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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.   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 family are $20 per class…

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November 5, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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144 W Main St
Waterbury, CT United States

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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.
 
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 family are $20 per class and the third child and up in a family is $15.
Interested in discounts, free admission, and more? Become a member today!
Support provided by MacDermid Alpha
Please contact Education and Tour Coordinator, Lillian Prescott to customize your homeschool experience at (203) 753-0381 x118 or at lillian@mattmuseum.org.

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American Mural Project Extends Its Family-Day Programming To Weekends throughout September

The American Mural Project (AMP) has extended its Family Day programming to weekends through September 29. Families can now participate in art activities any time during open hours. All art activities are included with admission. This month’s activities include Making Art with Fire: Fire Tiles and making Fire Prevention posters. Fourth and fifth graders can enter their posters in the statewide CT Fire Prevention Poster Recognition Program.  For more information: https://www.americanmuralproject.org/family-days

American Mural Project

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Acts of Community Service for Animals – Fun Fur All

This year’s theme is all about being good neighbors to our animal friends. Explore the museum with your friends and family to find all of the animals in the art and science galleries. Guests will be able to participate in hands-on activities that help our animal friends and learn about how wild animals spend their winter season. Admission is free for those under 18 and is generously provided by John and Barbara Kavanagh. Admission is required for everyone 18 and…

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Livestream: ‘To Paint without Paint’: Tonalism and Transcendence

2025 marks the double centenary of the birth of American artist George Inness (1825-1894), one of the premier landscape painters of the 19th century. Art historian Adrienne Bell, author of the 2015 George Inness and the Visionary Landscape, will discuss Inness’ relationship to the Tonalism movement on Tuesday, January 21 at 5 p.m. in the Diffley Board Room in Bellarmine Hall. A painting by Inness that has not been publicly exhibited in over 70 years, on loan from the Milton…

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