A few weeks ago there was an event at my local history museum, a Sunday picnic/craft beer tasting on their expansive grounds, which included entrance into the museum exhibits. Since it was a super hot day and I had been intending to go to the Art Quilts exhibit, we took the afternoon and headed over. So fun. Lots of tasty beer, hot weather, and the blessed air conditioning when we went inside ;)
The main exhibits were the Art Quilts, a Narnia themed one in conjunction with the Stratford Festival's showing of The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe this year, and an exhibit of some of the Festival Archives' costumes and accessories. All were a lot of fun to see.
**Edited to Add: a new 360 Tour of the museum has just been added to their content. You can see one hall of the quilts plus the costumes & Narnia!
I forgot to take photos of the attributions for many of the quilts, so don't feel that I can post them without. But I did get a couple! One of my favourites has the clearest writeup, the rest you should be able to kind of see if you embiggen the photos.
We also enjoyed seeing the masterful work on the stage costumes - even though they are seen from afar, the Festival wardrobe is amazing at the detailing and finishes.
We also liked the Narnia show - including the hilarious family photos in Mr. Tumnus' parlour:
Plus we had to play Peter & Susan in the throne room...
What do you do when you're not sewing?
What a lovely summer escape. I especially like the quilts.
ReplyDeleteThey were really inspiring. So many creative visions on display!
DeleteLove it! Chronicles of Narnia is one of my faves
ReplyDeleteThey did a great job with it. We had a lot of fun :)
DeleteNice place to visit! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! It's so nice to share these great visits to all the neat stuff in my area. So much to see!
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