Cornish Colony Museum
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The Cornish Colony Museum is located in Windsor, Vermont
. It is an art museum and educational institution, dedicated to displaying and teaching about the creative individuals who lived and worked in the Cornish Art Colony
. The Cornish Colony Museum is operated by The Cornish Colony Museum of Windsor Vermont, a 501(c)3 non-profit educational corporation.
The Cornish Colony Museum was established in 1998, in Cornish, New Hampshire
. The Museum originally occupied Mastlands, a 19th century Cornish Colony house. In 2005, the Cornish Colony Museum relocated to Windsor, Vermont
, and is located in the old Windsor firehouse.
The museum routinely puts on two exhibits a year, focusing on both the Cornish Art Colony
artists, and on modern artists in the area. The Cornish Colony Museum regularly participates in the local "Meet the Artist" series, and has hosted artist George Tooker
, and children's illustrators Ilse Plume
and John Stadler.
Windsor, Vermont
Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2000 census.-History:One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and...
. It is an art museum and educational institution, dedicated to displaying and teaching about the creative individuals who lived and worked in the Cornish Art Colony
Cornish Art Colony
The Cornish Art Colony was a popular art colony centered in Cornish, New Hampshire from about 1895 through the years of World War I. Attracted by the natural beauty of the area, about 100 artists, sculptors, writers, designers, and politicians lived there either full time or during the summer...
. The Cornish Colony Museum is operated by The Cornish Colony Museum of Windsor Vermont, a 501(c)3 non-profit educational corporation.
The Cornish Colony Museum was established in 1998, in Cornish, New Hampshire
Cornish, New Hampshire
Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2010 census. Cornish has three covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.-History:...
. The Museum originally occupied Mastlands, a 19th century Cornish Colony house. In 2005, the Cornish Colony Museum relocated to Windsor, Vermont
Windsor, Vermont
Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2000 census.-History:One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and...
, and is located in the old Windsor firehouse.
The museum routinely puts on two exhibits a year, focusing on both the Cornish Art Colony
Cornish Art Colony
The Cornish Art Colony was a popular art colony centered in Cornish, New Hampshire from about 1895 through the years of World War I. Attracted by the natural beauty of the area, about 100 artists, sculptors, writers, designers, and politicians lived there either full time or during the summer...
artists, and on modern artists in the area. The Cornish Colony Museum regularly participates in the local "Meet the Artist" series, and has hosted artist George Tooker
George Tooker
George Clair Tooker, Jr. was a figurative painter whose works are associated with the Magic realism and Social realism movements...
, and children's illustrators Ilse Plume
Ilse Plume
Ilse Plume is a illustrator of Children's Books. Her first book, The Bremen Town Musicians, was a Caldecott Honor book for 1981. She is also a teacher of Children's Book Illustration at the SMFA and Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts.-External links:*...
and John Stadler.
See also
- Cornish Art ColonyCornish Art ColonyThe Cornish Art Colony was a popular art colony centered in Cornish, New Hampshire from about 1895 through the years of World War I. Attracted by the natural beauty of the area, about 100 artists, sculptors, writers, designers, and politicians lived there either full time or during the summer...
- Windsor, VermontWindsor, VermontWindsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2000 census.-History:One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and...
- Cornish, New HampshireCornish, New HampshireCornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2010 census. Cornish has three covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.-History:...
- Saint-Gaudens National Historic SiteSaint-Gaudens National Historic SiteSaint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire, preserves the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens , one of America's foremost sculptors. This was his summer residence from 1885 to 1897, his permanent home from 1900 until his death in 1907, and the center of the...