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August 6, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Heather Egan Stalfort (410) 516-0341 ext. 17 hestalfort@jhu.edu |
September - December 2008 Exhibition & Programming Highlights
AT HOMEWOOD MUSEUM
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street,
Baltimore, MD 21211
410-516-5589,
homewoodmuseum@jhu.edu
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the half-hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Fri,
and noon-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (last tour at 3:30)
$6 adults; $5 seniors; $3 students and children 6 and over;
FREE for members
A National Historic Landmark built in 1801 by Charles
Carroll Jr. and one of the nation's best surviving examples
of Federal period architecture, Homewood Museum is renowned
for its elegant proportions, extravagant details and superb
collection of American decorative arts, including Carroll
family furnishings.
Walking Tour
"HISTORIC HOMEWOOD ARTWALK"
Saturdays, Aug. 30-Nov. 1, 1 p.m. from Homewood Museum, 2
p.m. from the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum
Drive
Free
The Historic Homewood ArtWalk covers over 200 years of
history in less than a quarter mile. This fun, informative,
and free 45-minute guided walking tour covers historic and
artistic sites between the two significant collections of
American historic interiors and decorative arts at Homewood
Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Special Event
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM DAY 2008
Saturday, Sept. 27, noon-4 p.m.
Free with Smithsonian Museum Day Admission Card
The JHU Museums are participants in Museum Day 2008,
where museums and cultural institutions across the country
offer free admission to Smithsonian magazine readers
and Smithsonian.com visitors. To receive free general
admission, Homewood visitors must present the Museum Day
Admission Card available in the September 2008 issue of
Smithsonian magazine or downloadable at
www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/. The Museum Day
Admission Card is valid for up to two visitors and is
limited to one per household.
Special Event
HOMEWOOD BY CANDLELIGHT
Monday, Dec. 8, 5-7 p.m.
$6 public; Free for members
Decorated for the holidays with garlands and boxwood by the
Homeland Garden Club, Homewood exudes a festive spirit that
is best witnessed at the museum's annual Homewood by
Candlelight open house. Glittering candlelight
throughout the museum make Homewood appear as it might have
in the early 19th century. Rooms will be set for
entertaining, the reception hall will be filled with the
sounds of early American music performed by renowned artist
David Hildebrand, and the Homewood Museum Shop will offer a
wide variety of holiday gift-giving ideas for people of all
ages. Eggnog and cookies will be served in the wine
cellar.
Program
"SEASON OF CELEBRATION AT THE JHU MUSEUMS"
Tuesday, Dec. 9-Tuesday, Dec. 30, museum hours
Regular museum admission
During the Johns Hopkins University Museums' Season of
Celebration, see two of Baltimore's most beautiful
historic houses decked out in their annual holiday best!
With exciting events and programs planned, there's no excuse
not to come take a peek. Groups of 15 or more are invited to
schedule holiday group tours of Homewood and Evergreen, with
options for tea, box lunches, and add-on tours at Mount
Clare and/or Hampton National Historic Site. For
information, contact 410-516-0341.
Special Event
"HOLIDAY TRADITIONS WEEKEND"
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13 & 14, 12-4 p.m.
$1 public, free for members
Visitors of the Johns Hopkins University Museums are invited
to enjoy holiday music and decorations, light refreshments,
holiday shopping in the Museum Shops, and special $1
admission.
Family Program
"SILHOUETTES FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
Saturday, Dec. 13, noon-4 p.m.
$40 for two copies of each portrait silhouette. Advance,
pre-paid reservations required: 410-516-5589.
Watch the magic scissors of Anne Leslie, a master
portraitist in the tradition of the silhouette artists of
the 18th and 19th centuries, create a perfect gift for the
holidays. Leslie is one of the few remaining cut-paper
artists still practicing in the Mid-Atlantic, and will
create an image of your little ones to treasure forever.
Silhouette sittings take approximately 15 minutes. Framing
available at additional cost.
Bus Tour
"COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9:30-4:30 p.m.
$55 public, $50 for Homewood, Evergreen, Hampton, or
Mount Clare members. Includes lunch at the Mount Clare
Stable and bus transportation. Advance pre-paid registration
required: 410-837-3262 or
asstdirector@mountclare.org
Get into the old-fashioned holiday spirit and visit four of
Baltimore's premiere historic house museums, all decorated
in their holiday finest: Mount Clare Museum House (1760),
Hampton Mansion (1790), Homewood Museum (1801), and
Evergreen Museum & Library (1858). Get a glimpse of how four
of early Maryland's most prominent families celebrated this
special time of year. The full-day bus tour departs from
Hampton National Historic Site, where free parking is
available.
