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  • Saturday, December 13, 10:00 am – Family Drop-in Workshop: Homespun Winter Crafts

    Let the winter season be your inspiration as the staff of Fruitlands Museum helps you create beautiful seasonal decorations for your home. Fashion glittering snowflakes, use a pinecone to create a tiny woodland creature, fold bold and colorful star garlands, and make old-fashioned jewel-toned window decals. All this and hot chocolate, too! Supplies provided. No registration required. The event is free with admission, and takes place Saturday, December 13 beginning at 10 am.  For more information visit www.fruitlands.org. Image from www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com.

  • Saturday, October 18, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Centennial Lecture by Cynthia Barton: History’s Daughter

    Biographer Cynthia Barton relates a chronicle of Clara Endicott Sears’ life and details the influences leading to the creation of Fruitlands Museum from her book History’s Daughter: The Life of Clara Endicott Sears, Founder of Fruitlands Museum. The talk is the Museum’s Centennial Lecture, and will take place Saturday, October 18 at 1 pm.  Free with admission to the Museum, located at 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard.  For more information visit www.fruitlands.org.

  • Saturday, September 27, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, and Sunday, September 28, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – 2014 Craft Festival

    Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, is teaming up with the Worcester Center for Crafts for the fourth year to bring you a juried craft festival, Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27. Forty of the most talented artists in New England will be selling their work under the tent at Fruitlands. Mark your calendar now and get ready to do some Christmas shopping in September!

     

  • Sunday, June 29, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and Wednesday, July 9, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Transcendental Abstractions

    Meet Fruitlands Museum’s Artist-in-Residence Richard Kattman and tour his new exhibit of abstract paintings.  Some of Richard’s works are inspired by natural elements—sea, wind, sand, grass, sky, flowers, fields, woods, gardens and night stars. Some canvases are his views of the earth as it appears from space. Some are drawn from infinite places located within his subconscious. Others are explorations he takes at the speed of light to places he imagines in deep outer space. These artworks portray the fragility of life and the known universe. The exhibit will run through August 10.

    On Sunday, June 29, from 2 – 4, Richard will give a formal presentation and demonstration on abstract painting, free with museum admission.  On Wednesday, July 9, from 10 – 3, attend an Abstract Landscape Painting class.  This one day plein air workshop will cover the steps of capturing the essentials of the Fruitlands landscape in acrylics on canvas.  All skill levels are welcome.  Registration required.  Email Melissa at mkershaw@fruitlands.org.  Museum members $100, nonmembers $110.

  • Sunday, June 22, 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Fruitlands Centennial Farm to Fork Dinner

    Tickets are going fast for the birthday party of the century, to be held at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts on Sunday, June 22, from 5 – 8:30 pm.

    Help celebrate Fruitlands’ centennial with a sumptuous farm to fork dinner in the field. We’ll start with tours of the Museum buildings and hors d’oeuvre under the tent then move outside to enjoy a sumptuous, locally sourced seated dinner under a summer sky, prepared by Fireside Catering from Gibbet Hill Grill.

    Join us to raise a glass to Fruitlands’ 100th year and raise funds for our education and outreach programs. Purchase tickets ($150 per person) at http://www.fruitlands.org/f2fdinner. Direct questions to kcastorano@fruitlands.org.

  • Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – People of a Feather

    On Wednesday, March 19, from 7 – 8:30 at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, watch a film about survival in a changing Arctic environment. This award-winning film, People of a Feather, takes you into the world of the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada’s Hudson Bay. Their traditional life is juxtaposed with modern challenges as they confront changing sea ice and ocean currents disrupted by the massive hydroelectric dams powering New York and eastern North America. Soup will be provided by Harvard’s own Chef Paul and lively discussion by the audience! Admission is free, and a bowl of soup is $5. Visit www.fruitlands.org for complete details.

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  • Sunday, September 22, 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm – Gather Up the Fragments

    In honor of Fruitlands Museum’s upcoming show, Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection, which opens September 7, they are offering a rare opportunity for an exclusive gallery tour of the Gather Up the Fragments exhibit and Fruitlands Shaker Museum (102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Massachusetts) followed by a luncheon with co-curators Dr. Michael Volmar and John Ott. Guests will then head to the Shirley Shaker Village for a private guided tour led by the Shirley Historical Society. Fruitlands member price is $65, nonmember price is $75, which includes lunch.

    Spaces are limited, so don’t delay if you want to take advantage of this rare opportunity. Place your order at http://www.fruitlands.org/shakertour. Your receipt is your ticket to the event. There are no physical tickets mailed.

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  • Fruitlands Museum – Bricks, Benches and Blacktop

    In 2014, Fruitlands Museum would like to improve physical accessibility on site by focusing on the “3 Bs” – Bricks, Benches, and Blacktop. The goal is to make it easier for all guests to navigate and enjoy the campus.

    This initiative will allow the Museum to:

    Reinstall the brick walkway that leads into the Museum store and cafe.
    Offer more places to rest on campus by purchasing new benches.
    Repave the blacktop from the entryway down to the Farmhouse.

    Yes, these are big projects – which is why they are asking for your help today. The 3 “Bs” are part of a larger facilities improvement plan which they hope to have complete by the end of 2015.

    The first project is the brick walkway. They are halfway to their fundraising goal of $10,000 and hope to complete this challenge by the end of October.

    Can you help? Donate now to invest in the future of your museum community!

    Visit http://www.fruitlands.org/BBB to help Fruitlands pave the way to a smooth future.

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  • Sunday, September 16, 1:00 pm – The Transcendental Landscape Art Panel and Discussion

    Host Dr. Michael Volmer, Curator, Fruitlands Museum, and Moderator Bill Turville, Artist and Personality Vivant, will speak on The Transcendental Landscape on Sunday, September 16 at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts. The program will begin at 1pm with a reception to follow.

    Panelists will share images of their work and discuss the relationship between landscape and their visual vocabulary. Each of the panelist was invited because of their unique approach to responding to – or documenting – or transforming – a sense of place. Fruitlands Museum is an ideal location for such a panel discussion. The sacred vista, the collected art and artifacts, and the public will all contribute to the value of this discussion.

    How does a place contribute to the creative process?

    How can art contribute to a sense of belonging?

    How does art document a landscape?

    How does the natural experience change the artist and/or art studio practice?  For more information visit www.fruitlands.org.

  • Saturday, September 15 – Harvard Historical Society’s Shaker Village Tour

    On Saturday, September 15, Fruitland Museum will sponsor an unprecedented all day opportunity from the Harvard Historical Society to tour every home in the Harvard Shaker Village as well as gain access to Fruitlands Museum where tour goers can visit the original Shaker Office building.

    To order tickets now ($75), call 978-456-3924 x239 or email education@fruitlands.org.