Shelburne Museum
Events
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Exhibitionist’s Book Club: Making a Noise Tour
The Exhibitionists are back with another great book club series, pairing wonderful books with exhibits currently on display at the Shelburne Museum. For October we're pairing Mona Susan Power's historical saga A Council of Dolls (copies available at the front desk) with the museum's exhibit of Indigenous sound and textile design: Make a Noise. To…
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Exhibitionist’s Book Club: A Council of Dolls
The Exhibitionists are excited to pair the museum’s interactive Indigenous textile art exhibit, Make a Noise, with a powerful historical and magical-realist family saga. The Council of Dolls explores the devastating effects of settler colonialism through multiple perspectives, including the voices of dolls passed down through generations of Yanktonai Dakota women. Written by Standing Rock…
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Exhibitionists Book Club: On Point Tour (Offsite at Shelburne Museum)
The Exhibitionists are back with another series pairing great books with exhibits currently on display at Shelburne Museum. This year, in addition to the free gallery visits and discussions held…
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Exhibitionists Book Club: St. Lucy’s Home for Girl’s Raised by Wolves
When Karen Russel's debut short story collection fell onto our collective psyches in 2006, it made some lasting alterations to the landscape of literature. A singularly weird and raucous vision.…
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Exhibitionist’s Book Club: Creative Exploration (offsite at the Charlotte Library)
You've seen the exhibit. You've read the book. What next? Join the Shelburne Museum's Kat Redniss for a creative experience, guiding you through artmaking of your own in response to the On Point exhibit and St. Lucy's Home for Girl's Raised by Wolves. Please note, this workshop is taking place offsite at the Charlotte Library…