to first right onto Old Shirley Road. Follow road 2.5 miles, Fruitlands is on the right.
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