JULY-SEPTEMBER 2017 Dmitri Wright, Compline: OraProNorbis (detail), 2015, Oiloncanvas A Note from the Director Current Exhibitions

Greetings, @ THE MATT 2 @ THE MATT 3 @ THE MATT The Matt kicked off the start of Summer in June with its 5th Annual Summer Fling! More than 160 Heartbreak in Peanuts guests joined us in the courtyard for specialty cocktails before heading to the galleries to dine, dance ON VIEW THROUGH AUGUST 13, 2017 and bid on fabulous auction items. The evening raised over $35,000 for our education department and exhibition program. The fun continues all summer so stop in to enjoy our current exhibits,

Heartbreak in Peanuts, celebrating Charles Schultz’s beloved characters, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy Love is everywhere in Peanuts—Charlie Brown loves the Little Red-Haired Girl, Lucy adores EXHIBITIONS and the gang and Yankees or Red Sox: America’s Greatest Rivalry to vote for your team. Schroeder, Sally pursues Linus—but sadly these sentiments are rarely returned. Experience the joys and sorrows of unrequited love Peanuts-style in the traveling exhibition, Heartbreak in Peanuts. Opening on Sunday, July 30th are two new exhibitions: Passing By: Laure Dunne, winner of our Join the Peanuts characters as they continually return to their hopeless quests for love, undaunted MIXMASTER juried art show and Winslow Homer: American Life 1857-1875 featuring nearly by defeat. 80 illustrated works recently donated to the Museum by collectors David and Ann Jones. The A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR Jones’ collection will be paired with masterworks from the Yale University Art Gallery, New Britain Heartbreak in Peanuts is organized and toured by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Museum of American Art and Wadsworth Athenaeum. Center, Santa Rosa, California.

We will be hitting the road again with two trips to New York (p. 15)! Join me to visit the Presenting Sponsor Media Sponsor blockbuster Chihuly Show at the New York Botanical Gardens in August—the reviews have been Republican phenomenal and we’ll do the driving so you can enjoy the day. I also invite you to sign up for American our fall visit to Storm King, one of the world’s leading sculpture parks to experience monumental REP-AM.COM sculpture by artists as varied as George Rickey, Maya Lin, Alexander Calder, Mark di Suervo, Ursula von Rydingsvard and David Smith to name only a few. We’ll end our day with a visit to Brotherhood Winery – America’s Oldest Winery, established in 1839.

Summer Art Adventures - our week-long art programs for children ages 4-13 begins in July (p. 21) and these spots fill quickly so register your child or grandchild today! We’ll also have art workshops (p. 16) and lectures (p. 14) presented in air-conditioned comfort this summer so there is something for all ages.

Finally, I want to share with you the exciting project our curatorial team has been working on for the last two years. This November the Museum will present Jane Peterson: At Home and Abroad with a beautiful, full-color catalogue to accompany the show. The exhibition of more than 60 works by artist Jane Peterson (1876-1965) will be the first museum show of her art in forty-five years.

There is always something happening @ The MATT!

Bob Burns, Director #IBelieveInWaterbury

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RELATED PROGRAMS FAMILY ACTIVITY: ART WITH SNOOPY MATT BY NIGHT: HEARTBREAK IN PEANUTS Sunday, July 9, 1:00 p.m. (p. 19) Thursday, August 10, 6:00 p.m. (p. 13) SNOOPY’S YAPPY HOUR FAMILY ACTIVITY: GOOD-BYE CHARLIE BROWN Tuesday, July 11, 5:00 p.m. (p. 13) Sunday, August 13, 1:00 p.m. (p. 19)

Summer Fling 2017 (from left): David Sfara, Board President; Mike O’Connor, Webster Bank; STORY TIME FOR TODDLERS Senator Richard Blumenthal; Frank Monteiro, MacDermid Performance Solutions; and Bob Burns, Director Wednesday, July 26, 10:00 a.m. (p. 19) Black & White Quedamos En Paz #3 Photographs from the Collection of Kevin McNamara & Craig Nowak Federico Uribe ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 16, 2017 ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 16, 2017

@ THE MATT 4 @ THE MATT This exhibition draws from the collection of Kevin McNamara and Craig Nowak, and features Colombian-born, Miami-based artist Federico Uribe trained as a painter, but in 1996 he 5 @ THE MATT photographs by masters of 20th and 21st century American photography including John Dugdale, abandoned paint brushes to make art with the objects of everyday life. In the At Peace series he Sally Mann, and Jock Sturges, among others. Like many contemporary photographers, the artists in this creates sculptures from ammunition, his work informed both by his homeland Colombia, where exhibition use the camera’s power to document and question reality. Their pictures address issues about violence is part of daily life, and the epidemic of gun crime in the United States where he has lived identity, self-representation, history and truth. for 15 years. This large scale work depicts a peaceful garden where sun shines, flowers bloom, EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITIONS and animals play.

