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Haddam Historical Society Newsletter
News and Events January 8, 2016
In This Issue
Winter Woolies
Valentine's Day Craft
Felting Craft
Calling All Artists
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Haddam Historical Society
P.O. Box 97
Haddam, CT 06438

860-345-2400

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Happy 2016! 

We would also like to thank EVERYONE who supported the Haddam Historical Society in 2015! We will be able to continue our important mission to preserve, collect, interpret and promote the history and heritage of Haddam!
 


 
The Haddam Historical Society invites you to
Winter Woolies
Sunday, January 17, 2016 and
Sunday, January 31, 2016
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Thankful Arnold House Museum
14 Hayden Hill Road, Haddam, CT
 
Do you have a knitting or needlework project that has been sitting around waiting for you to finish it?  Join Beth Hartke to work on that neglected piece or start a new one and enjoy the company of others with NO modern day intrusions.  Registration is required, since space is limited.  Admission is free.
 
For further information call Lisa at Haddam Historical Society 345-2400 or [email protected].
 



Valentine's Day Craft
 Sunday, February 7, 2016
1 pm
Thankful Arnold House Museum, 14 Hayden Hill Road, Haddam, CT

Join the Haddam Historical Society to create a homemade Valentine for that special person using paper craft, quilling or decoupage. All materials will be supplied by the museum. Cost is $4 per person. To register call 860-345-2400 or email [email protected].


valentine


Felting Workshop
February 21, 2016
(snow date is February 28)
1 pm
 Thankful Arnold House Museum,
14 Hayden Hill Road, Haddam, CT
Cost $15

Needle felt a 5x7 landscape "painting"




Vivienne McGarry, fiber artist, of Cold Goats Farm in Haddam Neck will lead a workshop to create a felted landscape suitable for framing.
For this workshop attendees are asked to bring pictures of landscapes (photos, paintings or drawings, the more the better) with elements they would like to incorporate in their felted picture. The museum will also have examples available for you to use.
 
This project isn't made up in kit form. All the supplies will be provided for you to finish your painting in class.


CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
Bringing Artists and Historic Gardens Together

Connecticut's Historic Gardens group celebrates its annual statewide Historic Gardens Day in June. Artists are invited to submit artwork to be considered for a poster that will advertise the 13th annual event on June 26, 2016. The contest connects artists with the beauty of Connecticut's historic homes and their gardens. Feel free to explore the gardens in this group for inspiration.

Deadline for submissions for the 2016 Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day Poster Artwork is January 22, 2016. The winning artwork will be selected by a jury of the Connecticut's Historic Gardens Group and will be announced on February 1, 2016. The winning poster will be displayed in the Connecticut Historic Gardens booth at the Connecticut Flower Show in Hartford that runs February 18-21, 2016.

Goal:  Create a poster-size painting, in oil, acrylic or watercolor representing any one of the fourteen Historic Gardens in Connecticut. The rest is up to your imagination. Feel free to explore these historic properties and their charming gardens for inspiration. Best of luck!

Eligibility:  The Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day Poster Art Contest is open to all Connecticut artists whose medium is oil, acrylic, or watercolor. Artists can submit up to three works of art. Please, no work should be previously published on the internet or other social media.

Rights:  The winner will be awarded a prize of $250. The artist retains the right of ownership of the work of art, but allows Connecticut's Historic Gardens Group the right to reproduce and distribute the image on a limited edition poster and other advertising materials to third parties. The artist also agrees to sign copies of the poster that will be raffled at each site. The poster will be displayed at the Connecticut Flower Show February 18-21, 2016.
 
The 43rd Connecticut Spring Antiques Show
 
March 19 and 20, 2016; Saturday 10-5; Sunday 11-4

Hartford Armory, 360 Broad Street, Hartford, CT
Admission- $15, Free Parking


The 43rd Annual Connecticut Spring Antiques Show, "an American treasure trove", returns to the landmark Hartford Armory on March 19 and 20, 2016.
Long known and admired for its focus on pre-1840 American furniture and decorative objects, the show will feature over 60 of New England's and the nation's most respected antiques dealers. This year the show is adding folk art to compliment the early American pieces and accessories to attract a larger audience and provide a wider selection of outstanding and unique objects
 
The show not only attracts long-time serious collections but strives to invite and educate both young and new collectors and those who have a passion for American decorative arts and furnishings. The show will also feature educational programs that should interest the majority of attendees. There will be a catered tea room on site.  On Sunday, March 20 visitor's age 35 and young receive free admission to the show.

Comments from the 2015 show included "This is really one of the best shows in New England each year! It's just a fun, friendly and positive experience", "much in the show is supremely affordable" and "This is one of the two shows we must attend each year because of the quality of merchandise and dealers and the beauty of the show."
 
The Connecticut Spring Antiques Show benefits the Haddam Historical Society's educational programming, exhibitions and collections conservation as well as the preservation of the Thankful Arnold House Museum, which is located on the Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail and has one of the state's designated Historic Gardens.
 
Additional information about the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show is available at www.haddamhistory.org or our Facebook page CT Spring Antiques Show. 

From the vault
Ice-cutting was a winter occupation to harvest ice from ponds, lakes and even the Connecticut River during the 19th century. The ice was stored in ice houses and sold to be used throughout the year in household "ice-boxes", the predecessor of the modern electric refrigerator. Ice cutting was a huge business in New England for most of the 1800's but became obsolete in the early 20th century when the electric refrigerator replaced the old fashioned "ice box."

Ice was generally cut when it measured about 12 inches thick. It would be cut with a handsaw (or sometimes a powered sawblade) in large blocks. It was transported to ice houses by wagon where it was stored (in sawdust) until it was sold. Ice blocks could last throughout the summer if stored properly.


Photos from the Sue DeCarli Glass Plate Collection