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The Collective Presents an After-Event for Rockland Shorts: An International Short Films Series
Join us for this After-Event for and continue the discussion about Rockland Shorts and the world of films. The Collective event will feature live music by Bill Barnes and Spike Hyssong, tasty treats, a cash bar and an artistic environment.
 
Opening for Stories of The Land and It's People

Join us for the opening ceremony of Stories of the Land and It's People.

Share the Wonder: Holiday Films
On Tuesday and Wednesday, December 11 and 12, at 3:30 p.m., please join us for a screening of afterschool films featuring holiday classics A Charlie Brown Christmas and Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer.
Popcorn and apple juice boxes will be provided.
Suggested for children ages 4-9. Limit of 60 each show. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations required and may be made by calling 596-6457 ext. 143. 		 
Share the Wonder: Finnish Strings
Join us for a performance of Suomalaiset Jouset Finnish Strings in the museum library as part of the Share the Wonder holiday celebration.  
N.C. Wyeth, Old Kris, 1925, courtesy Wyeth Foundation
N.C. Wyeth, Old Kris, 1925, courtesy Wyeth Foundation
Share the Wonder: Gingerbread House Decorating
Join us for a gingerbread house decorating workshop at the Gamble Education Center, on the corner of Union and Grace Streets. There will be two sessions:
  • 9 a.m.
  • 10:30 a.m.

As space is limited, reservations are required and may be made by calling 596-6457 ext. 143. Suggested donation: $5 per family.

  
Share the Wonder: Breakwater Bells
Join us as the Breakwater Bells bell choir performs in the museum library as part of the Share the Wonder holiday celebration.  
Hand Bells
 
Share the Wonder: Harborside Harmony Singers
Join us as the Harborside Harmony Singers perform in the museum library as part of the Share the Wonder Celebration. Harborside Harmony is a women's barbershop group based in Rockland, Maine. They sing songs across the last century in four-part harmony.
  
N.C. Wyeth, Old Kris, 1925, courtesy Wyeth Foundation
N.C. Wyeth, Old Kris, 1925, courtesy Wyeth Foundation
2013 Farnsworth Art Museum Summer Gala
On Friday, July 12, 2013, the Farnsworth will host its 8th annual Summer Gala, Reflecting Forward, in celebration of our 65th year. Our creative team has been diligently at work and the event is shaping up to be spectacular, featuring a fantasy setting with a brilliant culinary experience.

This will surely be a not-to-be-missed event! 

 
Share the Wonder Family Festival 2012
The museum’s traditional holiday family festival will feature passport stations; Breakers Jazz performing holiday classics in the library; a puppet show in the auditorium; cookie decorating as well as a special hands -on craft activity in the Gamble Center, carriage rides around the campus, and the Share the Wonder train display at the Wyeth Center. This program is free to the public as well as free museum admission for all.
 
In addition to this day's events and programs Share the Wonder will feature the following programming throughout the holiday season:
 
Music at Noon: Table for Two

 

Presented by Bay Chamber Concerts and the Farnsworth Art Museum, in partnership with the University of Southern Maine School of Music, Music at Noon is a new series of four intimate lunchtime concerts, to take place on the second Wednesday of the month, November through February. These diverse, firty-minute performances are the perfect way to spend your lunch hour. Surrounded by art and musci, enjoy a smiple, tasty lunch in the Farnsworth's library and prepare to be transported far from the stresses and strains of your day.