Cahoon Museum Offers Special Programs For Cape Cod Art Week

Press release from the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce:

4/18/2023

(Cotuit, Massachusetts) As part of the Cape Cod Museum Trail’s Cape Cod Art Week, the Cahoon Museum will offer the following programs for families!

Gallery Talk

Wednesday, May 3, 11:00-11:30am

Learn more about the work in the Pearls Portfolio including the various printmaking processes used and the intentions and styles of the artists on display. Free with museum admission.

Guided Tour

Thursday, May 4, 11:00am-12:00pm

Offered every Thursday, this guided tour highlights something special about the museum’s historic house and current art exhibitions. For Art Week, we will take a closer look at the work in front of the museum, including work by Daina Shobrys and Robin Tost. Free with museum admission

Printmaking Workshop for Kids

Saturday, May 6, 10:30am-12:00pm

In this workshop, students explore monoprinting using a gelli plate after an interactive tour highlighting artwork on view in the current print exhibits, including prints by Alice Nicholson Galick in Fire and Ink and examples in the Pearls Portfolio. Experimentation with stencils, crayon resist and texture will be encouraged. Materials and museum admission are included. $35 non-members/$25 members

Paper Flower Fun

Saturday, May 6, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Celebrate Art Week and drop in to the Cahoon Classroom to make paper flowers inspired by the installation of Daina Shobrys’ work on the museum’s grounds. Free with museum admission.

Cape Cod ArtWeek is a celebration of the Cape Cod arts and cultural community and their economic impact. Local arts & cultural organizations, as well as artists and creative entrepreneurs, will present innovative, creative, affordable, cultural events in communities across the region.

www.cahoonmuseum.org to register.

The Cahoon Museum is open Wednesday – Sunday, 10:00am-4:00pm. www.cahoonmuseum.org for more information.

This press release was produced by the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.