This class will be about painting on a curved surface of bowl, with rosemaling in the Telemark or Gubrandsdale style with master artist Linda Miller.
You will be using the colors used in the time period of 1750-1850. Suggested pattern will be available for the students. However, students are encouraged to paint their own design with teacher’s suggestion. Background paint will be supplied. Brushes and palette knives will be offered for sale. The project will be an 8” Nordic basswood bowl to be bought from teacher. A list of student’s supplies will be sent upon registration.
To register a $50.00 deposit is required to hold a place for you.
Send the deposit to:
Linda Miller
59 Nick Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
The Kaffestugan (Scandinavian Cafe) will be open Saturday, from 11-3, for open faced sandwiches and pastries, but please bring a lunch and water for other days.
ABOUT LINDA: Linda Miller has taught rosemaling at Fletcher Farm in Vermont, John Campbell School in North Carolina, Vesterheim Museum in Iowa and several different Sons of Norway lodges on the east coast, and adult education classes in her area.
Al Miller will teach first time beginner students how to carve and decorate wooden spoons that can be used as an eating or cooking utensil. The class instruction will focus on the safe way to use hand and machine tools. The decorating and finishing of the spoons will be included.
Teaching methods include; showing samples of different types of spoons and butter/jam spreaders (wood knives), group instruction, individual help and how to sharpen tools.
All tools and equipment are provided for student use by the teacher. 2 spoon blanks and 1 butter/jam spreader are also included, as is a pack of 1/4 sheets of sandpaper. Extra wood blanks and power carving sand paper can be purchased from the teacher.
Friday, April 12th – Sunday, April 14th | 9-5pm | $200
Class size is limited to 6. This workshop will sell out.
Class cost is $200 for the 3 day class. A $50.00 deposit is required to hold a place for you.
Send the deposit to:
Al Miller
59 Nick Road
Middlebury, Ct.
06762
The Kaffestugan (Scandinavian Cafe) will be open Saturday, from 11-3, for open faced sandwiches and pastries, but please bring a lunch and water for other days.
Biography
Al Miller is a retired Industrial Arts teacher who specialized in woodworking and furniture construction. He received Connecticut’s Celebration of Excellence award for his innovative teaching style and has been teaching carving to adults for the past 14 years at the Woodworkers Club, Norwalk, CT. Al started carving in 1989 and has studied in Norway and in the United States at Fletcher Farms and at “Vesterheim” (the Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa) under numerous old world masters (Hans Sandom, Rolf Sogge, Knut Arnensen, Arve Mosand, kuut Arnesen, Alf Stronen, Otar Flaton, Rolf Taraldset and others). Al has won competition ribbons with his carvings in local and national competitions. He received his BS teaching degree from Oswego (NYSUCO), his MS from Central Connecticut State University and has taken 33 credits on the post gradate level.
Dance Currents Inc. and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston are presenting a concert of dance and music as part of Pro Arte’s Salon Series. Dance Currents will be premiering a new piece entitled, “For the Children” at this performance and three others, two in Newton and two in Boston. The work is based on the separation of families, as immigrants try to cross the border into the United States. It has six sections: Loss, Love, Shadows, At Your Feet, Phantoms and March. The dancers are Kirsten Glaser, Avery Saulnier De Reyes, Alex Jimenez, and Taryn Scott-Kolbe. These dances are set to six of Edvard Grieg‘s “Lyric Pieces”, and will be played live by Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra in the June 9thand June 14thperformances. At these performances we will also present “Limon Etude”, danced by Li-Ann Lim and sung by soprano, Maire Clement , to Schubert’s “Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel”.
Pro Arte will also present “Piano Quintet in F# minor” by Amy Beach, and, on June 9th, “Vanishing Act for Narrator, Cello and Piano”, by Judith Lynn Stillman. The performers for Pro Arte are Liana Zaretsky and Colin Davis, violins, Jean Haig, viola, Steven Laven, cello and Judith Lynn Stillman, Piano. The narrator is Genie Ware.
Wicked Queer, The Boston LGBT Film Festival (formerly “the Boston LGBT Film Festival) was founded in 1984 by film programmer George Mansour. The Festival has been hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 1992 and, as of 2012, is presented across the greater Boston Area. The festival screens films at the Institute of Contemporary Art, The Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Theatre, The Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Join us for a special live children’s concert with Steinway artist Jenny Lin.
