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.
Summer Stock Theater Workshop for Teens
Start: Monday, July 21, 2008
End: Friday, August 8, 2008
Times: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28, Cotuit, MA
Designed for students ages 13-18, Bob Bock instructs this three-week theater immersion workshop leading to performance.
Skills taught during the workshop will include acting, stage movement, as well as technical skills in set construction and painting, properties, costumes, stage management, lighting and set management.
Open to all skill levels—beginner to experienced will find this workshop beneficial and fun for all! A worthwhile chance for you and your friends to work together.
Pre-registration is required. Fee: $250; $225 for members. Class size limited. Classes meet Monday - Friday. from 1pm to 4pm.
Registration: 508-428-0669
www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org
Summer Art for Teens
Start: Monday, July 28, 2008
End: Friday, August 8, 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.
Tea in Julia's Garden
Category: Family Friendly
Start: Thursday, July 31, 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.
"Nocturama" by The Cape Cod Theatre Project
Start: Thursday, July 31, 2008
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive
Written by Annie Baker and directed by Hal Brooks, race, sex, video games, a dead poet and hidden chocolate all clash in this new play set in a New England town. This comedy about melancholia and the trials of homecoming is written by one of America's most exciting new playwrights.
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
