Shell and Resin Art Workshop
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South St., Hyannis, Ma.Robin Pierson, Cape Cod’s "original decorative window and mirror artist," will join us to share her 20 years of experience making art with shells and resin, so you can create your own 8 x 10 seascape artwork. All materials are supplied, but feel free to bring your own special trinkets, like jewelry, shells, or broken…
Restoring the Charles River Watershed
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South St., Hyannis, Ma.The Charles River Watershed Association has worked for decades to improve water quality and maintain the health of this important waterway. Join us for this talk by Hartman Deetz, the Association’s Native American Cultural Advisor, who brings both ecological knowledge and Wampanoag cultural values to the Association’s work, and involves local Native communities through programing…
Gyotaku and Sake Workshop
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South St., Hyannis, Ma.After the success of our summer workshop on gyotaku, the Japanese art of making prints from fish, is back! Enjoy sampling sake as you print and play. We’ll provide paper, plain tote bags, and paint. Bring along a tee shirt if you’d like to leave with wearable art. Class limit 20. $50 per person. Pre-registration…
Lofting Basics
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South St., Hyannis, Ma.Join Boatwright Bruce Colvin for this hand-on course to learn about lofting, the process by which boat plans are scaled up to full size. Using plans for a 10’ Ned Crosby skiff, learn how to create the full=sized lines on plywood needed to start building. This is a drop-in class; come every week or occasionally,…
Shellfish in the Northeast: Fifty Years of our Interaction with Succulent Shelled Creatures
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South St., Hyannis, Ma.A diversity of environments in the Northeast resulted in a diversity of shellfish species. In the last fifty years, New England has been at the forefront of shellfish research, innovation, and management, leading to a vibrant shellfishing industry. Join us to hear about shellfishing’s role not just in food production, but in job creation and…
The History, Mysteries, and Myths of Nantucket Lightship Baskets
Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South St., Hyannis, Ma.Join us for an overview of this iconic craft, and some of its most important artisans. Find out why defining a lightship basket is more difficult than it would seem! This free Zoom lecture is online only. Please visit our website to pre-register. Jack Fritsch co-founded Nantucket’s Antiques Depot in 1989. He has provided his…
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