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  • Wednesday, January 15, 7:00 pm – Food for Thought Film Series: Chasing Ice

    Join The Fruitlands Museum on Wednesday, January 15 at 7 pm for a screening of Chasing Ice, the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Harvard’s own Chef Paul will prepare delicious, hearty soups that will warm the body as we consider important questions that are raised in our spotlight films. Free. No registration required. Fruitlands is located at 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. For more details and information visit www.fruitlands.org.

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  • Saturdays, April 27 and May 4, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm – The Nature Sketchbook: A Tool for Discovery

    In this two-part Fruitlands Museum workshop beginning Saturday, April 27,  Barry Van Dusen will discuss the basic tools for field sketching, including drawing and color mediums as well as optical aids. We’ll explore various drawing approaches – schematic, contour, gesture and tonal drawing. You’ll learn how written notes are best for exploring certain types of information, and how your sketchbooks can become a personal nature diary, useful for future reference. You’ll see how your sketchbooks can function as “science lab” – enhancing your knowledge of botany, comparative zoology and more. We’ll also delve into artistic concerns such as developing “touch” and a personal visual vocabulary. You’ll learn how the sketchbook is the perfect place for artistic experimentation and invention, and a great place to learn about pictorial editing and design. Registration required: email education@fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924 x239.  $180 for Fruitlands members, $210 for nonmembers.  Image from drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com.

  • Wednesdays, April 3 – April 24, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Watercolor Plein Air Prep: Color Mixes of the Hudson River Painters with Marjorie Glick

    Using the Fruitlands Museum as a resource, we will study up close the Fruitlands collection of Hudson River School Paintings and then return to the classroom for a color mixing extravaganza, in this four week course beginning April 3 taught by Marjorie Glick. You’ll learn how to translate these mixes into glowing watercolors infused with light. Students will learn the various color combinations used by The Hudson River School to create their luminous skies. You will learn how to apply color through both mixing, glazing, and layering. Students will learn how to incorporate luminosity and light into their own work,subject matter, and style. it is necessary to have some experience in the medium of your choice. Instruction will focus on color mixing and seeing.  Fruitlands members $130, nonmembers $150. Registration required. E-mail education@fruitlands.org or call 978.456.3924 x239.

  • Fridays, March 22 – April 26, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Jill Pottle: Painting Materials and Methods with Oils and Acrylics

    Jill Pottle will present a six week course at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Massachusetts, intended for beginnings and returning painters/artists who want to acquire fundamental painting skills and conceptual understanding of contemporary approaches to painting in oils and acrylics.  The course will repeat in May, September, and November, with complete dates and times found on the web site, www.fruitlands.org.  Fruitlands members $180, nonmembers $210.  Registration is required by emailing education@fruitlands.org or by calling 978-456-3924, x. 239.

  • 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.

  • Saturday, April 14, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Marie Spaeth Exhibit Opening

    Join friends at the  Fruitlands Museum Art Gallery this Saturday, April 14, beginning at 5 pm, for a free opening of this year’s main exhibit Marie Spaeth Amongst The Birches.  Co-curated with the Boston Art Club, this exhibition will include paintings as well as charcoal sketches from various points in her artistic career.  John Curuby, president of the Boston Art Club, will give a gallery talk, and light refreshments will be served.  Fruitlands is located at 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Massachusetts, and you may learn more by visiting www.fruitlands.org.

  • Sunday, January 15, 1:00 pm – Winter Art Gallery Exhibit Opening at Fruitlands

    Join the Fruitlands staff for light refreshments and the opening of two new exhibits in the Fruitlands Art Gallery, 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Massachusetts. Zen Dust, by artist Linda Hoffman and Photographs of the Harvard Shaker Village, on loan from the Harvard Historical Society, will be on exhibit during WinterFest weekends, along with landscapes from the Hudson River School and nineteenth century portraits from Fruitlands collection. Admission free with suggested donation.  The art gallery will be open on Saturdays and Sundays 1PM-5PM from January 14 – February 26.  For directions, visit www.fruitlands.org.

    The work in the Zen Dust exhibit was inspired by Linda Hoffman’s early training in the Zen Art of Noh Theater, in Kyoto, Japan. Once back in the West, Hoffman created her own art form that was poetic and spare – influenced by the Japanese aesthetic of wabi- sabi. Wabi being loneliness, solitariness, the sight of lone crow on a crooked branch, a plum blossom peeking through snow, while sabi refers to objects that show the well-worn, rustic, patina of age. The Shaker large format photographs were taken during the 1960s as part of the Historic American Building Survey, run by the National Park Service. There are 28 photographs in the show, many of them attributed to Jack E.Boucher. They feature both interior and exterior shots of the Shaker buildings, including some very beautiful close-upshots of architectural details.

  • Friday, November 4, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Art Afield

    Fruitlands Museum invites you to join them Friday, November 4, from 6 – 8 for a sale of landscape paintings by 2011 Artist-in-Residence Jill Pottle, as well as original art that has been donated to Fruitlands.  All proceeds benefit the museum and its programs.  Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvre, beer and wine at this free event. RSVP required by October 1.  Call 978-456-3924, x 292, or email mdelaney@fruitlands.org.

  • Sunday, October 16, 1:00 pm – Walking Through the Woods with Don and Leslie Turpin

    Don and Leslie Turpin will take Fruitlands Museum visitors for a walk through the woods and describe how Natives offer prayer and ask forgiveness for taking from their sacred Mother. They will perform a pipe ceremony and use a hand drum to offer traditional ancient songs. They will also bring a powwow drum to explain how they originated and how modern powwows are run. The program begins at 1 pm on Sunday, October 16. For more information and directions, visit www.fruitlands.org.

  • Saturday, June 18, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Fruitlands’ Annual Benefit Auction

    Support Fruitlands Museum and enjoy a fun evening under the tent at Alcott’s Restaurant and Tea Room on Saturday, June 18, from 6:30 – 10 pm.  This year’s event includes new and exciting items in both a live and silent auction, delicious hors d’oeurve, plated dinner and scrumptious desserts from Fireside Catering, a cash bar, live band, and dancing.  Tickets are $75 per person, $560 for a table of eight, and $700 for a table of ten.  For more information, or to become a sponsor, call 978-456-3934, ext. 289, or email Kerry Castorano at kcastorano@fruitlands.org.