To complement each changing exhibition, the Museum offers a wide-ranging schedule of educational programs and events for youth & family audiences as well as for adults.
Key to Age Groups
Toddler Tuesday/Art Time for Tots: 2-4 years
Art Buddies: 5-7 years
Art Explorers: 8-12 years
Foundations: 13 to adult
Thursday, October 16, 2008
5:30 – 7 pm
Using acrylic paints and imaginations, Buddies (ages
5–7), Explorers (ages 8–12), and their families turn
bottle-neck or swan-neck gourds into works of art
and sweet homes for backyard birds. Fee: $10 per
gourd. 845-7010 or museum@lywam.org to register.
Iroquois Earth Dances
Saturday, October 18, 2008
1 – 2 pm & 2:15 – 3:15 pm
For Iroquois people, social dancing celebrates
Hotinoshoni culture and is an expression of
happiness, thankfulness, and good health. Wearing
traditional clothing and accompanied by water
drum and cow-horn rattle, Nicole Brooks of the
Oneida Nation Arts Program demonstrates songs
and steps to a variety of earth songs.
Supported by an Oneida Nation Arts Program Seeds
Grant.
Toddler Tuesday: Let's Crow about Fall
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
10:30 am – Noon
Tots fall into fun today as they tackle all-about-
autumn activities and enjoy seasonal stories signed by
NTC students.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
6 – 7 pm
Learn how to incorporate feathers into your home
décor with easy-to-follow ideas and directions from
Evolutions in Design’s Randy Verhasselt. From table
settings to arrangements and throughout your home,
Randy will suggest ways to feather your nest!
Coffee & Chocolates with the Director
Thursday, October 30, 2008
6 – 7 pm
A relaxing evening with Kathy Foley – part gallery walk,
part Q&A.
Bye-Bye Birdie
Thursday, November 6, 2008
4 – 7:30 pm
Bid adieu and adios to Birds in Art. Enjoy
refreshments and a last look before the official
goodbye on November 9.
