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Highfield Hall and Gardens News - January 16, 2025
Arts and Entertainment
January 21, 2025
From: Highfield Hall and GardensDON'T MISS THE ROBERT BURNS SUPPER
ROBERT BURNS SUPPER
January 25, 2025
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$140/ $150 Non-member
Burns Night at Highfield is one of our most popular events, join us for a night filled with whisky, food, music, good friends, and a few shenanigans!
Guests will enjoy a traditional three-course Scottish meal including a taste of haggis, toasts of whisky, storytelling, recitation of poetry, trivia and prizes, bagpipes, fiddles, and singing–all in the spirit of the poet, Robbie Burns.
Burns Nights began in July of 1801, five years after famous Scottish poet Robert Burns’ death.
Friends gathered to give tribute to the Scottish bard, drinking whisky and reading his songs and poems. Over the centuries, Burns Nights have grown into an international phenomenon. Burns Night at Highfield is not to be missed!
Register online now or call, 508-495-1878 ext. 2
NEW ART EXHIBITS COMING SOON!
Don't miss these three new art exhibits will debut next month starting February 12th!
NEVER IN LIEU OF FLOWERS: BOTANICAL SCULPTURE BY GINNIE PETERSON
The use of white is intentional in Never In Lieu of Flowers. Like a single note held in a minor key, it deepens the connection to the meaning of the work. While color, lights, and the use of resin, in the Deconstructed Botanicals, extend the language. Much of the joy of flowers is witnessing their life span. A tulip, for example, brings us hope as it pushes from the earth, continues to grow and extend its beauty after it is cut and even the faded fall of petals reminds of the passage of time.
Ginnie Peterson constructs the Never in Lieu of Flowers and Deconstructed Botanicals sculptures from plaster, natural materials, stoneware, resin, steel and lights. For the white series, Peterson formulates mixes with Hydrocal (white gypsum cement) or plaster and liquid polymers to coat objects. She also makes many of her own containers from stoneware. In the later work Ginnie builds on steel armatures that she has welded for this series. She makes silicone molds from actual flowers and leaves then casts them with pigmented resin. She amasses materials then works intuitively, selecting from an inventory of materials, paying attention to shapes and relationships, conscious of how the cast of light affects the pieces or how the added light moves.
THE MODERN CAPE
In The Modern Cape, artists Josh Wald, Jiyoung Park, and Jeremy Wagner write a ‘love letter’ to Cape Cod. The exhibition marries the old and new, a virtual dance with history, a history being written in present time. The three artists will showcase their use of proprietary painting techniques as they demonstrate possible pathways to the evolution of the Cape Cod painting style. Their work is both a salute to the traditional style that historically comes from this area, as well as an embrace of the future. The modern take on this traditional style will be of interest to traditionalists as well as modern enthusiasts of younger generations.
SOURCED FROM THE SEA: IMPRESSIONS BY STEPHANE KING
Artist Stephanie King’s work of mixed media and botanical illustrations containing real seaweed and botanical pressings. The works in this series offer both a realistic and whimsical assemblage of time and place. Stephanie takes a Victorian tradition of seaweed pressing into the future with modern shapes and ideas while pushing traditional boundaries and approaches. Stephanie focuses on creating natural abstractions through material exploration, drawing inspiration from the colors, patterns and textures found within the seascape. Each design strikes a balance between experimentation and refinement.
Pressing seaweeds and botanicals offers Stephanie unlimited inspiration, peace, joy and hope. Working with a ‘wet medium’ has helped her surrender to the flow and learn to embrace the constant changing tides of life in all of its rhythmic cycles. Each piece of art is transformed into a piece of natural history; a unique fingerprint created from the specific seaside environment where its raw materials were collected. Stephanie is endlessly fascinated by the beauty and complexity of seaweed and botanicals in their natural environments. Along with being used as an art medium, seaweeds are important ecological resources, producing oxygen while absorbing carbon dioxide in marine environments and play a major role in the maintenance of the earth’s ecosystem.
FEBRUARY BREAK PROGRAMS
SURPRISE MIRROR PRINTING WORKSHOP FOR KIDS
(AGES 5 & UP)
February 18, 2025
9:00 am - 10:30 am
$20 per child
Come use your imagination to experiment with pencils, ink, and brayer rollers. We will have fun creating surprise images with mono prints. Develop your design, prepare a hard surface with thin layers of ink, and transfer your unique mirror image onto paper or fabric. Kids will each print their own series of never seen before images to bring home.
Experienced educator Carol DiCristina will engage the group as we explore the exhibit and learn about messy ways artists use ink and paint on Cape Cod.
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
UNDER THE SEA COLLAGE WORKSHOP FOR KIDS
(AGES 5 & UP)
February 20, 2025
9:00 am - 10:30 am
$20 per child
Come experiment with watercolor, tissue, glue, and more to create your own under the sea collage to bring home. What is it like to be a plant living under the sea? We will talk about how seaweed thrives, and how these versatile plants have been used since Victorian times. Together we will have fun exploring the exhibit and creating seaweed scenes that still look wet after they are dry!
Experienced educator Carol DiCristina will engage the group as we combine history and art to explore cause and effect.
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
UPCOMING MEET THE CHEFS
MEET THE CHEF: GAVIN SMITH, THE FOOD MINDED FELLOW
January 26, 2025
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$75/ $85 Non-member
Chef Gavin Smith returns to Highfield! Chef Gavin is a private chef, author, podcast producer, and fisherman servicing Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod.
In this demonstration and tasting class, he will deliver a truly tasty and memorable experience with a focus on fresh, local ingredients, and innovative techniques. He is known for creating the perfect, intimate food focused event, and Highfield’s kitchen is just the place to showcase his passion for food and service! As he says, “There is nothing I enjoy more than bringing good people together over great food.” Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to learn from Gavin Smith.
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
MEET THE CHEF: TRISTAN FEU FEU OF BLEU
February 2, 2025
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$75/ $85 Non-member
Tristan Feufeu of restaurant Bleu provides a culinary journey to France right in Highfield’s kitchen – no passport needed!
Tristan follows in the footsteps of his father Frederic Feufeu, Chef/Owner of Bleu, who has been a staple of our Meet the Chef series. Tristan will bring an approach to French cuisine that is both familiar and unique in this demonstration and tasting class. Tristan will share favorite recipes from the award-winning French bistro Bleu located in Mashpee Commons. Come learn and enjoy a taste of France in Highfield’s kitchen! Bon Appetit!
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.
FELTED VALENTNES WORKSHOP
FELTED VALENTINES WORKSHOP WITH CHERYL FLETT
February 8, 2025
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$30/ $40 Non-member
Discover the joy of needle felting as you create beautiful Valentine hearts!
This is the perfect way to relax and create at the same time. Needle felting is a fun and easy pastime that’s hooking craft lovers all over the country. Instructor Cheryl Flett of FabFunFiber provides step-by-step instructions and everything you need to create charming projects to cherish or give as gifts. Whether you are an experienced felter or just starting you can work at your own pace.
Get some friends together or come with your tween/teen for a little escape to the beautiful rooms at Highfield where you can experience the fun of completing this delightful project! Could this be your new favorite hobby?
Register online today or call 508-495-1878 ext. 2.