Luminous Garden Yankees or Red Sox Beth Galston America’s Greatest Rivalry ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 16, 2017 ON VIEW THROUGH NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Sculptor and conceptual artist Beth Galston creates site-specific installations that are informed Like most sports rivalries, picking a side in the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry is almost entirely geographic by many sources, including science, architecture, engineering, and nature. The immersive – and Connecticut is at the epicenter, more or less being split in two. Guest curated by sports lover environment of Luminous Garden (Aerial) is an ephemeral light piece made of tiny yellow LEDs set Neil Scherer, this exhibition had its inception in the 2004 American League Champion Series. This in cast resin acorn caps. was the infamous year that the Yankees won the first three games, leading everyone to believe the Yankees would sweep, only to leave America stunned as the Red Sox rebounded to win the Supported in part through a gift from David & Mara Sfara to underwrite exhibitions in The Lab. remaining four games and their first World Series title in 86 years. Scherer was at the deciding seventh game. In this exhibition Scherer tells this and other exciting stories about each team.

Supported in part by MacDermid Performance Solutions.

RELATED PROGRAMS AMERICA’S GREATEST RIVALRY (p. 14) July 15, August 13 and September 10, 1:00 p.m. Coming This Summer @ THE MATT 7 @ THE MATT @ THE MATT 6 @ THE MATT Winslow Homer Passing By American Life 1857-1875 Laure Dunne JULY 30 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 JULY 30 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITIONS

The exhibition features approximately 80 prints from illustrated weeklies and journals by American As the winner of The MATT’s 2017 MIXMASTER Juried Members Exhibition, Laure Dunne was selected Master, Winslow Homer. The works were selected from a gift of engravings recently donated to the for a solo show in The Lab. She has had a passion for fine art, design and photography throughout her Mattatuck Museum by Fairfield collector David Jones and his wife Ann. This group of engravings will career. After earning a BFA at Indiana University/Bloomington in the areas of design and photography, be complemented by several paintings on loan from Connecticut institutions, including Yale University Dunne honed her photographic capabilities at NYU and at the International Center of Photography in Art Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum and New Britain Museum of American Art. This overview of Homer’s New York City. rich career as an illustrator will be presented thematically. It will reflect the concerns of a nation during a period of significant social and political change. Subjects addressed include the Civil War, domestic and Her professional work focuses on interior design and real estate but her art photographs are oftentimes daily life in the 19th century, the changing role of women, popular entertainments and the outdoors. the result and record of her travel. This exhibition of 25 photos includes shots from Oregon, Maine, New York, and Connecticut. Thematically organized between two subjects, trains and trees, Dunne’s clear, RECEPTION clean aesthetic is evident in these compositionally strong and dramatic images. Sunday, July 30, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Highlight Tour Supported in part through a gift from Raymond Learsy to underwrite exhibitions in The Lab. RELATED PROGRAMS Sunday, July 30, 12:00–1:00 p.m. LUNCH & LEARN (p. 14) Join us for a docent-led overview tour of several Thursday, August 3, 11:00 a.m. of the special exhibitions on display in the RECEPTION Museum this Summer. Stay for the opening Sunday, July 30, 1:00-3:00 p.m. HOMER IN NATURE (p. 14) reception beginning at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, 5:30 p.m.

