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April 2009
Mark your Calendar!
Fonthill, Moravian Tile Works and Mercer Museum Trip
May 5, 2009
Harry Boardman Reception
June 5, 2009
PA German Music Symposium
June 20, 2009, 9:00am-4:00pm
Summer Youth Program Calendar
Details and registration forms available on www.schwenkfelder.com
June
My Own Fairy Tale: Summer Camp
June 23-26, 2009
10:00am-12:00pm
Ages 7-13
July
A Survey of Printing
July 8-10, 2009
10:00am-12:30pm
Ages 7-13
Open Studio Day with Harry Boardman
July 18, 2009
10:00am-2:00pm
Ages 7+
Two Day Painting/Drawing Workshop with Harry Boardman
July 21-22, 2009
10:00am-12:00pm
Ages 7+
August
Summer Enrichment Latin
August 18-21, 2009
10:00am-12:00pm
Ages 7-13
Summer Enrichment German
August 18-21, 2009
1:00pm-3:00pm
Ages 7-13
Brown Bag Lunch Lectures
May 13, Noon-1pm;
May 17, 2pm-3pm Schwenkfelder Keyboard Music: Featuring Matt Swiss
June 10, Noon-1pm;
June 14th, 2pm-3pm Balthasar Hoffman: Schwenkfelder Hymn Writer and Interpreter.
Exhibit Highlights:
German-American Women's World 1830-1890
through April 30, 2009
My Own Fairy Tale: Fanciful Art Dolls by Stacy Clark
through June 30, 2009
Next Stop Berlin: 19th Century Woolwork and Drawings of Pennsylvania German Women
through September 18, 2009
Ladies of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Costumes and Accessories
through September 18, 2009
Upcoming Family Workshops:
Crewel Work
April 21 1:30pm-3:00pm and April 23 3:30-5:00pm.
Mapmaking
May 5 1:30pm-3:00pm and May 7 3:30-5:00pm.
Victorian Embroidery
June 2 1:30pm-3:00pm and June 4 3:30-5:00pm.
The Schwenkfelder Press in Operation
Wilson Barto, from Harleysville, joined us for two weeks of letterpress workshops. Wilson Barto is a correspondent for our favorite local paper The Town and Country and publisher of The Buck Creek Press, in Harleysville, PA. Barto retired as a newspaper editor in 1991 after spending 40 years in the printing industry.
Small groups of students learned a simple process of letterpress printing from typesetting to operating the press. First, participants were introduced to the Damon and Peets printing press. After learning the parts of the press and viewing it in operation, students were shown how to typeset a line of type using 36pt type in a composing stick. Students dropped the line of type in a pre-set form. Did you miss the class? The diagram of our printing press, a layout of a california type case, and more can be found on our website, www.schwenkfelder.com
Get the presses rolling this summer!
This summer, join Wilson and Heritage Center museum educator, Rebecca Lawrence, for three days of exploring the print collection from the Heritage Center archive. Day 1: explore 16th and 17th century imprints, learn why and how they were used to communicate radical ideas. Day 2: discover broadsides, early advertisements, and newspapers from the collection. Day 3: explore the art of letterpress printing using our 19th century press. Registration information can be found on our website, www.schwenkfelder.com.
Eastertide Traditions Lecture
On April 8, at noon, a small audience of 15 gathered to discuss local easter customs, moderated by Schwenkfelder staff Dr. Allen Viehmeyer and Rebecca Lawrence. A note of thanks goes to those who participated! Our Eastertide Traditions Lecture as well as the Christmastide Presentation bring local folks and tourists together to discuss holiday traditions and personal experiences from the region.
What topics and questions did our group discuss? Nancy Civitts, who attends our Easter and Christmas programs, brought a Velveteen Rabbit, little wax candles, and ceramic eggs to share with the group. Our curator, Candace Perry, set out a small display of onion skin scratch eggs from the Heritage Center's collection. Others shared their experiences growing up in Pennsylvania, and even Bavaria! From memories of eating lamb, picking young dandelions, making hot bacon dressing, sharing folklore surrounding the dogwood tree, and buying their first suit at Easter, the hour was an informative program.
Mark your calendars now for December 9th and 13th. All are welcome to bring photos, objects, and share stories about Christmastide traditions.
Our First Homeschool Ice Cream Social: Thank You Freddy Hill Farms and Valley Homeschoolers!
On April 16th more than 130 visitors came to the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center to enjoy an afternoon of free ice cream sundaes, provided by Freddy Hill Farms in Lansdale, and learn more about the Heritage Center's education programming. A special thank you goes to Tamera Kells, the President of the Valley Homeschoolers, who put the word out to families and homeschool groups! We saw many new families spend the afternoon with us and many returning faces as well. Look for another event with the Valley Homeschoolers this fall!
The Valley Homeschoolers is located in the Upper Perkiomen Valley and is a network of homeschool families. Kells organizes homeschool events throughout the region linking homeschoolers to libraries, museums, learning centers, social events, and more. If you are a homeschooler and would like to join the Valley Homeschoolers, Tamera Kells can be contacted via the Valley Homeschoolers website.
Harry Boardman June 5-September 4, 2009
All images used with permission from Harry Boardman. Harry Boardman, All rights reserved.
Join us for a variety of programs surrounding Harry Boardman's exhibit! First, stop by the evening of Friday, June 5th, to meet Harry Boardman and his friends, and enjoy refreshments. Second, learn more about Boardman's process and his artwork by enrolling in our summer programs!
Join us for an Open Studio Day, July 18th, 2009, from 10am-2pm. Meet and greet Boardman, see more of Boardman's work, and engage in drawing and painting monsters! Boardman creates a new monster every day. His monsters can be found on his blog, 365.monsters.blogspot.com. Second, engage in an in-depth look at Boardman's landscape drawings and paintings, and participate in a variety of drawing and painting activities with Boardman. We'll go outside for observational drawing activities and experiment with drawing and painting techniques and media as we create our own landscape paintings.
If you're interested in participating in our summer camp programs, program descriptions and registration forms can be found on our website. Or email rebecca@schwenkfelder.com.
Brown Bag Lecture spotlight: Schwenkfelder Keyboard Music with Moravian Graduate Matt Swiss
Matt Swiss, a recent graduate of Moravian College, will present a concert of selections from a manuscript volume in the hand of Anna Siesholtz (1885-1911), May 13, noon, and May 17th, 2:00pm, at the Heritage Center as part of our Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series. This is the second installment of a two part program on Schwenkfelder music. The first part, Schwenkfelder vocal music, was performed last October by the Mostly Monteverdi Ensemble, led by Swiss.
Education eNewsletter April 2009
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Contact Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
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