Brick Store Museum

Plein Air Drawing - Gooch's Beach
2023-06-10 14:00 - 16:30, 2023-06-08 15:00 - 17:30, 2023-06-03 14:00 - 16:30, 2023-06-01 15:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Sketch “in the open air”. All levels welcome. Join Suzanne Demeo, Artist & Instructor, William and Mary. Learn how to draw complex forms in plein air. Drawings may be completed on location at Gooch’s Beach (participants will receive location directions). Drawings can be embellished with value, color, and line. Ages 16 and up.
When: June — pick one or more
Thursdays (6/1 & 8, 3-5:30PM) &
Saturdays (6/3 & 10, 2-4:30PM)
Where: Oak’s Neck, Gooch’s Beach, Kennebunk
Bring: 9 x 12” sketch book and extra fine point sharpie markers

Historic District Walking Tour
2023-06-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-06-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Saturdays at 12:00pm (June 3 – November 18; or by appointment during shoulder seasons)
NOTE: NO TOUR offered on October 28
This outdoor walking tour of Kennebunk’s National Register Historic District features 200 years of structures and stories (on one street!), and shares the stories of the people that lived inside the homes. Tours depart from the Museum lobby.
Time: 60 – 90 minutes
Distance: About a mile on sidewalks and flat terrain.
PURCHASE TICKETS >> HERE
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More information:

Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
If the forecast on the day of your walk calls for rain, please contact the Museum in advance to make sure the walk is still scheduled. Email: info@brickstoremuseum.org OR call: (207)985-4802. If the walk is postponed, you will have the choice to reschedule or receive a refund.

Where to go:

This tour begins at the Brick Store Museum. Please arrive about 5 minutes prior to the tour start.
PARKING: Parking is available in front of the Museum; in the town lot (free!) next to the Museum; and along Main Street (also free).

To be notified about this schedule, please join our mailing list.

June Early Release Workshop
2023-06-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Sea Prints
Mono Printing Workshop
Students will learn the art of mono printing using materials from our local beaches. Driftwood, sand, seaweed, rocks and shells and paint will be used to create one of a kind sea print. Mono print techniques and process will be taught.

Instructor: Elizabeth Winter
$25

"Native Soul Rock” Concert by JJ Otero, Navajo/Hopi
2023-06-06 18:15 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
JJ Otero is an accomplished artist from New Mexico. He calls his rich blend of rock, soul, and blues “Native-Soul-Rock.” In 2013, “Protected (Beauty All Around),” a song that is sung entirely in Navajo, was named best Rock Song at the Native American Music Awards. In 2017, JJ Otero received three New Mexico Music Awards nominations: Best Rock CD for the album “019910,” Best World Beat song for “Me & The 99,” and Best Native song for “Tó éí ííná át’é.”

Producer and sound engineer Bill Palmer says, “J. J.’s a rare bird. He has a really distinct, original sound to him. He’s the poet laureate of the Native rock scene.”

JJ will be in residence at Home & Away Gallery in Kennebunkport June 5-7, exhibiting his amazing jewelry work. Tickets are $10 per person, $5 for Museum Members. Sponsored by Home & Away Gallery.

Historic District Walking Tour
2023-05-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
This outdoor walking tour of Kennebunk’s National Register Historic District features examples of 200 years of historical architecture (on one street!), and shares the stories of the people that lived inside the homes.

Youth Art Series
2023-05-25 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-11 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
This 4-week art studio workshop will highlight the styles and work made
famous by four individual artists and how they changed our world.
All classes will have hands-on projects inspired by the highlighted artist’s work.
Week 1: Yayoi Kusama
Week 2: Georgia O’Keefe
Week 3: Louise Bourgeois
Week 4: Hilma af Klint
Time:
2:45pm-5:00pm
Dates:
Thursdays, May 4th – May 25th
Cost:
$110/participant
Grades:
1st-5th
Instructor:
Elizabeth Winter

This program is run in collorbation with Kennebunk Parks and Recreation. Please register here:
https://kennebunkme.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30276

Day of Action - VOLUNTEER!
2023-05-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Volunteer with us for United Way’s Day of Action! We’re cleaning up and clearing out spaces used for educational programs here at the Museum.
This means lifting, moving, painting, washing, and organizing. Event runs from 9am – 12pm.
We’re serving sandwiches for lunch!

Take part by emailing Jeannine at jmccoy@brickstoremuseum.org or sign up through United Way HERE.

Fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz in Concert - SOLD OUT
2023-05-20 16:30 - 18:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Renowned Viennese fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz brings to life the musical genius of Mozart and Haydn in the Museum’s first gallery!
Daniel’s historically-informed performance style offers a rare and unique opportunity to experience the music of these great composers the way that they would have heard it during their own lifetimes.
Daniel is in demand worldwide with 50 tour dates per year and hosts Classical Cake, the podcast about Viennese classical music and culture. He specializes in Wiener Klassik (Viennese Classicism), especially the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, and performs on Viennese fortepianos typical of their time. He studied historical performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna.
Admission includes a wine reception and “meet and greet” with the artist following the performance.
Concert begins at 4:30pm.
Tickets: This event is SOLD OUT. Please follow us for next year’s gallery concert!