Winslow Homer, A Game of Croquet, 1866, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery. Laure Dunn, Train, Returning, 2016, Digital print @ THE MATT 8 @ THE MATT 9 @ THE MATT EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITIONS

Nnenna Okore, On Land and Beyond, 2017, Mixed media installation Ùtútù #IBelieveInWaterbury Nnenna Okore SEPTEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 3, 2017 SEPTEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 3, 2017

Ùtútù (ooh-TUH-tuh), is an Igbo word (from the Focusing on the City of Waterbury, artists are Above Image: Artist Dmitri Wright in front of his landscape Painting with a Stick at Weir Farm, 2016, Oil on canvas principal native language of the Igbo people, challenged to identify those unique aspects of an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria), the city and her people that resonate for her/ which means ‘morning’ and implies ‘a new him. We invite artists to share their inspiration beginning’. It is descriptive of the work of this with us in works that demonstrate the beauty, An Artist for All Seasons internationally celebrated contemporary sculptor joy, prosperity and momentum of Waterbury. Dmitri Wright which reflect the transient qualities of birth, SEPTEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 5, 2017 life and death. Okore uses textiles to create Supported in part through a gift from Raymond sculptural landscapes and stories that inspire Learsy to underwrite exhibitions in The Lab. viewers to reflect upon nature and to look Dmitri Wright fuses the Impressionist focus on light with the post-Impressionist interest in emotion- inward as they interact with designs created by RECEPTION WITH THE ARTISTS conveying color. His paintings celebrate the natural beauty and nuances of the landscape, both in the fabric flowing through the space. The ethereal Sunday, September 10, 1:00-3:00 p.m. United States and abroad. Wright is a master artist and instructor for the Weir Farm National Historic displays depict a dichotomy of strength and INSPIRATIONAL WORKSHOPS Site, the only National Park dedicated to painting. This retrospective exhibition includes paintings from fragility, calling to mind human nature. Informed his Weir Farm Plein Air series, including the barns, buildings and landscape that were home to American & WALKING TOURS by the textures, colors and landscapes of her ST. ANNE’S & RIVERSIDE CEMETERY: Impressionist J. Alden Weir. Paintings from Wright’s travels abroad are also on display: French and Italian childhood home of Nsukka, Nigeria, as well as landscapes alive with the intensity and fluidity of light unique to areas such as France’s Cote d’Azur, Saturday, July 8 (p. 17) her current Midwestern milieu, Okore blends ROSE HILL ESTATE: and Italy’s Umbrian and Tuscan regions. The paintings demonstrate Wright’s artistic approach: “I look to the visual qualities of her past and present. enhance natural beauty by bringing forth the transcendent and the invisible of what is occurring below Thursday, July 13 (p. 17) the surface.” RECEPTION CALL TO ARTISTS DEADLINE: August 1 (p. 17) Sunday, September 10, 1:00-3:00 p.m. RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST RELATED PROGRAM RELATED PROGRAM Sunday, September 10, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Highlight Tour STORY TIME FOR TODDLERS (p. 19) Sunday, September 10, 12:00–1:00 p.m. FAMILY ACTIVITY: FIBER ART (p. 19) Wednesday, September 27, 10:00 a.m. RELATED PROGRAMS - SAVE THE DATE Sunday, September 10, 1:00 p.m. LUNCH & LEARN WITH THE ARTIST Join us for a docent-led overview tour of several Thursday, October 26, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. of the special exhibitions on display in the Exhibition Sponsor Museum this Summer. Stay for the opening VISIT TO WEIR FARM NHS reception beginning at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monteiro Family Community Gallery Calendar Artrageous: A Canvas of Many Colors 2nd Annual Waterbury Public School Art Showcase July 15 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 23, 2017 5 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 16 10 am Tai Chi (p.12)

@ THE MATT 10 @ THE MATT 8 1 pm Walking Tour: St. Anne’s (p.17) 17 10 am Memories @ The MATT (p.12) 11 @ THE MATT Featuring Waterbury Public School’s finest K-12 students, this exhibition showcases artwork hand- 9 1 pm CFD Art Activity (p.19) 17 12:15 pm Walk About Yoga (p.12) selected by their mentoring teacher with the hopes of energizing and inspiring the community! 11 5 pm Yappy Hour (p.13) 22 5:30 pm Art Talk: Homer in Nature (p.14)