AT EVERGREEN MUSEUM &
LIBRARY
The Johns Hopkins University
4545 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-516-0341,
evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Fri, and
noon-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun. (last tour at 3)
Guided tours on the hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Fri, and noon-4
p.m. Sat.-Sun. (last tour at 3)
Housed in a former Gilded Age mansion surrounded by Italian-
style gardens, Evergreen Museum & Library is at once an
intimate collection of fine and decorative arts, rare books
and manuscripts assembled by two generations of the
philanthropic Garrett family, and a vibrant, inspirational
venue for contemporary artists.
Exhibition
"SCULPTURE AT EVERGREEN 2008"
Through Sunday, Sept. 28
Free
In response to Evergreen's 150-year history, diverse
collections, and natural and architectural environments,
contemporary artists have created 10 new site-specific works
from a wide and evolving range of materials, methods, and
ideas to reflect the unlimited creative imagination of
mankind in our attempt to interpret our surroundings. This
fifth biennial outdoor sculpture exhibition is curated by
Andrea Pollan, director of Curator's Office in Washington,
D.C., and features work by Brian Balderston, Sharon
Engelstein, Jeannine Harkleroad, Rebecca Herman & Mark
Shoffner, Adam Frelin, J Hill, Michele Kong, Wee Lit Tan,
Hyungsub Shin, and Mike Womack. Visitors are invited to
contemplate the nature and meaning of each work, while
enjoying the many diversions offered by Evergreen's
beautiful and inspirational location.
Special Event
"GATSBY'S GREAT GARDEN PARTY"
Friday, Sept. 12, Gates open 5:30 p.m., Film screening at
7:30 p.m. (Rain location: Evergreen Carriage House)
Tickets: $8 public, $5 children under 12, free for
infants and museum members; available in advance at www.missiontix.com or
at the door.
Return to the 1920s and the grandeur of the Gatsby era!
Evergreen Museum & Library and the Creative Alliance at The
Patterson present a madcap evening of art and film,
featuring an outdoor film screening of F. Scott Fitzgerald's
classic The Great Gatsby (Coppola, 1974) set against
Evergreen's opulent Gilded Age mansion. Beer and popcorn
will be available for purchase. Filmgoers are encouraged to
come early and picnic on the lawn, play croquet, compete for
"Best Dressed" in a 20s Summer Whites costume contest, take
a self-guided tour of the museum's first floor rooms, see
some of Scott's first editions and Zelda's drawings, and
explore the biennial outdoor exhibition Sculpture at
Evergreen 2008.
Special Event
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM DAY 2008
Saturday, Sept. 27, 12-4 p.m.
Free with Smithsonian Museum Day Admission Card
The JHU Museums are participants in Museum Day 2008,
where museums and cultural institutions across the country
offer free admission to Smithsonian magazine
readers and Smithsonian.com visitors. To receive free
general admission, Evergreen visitors must present the
Museum Day Admission Card available in the September 2008
issue of Smithsonian magazine or downloadable at
www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/. The Museum Day
Admission Card is valid for up to two visitors and is
limited to one per household.
Program
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP: "OUTDOOR LANDSCAPES WITH LOIS
WOLFORD"
Sunday, Sept. 28, 1-4 p.m.
$45 public, $35 members (includes materials and museum
admission). Advance paid registration required; call
410-516-0341 for registration and/or more
information.
Taught by experienced watercolor artist Lois Wolford, this
workshop will explore watercolor's renowned ability to
convey the experience of light, as well as form and space,
by drawing inspiration from the lush gardens and woodlands
of Evergreen's 26-acre historic estate. The workshop is open
to artists of all levels from the novice to the
professional. Space in the class will be limited.
Lecture
"POLICING IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
William J. Bratton, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
Thursday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. (Evergreen Carriage House)
Free. Advance registration encouraged: urbanlecture@jhu.edu or (410)
516-0341.
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton will deliver the fourth
Rebuilding American Cities Lecture, presented by Evergreen Museum &
Library and The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy
Studies. One of the most distinguished law enforcement leaders in
the country, Bratton is a strong advocate of transparent community
policing that embraces partnership, problem solving, and prevention. In
his talk, "Policing in the 21st Century," Bratton will discuss what it
takes to make and keep a city safe, drawing on his 30 years of
experience successfully fighting crime. The talk also marks Evergreen's
eighth Garrett Lecture on Urban Issues, which commemorates the interest
of the Garrett family the former owners of Evergreen in recreation,
civic improvement, and urban planning.
Concert
MUSIC AT EVERGREEN: PENG PENG, PIANO
Saturday, Oct. 25, 3p.m. (Pre-concert gallery talk at 2
p.m.)
Tickets include museum admission: $20 public, $15
members, $10 students; available at www.missiontix.com or
410-516-0341.
The 56th season of Evergreen's Music at Evergreen
concert series opens with the Baltimore debut of 15-year-old
Chinese piano prodigy Peng Peng. The program includes:
Brahms' Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5; Debussy's Suite
bergamasque; Peng Peng's Immortal Struggle; and
two works by Kreisler/Rachmaninoff: Liebeslied (Love's
Sorrow) and Liebesfreud (Love's Joy). Before
the concert, Frances Klapthor, associate curator of Asian
Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art, will present a free
gallery talk on the Garrett Collection of Asian Art. The
performance will be followed by a Meet the Artist reception.
