In this issue
-- Hedge and Fence Photo Update
-- I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill
-- A Poetry Picnic: Wrapping Up the Big Read
-- Emily Dickinson Museum Partners with Amherst Public Schools on MCC Grant -- Help Support the Emily Dickinson Museum -- "my Verse is alive" Exhibition -- About the Museum -- Are you on FacebookŪ? Join us!
Welcome Summer!
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Hedge and Fence Photo Update 
A critical part of the Museum's current
landscape restoration project is
reconstruction of the granite coping wall and
steps in front of the Homestead.
Over the last several weeks, masons have dismantled these massive granite blocks, created a concrete foundation, cleaned and re-set the stones. The reconstructed wall appears in the adjacent photo. One fascinating discovery was that the last step in the flight leading up to the Homestead's front door had been moved down to the granite wall next to the public sidewalk. This step has been returned to its original location. Installation of the 1,000-foot picket fence begins the week of June 1.
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I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill 
Friday June 124 to 8 p.m. 4 p.m. Second Fridays Fun 6 p.m. The Artist on Art: a Talk by Lesley Dill Smith College Museum of Art, Elm Street, Northampton No charge
Lesley Dill is a nationally-recognized artist
who has long found a catalyst for her work in
the poetry of Emily Dickinson. "I Heard a
Voice," an exhibition at Smith College Museum
of Art, includes many works by Dill, in a
variety of media, inspired by Dickinson's
words and images. image: RISE by Lesley Dill
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A Poetry Picnic: Wrapping Up the Big Read 
Saturday, June 13Noon to 2 p.m. Rain Date: Sunday, June 14 Emily Dickinson Museum
Join us for a picnic with poetry to wrap up
the Museum's Big Read programs! The Big Read:
The Poetry of Emily
Dickinson
is part of
a pilot initiative created by the National
Endowment for
the Arts in partnership with the Poetry
Foundation to
celebrate great American poets and the nation's
historic poetry locales. Bring your own picnic along with a blanket or chair, and join us on the lawn. Beverages will be available at a nominal charge. Craft activity suitable for all ages will also be offered. Last Chance to Vote for your favorite poem!
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Emily Dickinson Museum Partners with Amherst Public Schools on MCC Grant 
The Emily Dickinson Museum is pleased to
partner with the Amherst public schools this
year in a curriculum development project
entitled Emily Dickinson: Poetry, Poet,
and Place. Thanks to The Creative
Schools grant funding program of the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, elementary
and high school teachers in the Amherst
schools are participating in a professional
development program that includes:
Amherst second-graders and high school students have been invited to participate in the Museum's "Poetry Picnic" on June 13th. They will read Dickinson poems as well as their own. We thank the Amherst, Pelham, and Amherst Regional Schools for inviting the Museum to participate in such an exciting opportunity for both teachers and students to learn about our eminent local poet, her local environment, and the connections between understanding place and the expression of self through poetry. The Museum is grateful to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for funding such endeavors.
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Help Support the Emily Dickinson Museum 
The Emily Dickinson Museum offers an
unparalleled
glimpse into the life of one of the world's
greatest poets. The Homestead is a National
Historic
Landmark, and the Emily Dickinson Museum has
recently been designated an American
Literary Landmark by the
National Endowment for the Arts. The museum has
grown dramatically
in its programs, audience, and
impact in the five years since its creation
in 2003, and attracts worldwide attention. It owes its success in large measure to the generous encouragement of its many dedicated friends and supporters who have seen the rampant possibilities in the Emily Dickinson Museum. Our fiscal year ends June 30. We need your help to close the year in a healthy financial condition so that we can continue to maintain the tours, programs, and connection with the poet's world such as those you see in these Emily E-Updates. Find out more about how you can assist the Museum by clicking on the link below, or by contacting executive director Jane Wald. Please send your contribution to: Emily Dickinson Museum Annual Fund, 280 Main Street, Amherst MA 01002. |
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"my Verse is alive" Exhibition 
A provocative exhibit exploring the
intriguing posthumous publication of
Dickinson's poetry, continues at the Emily
Dickinson Museum Tour Center during regular
museum hours.
"my Verse is alive" explores the tangled private and public motives of several figures closely associated with Emily Dickinson as they struggled for control of her poetic legacy. The roles of her siblings Lavinia and Austin, sister-in-law Susan and niece Martha are examined as well as that of Lavinia's friend and Austin's mistress Mabel Loomis Todd, a central figure in achieving initial publication of Dickinson's poetry.
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About the Museum 
The Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and
The Evergreens is dedicated to educating diverse
audiences about the poet's life, family,
creative
work, times, and enduring relevance, and to
preserving and interpreting the Homestead and
The
Evergreens as historical resources for the
benefit of
scholars and the general public. The Emily
Dickinson
Museum is owned by the Trustees of Amherst
College and has its own Board of Governors,
which is
charged with the responsibility of raising the
Museum's operating and capital funds. The Museum
is a member of
Museums10, a collaboration of ten
museums linked to the five colleges in the
Pioneer
Valley.
The Tour Center may be reached at 413-542-2947, Wednesday through Sunday, during museum hours.
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