In this fiber art workshop, we'll create our own colorful, textured, embroidery garden. Artist Mallory Zondag will teach us a variety of embroidery stitches that can be used to create everything from stems and leaves to hydrangeas, roses, daisies, and even fringe moss! No experience required. All materials included in the cost. Students will leave with a 6" hoop, assorted embroidery threads, and an embroidery needle to be able to continue their project on their own time. We'll have a few historical embroidery pieces from our collection on display for inspiration! About the artist/instructor: Mallory Zondag is a mixed-media fiber artist and artist educator. Her experience with textiles while in art school led her to create both independent and community sculpture through a variety of fiber art mediums. She explores deeply personal and connective universal stories through the meditative and hands-on practices of wet felting, weaving, sculpting, and stitching, seeking to bring the ephemeral into physical being. The growth and decay of the natural world, the duality of discomfort and attraction we feel towards it, and humanity's place within this dichotomy informs her dimensional textures and sculptural pieces. Zondag’s work has been exhibited at The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA; The Allentown Art Museum, PA: The International Biennial of Textile Art Scythia, Ukraine; View Arts and Culture Center, Old Forge, NY; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; Cornell University, Ithica, NY; Towson University, MD; Ceres Gallery, NYC, NY: and Main Street Studio, Ballston Lake, NY. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park, The Allentown Art Museum, and The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY.

The museum is home to rare and mysterious artifacts that seldom see the light of day. We’ve combed through them all to find only the most bizarre, which we will present to you in our Cabinet of Curiosities! A costumed storyteller will regale you with the tales of these precious objects, and of the distant past from which they came. Guests will be invited to touch the artifacts for themselves, feeling any power they may emanate. Guests will also enjoy warm cider after the tales, while prowling around the Museum at dusk! This program is geared towards families, but guests of all ages are welcome! This program is free for SCHS family+ members, but RSVP required. Non-members are $10/person. All ticket sales are final.