Program Calendar

This class has been canceled. Train your eye to see and foster the ability to represent the 3-dimensional world on a flat surface. Learn how to create the illusion of spatial depth and develop techniques to create a portfolio of beautiful drawings. Supply list provided.  Instructor: Nicholas McNally Seven classes - January 25; February 1,…

Play in puppet theaters Make your own Wikki Stix creation, 10:30-2:30 pm Play with traditional Kenyan puppets, 10:30-2:30 Explore the animals of the Savannah with baby-safe magnets Create a monkey puppet, noon-4 pm Free with museum admission! Part of School Vacation: Puppet Festival

Little Red and the Gingerbread Man Two well-loved children’s classics in one! Join Little Red as she pursues a mischievous Gingerbread cookie through the woods to Grandma’s house. Original music, snowy scenery, and everyone’s favorite Big Bad Wolf make up this performance for our youngest audiences. Note: Seating is limited and available first-come, first-serve. Free…

Free with museum admission. Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you!

Little Red and the Gingerbread Man Two well-loved children’s classics in one! Join Little Red as she pursues a mischievous Gingerbread cookie through the woods to Grandma’s house. Original music, snowy scenery, and everyone’s favorite Big Bad Wolf make up this performance for our youngest audiences. Note: Seating is limited and available first-come, first-serve. Free…

This class has been canceled. Train your eye to see and foster the ability to represent the 3-dimensional world on a flat surface. Learn how to create the illusion of spatial depth and develop techniques to create a portfolio of beautiful drawings. Supply list provided.  Instructor: Nicholas McNally Seven classes - January 25; February 1,…

Registration for this class has closed. This introductory course is designed to offer beginners the skills needed to explore personal expression in both drawing and painting. Students will practice basic skills in perspective, composition, color theory and step-by-step techniques in either acrylic or oil paint. Supply list provided. Instructor: Doug Gillette Six classes - January…

Registration for this class has closed. Learn how to research your ancestry using the extensive resources available including genealogical websites. You’ll learn a great deal about researching– but keep in mind that it’s not all on the internet! Instructor: Dave Robison Four classes - February 9, 23; March 1, 8

Registration for this class has closed. For students with previous oil painting experience. Instruction will build on painting composition, brush handling and color mixing skills. Subject matter includes still life, drapery, flowers and landscape. Supply list provided. Instructor: Doug Gillette Six classes - January 19, 26; February 2, 9, 23; March 1

Play in puppet theaters Make your own Wikki Stix creation, 10:30-2:30 pm Play with traditional Kenyan puppets, 10:30-2:30 Explore the animals of the Savannah with baby-safe magnets Create a monkey puppet, noon-4 pm Free with museum admission! Part of School Vacation: Puppet Festival

Clown Circus by Artist-in-Residence Brad Shur Clowns come in all shapes and sizes, but everything about them is larger-than-life. Join Dusty and his friends Tarta, Zany, and Pierrot for this fun, interactive variety show featuring circus-inspired singing, dancing, storytelling, lion-taming, and more. Original music and brightly-colored characters will delight young audiences--and their grown-ups! Note: Seating is limited and available first-come, first-serve.…

Free with museum admission. Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you!

This class has been canceled. Train your eye to see and foster the ability to represent the 3-dimensional world on a flat surface. Learn how to create the illusion of spatial depth and develop techniques to create a portfolio of beautiful drawings. Supply list provided.  Instructor: Nicholas McNally Seven classes - January 25; February 1,…

Play in puppet theaters Make your own Wikki Stix creation, 10:30-2:30 pm Play with traditional Kenyan puppets, 10:30-2:30 Explore the animals of the Savannah with baby-safe magnets Create a monkey puppet, noon-4 pm Free with museum admission! Part of School Vacation: Puppet Festival

Martin's Magical Musical Revue Using parody, mime, dance, mask and musical theatre, Martin brings a variety of puppet characters to life. Meet Zealand Dog with his balancing bone, Reggie the unicycle riding bear, Baby Bernie's big red balloon, Sherie Rene the wash lady and Slider Bullfrog the jazz playing trumpeter, to name but a few.…

Free with museum admission. Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you!

