Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden

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A peaceful garden, the soft tones of Japanese traditional music, a few hours of calm and serenity.....all under a full moon. Join us this Saturday evening for our annual Moon Viewing Concert.....https://t.co/iHV5WoiHgu
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Garden under the Hammond’s blossoms on Friday May 6, 2022, 10 am – 12 pm! Volunteers will assist with a range of tasks and enjoy preferential access to gardening workshops. If interested, please contact Trustee Lara Netting at [email protected].

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Have you read our latest “In Other Words” article yet? The Hammond Museum essay for November 2021 by arts & culture writer Frank Matheis features the artist, Tanya Kukucka. Titled “The Cathartic Fantasies of Tanya Kukucka.” Visit at https://t.co/qm98Z027hH.

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What a wonderful note to end on! Thank you to our wonderful pianist, Sofia Vitarelli, for such a peaceful performance on our last day. A big thank you to Mrs. Vitarelli for the lovely photo.

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Have you read our latest “In Other Words” article yet? The Hammond Museum essay for October 2021 by arts & culture writer Frank Matheis features the artist, Jackie Merritt. Titled “The Multiple Muses of Jackie Merritt.” Visit at https://t.co/qm98Z027hH.

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Thank you to everyone that came! We had a full house. What was your favorite part?

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We ask that you wear a mask while in the Main Hall, as a courtesy to all who gather for the celebration.

Photograph by our artist member, Dale Leifeste.

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Join us on Saturday, November 13th from 1:00-4:00 PM for a special Tea Ceremony demonstration. This Tea and Wagashi Tasting will only be open to the first 10 guests who sign up as Hammond Museum Tea Club Members.

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Enjoy the music by Chicks Candy Store, guided tours and light refreshments with our friendly and peaceful Autumn Tea Ceremony Gathering.

Admission is FREE, but your generous donations are especially welcomed.

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Join us Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 10:00 am ET for our live virtual exhibition opening, “Fallible Objects of Infinite Capacity,” via Zoom/Facebook. Q&A after with our amazing artist members, Ceci Cole McInturff and Micheline Klagsbrun.

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Excited to share this marvelous piece by our artist member, Tanya Kukucka, has been sold! Don’t miss your last chance to see it. Our exhibitions close tomorrow, Saturday, October 30th.

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Carol Bash will appear as Fannie Lou Hamer. Judy Allen will bring back Frida Kahlo. Leslie Fields-Cruz will channel Harriet Tubman, and Donna Barkman will be the voice of Virginia Woolf.

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Join us on Saturday, October 30 at 3:00 PM for our marvelous live performance “Encore! Four Women in Their Own Words.”

The monologues will be followed by a Q & A.

Register at https://t.co/v1YTeoLAaa.

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These four women are featured in “Encore Power,” an installation by the artists. Mining quotes and writings from each of the women, Mara Mills, artistic director of Studio Theater in Exile, created a monologue for each panel, and four talented women bring them to life.

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Autumn has officially reached our garden!

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You only have a couple weeks left to enjoy our exhibitions until October 30th. Marvel in our exhibitions, “Places of Offerings,” “Becoming a Bird,” “Bloom II,” “Broad Powers” and “Voices: I Remember."

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Have you read our latest “In Other Words” article yet? The Hammond Museum essay for July 2021 by arts & culture writer Frank Matheis features the artist, Clara Joris. Titled “The Magical Realism of Clara Joris.”

Visit at https://t.co/qm98Z027hH.

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Join us on Friday, October 15 at 5:00-7:00 PM to enjoy the acoustic sounds of RIO NOVA during our Twilight Interlude. North Salem's only Martin Aronchik performs with Nancy Carmichael and Richard Brooker. Free to our beloved community!

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My profiles try to go deep. It is art-journalism more than art critique."

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Have you read our latest “In Other Words” article yet? The Hammond Museum essay for August 2021 by arts & culture writer Frank Matheis features the artist, Wennie Huang. Titled “Wennie Huang – the Quintessential Teaching Artist.”

Visit at https://t.co/qm98Z027hH.

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Actually, I hate most art writing with the artist's statement type of essay, filled with unintelligible and pompous writing that actually means nothing. I want to get inside of the artist's soul, the inner essence of who and what they are creatively.