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FREE Museum and program admission for adults and children in celebration of Orton’s Birthday.  

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September 16, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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FREE Museum and program admission for adults and children in celebration of Orton’s Birthday.
 

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Home Away From Homeschool: Setting the Scene: Play Writing and Set Design

All the world’s a stage! In this four week course, students will learn how to write a scene and spend classes crafting a miniature diorama for their story to take place within. Students will be exposed to scene writing, character development, and set design.   October 29, 2024  Register Here November 5, 2024  Register Here November 12, 2024  Register Here November 19, 2024  Register Here   For the 4 class session  Register Here Each of the first two children in a…

Mattatuck Museum

Gallery Demonstration: Tools and Techniques for Etching and Engraving

How did Rembrandt, Barocci, and Canaletto create their etchings and engravings? Learn about the traditional techniques and tools of intaglio printmaking with Master Printer Chris Shore of the Center for Contemporary Printmaking. These 45-minute sessions will be conducted in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries where the exhibition Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection is on view through December 21 (click here to learn more about the exhibition). Image: Federico Barocci, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, ca. 1581, etching…

Bellermine Hall – Fairfield University

Nights Out: Fieldwork & New Findings in Dinosaur Science

Paleobiologist Dr. Aki Watanabe of the American Museum of Natural History and New York Institute of Technology will bring you inside “a day in the life” of a 21st century paleontologist. While Dr. Watanabe’s work focuses on how the “intelligent” brains of modern birds evolved from their dinosaur ancestors, his talk will highlight many types of fieldwork around the world, as well as exciting new data currently being analyzed in modern-day dinosaur science. Open to adults and teens 14+ Tuesday,…

Bendel Mansion

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