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Thanks to our Sponsors:
Tracey Bricker, State Farm
Kennebunk Savings Bank

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Concert Program
Sonata in Eb Major, Hob. XVI:25 …………………………………Joseph Haydn
Sonata in F Major, K. 332 ……………………………. Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23 ………………………………………..J. Haydn
Sonata in C Major, K. 330 …………………………………………W. A. Mozart

Paint and Grow Early Release Workshop
2023-05-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Paint and decoupage a one of a kind flower pot. While pots dry students will create, from air dry clay, a garden ornament for their pot. This would perfect for a Mothers Day gift!
All students will leave with a finished painted pot with plant and garden ornament.
Instructor: Elizabeth Winter
$25

Wrapped in Blue Opening Reception
2023-04-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Museum Member Event! (not a Member? Join today!)
Please join us for an evening of delight as we welcome the opening of Partners for World Health’s featured exhibit at the Museum. The exhibit is rich with stunning design, innovative resourcefulness, and impactful messaging regarding global health at the level of the individual and the environment.
Provisions and wine will be served.
Let us know that you’re coming! RSVP to info@brickstoremuseum.org or call (207)985-4802.

Smokey the Bear
2023-04-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
April 16-22 is Wildfire Awareness Week in Maine. To learn how you can prevent wildfires in your community, please join Maine’s Forest Rangers at a special event at the Museum on April 21 from 10am to 12pm. Smokey Bear will be there as well nineteen Smokey Bear paintings that are part of the Rudy Wendelin Collection at the National Archives, now touring the State.

Storytime with a Maine Forest Ranger will feature the story of Smokey the Bear, alongside activities to take home. Free to attend!

The national poster exhibition will be on view in the Museum’s Patsy Bauman Gallery through May 14th.

Easter - CLOSED
2023-04-09 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
The Museum is CLOSED on Easter Sunday to allow staff and volunteers to celebrate with their families.

Trash Art - Early Release Workshop
2023-04-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Let’s help celebrate our planet and make something cool. This workshop will focus on creating sculptures from found and repurposed elements in the Kennebunk community. Students will learn about the life cycle of the items they are using. Trash artists work will be discussed and examples shown.
Instructor: Elizabeth Winter
Grades 1 – 5.
Cost: $25
All materials will be provided.

Children's Literature & Music at the Museum
2023-04-01 10:30 - 12:30 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
We’re hosting a celebration of the young child with literature and music on Saturday, April 1, 2023 in the galleries, to kick off the national Week of the Young Child (presented by National Association for the Education of Young Children).

This event is free, open to all young children (and their grownups) and begins at 10:30 AM with author reading & signing with Barbara Walsh (“The Lobster Lady”) followed immediately by playful, interactive music with award-winning children’s musician, Sammie Haynes, at 11:00 AM.

10:30am: Children’s book author Barbara Walsh, book reading & signing!

11:00am: Interactive Children’s Concert with Sammie Haynes!

CPAA Winter Series: Film & Discussion
2023-03-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance (CPAA) Winter Series Presents: Visual Anthropology & Archaeology
The goal of this series is to elevate the discussion of local anthropology and archaeology to include current trends in the field that incorporate science and art. This series is created by the CPAA, a professionally led initiative focused on the Archipelago of Cape Porpoise, Maine. The partnership with the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust and the Brick Store Museum supports documentation and contextualizing the archaeology of the islands and intertidal zone threatened by global sea level rise.
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This series will run in-person weekly on five Thursdays at 6PM starting February 23, 2023, at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME.
Parking is available on Main Street, Dane Street and in the Town Hall parking lot.
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Admission by donation is suggested to help support our speakers. Registration is optional and suggested. Attend one or all four!
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Schedule:
Session I – March 2 (6PM), Visual Anthropology Introduction, featuring highlights of the Indigenous Peoples Film Festival in Finland. Presenter: Tim Spahr (Registered Professional Archaeologist, CPAA)
Session 2 – March 9 (6PM), Visual Studies Presentation & Student Exhibit Preview. Presenter: Anelli Allard, (MA Nordic Visual Studies & Art Education, Finland)
Session 3 – March 16 (6PM), Introduction to Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching for scientific documentation, Presenters: Tim Spahr & Elizabeth Kelley (Artist CPAA)
Session 4 – March 23 (6PM), Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching, viewing of lithic artifacts recovered by the Cape Porpoise Archeological Team. Students can produce field drawings from artifact models (materials provided). Led by Elizabeth Kelley
Session 5 – March 30 (6PM), Anthropological film viewing and discussion.
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REGISTER HERE >>

Color My World - Student Art Class
2023-03-30 15:30 - 17:00, 2023-03-23 15:30 - 17:00 | ME
A beginner’s course for grades 1st-5th in drawing, acrylic painting, and collage. A final mixed media project will be created by utilizing all three skills learned. This will be a hands on course that requires students’ full participation.
Instructor: Elizabeth Winters
Thursdays in March: 2:45 – 5:00
SOLD OUT

Easter Egg Needle Felting
2023-03-28 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join Beth Crowe at the Brick Store Museum for a relaxing morning or evening of learning the art of needle felting. No experience necessary! Each student will create three needle felted Easter eggs to keep or gift.
There are two sessions on Tuesday, March 28th
10am – 12pm (morning)
5:00 – 7:00 pm (evening)
Class size is limited to 12.