11 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) 22 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) CALENDAR EXHIBITIONS Teens @ The MATT 12 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 23 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) Teen Internship Exhibition 13 11 am Workshop: 24 12:15 pm Walk About Yoga (p.12) AUGUST 4 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 Rose Hill Estate (p.17) 27 12 pm Accessing Autism 15 1 pm Gallery Talk (p.14 ) Family Day (p. 20) Under the guidance of museum educators and curators, interns learn about the museum’s 18 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) 29 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) collection, exhibition design and installation, and marketing. This intensive two-week program 19 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 30 10 am Story Time for Toddlers (p.19) will provide students with basic training in museum work. Join our summer teen interns as they 20 10 am Memories @ The MATT (p.12) 30 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) celebrate the opening of their curated exhibition in the Monteiro Family Community Gallery with a 21 7:30 pm Theatrical Performance (p. 20) reception party. 22 7:30 pm Theatrical Performance (p. 20) September RECEPTION 23 2 pm Studio Class: Encaustic (p.16) 5 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) Friday, August 4, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 23 2:30 pm Theatrical Performance (p. 20) 6 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 25 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) 6 11 am Prospective Docent Tea (p.13) 26 10 am Story Time for Toddlers (p.19) 7 5:30 pm Studio Class Paint to Music (p.16) The Valley Girls 26 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) SEPTEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 12, 2017 8 1 pm Hands On Drumming (p.12) 27 5:30 pm Music @ The MATT (p.13) 10 12 pm Exhibition Highlights Tour (p. 8) 29 3 pm Garden Party (p.18) Once a Valley girl, always a Valley girl. Carmella “Mally” DeSomma, Judith Gould Secco and June 10 1 pm Exhibition Reception (p. 8-9) Pierpont Webster were all born and raised in the Naugatuck River Valley. From an early age, all three 30 12 pm Exhibition Highlights Tour (p. 6) 10 1 pm CFD Art Activity (p.19) knew they wanted to be artists, each making her mark by interpreting and celebrating the world 30 12 pm Accessing Autism around them. Nurtured by their families, friends and members of their communities, they each Family Day (p. 20) 10 1 pm Gallery Talk (p.14) achieved their artistic ambitions and stretched to attain new goals. 30 1 pm Exhibition Reception (p. 6-7) 12 5:30 pm Theatrical Performance (p.16) 12 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) This exhibition is a collaboration with Artsplace of Cheshire. August 13 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 15 1 pm Homeschoolers (p. 20) RECEPTION 1 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) Sunday, September 10, 1:00-3:00 p.m. 2 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 16 2 pm Revitalizing Waterbury (p.14) 3 11 am Lunch & Learn (p.14) 19 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) 4 11 am Exhibition Reception (p.10) 20 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 8 8 am Day Art Trip: NYBG (p.15) 21 10 am Memories @ The MATT (p.12) 8 5:30 pm Yoga (p.12) 22 6 pm Brass Button Award (p.18) 9 10 am Tai Chi (p.12) 24 12 pm Accessing Autism Family Day (p. 20) 10 12:15 pm Walk About Yoga (p.12) 26 5:30 pm Yoga (p. 12) 10 6 pm MATT by Night (p.13) 27 10 am Story Time for Toddlers (p. 12) 13 1 pm CFD Art Activity (p.19) 27 10 am Tai Chi (p. 12) 13 1 pm Gallery Talk (p.14) 14 11 am Prospective Docent Tea (p.13) Wellness

Yoga in the Galleries Walk About Yoga on the Green Snoopy’s Yappy Hour Heartbreak in Peanuts Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, 12:15–1:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 10, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Rain Date: Tuesday, July 18, 5:00-7:00 p.m. In Advance: $15, Day of/At Door: $20 @ THE MATT 12 @ THE MATT July 11, 18, 25 August 10, 17, 24 August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Introductory 3-week session: $20 Members: Free, Non-members: $10 September 5, 12, 19, 26 Admission includes beer, wine & food; Bark your calendar to join other canines and specialty cocktails available for $5. All level fun flow class with certified yoga Members: $8, Non-members: $12 their companions to sniff and schmooze at Celebrate the closing of this wonderful