Follow Melody through her day: waking up, eating breakfast, playing, and visiting Grandma for a piano lesson and a sleepover. The enclosed CD from pianist Jenny Lin pairs a different song to accompany every page — from Tchaikovsky to Mozart to Gershwin. Melody’s Mostly Musical Day is written by Ben Finane and illustrated by Mikela Prevost.
Music for children aged 3-8 is brought to life by Jenny Lin, with accompanying artwork and story.
ABOUT JENNY:
Steinway Artist Jenny Lin is one of today’s most respected young pianists. Her exciting stage presence and ability to combine classical and contemporary music have brought her to the attention of international critics and audiences. Her concerts have taken her to such iconic stages as Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, to venues throughout Europe and the Far East, and to festivals and competitions throughout the world.
Saturday, March 23rd | noon | tickets $10 | $5 for SCC Family Members
Marja Lianko was born in Helsinki, Finland. She grew up in a home filled with art as her father was a collector and a latent sculptor. Marja emigrated to the USA soon after high school and received her art education at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where she later taught printmaking and mixed media for more than two decades.
Much of Marja’s work has been inspired by the nature in her homeland, the vast forests of birches and pine trees, the abundance of color in the short summer and the lack of it during the long winter.
Her work has been exhibited in a number of museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, de Cordova Museum, Fogg Museum, Fuller Museum, Rose Museum, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Boise Art Museum and Nicolaysen Museum.
She has received grants and fellowships from the New England Foundation for the Arts, Artists Foundation, Ballinglen Arts Foundation and Mellon Foundation. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Fogg Museum, de Cordova Museum as well as in numerous corporations and hospitals.
Artist reception January 27th | 4pm
On display January and February 2019 | email for viewing hours
Badda’s Buddy is the story of Lisa and her grandfather, who are best friends. They go through their days together, shopping, working, and having treats. Every day is a good day when Lisa and Badda are together!
One day, another girl comes in to the picture, and Lisa became very worried that the good times are over for her and Badda.
Set in mid-century Bay Ridge Brooklyn, Badda’s Buddy shows us that the “melting pot” that Brooklyn is, has always been a home for immigrants from around the world, one generation at a time.
Join us for a special reading of the story by Lois while enjoying cookies and a special craft.
Saturday, March 9th at 11am | FREE with registration
Swedish singer and accordionist Sunniva Brynnel returns to the Scandinavian Cultural Center to release a solo album together with her American-based quartet!
After completing her masters studies in music at the New England Conservatory, it was time for Sunniva to go into the studio with the jazz group she has played with the most since arriving to the US in August 2016.
The album is recorded in New York with eminent musicians from Canada, Australia and the US, and it features songs of equally international character; the song lyrics consists of writings from Sweden, Lebanon, Turkey and more. She has also written original lyrics inspired by her travels around the world.
Saturday, February 23rd | 1pm | $15; FREE for SCC Members
The band:
Sunniva Brynnel – voice & accordion
Nathan Reising – alto saxophone
Andrew Boudreau – piano
James Heazlewood Dale – double bass
Aallotar is an exploration of one tradition from two perspectives. Violinist/vocalist Sara Pajunen – Finnish-American – and accordionist/vocalist Teija Niku – a Finn – use their common musical heritage as a starting point for original “chamber-folk.” Together they create new sounds that reflect their differing contemporary cultures and shared roots.
Since its formation in fall 2013 Aallotar has made numerous appearances in the US and performed at leading European festivals such as the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Finland) and Sounds of the North (Gdańsk, Poland). Their lithe instrumentals and beautiful vocal harmonies in both Finnish and English demonstrate how gracefully traditional and modern folk music can speak together. With their second album ‘Ameriikan laulu’ (Nordic Notes 2018), the ensemble’s distinctive sound is even more adventurous, elegant and profound.
‘This one has that extra elusive appeal, its lightness of touch and melodiousness of repertoire matching the skill of (the musicians)….’ fRoots UK
‘Fresh, skillful and imaginative playing.’ Kansanmusiikki (Finland)
Wednesday, February 20th | 7pm | $15 | $7 for SCC Members
It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Inari enjoys a girls-night-out and has an adventure of her own.
Saturday, February 16th | 1:30 | Free; $5 suggested donation
87 minutes. In Finnish with English subtitles.
Films start at 1:30pm. Refreshments for attendees are served at 1pm. Lunch (not included) is available in the Kaffestugan, which is open until 3pm every Saturday.
ABOUT LINDA: Linda Miller has taught rosemaling at Fletcher Farm in Vermont, John Campbell School in North Carolina, Vesterheim Museum in Iowa and several different Sons of Norway lodges on the east coast, and adult education classes in her area.
