Photo Exhibit

Paintings, Photography and Sculpture by 5 Connecticut Women Exhibit
Tina Chandler – Lorrie Lewis – Garrett Richardson – Valerie Rout – Nancy Steckel
Exhibit: January 17-March 14, 2010

The SHS is delighted to present the art of Tina Chandler, Lorrie Lewis, Garrett Richardson, Valerie Rout and Nancy Steckel in the Hallway Gallery and around the museum.

View at the SHS Hallway Gallery. SHS is open Monday-Friday, 10 - 4 and by appointment. Contact the museum at sharonhistoricalsociety@yahoo.com or call 860-364-5688 to set up an appointment.

2010 Vintage Film Series 50 Golden Years

The Next Film in the Series are:

"A Touch of Larceny" on Sunday March 28th.

Films will be presented at The Cobble at Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Road in Salisbury, Connecticut. Noble Horizons is an extraordinary retirement community offering four distinct levels of living designed to accommodate individual needs.

The program is sponsored by the Sharon Historical Society, with museum headquarters at 18 Main Street in Sharon, Connecticut, offering exhibits, programs and services that connect people to the town of Sharon, its history and its culture. For additional information call Sharon Historcial Society at (860) 364-5688 or email us.

Three Part Lecture Series

An Era of Elegance. Presented by the Salisbury Association Historical Society & The Sharon Historical Society.
All Lectures at 2pm in the Wardell Room, Scoville Library, Salisbury, Connecticut

2pm Saturday, March 13th, "The Gardener's Crystal Jewel: The Greenhouse in America 1770-1850".
Arete S. Warren, author of Glasshouses, the Architectural History or Greenhouses, Conservatories and Orangeries, is President of the Millbrook Garden Club and chairs the Board of the Preservation League of New York State. She serves on the New York State Board for Historic Preservation, the Empire State Plaza Art Commission, and is a trustee of The American Museum in Britain. She lives in New York City and Sharon.

The Era of Elegance lecture series will be held at 2PM in the Wardell Room at the Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury, Connecticut. These lectures are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Call 860-364-5688 or 860-435-0566 for more information.

Past Lectures:

January 16th, "To Please Any Taste: Litchfield County Furniture 1730-1820"
Derin Bray is a specialist in the American Furniture & Decorative Arts department at Northeast Auctions in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He is a contributing author to Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 and co-author of To Please Any Taste: The Furniture and Furniture Makers of Litchfield County, 1770-1830, the award-winning exhibit catalog published in 2009 by the Litchfield Historical Society to compliment the exhibit of the same name.

February 13th, "Historic Wall Paper 1790-1820"
Chris Brennan, will speak on wallpaper of the Neoclassical period 1790 – 1820, with specific attention to historic wallpapers that would have been found in Salisbury and Sharon homes of the period. Ms. Brennan is an allied member, ASID.