PROGRAMS instructor Traci Weber. Walk About Yoga BRASS Members: $3 Yappy Hour. Themed cocktails ($5) available exhibition. Share your funny, sad or (WAY) takes yoga outside and blends it with and a specialty treat bar for your furry unexpected-story of heartbreak using the cardio workout of walking around the Find a calmed mind and a strengthened companions. vintage typewriters and create your own green. WAY creates a full mind, body and body with an open level flowing yoga class Charles Schultz-inspired mini canvas! spirit experience! Dress comfortably, bring set amid the idyllic environment of our Early In conjunction with yoga mat, water bottle, and towel. American art collection. Instructors may vary. Heartbreak in Peanuts. In conjunction with Heartbreak in Peanuts. Bring your own mat. If raining class will be held inside the Museum. Contributing BURY, C R O Sponsor E N T August 1 IMAGE © 2017 PEANUTS WORLDWIDE LLC N

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Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. 3rd Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Music @ The MATT T July 5, 12, 19, 26 July 20, August 17 and September 21 Claudia and Bob Hughes August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Free with registration. September 6, 13, 20, 27 with The Mark Templeton Trio Thursday, July 27, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Members: $8, Non-members: $12 Visitors are invited to participate in an Save the Date BRASS Members: $3 engaging gallery tour and art activity Museum & BRASS Members: $10 developed for people with Dementia and Non-members: $15 Halloween MATT By Night Thursday, October 19, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Move and groove to music with our certified their care-givers. Complimentary lunch Tai Chi instructor Joe Atkins. Tai Chi helps included. RSVP to Carolyn DeRocco at Returning by popular demand are local jazz improve your balance, increase flexibility and [email protected] or (203) 623-5407. singers Claudia and Bob Hughes accompanied mobility, and reduce stiffness, and soreness. by the Mark Templeton Trio featuring an This collaboration with the Alzheimer Resource Find energy and stamina through breathing eclectic blend of jazz standards and original Center and Alzheimer’s Association, Connecticut techniques. Wear comfortable clothes. All songs composed by Claudia Hughes. Bring a Chapter is supported in part by the Connecticut snack to enjoy. Cash bar available. levels welcome. Community Foundation.

Prospective Docent Teas Hands on Drumming Monday, August 14, 11:00 a.m. with Craig Norton Wednesday, September 6, 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 8, 1:00–2:00 p.m. 5 week training begins: Monday, September 11 Members: $8, Non-members: $12 Meet the MATT BRASS Members: $3 Are you an Art & History buff? Do you want to share your knowledge and enthusiasm by @ Highland Brass Co. Wide smiles ignite when you beat a drum teaching children and adults about the history Tuesday, October 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Sound Healing begins. Join Craig of Waterbury? Would you like to be a part of 728 Highland Avenue, Waterbury Norton for a few hours of participatory serving the Museum and the community in the musical merriment in one of the Museum Wellness programs are generously field of art education? Join the Museum staff at Highland Brass galleries. Everyone gets to play a drum or supported in part by Company and celebrate the exhibition two, dance, laugh and learn while playing Join the Museum’s Education Department for a #IBelieveInWaterbury. Discover a special rhythms from around the world. Drumming one-hour informational tea to learn about our cocktail created by HBC and inspired by is fun for everyone. Bring your own drums volunteer opportunities. RSVP required. Contact artwork in our collection, chat with The or play one of ours. Heather at x117 or [email protected]. MATT about arts and the city! Art Talks

Lunch & Learn with Prof. Dorothy Keller Homer In Nature An American Icon: Winslow with David Davison @ THE MATT 14 @ THE MATT Homer - Personal Interpretations Thursday, August 3, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, 5:30 p.m. Members: $25, Non-members: $40 Presentation and reception. Pre-registration is required. RSVP by 7/31. Members: Free, Non-members: $10 PROGRAMS

Enjoy a visual journey into 19th century Homer had different views of nature and American life through the eyes of Winslow man’s place in it. Sometimes nature is Homer. Homer’s artistic quest was to seek threatening and people are battling for out and creatively convey ordinary life. Taking survival, and other times nature’s setting is advantage of new technologies in wood serene and therapeutic, a place for leisure and engraving and printing he was able to make solace. Homer depicted people in landscapes his images more widely known. and seascapes from the coast of Maine to the Adirondack Mountains to the Caribbean Sea Zhang Huan, Three Legged Buddha, Professor Dorothy Bosch Keller of University demonstrating both types of experience. Storm King Art Center of Saint Joseph, West Hartford will explore Day Art Trips themes such as women, outdoor life, and the Enjoy a glass of wine and the riveting sea. Insights into printing innovations will also story of Homer told by David Davison, be examined. Program will be followed by former Director of the American Savings Chihuly in New York catered lunch. Limited to 30 people. Foundation, as he delves into Homer’s travel Tuesday, August 8 and exploration of these places. Members: $98, Non-members: $118 In conjunction with Winslow Homer. In conjunction with Winslow Homer. Join Director Bob Burns on an exciting trip to view breathtaking works of art by Dale Chihuly installed at the New York Botanical Gardens. Our time there will be unique with a 45 minute tram ride around History Talks the gardens, followed by a guided tour of the Chihuly exhibit. On the bus, enjoy the documentary “Dale Chihuly in the Hotshop,” which gives a sneak peek into his glassblowing process.