REGISTER HERE

Edith's 139th Birthday & Costume Party
2023-03-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join us for a 139th Birthday Party!
The Brick Store Museum’s founder, Edith Barry, was born March 10, 1884. At age 52, in 1936, she opened the Museum in a building she inherited from her Uncle, William Barry.
March 2023 marks Edith’s 139th birthday – her life spanned nine decades, from the 1880s to 1960s. Join us for a celebration of her life’s work in art and culture during a Costume Party celebrating her birthday this March 25, 2023, from 5-7pm.
This fundraiser will support the preservation of Edith’s original Museum building – The Brick Store itself – which needs its chimney rebuilt and brick repointed and painted in 2023.
Guests are encouraged to wear costumes reflecting the span of Edith’s life, from the 1880s to the 1960s!
The event will feature a specialty cocktail (a classic gimlet!) and appetizers selected from each decade from the 1910s through 1960s. Guests will view a special selection of Edith’s artwork and photography, and view her home movies from the 1910s – 1950s. There will be a fun raffle and an opportunity to hear more about the Museum’s newest publication, Edith Barry’s Family Cookbook!
Tickets are $50 per person, $40 for Museum Members.

CPAA Winter Series: Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching
2023-03-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance (CPAA) Winter Series Presents: Visual Anthropology & Archaeology
The goal of this series is to elevate the discussion of local anthropology and archaeology to include current trends in the field that incorporate science and art. This series is created by the CPAA, a professionally led initiative focused on the Archipelago of Cape Porpoise, Maine. The partnership with the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust and the Brick Store Museum supports documentation and contextualizing the archaeology of the islands and intertidal zone threatened by global sea level rise.
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This series will run in-person weekly on five Thursdays at 6PM starting February 23, 2023, at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME.
Parking is available on Main Street, Dane Street and in the Town Hall parking lot.
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Admission by donation is suggested to help support our speakers. Registration is optional and suggested. Attend one or all four!
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Schedule:
Session I – March 2 (6PM), Visual Anthropology Introduction, featuring highlights of the Indigenous Peoples Film Festival in Finland. Presenter: Tim Spahr (Registered Professional Archaeologist, CPAA)
Session 2 – March 9 (6PM), Visual Studies Presentation & Student Exhibit Preview. Presenter: Anelli Allard, (MA Nordic Visual Studies & Art Education, Finland)
Session 3 – March 16 (6PM), Introduction to Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching for scientific documentation, Presenters: Tim Spahr & Elizabeth Kelley (Artist CPAA)
Session 4 – March 23 (6PM), Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching, viewing of lithic artifacts recovered by the Cape Porpoise Archeological Team. Students can produce field drawings from artifact models (materials provided). Led by Elizabeth Kelley
Session 5 – March 30 (6PM), Anthropological film viewing and discussion.
REGISTER HERE >>

Woven at Home Lecture
2023-03-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Marjie Thompson enjoys being “stuck” in the pre-20th century weaving world. Her focus is the textiles produced both at home and by the professional weavers. Marjie enjoys adapting these weaves to contemporary colors and uses. She is the coordinator of the Complex Weavers “Early Weaving Books and Manuscripts” study group, the “Preserving Our Past” study group, past president of NEWS, a past Dean of the Weavers’ Guild of Boston, past president of Complex Weavers, an active guild member in the Weavers’ Guild of Boston, president of the New Hampshire Weavers’ Guild, and a member of many study groups including Cross Country Weavers.
Her woven pieces have received the HGA award, Handwoven’s Weaving for the Home Award, and Marjie is one of a handful of weavers awarded the “Weaver of Distinction” title from NEWS in both the gallery and fashion shows. She is the co-author of Forgotten Pennsylvania Textiles of the 18th and 19th Centuries, The Huck Pattern Collection, Miniature Patterns for Weaving by Josephine Estes, and the editor of The Gartner Manuscript. Her articles have appeared in Weavers, Handwoven, Complex Weavers Journal, Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot, and The Spinning Wheel Sleuth’s Loom Supplement.

In this lecture, she will focus on the work of Eliza Perkins Bourne of Kennebunk, who achieved success in the home weaving business in the early 19th century in her home on Summer Street.

To register for this FREE program, please CLICK HERE>

Rag Wreath Adult Workshop
2023-03-21 17:30 - 19:30 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join Brick Store Museum in creating your own rag wreath. Instruction and all materials will be provided. Wreaths will be constructed from precut recycled fabric and plant dyed fabric. Option to add embellishments will be provided. Gather some friends and feel free to bring a beverage of you choice to enjoy while you create. This interior wreath is sure to brighten your space year round!
Instructor: Elizabeth Winters

REGISTER HERE

CPAA Winter Series: Intro to Archaeological Field Notetaking (Session 4)
2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:00 | ME
