Art Exhibit & Sale: Clear Vision: Masterworks in Glass
Start: Monday, June 16, 2008
End: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Times: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28, Cotuit, MA
Cotuit Center for the Arts is proud to announce Cape Cod's first large group glass artists’ exhibition and sale. The exhibition, Clear Vision: Masterworks in Glass will be on view through July 26. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from 10am - 4pm and from 10am - 2pm on Saturday. For more information, please call the arts center at 508-428-0669.
The exhibiting artists are Jim Holmes, Benton Jones, Fritz Lauenstein, Michael Magyar, David McDermott, Bonnie Maresh, Robbie Mason, Ed Poore, Patrick Todoroff, and Travis Weber as well as pieces from historic Pairpoint, America's oldest glassworks. Works will include the full range of hot worked to cold worked, blown, slumped, beveled, leaded and engraved techniques.
www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org
Summer Art for Teens
Start: Monday, June 30, 2008
End: Monday, July 14, 2008
Times: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28 in Cotuit will offer Summer Art, an intensive program for co-ed students, ages 12 - 15, with an enthusiastic interest in art. The program includes extensive classes in painting, black and white photography, sculpture, and drawing where students will have the opportunity to explore a range of media and visual ideas. Much focus is given to observational assignments. Plaster, wire, charcoal, oil painting, and darkroom techniques will be introduced. Many courses and projects will draw inspiration from the Cape landscape and ocean.
There will be three two-week sessions: June 30 - July 11; July 14 - July 25 and July 28 - August 8. Classes will be held each weekday from 8:30am to 12:30pm. The cost for tuition for each two week session is $600 ($550 for CCftA members). The tuition fee includes all art supplies and studio expenses. A great value at $15 per hour! To register, please call the arts center at 508-428-0669 or visit www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org.
Faculty consists of experienced, practicing, artists and teachers who look forward to working with creative art students this summer.
At the end of each session every student will have acquired new skills, explored exciting media, produced a portfolio of artwork, and benefited from the experience of working with peers in a motivating and creative environment.
Rhymes With Stiches at Highfield Hall
Category: Family Friendly and Free
Start: Monday, June 30, 2008
End: Sunday, August 3, 2008
Times: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive (top of Depot Ave.)
Woods Hole artist Salley Mavor brings her delightful fabric-relief illustrations to Highfield Hall in a new exhibit, “Rhymes with Stitches.” Featured in the exhibition will be artwork from Ms. Mavor’s latest children’s books, published by Houghton Mifflin, Hey, Diddle, Diddle, Jack and Jill and Wee Willie Winkie. The exhibition opens on Monday June 30, with a reception to be held from 4 to 6 pm. Eight Cousin’s Bookstore will have be on hand with copies of Mavor’s books for sale and the artist will be in attendance to sign books and discuss her work. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend; children, especially, are welcome.
Mavor’s art work will be on display in the Clark Gallery at Highfield Hall from Monday, June 30 – Sunday, August 3. Highfield Hall is open to the public Monday – Friday and Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm. Admission is free of charge.
SULLIVAN AND GILBERT by Ken Ludwig
Start: Thursday, July 3, 2008
End: Sunday, July 13, 2008
Times: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28 in Cotuit, proudly presents SULLIVAN AND GILBERT, a play with music by Ken Ludwig on June 26 - July 13*. Performances will be held at 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays with Sunday matinees at 4pm. (There is no performance on July 4th.) Tickets are $20; $18 for seniors and members; $10 for students with ID. Rich McKey direct this charming and clever play with music that mixes hilarious backstage drama with the best of the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire. To reserve tickets, please call the box office at 508-428-0669.
There will be a fundraising event at 2:30pm on Sunday, July 13*. The event includes guest speaker, Royston Nash, hors d'oeuvres, wine, assorted desserts and a performance at 4pm of SULLIVAN AND GILBERT. All tickets are $50 with proceeds to benefit Cotuit Center for the Arts. To place a reservation, please call the box office at 508-428-0669.
A command performance is the only thing that could cause feuding collaborators William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan together again. And it has: Gilbert and Sullivan, at the behest of Queen Victoria, have gathered the Opera company one last time for a special revue.
SULLIVAN & GILBERT Sunday Matinee Children's Workshops
Start: Sunday, July 6, 2008
Times: 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28 in Cotuit will offer two coordinated workshops for children that correspond with their production of Sullivan and Gilbert by Ken Ludwig, a play with music that mixes hilarious backstage drama with the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire.
Musical theater instructor and choreographer, Michele Colley-Whittier will introduce your child to the music of Gilbert & Sullivan and the basics of performance techniques. The first workshop for children ages 5-8 will be held on Sunday, June 29 from 4:00pm to 6:30pm. A workshop will also be offered on July 6 for children ages 9-11 from 4:00pm to 6:30pm.
The cost is $20 per child with purchase of ticket to Sullivan & Gilbert; $25 per child if not purchasing ticket to Sullivan & Gilbert. A snack is included. Pre-paid advance reservations are required and may be placed by calling the box office at 508-428-066.
www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org
Falmouth Historic Walking Tours
Category: Free
Start: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Time: 10:00am
Location: Falmouth Museums on the Green, 55 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth
Meet in Hallett Barn Visitors Center for a revealing guided stroll back through time. Call 508-548-4857 for more information. Weather permitting.
Noted Landscape Historian to Speak at Highfield Hall
Category: Family Friendly
Start: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Time: 10:00am
Location: Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive (top of Depot Ave.)
Lucinda Brockway, a renowned landscape preservationist from Kennebunk, Maine, will be at Highfield Hall on Wednesday, July 9 for an illustrated lecture at 10:00 am. Brockway will be talking about the history of the Highfield Hall landscape, and will provide information to homeowners about how they can apply historic landscape concepts to their own gardens. Reservations are encouraged by calling Highfield at 508-495-1878 as seating is limited. A $5 donation is suggested.
Tea in Julia's Garden
Category: Family Friendly
Start: Thursday, July 10, 2008
Times: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Falmouth Museums on the Green, 55 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth
Tea, pastries and finger sandwiches served in the shade of a Colonial-style garden. $12 per person includes admission to museums. Reservations recommended: 508-548-4857. Weather permitting.
"Evie's Waltz" by The Cape Cod Theatre Project
Start: Thursday, July 10, 2008
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive
Written by Carter W. Lewis (Women Who Steal, While We Were Bowling) and directed by Loretta Greco, this new play is a gripping rumination on the state of America's youth.
The Cape Cod Theatre Project develops new American plays
through a series of staged readings each July. Of the 46 plays
developed, 28 have gone on to full production in theaters across the
country. 10 have been produced Off- or Off-Off- Broadway in the past
three years. For more information on the Theatre Project and the past
twelve seasons please go to capecodtheatreproject.org
Living Off the Land
Category: Family Friendly
Start: Friday, July 11, 2008
Times: 10:00am - 11:30am
Location: Falmouth Museums on the Green, 55 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth
Join us for this Fridays for Families event to plant the Three Sisters and make a tussy-mussy to take home. Recommended for children 7-11 years old; children must be accompanied by an adult. Please call 508-548-4857 for reservations to this FREE event, sponsored by WalMart.
