Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Intaglio is family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface, and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink the direct opposite of a relief print.
The song of the Vikings, snorri and the Making of norse Myths
With wry wit and graceful prose Nancy Marie Brown takes us back to medieval Iceland and introduces us to perhaps the greatest storyteller of the period, Snorri Sturluson. Her depth of knowledge of the era, the rugged landscape, the Vikings, and their lifestyle is impressive. Pat Shipman, author of To the Heart of the Nile
Douglas Brooks work is focused on the appreciation and continued use of traditional wooden boats, and the preservation and sharing of the skills and knowledge needed to build wooden boats. These include American and English boat types, as well as the small boats of Japan.
As official photographer for the First National Womens Conference, Diana had unlimited access to many of the crucial women of the 1970s. These photographs have appeared in many government documents, magazines, and books as well as the 1989 Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play, The Heidi Chronicles.
This is the third lecture presented by Jeff featuring an artist of the Hudson River School. He previously discussed the lives of Sanford Gifford and T. Worthington Whittredge.
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Walter Mattson will lead a discussion of William and John Bartram. Father and son, the former founded the American Philosophical Society.
Bob will discuss the preservation of rare books and the book binding process.
Painting a Portrait
As an artist specializing in portrait painting, Craig will describe and demonstrate the steps necessary to paint a portrait.
Beth will discuss her new book Cold Midnight highlighting the real (documented) story of Sam Wah, a man born in North China in 1846 who opened a laundry in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in 1886 and lived here until his untimely death in 1921.
Images(L to R) Bill Darling, Douglas Brooks, Diana Mara Henry, Asher B. Durand, Craig Pursley