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Wallace Nutting and the Colonial Revival Movement Spyglass A LOOK AT THE CAHOON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART • FALL 2015 TEMPORARY LOCATION CURRENT EXHIBITION INSIDE Wallace Nutting and the Colonial Revival Movement The Wallace Nutting and the Colonial Revival Movement exhibition will be on view at the temporary location, 30 Bates Road in Mashpee Commons North, (in the old New Balance store) through October 11. The exhibition shows what extraordinary Daisy Marguerite Hughes works Wallace Nutting created during his (1882-1968), Provincetown lifetime including photographs, furniture and Dunes, oil on canvas, 32 x 40 iron work. We appreciate Kenneth & Sharon inches, Permanent Collection Lacasse and Ann Babcock for allowing us to Wallace Nutting, Path to the Cottage, Hyannis, borrow works for the exhibition. As you will Cape Cod, hand colored photograph, Collection of 2 see, they have amazing collections. Kenneth and Sharon Lacasse Upcoming Exhibitions Wallace Nutting furniture. 3 (1861 - 1941) was Nutting was born in 1861, in a U.S. minister, Rockbottom, Massachusetts. He entered Brush Off News photographer, artist Exeter Academy in 1880. From 1883 to Upcoming Bus Trip and antiquarian. He 1886, he attended Harvard University, is known primarily and from 1886 to 1888 he studied at 4 for his hand-colored Hartford Theological Seminary and From the President photographs, but Union Theological Seminary in New Annual Appeal he was also an York. accomplished author, lecturer, furniture In 1889, Nutting was ordained as 5 a Congregational minister at the Park From the Director Wallace Nutting, Comb maker, antiques expert Back Windsor Chair, and collector. Congregational Church in St. Paul, Collection of Kenneth Minnesota. He retired from the ministry 6 and Sharon Lacasse In the colonial in 1904. According to some, he suffered Membership revival movement, from vertigo. According to others, he Current Exhibition Cont enthusiasts like Wallace Nutting sought to suffered a nervous breakdown resulting bring what they believed to be traditional from the energy he expended preaching. 7 values and aesthetics into contemporary life Continued on page 6 Renovation News by preserving old buildings, manufacturing Gift Shop News new goods in past styles, and creating works Upcoming Activities Volunteer Appeal of art depicting early American scenes. This interest in the early American past fueled GALLERY TOUR 78 Wallace Nutting, an entrepreneur whose Tuesday, September 22, 11:00 a.m. Tour of the exhibition by Kenneth and Annual Appeal Form business ventures included a chain of historic house museums, photographs of staged Sharon Lacasse colonial scenes, and a line of reproduction UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Treasures: Works from the Permanent Collection - October 13 to November 29 Because the museum’s to “permanent” storage. As regular Cotuit location has a result, viewers are often been closed since December surprised to discover the superb 2013, the majority of our quality of the collection. Some permanent collection has been highlights include Bon Appetit in storage and therefore out of by Ralph Cahoon, Garden 2 sight. Here is your opportunity of Eden by Martha Cahoon, to experience a preview of Charles Paul Gruppe’s Woman the Museum’s return to its with Guitar, and Thomas permanent home where much Waterman Wood’s Veteran. of the permanent collection will Come to Treasures and revisit once again be on view. The these wonderful old friends of upcoming exhibit is called, Ralph Cahoon, Bon Appetit, oil on masonite, the museum. Treasures: Works from the Permanent Collection Permanent Collection, and it will Reynolds Beal, William Bradford, run from October 13 to November Exhibition Talks/Activities James E. Buttersworth, Martha 29, 2015 at our Temporary Cahoon, Ralph Cahoon, John OPENING RECEPTION Location, 30 Bates Road, Mashpee J. Ennenking, David Erickson, Friday, Oct 16, 5:30 to 7:00pm Commons North. Erastus Salisbury Field, Thomas GALLERY TOUR The exhibition will focus on key Hewes Hinckley, Joseph McGurl, Tuesday, Nov 3, 11:00am themes in the collection including: Levi Wells Prentice and Thomas Tour of the exhibition by Martha and Ralph Cahoon; Waterman Wood. Cahoon Board Members Bill American School; maritime Babcock and Barnes Riznik The permanent collection is painting; landscape painting; 19th- a wonderful gem on the Cape. GALLERY TALK century artists; 20th-century artists; Because our historic building had Tuesday, Nov 17, 11:00 am and contemporary artists. Permanent Collection Gallery little space to display more than Talk by Director Richard Some of the artists to be our rotating exhibits, the permanent Waterhouse included in the exhibition are collection often seemed relegated Small Works Exhibition - December 1 to 24 of art that will make wonderful O’Brien Mclean, Alison McMurry, holiday gifts to others—or to Doris Mee, Marian Waldron yourself. The exhibit marks the Nicastro, Carol Jean O’Toole, third year of a much anticipated Karen M. Pinard, Candice Ronesi, and very successful