The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College presents educational programs for winter 2014.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Gwen Marston: Contemporary Quilts, the Museum will host several workshops. Terry Tarnow, fabric artist and Museum Store Manager, will present Super Silk Sundays featuring a variety of fabric dyeing techniques on February 9 and 23. Gwen Marston will present a quilt workshop on Saturday, March 8, that will allow participants to create a small quilted work. For registration and materials lists, visit dennosmuseum.org or call 231-995-1573.
On Tuesday, February 4, at 6:00pm, photographers Todd & Brad Reed will present an illustrated lecture about their book, Tuesdays. In 2012, Todd and Brad Reed set aside every Tuesday to travel throughout Michigan, capturing the beauty of the state in both still photographs and video. The 1,104 photos and hours of video in their new book, Tuesdays with Todd and Brad Reed: A Michigan Tribute, are the finished product of that year-long adventure. During Todd and Brad’s presentation, they will show a 15-minute slideshow of some of their favorite images from the project as well as one of the 52 movies they made each Tuesday during 2012. There will be a 25-minute question and answer period after the presentation. Todd and Brad are happy to answer any question and have no secrets.
A father and son team, Todd a 1969 graduate of NMC, and Brad Reed, own and operate Todd & Brad Reed Photography gallery in Ludington, Michigan. You can see more of their work on their website, www.ToddandBradReed.com.
On Sunday, March 9, bring the whole family for show-and-tell during Community, Quilts, and Coffee from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Enjoy snacks and conversation while sharing quilts and related family treasures. No registration is required, and the program is free with museum admission.
February will see the return of Community Cinema, a monthly film program held on the first Thursday of the month in partnership with CMU Public Broadcasting. On February 6, the Museum will screen Las Marthas, a documentary focusing on a longstanding Mexican tradition in southern Texas. On March 6, The Trials of Muhammad Ali covers the boxer’s battle to overturn the five-year prison sentence he received for refusing US military service. All Community Cinema films are free of charge and feature a panel discussion with local experts and leaders. Refreshments are served before the film. A sign language interpreter is available by contacting Linda Dielman at 989.774.3562 or dielm1lk@cmich.edu.
SUPER SILK SUNDAYS
Snowball Sunday
Sunday, February 9, 2014
1:00-5:00pm
Cost $30 members, $35 non-members
Materials fee $20
During this fun and educational afternoon, fabric artist Terry Tarnow will teach techniques old and new while working with snow, tissue paper, and stamps to create one-of-a-kind scarves. Snow dyeing is a hot trend in fabric design (or is it cold?). Mix snow with dye, pile it on the scarf, and wait for the beautiful results! In addition, learn some new methods using beautiful colors of bleed tissue to dye a scarf. Surface designs using stamps, stencils, and markers will also be covered.
Shibori Sunday
Sunday, February 23, 2014
1:00-5:00pm
Cost $30 members, $35 non-members
Materials fee $20
In this half-day workshop, learn everything you wanted to know about Shibori, a Japanese technique that creates beautiful patters using resist. Fabric artist Terry Tarnow will share examples that include intricate tie-dye, wrapping fabric, and sewing a pattern and pulling the thread tight. Students will complete at least two scarves and one pair of bamboo socks.
QUILT WORKSHOP: Contemporary Quilts with Gwen Marston
Saturday, March 8, 2014
10:00am – 4:00pm
Janis Room at the Dennos Museum Center
Lunch on your own, 12:30pm – 1:15pm
$80 members / $100 non-members (includes $2 ticket fee)
Quilts made in strong solid colors made by the Amish were the first quilts to be viewed as art. Of late, the dazzling assortment of new prints has justifiably attracted great attention and solids have been regulated to the back burner. This class is meant to be a reminder that solids have their own distinctive characteristics which shouldn’t be overlooked by quilter’s intent on doing original, abstract work.
Working with free-form, improvisational construction, students will create their own, original quilts using Gwen’s easy design concepts and techniques. This design class is good for the beginning and advanced, traditional and art quilter. Come and join the fun as Gwen shows you her easy methods for creating your own original quilts.
Materials list can be found at http://www.gwenmarston.com/biolw/solids.pdf.
Gwen’s book Ideas and Inspirations: Abstract Quilts in Solids, is a valuable resource for this class.
LECTURE
Tuesdays with Todd & Brad Reed
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
6:00-7:00pm
Free Admission for this program
In 2012, Todd and Brad Reed set aside every Tuesday to travel throughout Michigan, capturing the beauty of the state in both still photographs and video. The 1,104 photos and hours of video in their new book, Tuesdays with Todd and Brad Reed: A Michigan Tribute, are the finished product of that year-long adventure. The book was recently selected as one of 20 Michigan Notable Books for 2014. During Todd and Brad’s presentation, they will show a 15-minute slideshow of some of their favorite images from the project as well as one of the 52 movies they made each Tuesday during 2012. There will be a 25-minute question and answer period after the presentation. Todd and Brad are happy to answer any question and have no secrets.
A father and son team, Todd and Brad Reed, own and operate Todd & Brad Reed Photography gallery in Ludington, Michigan. You can see more of their work on their website, www.ToddandBradReed.com.
FAMILY PROGRAM
COMMUNITY, QUILTS, AND COFFEE
Sunday, March 9, 2014
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Janis Room at Dennos Museum Center
FREE with museum admission ($4 for children; $6 adults; Free for members and NMC students)
It’s Show-and-Tell for the whole family! Join us for an afternoon of quilts, coffee, and storytelling, in conjunction with the exhibition, Gwen Marston: Contemporary Quilts. Bring a favorite quilt or blanket to share with everyone while enjoying light refreshments. You will also have the chance to meet artist Gwen Marston, who is scheduled to appear during the event.
COMMUNITY CINEMA
Thursday, February 6, 2014, 7 pm – Las Marthas (2014)
Las Marthas is a documentary about an extraordinary rite of passage in Laredo, Texas where Mexican-American debutantes are presented at a grand Colonial ball dressed as American revolutionaries – a border tradition that’s 114 years old.
Thursday, March 6, 2014, 7pm – The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
The Trials of Muhammad Ali is a feature-length documentary film covering Ali’s toughest bout, his battle to overturn the five-year prison sentence he received for refusing U.S. military service. This is not a boxing film. It is a fight film tracing a formative period in Ali’s life, one that is remarkably unknown to young people today and tragically neglected by those who remember him as a boxer, but overlook how controversial he was when he first took center stage.
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The Dennos Museum Center is open daily 10 AM to 5 PM, Thursdays until 8 PM, and Sundays 1-5 PM. Admission is $6.00 adults, $4.00 for children and free to museum members. For more information on the Museum and its programs, go to www.dennosmuseum.org or call 231-995-1055. The Dennos Museum Center is located at 1410 College Dr., Traverse City, MI 49686, at the entrance to the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.