America’s Greatest Rivalry The “Four Point” Revitalization Fee includes admission, gratuities, transportation, and refreshments on the way home. Lunch on your own. with Guest Curator Neil Scherer of Waterbury with Carl Rosa Bus departs the Mattatuck Museum at 8:00 a.m. and Pomperaug Woods at 8:30 a.m. Leave NYBG at 3:00 p.m. Annual Orton P. Camp, Jr. Lecture Saturday, July 15, 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 16, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 13, 1:00 p.m. Free. Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY Sunday September 10, 1:00 p.m. Thursday, October 5 Sunday, October 8, 1:00 p.m. As the 1960s approached and people Members: $98, Non-members: $118 Saturday, November 4, 1:00 p.m. started flocking to the suburbs, retail followed and malls began popping up Widely celebrated as one of the world’s leading sculpture parks, Storm King boasts 500-acres of Members: Free, Non-members: $10 across the U.S. The effect on city centers landscaped fields, hills, and woodlands and provides the setting for a collection of more than 100 was notable and buildings eventually went carefully sited sculptures created by some of the most acclaimed artists of our time. Along with Join Guest Curator and sports lover Neil vacant. What remained was a collection of other highlights, our exclusive tram ride around the park will focus on the works of David Smith. Scherer for an informal gallery talk about neglected beautiful historic architecture and Six of Smith’s large, white, welded-steel constructions are installed on Storm King’s Museum Hill. the long time rivalry between the New York business districts in a rapid state of decline. Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. On our way home we will enjoy a visit at the historic Brotherhood Winery in New York’s bucolic Enter the National Trust for Historic Hudson Valley. A treat will be had by all with a tour and tasting of their specialty wine (non- In conjunction with Yankees or Red Sox. Preservation and their plan to revive alcoholic drink options available). downtowns in America. The Main Street Program was born. Carl Rosa, CEO of Main Fee includes admission, tasting, gratuities, and transportation. Lunch on your own at the Storm King Café or bring a brown bag for a picnic lunch. Bus departs the Mattatuck Museum at 9:00 a.m. and Pomperaug Woods Street Waterbury, will discuss the process of at 9:30 a.m. Leave Storm King at 2:00 p.m. for the Brotherhood Winery. Leave winery at 4:00 p.m. the “Four Point” approach to downtown revitalization. Adult Studio Classes #IBelieveInWaterbury Call to Artists Open Call for Art Deadline: August 1, 2017 Encaustic Workshop Submit works digitally to: [email protected] with Artist Leslie Giuliani All styles and media are encouraged: painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, textile, @ THE MATT 14 @ THE MATT Sunday, July 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m. video, installation art, performance, spoken and written word, sound, and light. We seek fresh Members: $25, Non-members: $40 work created particularly for this project.

Learn beginner and intermediate techniques using R&F Encaustic (hot wax) paints and oil based

PROGRAMS pigment sticks. Participants will work on individual heated palettes to facilitate printing, drawing, painting and transferring images onto Encaustiflex. Using various mark making tools and drawing materials, this very fluid method of printmaking and painting allows for detailed embellishment of monotypes. Participants will have the opportunity to complete an encaustic work during this workshop.

Ms. Giuliani has been an arts instructor for over 25 years, specializing in encaustic and the materials of making artwork. She is a Core Support Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints.

