Folk Art Festival Saturday, August 22, 2015

10am-5pm Community Partner: Old Sturbridge Village

Media Partner: Worcester Magazine Featuring Art + Market

Art, Craft, Food, Music, and More! from 10am-1pm on Lancaster Street and in the Museum Lobby. Connect with artisans, farmers, and musicians. Antiques Appraisals

$25 nonmember; $20 Member,

for up to 3 objects.

11am-4pm (Hoche Scofield Room)



To register, call 508.793.4450 or

click here to register online.



Do you have a family heirloom passed down through generations? Maybe a great yard sale item or flea market finds that might be a treasure? Would you like to know what it is worth? Bring your special items to Appraisal Day at the Worcester Art Museum. Appraisers from Skinner, Inc. will provide verbal appraisals for your items. Pre-registration is recommended to reserve your space, but drop-ins are welcome!



Tips: Attendees will be seen on a first come, first served basis. Visitors should not bring coins, stamps, jewelry, and musical instruments to be appraised. Paintings and other art objects are highly recommended. Skinner also recommends that good quality photos be substituted for large or particularly fragile items. For services of china or silver, one example of each piece in a set accompanied by a list of the total number of pieces will serve to represent the entire set. Watch craftspeople from Old Sturbridge Village demonstrate 19th century techniques in the courtyard from 10am-4pm. See a master tinsmith, yarn sewing, and a silhouette artist at work, and purchase their wares. Stay all day, and picnic in the courtyard!

Sip Food Cart open 11am-3pm

- Expanded Menu

- Picnic Lunch Available

- Watermelon slices for sale

- Bar in Lancaster Lobby serving beer and soda

Food Trucks

will be parked on Lancaster Street from 11am-3pm

- The Dog Father



Folk Tale/Tall Tale Storyteller

10:30am & 2pm (McDonough Court )

Tim Van Egmond - Folksinger & Storyteller, Artist-Educator Heroines on the Homefront

11:15-12:15pm

Watch Nancy Bell from Young Audiences of Massachusetts show and explain how woman and children were important to the colonial economy and home life. At the end, get the chance to try your hand at spinning.



Art Carts in the galleries and Art Making all day long in the downstairs studios of HEW wing.

- Make your own trade sign ($5)

- Silhouettes (free)

- Design your own gameboard (free)



Tours

10:30-11am Family Tour

12-12:30 Zip Tour (Matisse)

1-11:30am & 1:30-2pm Folk Themed Tour