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Your Monthly
Cultural Fix
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December 2006
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The seasonal tradition of "decking the
halls" makes December a particularly colorful time to visit
Homewood and Evergreen, both decorated for holiday tours and
events.
IN THIS
ISSUE
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Candlelight
at Homewood
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Homewood's Annual Holiday Open
House
Monday, Dec. 4, 5-7
pm
Decorated for the
holidays with garlands and boxwood, Homewood exudes an antique
festive spirit that is best witnessed at the Museum's annual
Candlelight at Homewood open house.
Rooms will be set for entertaining, and the reception hall will
be filled with the sounds of early American music performed by
renowned artist David Hildebrand.
Free to Museum members, $6 all
others.
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Holiday
Happenings
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Homewood Museum Shop Gift Sale with the JHU
Press
Thursday, Dec. 7,
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Browse contemporary
handcrafted jewelry, watercolors, and ceramic pottery by area
artists Diane Stillman, Scott Ponemone, and Collette Smith, plus
new and recent JHU Press volumes at their second annual
Holiday Book Sale and Signing, which runs through Dec. 10.
A dozen authors will be on hand to sign copies of their
books.
Visitors will receive
20% off Museum Shop items and 25% off JHU Press books.
Admission to the museum, which will be decorated for the
holidays, is free.
Holiday Traditions at Homewood and
Evergreen
Saturday - Sunday, Dec. 9 -
10, noon - 4 p.m.
In
conjunction with Downtown Dollar Days, you are cordially invited
to enjoy holiday music, decorations, and light refreshments while
touring Homewood and Evergreen.
Free for Museum members, $1 all
others.
Yuletide Gifts at the Museum Shops
Open Tuesday - Friday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.;
Saturday - Sunday: noon - 4 p.m.
Find welcome
relief from the season's hustle and bustle, and a gift or two for
a friend or relative on your holiday list, at Homewood and
Evergreen's Museum Shops.
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Evergreen's Holiday House
Guests
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Artist-in-Residence
exhibitions continue through Jan.
14
Expecting a gaggle of house
guests this holiday season? Bring them
to Evergreen and introduce them to the work of the Museum's
own two guests, painter Amy Chan (shown at
right) and installation artist Richard Torchia.
In Amy
Chan's landscapes, the familiar surroundings
of suburban America fracture into isolated islands separated by
oceans of neutral space. Meanwhile, Richard
Torchia offers a
series of site-specific "interventions"
that invite visitors to engage in Evergreen's profusion
of cultural and historical references.
The works are on view during
regularly scheduled museum tours, offered on the hour Tuesday -
Friday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday: noon - 4
p.m. (the last tour departs at 3
p.m.).
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Homewood Announces Winter
Focus Show
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SAVE
THE DATE!
Free opening on Thursday, Jan. 4, 5 - 7
p.m.
Please join us at the opening
reception for Homewood's 5th annual winter focus exhibition,
Feathers, Fins, and Fur: The Pet in Early
Maryland, this year organized by Johns Hopkins
University students as part of an undergraduate seminar, and
presented in partnership with the Maryland
SPCA.
From early American bird
cages and spike-studded dog collars to classified ads and
recipes for pet food, this collaborative exhibition explores
views of the pets and livestock that were part of early
Maryland's scenery, and expecially of Homewood, the 1801 country
house of the Carroll family.
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For Our
Members
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Give The Gift That Lasts All Year
Long
When you buy a Homewood and/or
Evergreen Gift Membership, you
give a full year of exciting membership benefits to a friend,
colleague, or loved one and support a vital community resource.
Members receive invitations to special events, discounts on many
museum programs, subscriptions to our newsletters, and reciprocal
benefits at over 150 museums nationwide through the Time
Travelers museum consortium. Plus,
you receive a tax donation as a donor, and the satisfaction that you've
supported and helped preserve a worthy cultural
institution.
Best of all, it's
an easy gift to give! Just fill out a
form, and we'll take care of the rest.
Stop by the
Homewood or Evergreen Museum Shops to purchase a gift membership
today, or call (410) 516-6710.
Holiday Shopping Days for Members at the Museum
Shops, Dec. 3-13
Members of the Historic
Houses of Johns Hopkins University enjoy a 20% discount on all
gift items, publications, and other merchandise at the Evergreen and
Homewood Museum
Shops. Membership card required.
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December 2006
HOMEWOOD MUSEUM | The Johns Hopkins University |
3400 North Charles Street |
Baltimore, MD 21218 | Phone 410-516-5589 | Email
homewoodmuseum@jhu.edu