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Art on the Green, Chuck Luca, watercolor
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 10:00 – 4:00 pm
Art on the Green & Arlington Benefit Raffle during Arlington Town Day!
Free and open to the public
(Rain date, Saturday, October 2)
Buy Great Art!
Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity to purchase unique items by local artisans, including paintings, prints, collages, photographs, textiles, jewelry, stationery, and more! Haley Booksellers of Boston will also be hosting local authors for book signings. Invited guests include news reporter and mystery writer Hank Philippi Ryan from 2:00-2:30 pm and Michelle McPhee of WTKK from 2:30-3:00 pm.
You can pick up Dallin art tiles, books, magnets, and other gift items at the Dallin Museum tent too! The Museum will be open to the public, and free parking will be available in the municipal lot behind the building.
Enter the raffle to win your own Dallin sculpture!
Stop by the Dallin Museum tent during Art on the Green to purchase tickets. Prizes include a collectible Indian Head bank reproduced from Dallin’s Indian Head, $100 cash, and other gifts and certificates from local businesses. Proceeds will support a student art contest during the 2011-12 school year, one of several Museum events that will mark the 150th anniversary of Cyrus Dallin’s birth.
Raffle tickets can also be purchased in advance by contacting the Museum at 781-641-0747 or info@dallin.org.
Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:00 pm
Unlocking Arlington’s Past: Archaeology and Native Americans of the Region
Arlington Historical Society, 7 Jason Street, Arlington, MA 02476
$3 per person
Join Patricia Capone, PhD., Associate Curator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, for a talk on the archaeology of Massachusetts and of the Cambridge/Arlington region specifically. Dr. Capone also directs the Harvard Yard Archaeology Project, which uncovered the material record of colonial student life as well as Harvard’s 1655 Indian College. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum and the Arlington Historical Society. For more information, call 781-648-4300 or email www.dallin.org. This program is being offered in conjunction with Massachusetts Archaeology Month, a Massachusetts Historical Commission initiative.
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 12-4 pm
Unlocking Arlington’s Past: Native Americans and the Art of Cyrus Dallin
$5 per person
Join us for a day of exploration! Through special museum tours and gallery talks, discover Cyrus Dallin’s iconic Native American sculptures (such as Appeal to the Great Spirit in Boston, Massasoit at Plymouth Rock, and Sacajawea). Fun and creative activities for children are offered from 1-3 pm. A Walking Tour of Dallin’s local sculptures and areas of archaeological interest in Arlington will leave the museum at 3 pm. Co-sponsored by the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum and The Arlington Historical Society. For more information, call 781-648-4300 or email www.dallin.org. This program is being offered in conjunction with Massachusetts Archaeology Month, a Massachusetts Historical Commission initiative.