event. And, as Nancy Rubens, Ellen Sinel, Barbara the final exhibit at our temporary Sparre, Sherri Starr, Timothy location, it also marks the end of an Jon Struna, Scott Terry, Christie era in the history of the restoration Velesig, Lynn Wallin and Arlene and expansion of the Museum Weibel. Betsy Payne Cook, The Blue Dighy, itself. If you are an artist and would 2014, pastel, was on view in the 2014 Small Works Exhibition Artists who participated last year like to be in the exhibition this year, include: Joan Augustino, Howard please contact Richard Waterhouse The final exhibit of the year will L. Bonington, Sarah A. Caruso, at rwaterhouse@cahoonmuseum. be our Third Annual Small Works Margie Collis, Betsy Payne Cook, org. Exhibition, running from December Karen Crocker, Cynthia Cronig, 1 to 24, 2015. It will give you an Stanley Cronig, Anne M. Doyle, OPENING RECEPTION opportunity both to support the Jane Eccles, Ziegmont Guzikowski, Friday, Dec 4, 5:30 to 7:00pm museum and to find original works Marieluise Hutchinson, Susan SPYGLASS • A QUARTERLY LOOK AT THE CAHOON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART FALL • 2015 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT BRUSH OFF Vice President Leonard Carter, the was another great year for our evening included music by pianist auctioneer, Charles Bailey Gates. Jared McMurray, wine, and two The bidding was lively; the music members’ granddaughters passing was upbeat; the food was excellent; the plentiful and taste-tempting the kids had great fun; and hors d’oeuvres. everyone stayed to the very end. The Great Bush Off event itself, Thanks to all who participated on Cotuit Green, began with as artists, volunteers and buyers, we 33 the popular Pancake Breakfast had another very successful year! at the Kettle Ho with the Cotuit Kettleers. Over 100 adults and children attended Anne Doyle, White Table, 2015 Great Brush to enjoy the eat pancakes and Off Publicity Work, 2015, oil on canvas meet the baseball players. The opening reception for the The Silent Auction began exhibit that celebrated the 25th promptly at 9:30 a.m. and anniversary of the Cahoon’s Great came close to being a sell-out. Brush Off was well attended. Very few works remained Over 75 participants crowded the unsold. Museum’s temporary location Bruce and Lynn Wallin with Len Carter at in Mashpee Commons North. The Live Auction was the 25th Anniversary of the Great Brush Off Coordinated by Cahoon Board also very successful. It Exhibition opening reception on 6/26/15 UPCOMING MUSEUM BUS TRIP - October 6, 2015 The Museum’s third bus trip of Bus Trip Registration the year will take us to Arlington, MA, to visit the Old Schwamb Mill and the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Name:__________________________ Museum on Tuesday, October 6. Address:________________________ We will depart from the Roche City:____________________________ Brothers parking lot at 9 a.m. and State:____________ Zip:___________ return at approximately to 5 p.m. Phone: _________________________ We will arrive at Old Email: __________________________ Schwamb Mill at 11 a.m., have The Old Schwamb Mill is the oldest a tour, and then walk across the Please sign me up for the Oct 6th continuously-operating mill site in the Museum Bus Trip to Arlington, MA lane to the Shaker workshop and United States. The same techniques store. At 12:30 p.m., we will go and equipment have been used since Members: $50 / Non-members: $60 to lunch nearby. Separate checks the Schwambs first began operations Enclosed is a check made payable to in 1864. will be provided. Cahoon Museum of American Art. Please charge ___ to my credit card: Our next stop will be the Visa MasterCard Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum where our visit is scheduled from Account #_______________________ 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. We will leave Exp. Date________ CVV Code:_____ Arlington at 3:00 p.m., arriving Signature_______________________ back at 5:00 p.m. To register please fill out and send to: The fee is $50 for members and Cahoon Museum of American Art P.O. Box 1853, Cotuit, MA 02635 $60 for non-members. The Jefferson Cutter House which is the Or call the museum at (508) 428-7581 Minimum for the trip is 25. home of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum SPYGLASS • A QUARTERLY LOOK AT THE CAHOON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART FALL • 2015 FROM THE PRESIDENT ... Carol Wilgus Big Year at the Cahoon Museum This has been a very big Richard Waterhouse, and year for the Cahoon. A year his partner, Caleb Brown, ago we had just started the have decided to relocate to renovation of our historic the Atlanta area. Caleb has building and construction of already accepted a position our new addition. Three weeks there, and Richard will begin ago, on Sept. 2nd, we were his search in the near future. featured in the Cape Cod Times For the present, however, in an article that announced Richard has agreed to stay the completion of the project on as director through this sometime in October.
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