Paint to the Music with Artist Amber Maida Artist Workshops Thursday, September 7, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Members: $12, Non-members: $20 (must be 21+) As part of our Call to Artists for the #IBelieveInWaterbury exhibition, the Mattatuck is offering workshops to better understand the city and inspire the creation of works. Artists in all styles and Interpret music from sound to vision through drawing, painting, or mixed media during this class. media are encouraged to participate. Visual and Performing Artist, Amber Maida, a former winner of our MIXMASTER Juried Member’s Exhibition, will give a demonstration as well as help each participant with their creative journey. Saturday, July 8, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Before the project begins, enjoy a glass of wine and mingle with other art lovers. The workshop will $7 per person (Pre-registration is preferred.) start with a meditative ritual and a lesson in symbolism and music translation as it relates to color and reactive mark-making. Music will play while your unique artworks unfold - whether subjective, Join museum staff and fellow creators for a tour of symbolic or abstract, the path is yours to choose and explore. Materials will be provided. Downtown Waterbury’s architectural heritage. We will begin at St. Anne’s Church, a granite gothic-style cathedral, and then take a guided walk among the headstones at Riverside cemetery, home to the grave of Fortune. Depart from the Mattatuck Museum. Theatrical Performance Inspirational Walking Tour: St. Anne’s “The Process” with Nancy Schuler Tuesday, September 12, 5:30 p.m. (40 minute performance) Members: Free, Non-members: $10 Thursday, July 13, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Follow Marion, an 80-something woman in 3 short plays about aging. In Henry and Marion, 62 $7 per person (Pre-registration is preferred.) Years of Wedded Bliss, NOT we see how Marion has learned to endure her 62-year marriage. Explaining the Process flashes forward to a scene between Marion and her 30-year-old grandson. Find inspiration while exploring the Victorian Era home of She is now a widow, living an isolated existence. Her grandson, Marcus, tries to convince her to Carrie Welton at the historic Rose Hill Estate and Campus move to an assisted living home. Lastly, in The Dating Game Marion’s take on life may not be for painting, drawing, and photography. Artists are granted yours but enjoy her attempt to fit into society in a new way. access to the interior and exterior property. Depart from the Mattatuck Museum. Written & performed by Nancy Palmento Schuler. Also performing: Ed Schuler as Henry and Otto & Bilal Tajildeen as Marcus. Inspirational Workshop at Rose Hill Estate Families

Community Free Days (All ages) Story Time for Toddlers (Children 3-5) 2nd Sunday of Each Month, 12:00-5:00 p.m. Last Wednesday of the Month, 10:00 a.m.

Art Activity: 1:00 p.m. $3 per child 19 @ THE MATT Free Once a month the Museum hosts a Story Explore the Museum all day at no charge, Teller who brings the characters to life and and participate in a guided tour and family takes toddlers and their families on an friendly art activity for children of all ages! artistic journey with a creative art activity. PROGRAMS

Art with Snoopy Do Your Happy Dance, Snoopy! Sunday, July 9, 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 26

Fold, flip and pinch to create Snoopy’s Dream big, try your best, then do your happy doghouse using the art of origami. dance with Snoopy and the Peanuts gang as our storyteller shares this inspiring tale. In conjunction with Heartbreak in Peanuts. In conjunction with Heartbreak in Peanuts.

Good-Bye Charlie Brown Special Events Sunday, August 13, 1:00 p.m. What Color is Your World? Wednesday, August 30 Garden Party in Harwinton Before there was television there were at the Home of Victoria Elliot and Dr. Marvin McMillen zoetropes - a toy with a series of pictures Look at the world of color and find limitless drawn on a cylinder that gave the Saturday, July 29, 3:00-6:00 p.m. possibilities. Join our storyteller in thinking impression of motion when spun. Using outside the box and exploring colors! Tickets: $75, Patron Tickets: $100 Peanuts Comics for inspiration, create your Tickets must be paid in advance, no sales at the door. RSVP by July 21 to (203) 753-0381 x110 or own zoetrope animation of Charlie Brown. online at mattmuseum.org/garden-party. A Building on Your Street In conjunction with Heartbreak in Peanuts. Stroll the beautifully restored vintage gardens and picturesque fountains throughout the property. Wednesday, September 27 Join us at 10 Litchfield Road, Harwinton, CT for music, wine and light dinner fare. Parking is next door at the Congregational Church (access property directly from parking lot). Have you ever looked closely at a building? Fiber Art Each building has a story to tell, if you know Sunday, September 10, 1:00 p.m. where to look and what to look for. Join us for an adventurous tale about our city! 9th Annual Brass Button Award Create your own fun and colorful mask Honoring Jaci Carroll using string, burlap and mod-podge. In conjunction with #IBelieveInWaterbury. Friday, September 22, 6:00 p.m. Ticket: $150, Patron Ticket: $250 In conjunction with Ùtútù: Nnenna Okore. Tickets must be paid in advance, no sales at door. RSVP by September 15 to (203) 753-0381 x110 or online at mattmuseum.org/brass-button. Family programs supported in part by the American Savings Foundation and Mark & Lauren Booth. Join us for this year’s annual Brass Button Award honoring the outstanding contributions of Jaci Carroll to the greater Waterbury area. Long-time community supporter Jaci Carroll is well known for her generosity and commitment to Waterbury, both as an individual and through her business, Jaci Carroll Staffing. Contact Jessica Tinsley for sponsorship opportunities at x120 or [email protected].

