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March 2009
Mark your Calendar!
Homeschool Ice Cream Social
April 16, 2009, 3:00pm-6:00pm
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
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
through September 18, 2009
Ladies of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Costumes and Accessories
through September 18, 2009
Upcoming Family Workshops:
PA German Nursery Rhymes with Ron Treichler
April 7 1:30pm-3:00pm and April 9 3:30-5:00pm.
Mapmaking
May 5 1:30pm-3:00pm and May 7 3:30-5:00pm.
My Own Fairy Tale: an Exhibit of Student Literary & Visual Art through May 17, 2009
On March 15, 2009, the My Own Fairy Tale Exhibit: An Exhibit of Student Literary and Visual Art exhibition opened. The exhibition was open to all K-12 students, including homeschoolers as well as private and public school students. It continues through May 17, 2009. Visiting families can read in our My Own Fairy Tale reading corner and draw pictures to post them in our forest space. To view more photos from the exhibit, or to see a selection of pieces visit our 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 the first Friday of June, 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.
New Heritage Shop Items: Little Whittles
Julius Park, a homeschool student in our German class and our family workshops sells his "Little Whittles", a collection of hand carved roosters and egrets, in our Heritage Shop. Julius began whittling at age 8, and has taken classes with Mr. Chris Lubkemann from Lancaster, PA. Julius submitted his woodcarvings as part of our Student Exhibit of Art and Literature, and decided to sell them in our Heritage Shop. Julius handcrafts all of the "Little Whittles" by himself. His roosters and other creations start at $9.00. For availability, call the Heritage Center (215) 679-3103.
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 March 2009
Questions or comments about our eNewsletter?
Contact Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
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105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073
Our telephone: (215) 679-3103
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