Book Talk & Signing
"MARY ELIZABETH GARRETT: SOCIETY AND PHILANTHROPY IN THE
GILDED AGE" by Kathleen Waters Sander
Thursday, Oct. 29, Reception and signing at 6 p.m., Book
Talk at 7 p.m. (Evergreen Carriage House)
Free
Evergreen Museum & Library, The Johns Hopkins University
Press, and the Friends of the Sheridan Libraries present
Kathleen Waters Sander, discussing her new book Mary
Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded
Age. Sander will recount the life and times of this all
but forgotten influential philanthropist and activist,
through the turbulent years of the Civil War to the early
20th century.
Lecture
"THE TRADE IN 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE LACQUERS"
Dr. Monika Bincsik, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m.
Free. Advance registration encouraged: evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu or
(410) 516-0341.
Dr. Monika Bincsik, curatorial fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and former curator for Japanese art at the Ferenc Hopp Museum for
Eastern Asiatic Arts, Budapest, will discuss the changing world of
Japanese lacquer art in the Edo and Meiji periods and the
role of western collectors and art dealers in this process,
including Evergreen's Garrett family, which collected one of
the earliest and most distinguished American collections of
Japanese lacquer. Presented by Evergreen Museum & Library
and the Walters Art Museum Friends of the Asian Collection.
Program
"SEASON OF CELEBRATION AT THE JHU MUSEUMS"
Tuesday, Dec. 9-Tuesday, Dec. 30, museum hours
Regular museum admission
During the Johns Hopkins University Museums' Season of
Celebration, see two of Baltimore's most beautiful
historic houses decked out in their annual holiday best!
With exciting events and programs planned, there's no excuse
not to come take a peek. Groups of 15 or more are invited to
schedule holiday group tours of Homewood and Evergreen, with
options for tea, box lunches, and add-on tours at Mount
Clare and/or Hampton National Historic Site, for an
additional fee. For information, contact 410-516-0341 or
evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu.
Special Event
"AN EVER GREEN EVENING"
Thursday, Dec. 11, 6-8:30 p.m.
$6 public, free for members
Evergreen Museum & Library presents a special holiday
evening, featuring themed holiday trees inspired by
Evergreen's unique collections and created by some of
Baltimore's great interior and landscape designers,
architects, and furniture makers. The most special tree will
be that representing John and Alice Garrett's tradition
within the American Embassy in Rome, beneath which hundreds
of gifts were collected and later distributed to the orphans
of that city. The museum's contemporary variation will
receive unwrapped gifts for Baltimore-area charities. Light
refreshments will be served.
Special Event
"HOLIDAY TRADITIONS WEEKEND"
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13 & 14, 12-4 p.m.
$1 public, free for members
Visitors of the Johns Hopkins University Museums are invited
to enjoy holiday music and decorations, light refreshments,
holiday shopping in the Museum Shops, and special $1
admission.
Family Program
"PICK-A-CARD: HOLIDAY CARDMAKING WORKSHOP"
Saturday, Dec. 13, 1-3 p.m.
$5 public, free for members (includes materials and
museum admission). Advance registration required:
410-516-0341.
Evergreen curator James Abbott will lead a workshop on the
art and craft of card making in the Victorian era.
Reflecting the 19th century fascination for souvenir albums
and collage, participants will use an array of colorful
papers, ribbons, fabrics, and printed illustrations to
create holiday and gift cards. Open to all ages.
Family Program
"EDIBLE CRUMBS & DELECTABLE TALES: GINGERBREAD DECORATING &
STORYTELLING"
Sunday, Dec. 14. Offered twice at 1-3 p.m. and 2-4
p.m.
$10 public, $6 members (includes materials and museum
admission). Advance registration required: 410-516-
0341.
Enjoy dramatic readings of holiday classics while decorating
gingerbread men and women. Participants will be provided
with two gingerbread people. Icing, dried fruits, and
candies will allow for each cookie to leave fashionably
attired. Open to all ages.
Bus Tour
"COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9:30-4:30 p.m.
$55 public, $50 for Homewood, Evergreen, Hampton, or
Mount Clare members. Includes lunch at the Mount Clare
Stable and bus transportation. Advance pre-paid registration
required: 410-837-3262 or
asstdirector@mountclare.org.
Get into the old-fashioned holiday spirit and visit four of
Baltimore's premiere historic house museums, all decorated
in their holiday finest: Mount Clare Museum House (1760),
Hampton Mansion (1790), Homewood Museum (1801), and
Evergreen Museum & Library (1858). Get a glimpse of how four
of early Maryland's most prominent families celebrated this
special time of year. The full-day bus tour departs from
Hampton National Historic Site, where free parking is
available.