Presenting Brass Sponsor Silver Sponsor Bronze Sponsor New Zenith Theatre Presents Accessing Autism Week-long Summer Art Adventures The Shape of a Girl (Ages 12 & older) Family Days Written by Joan MacLeod, Directed by Ed Wierzbicki Sunday, July 30, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Summer Youth Art (Children 4-13) Friday, July 21, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, August 27, 12:00–2:00 p.m. Per Session Fees - Members: $90, Non-members: $100 Saturday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 24, 12:00–2:00 p.m. Investigate the world of art in these fun and creative week-long sessions. Kids will explore the Sunday, July 23, 2:30 p.m. Members & Children: Free Museum's galleries and work side-by-side with teaching artists using a variety of materials to Tickets: $15, Discount 4-Pack: $50 Non-members: $10 express what art means to them. All supplies provided. Full and partial scholarships available upon Pre-registration is required. request. Contact [email protected] to apply. Fifteen year old Braidie knows that bullying is wrong, but her best friend persists in picking on an Children with autism and their families are Cartooning 101 innocent, awkward girl who just wants to belong. invited to explore the Museum’s art & history Monday, July 17 – Friday, July 21, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Can Braidie break free of the mean girls and stand galleries with trained Museum Educators and In this hands-on introductory class students will learn how to use certain images, such as landscapes, up for what’s right? experience hands-on activities. Register by portraits and architecture to create a specific feeling within a cartoon. Students will practice techniques calling Meghan at x 114. for using simple pictures accompanied by well-chosen words to create an entertaining cartoon! This dynamic, one-woman play examines the frightening realities of teenage relationships, and a Illustration FUNdamentals young woman’s battle with inaction. Told through a series of conversations, memories, and events Monday, July 24 – Friday, July 28, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Investigate the wonderful world of illustration. Study a variety of illustration techniques by in Braidie’s world, award-winning playwright Homeschoolers (Children 6-15) creating works ranging from portraits to still lifes. Children will test different tools and materials Joan MacLeod has created an insider’s view of a The Art of 3-D Printing teenager struggling at home and in school. including painting, pastels, pen and ink, and more. Friday, September 15 Limited seating for this 75 minute performance. $10 per child (includes supplies) Adventures in Animation Pre-registration is encouraged. Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Create drawings and bring them to life using traditional and modern day art techniques! Work Homeschool students are invited to this in- as part of a team and make friends who share your interests as you explore other animation gallery learning opportunity that meets state techniques like claymation and “humanimation”. and national common core standards.

Join guest teaching artist, Jordan Banks Behind the Scenes: Teen Internship Program (Teens 13-18) for an afternoon of engineering and 3-D Monday, July 24 – Friday, August 4, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. crafting!3 D-printing refers to processes in which layers of material are formed under Members: $90, Non-members: $100 computer control to create a 3-dimensional Full and partial scholarships available. Contact [email protected] to apply. object. Learn about the mathematics, sciences and engineering involved with this High school students get the run down on what it takes to create an exhibition! Learn about fast-growing art form. For more information selecting works, designing and researching a show, and work with our curatorial staff to create a contact Meghan at x 114. month-long exhibition that will be on view in the Museum’s Monteiro Family Community Gallery.

Teens Internship: Exhibition Opening Reception Programs supported in part by: Friday, August 4, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 2017 Corporate Campaign Supporting the Mattatuck

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