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February 2009
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
Mark your Calendar!
PA German Music Symposium
June 20, 2009, 9:00am-4:00pm
Quilt Bed Turning and PA Dutch Tea
May 3, 2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Brown Bag Lunch Lectures
March 11 Noon-1pm;
March 15, 2pm-3pm The David Seibt Family
April 8 Noon-1pm;
(no Sunday due to Easter) Eastertide Traditions.
May 13, Noon-1pm;
May 17, 2pm-3pm Schwenkfelder Keyboard Music: Featuring Matt Swiss
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
March 20 through September 18, 2009
Ladies of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Costumes and Accessories
March 20 through September 18, 2009
Make a donation to our wishlist:
This quarter: Tabletop art project drying rack. For workshops and classes $125.00
A New Character in Fairy Tale Exhibit
On January 17th, Stacy Clark joined families for a day of artmaking activities related to her My Own Fairy Tale Exhibit. One of the day's activities included a group activity where students sketched and brainstormed ideas for a new character. They included fire breathing dragons, healing fairies, girls who wear clothes upside down, blacksmith men, and more. From the sketches to beginning a sewn body, Stacy worked with the group to create a large dragon and rider. This new character can be seen suspended in our gallery through June 30, 2009. Sketches, prints from a printmaking activity, and photographs from the Open Studio Day will be on display as part of the My Own Fairy Tale Exhibit: An Exhibit of Student Literary and Visual Art.
We're still taking submissions for our My Own Fairy Tale Exhibit: An Exhibit of Student Literary and Visual Art. The exhibition is open to all K-12 students, including homeschoolers, private and public school students. The student exhibit opens on March 15 and continues through May 17, 2009. For submission guidelines, visit our website,www.schwenkfelder.com
Beekeeping: Uses and Folklore Sunday, March 22, 2009
Apiarists Jim Bobb and Bruce Gill will be led in a discussion by moderator Alan Keyser on the keeping of bees today and in former times. Jim Bobb is President of Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association and a Master Gardener living near Harleysville. Bruce Gill is Executive Director of Harriton House in Bryn Mawr and raises bees as part of their 18th century manor house interpretation. Join us for an informative program about bees and beekeeping!
New Online Initatives: Social Networking and the Blogosphere
We now have a profile on facebook.com, (a division of Facebook inc.) where you have another way to stay in touch with current events, view photos from exhibit receptions, and more. Fans receive invitations to events, receptions, education programs, and more. Join the group today!
We've entered the blogosphere!
This month, our Archivist, Hunt Schenkel, launched a wordpress blog called From the Vault. It features current projects, recent "discoveries", and collection highlights from the library and archive. Watch for weekly highlights and posts by other SLHC staff. Bookmark it, hook it up to your RSS feed, and stay posted. www.schwenkfelder.wordpress.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 February 2009
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