Share the Wonder 2021: Week 6—Gift-making inspired by art

Welcome to Share the Wonder 2021, the Farnsworth Art Museum’s winter celebration. Each week, beginning on Saturday, November 27, we will offer special Share the Wonder activities!
Feel free to follow along in the Share the Wonder booklet, available for download on the main Share the Wonder page here.

Special thanks to our primary sponsor for this event, The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Foundation. Additional funding provided by First National Bank.

FOUND OBJECTS

Follow printmaker Sherrie York as she leads you through a found object printmaking project.

SUPPLY LIST:

Cardboard

Found objects like buttons, can lids, clothespins, etc.

Paint

ON VIEW AT THE FARNSWORTH

Stephen Pace, Untitled, 58-22, 1958, Oil on canvas, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, 2008.4

Dividing his time between studios in New York City and Stonington, Maine, Stephen Pace returned to figural art, working in a style characterized by simplified forms, broad brushwork, and imaginative colors. He most often painted his immediate surroundings, finding inspiration in the coastline and fishing village of Stonington, where he chronicled the working waterfront.

WATCH:

KWANZAA “RESPECT” WITH ANTONIO ROCHA

Kwanzaa (Dec 26– Jan 1) is an annual celebration of African-American culture that is held from December 26th to January 1st, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually held on the 6th day. Visit the Tree House Story Telling Show with master storyteller, Antonio Rocha, to learn about his travels in Africa, and watch him perform an animal tale from Kenya on the topic of “respect.”