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Conversations in Architecture | A Way of Wood with Dinesen

Learn about forestry, wood product development, and the philosophy of Dinesen with Grace Farms Architecture Advisor Toshihiro Oki, along with Hans Peter Dinesen and Mikkel Vestergaard of Dinesen. Dinesen, a wood flooring company based in Denmark, has sourced timber from family-owned woods for 300 years, spanning five generations. Conversations in Architecture is an ongoing program […]

Grace Farms

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 […]

American Mural Project

Farm & Forest All-Terrain 5K Run

Sunday, April 6, 2025 Race starts promptly at 8:30 am With our new Hog Wild Kids Fun Run at 8 am! Now in its second year, our annual benefit run explores the vast terrain and many wonders of the SM&NC’s extraordinary 118-acre site. This year, by popular demand, we’re adding a Kids Fun Run a […]

Knobloch Family Farmhouse

Kenji Nakahashi: Strange Beauty

Best known for his conceptual and street photography, Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) produced a highly experimental body of work grounded in the everyday. Image: Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947–2017) Time–B, 1980 (printed 1985) Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Bruce Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi, 2022.01.33 © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona […]

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Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist

The first monographic exhibition of her work in nearly two decades, Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist traces the artist’s pioneering approaches to abstraction in the United States. Image: Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878–1956) Church Around the Corner, 1949 Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 3/16 in. Art Museum of West Virginia University Collection, acquired through […]

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Art of Shearing

REGISTER HERE An Interactive Celebration and Demonstration of All Things Fiber! While our sheep are being shorn, Hill-Stead Museum will welcome fiber artists and vendors demonstrating skirting, carding, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting, and more. There will be free hayrides to and from the barns, food vendors, and craft activities. Learn what it takes to […]

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On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness

On Thin Ice: Alaska’s Warming Wilderness transports visitors to the Arctic to confront the startling impacts of climate change. Remarkable animals from the Bruce’s natural history collections are paired with scale landscape models that showcase Alaska’s diverse ecosystem. The installation highlights both subtle and dramatic shifts occurring across the Alaskan landscape, bringing attention to the […]

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Bruce Experiences: Tanka Poetry Reading and Translation

Join us for a special afternoon of Tanka poetry reading and translation with author and translator Nancy Matsumoto! The poetry reading takes place in the Isamu Noguchi: Metal the Mirror exhibition, on view April 5–November 16, 2025.

Bruce Museum

Art of Shearing

An Interactive Celebration and Demonstration of All Things Fiber! While our sheep are being shorn, Hill-Stead Museum will welcome fiber artists and vendors demonstrating skirting, carding, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting, and more. There will be free hayrides to and from the barns, food vendors, and craft activities. Learn what it takes to create something […]