Registration for this class has closed. All the fundamentals of oil painting will be covered--from canvas preparation to planning a composition, color mixing and paint application from start to finish. Supply list provided. Instructor: Maureen Cotti Six classes - February 10, 24; March 2, 9, 16, 23

This class has been canceled. Train your eye to see and foster the ability to represent the 3-dimensional world on a flat surface. Learn how to create the illusion of spatial depth and develop techniques to create a portfolio of beautiful drawings. Supply list provided.  Instructor: Nicholas McNally Seven classes - January 25; February 1,…

This course has been canceled. Have you started a novel, collection of some kind, memoir, or family history you'd like to see in a nicely designed book? Find out your choices in either self-publishing or sending your manuscript out to publishers. This workshop will be hands-on, with feedback on your work, encouragement to complete it,…

Registration for this class has closed. Develop the skill to draw from observation and translating the three dimensional to the two dimensional. We will be exploring/ challenging the very nature of how we see in order to develop a fuller visual awareness. By practicing a variety of methods and materials we will develop a more…

Play in puppet theaters Make your own Wikki Stix creation, 10:30-2:30 pm Play with traditional Kenyan puppets, 10:30-2:30 Explore the animals of the Savannah with baby-safe magnets Create a monkey puppet, noon-4 pm Free with museum admission! Part of School Vacation: Puppet Festival

Jack and the Beanstalk Though English in origin, Jack has become a true American folk hero.Jack and the Beanstalk focuses on Jack and his many adventures: from Jack B. Nimble, Jack Horner, Big Jack and Little Jack to the popular Jack and Beanstalk. Based on the Appalachian folk tales collected by Richard Chase. Note: Seating…

Free with museum admission. Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you!

This class has been canceled. Train your eye to see and foster the ability to represent the 3-dimensional world on a flat surface. Learn how to create the illusion of spatial depth and develop techniques to create a portfolio of beautiful drawings. Supply list provided.  Instructor: Nicholas McNally Seven classes - January 25; February 1,…

This class had been canceled. With a parent or guardian, toddlers will learn how to look, interact, behave and discover new places as they explore a special exhibit or particular gallery in the museums each week. Hands-on activities, crafts, games and stories will stimulate young imaginations. Dress for mess and bring a snack. Instructor: Joey…

Play in puppet theaters Make your own Wikki Stix creation, 10:30-2:30 pm Play with traditional Kenyan puppets, 10:30-2:30 Explore the animals of the Savannah with baby-safe magnets Create a monkey puppet, noon-4 pm Free with museum admission! Part of School Vacation: Puppet Festival

Lillian lives at a nursing home where everyone thinks she’s lost her marbles, but that’s nonsense. The only thing she has lost? Her monkey. Monkey has been orbiting the earth since Lillian’s team at NASA launched him in 1965. His space pod is about to land in the middle of the ocean, and only Lillian…

Free with museum admission. Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you!

This class has been canceled. Train your eye to see and foster the ability to represent the 3-dimensional world on a flat surface. Learn how to create the illusion of spatial depth and develop techniques to create a portfolio of beautiful drawings. Supply list provided.  Instructor: Nicholas McNally Seven classes - January 25; February 1,…

Registration for this class has closed. Learn the simple, batik-like process to produce a kaleidoscope of colors in geometric patterns on the surface of an egg. Receive a special applicator (kistka) and hot wax to produce designs, blocking out color from selected areas on eggs before dyeing them. Examine traditional, simple designs to adapt to…

Registration for this class has closed. Using graph paper we will unlock the secrets of symmetry! Using circles, squares, diamonds, your favorite symbols, and a few Zentangle patterns, we will create unique symbolic art. Instructor: Annette Chittenden

This class has been canceled. Train your eye to see and foster the ability to represent the 3-dimensional world on a flat surface. Learn how to create the illusion of spatial depth and develop techniques to create a portfolio of beautiful drawings. Supply list provided.  Instructor: Nicholas McNally Seven classes - January 25; February 1,…