Category: Family Program

Let us Gather to Honor our Friend

Let us Gather to Honor our Friend
Sunday, July 22, 2018
2 p.m.  to 4 p.m.
at the WHM
32 New Ashford Road, Williamstown

Please join us on Sunday, July 22, 2018 from 2 to 4 p.m. for a special event honoring the late Nancy Burstein, the former Director and Curator of the Williamstown House of Local History and Williamstown Historical Museum.  All are invited to join us to celebrate Nancy’s life and honor her good work and friendship.

The afternoon will provide an opportunity for friends and family to gather and remember Nancy and her impact on the Museum and her friends. A memorial dedication of the Children’s Room in Nancy’s name will be followed by refreshments and a time to connect.  We look forward to seeing all of Nancy’s friends and colleagues at this memorial.

Nancy’s family will be in attendance and the WHM is grateful to the Bursteins for sponsoring this memorial event.  During the event, summer refreshments will be served.

 

Leaflets Three, Let it Be! The Story of Poison Ivy, lecture and demonstration

Leaflets Three, Let it Be!, the Story of Poison Ivy
Family Friendly lecture and Demonstration
Saturday, August 12, 2017
11 a.m.

Video of lecture now available online!

Leaflets Three Video

You may know that poison ivy can give you an itchy rash, but did you also know that only humans are allergic to it, or that no two poison ivy leaves are exactly alike?  In this lecture and demonstration, led by acclaimed local children’s book illustrator, Robin Brickman, audience members will learn everything they didn’t know about poison ivy.  In addition, Robin will discuss her artistic process and how she creates the detailed collages for the illustrations in her books. Over the course of her career, she developed a unique method of illustrating children’s books by painting, cutting, and hand sculpting paper into three-dimensional art. After the presentation, audience members will get to try their hand at creating small pieces like those Robin uses in her work. Water Street Books will be selling Robin’s books at the program.

Robin Brickman’s books and paintings have won many awards. In addition to her publishing career, gallery shows and private commissions, Robin presents workshops that are creative and scientifically accurate. Robin has lived in Williamstown since 1985.