Flax Dressing Demonstration at Historic Deerfield
From a Historic Deerfield press release:
July 7, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Made-by-Hand: Trades of the Past
To complement the daily hands-on activities "Fun with Flax: The Seed that we Sew," Historic Deerfield is offering a series of historic trades demonstrations starting with Flax Dressing with Gina Gerhard. This will be followed by a demonstration of Tailoring with Henry Cooke on July 28, and Letterpress Printing with Carl Darrow on August 4. Included with general admission.
About Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield (www.historic-deerfield.org) is a nationally recognized museum offering tours of period houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. Now featuring exhibitions:
Furnishing the Frontier: The Material World of the Connecticut River Valley, 1680-1720 on view through February 17, 2013.
Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture, a long-term furniture exhibition.
Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection, permanent.
Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery, a permanent exhibition with changing elements.
Please call 413-775-7214 for museum information and program schedule.
Museums10 is a dynamic collaboration that heightens awareness of the distinctive offerings of the individual institutions while highlighting the cultural diversity and outstanding educational resource that they collectively represent. Museums10 is facilitated by Five Colleges, Inc., which provides major administrative support for the partnership. Museums10 includes: the Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College; Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens; The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Hampshire College Art Gallery; Historic Deerfield; Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Yiddish Book Center; Smith College Museum of Art; and the University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst. For more information, visit www.museums10.org.
A portion of Historic Deerfield's operating funds is provided through a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Historic Deerfield
www.historic-deerfield.org
80 Old Main Street, P.O. Box 321
Deerfield, Massachusetts 01342
T: 413-775-7127
F: 413-775-7220
