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June 2014 Online Newsletter   
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Recent Blog Posts
Blue Star Museum
Preschool Palette
Community Give
Museum Shop
Welcome
Museum Shop
Recent Blog Posts


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Painting a President, by Michelle Crow-Dolby

Busy Spring for Melchers Collectors, by Joanna Catron

Belmont's Roses, by Beate Jensen

Help us Find this Picture, by Joanna Catron

Where is Gari's Art? by Alexandra Fahey

BLUE STAR MUSEUM

 

PRESCHOOL PALETTE
Children ages 2-5 enjoy a story, garden walk, hands-on art project, and a visit to the art gallery or historic house.
 
June's theme is "We Love Patterns!" 
 

June 10, 12, 13,  

Class runs from 10-11 am

$8/child (Members $5), adults free, pre-register by contacting Education and Communications Manager  Michelle Crow-Dolby at 540/654-1851.

 THANK YOU 

 

 

Thanks! To the 17 donors who gave $645 to Belmont as part of the recent Community Give, sponsored by the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region. Individual gifts ranged from $10 to $100. These funds will be used towards our children's programs for the coming year.  

 

The Community Give raised over $540,000 for 114 different non-profit organizations in our area. 

 
MUSEUM SHOP

June Garden Sale
 

 

All Burgeon and Ball garden tools 40% off.

 

All Burgeon and Ball gardening tins 50% off.

 

All Campo de Fioro terra cotta planters 50% off.

 

  

 


WELCOME NEW STAFF
 

We are happy to welcome two new staff members to Belmont.

 

Sarah Palenik joins us as Membership and Office Manager, assuming the duties of Hazel O'Toole, who recently retired. Sarah is a 2013 graduate of the University of Mary Washington, and worked at Belmont last year as a Visitor Center and Museum Shop assistant. She returns to us from her most recent position in marketing at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

 

 

 

 

Sara Weinstein joins us as Special Events Assistant, having graduated just last month from UMW. As an undergraduate, Sara oversaw new student orientation programs as well as special events and programs for students on campus. She will be helping Special Events Manager Betsy Labar market and coordinate Belmont special programs and private rental events.

  
WOODLAND HIKE

Sunday, June 29    

2 pm

     
Led by Virginia Master Naturalists, this informative free hike covers a mile of trails in both woodlands and fields and touches on the historic ruins of Belmont's past. Please wear sturdy footwear and meet outside the Visitor Center.

Education and Communications Manager
Online Newsletter Editor
Museum main number: 540/654-1015
Past newsletter issues can be found on our website.

Receive a printed version of the newsletter and have questions about it or need to update your email address?  Please contact Membership and Office Manager Sarah Palenik at 540-654-1842.

Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont was the home and studio of prominent portraitist and American Impressionist painter Gari Melchers (1860-1932) from 1916 until his death. The 18th century Georgian mansion, outbuildings, and formal gardens were modified and expanded to serve as an elegant country retreat for the artist and his wife, who had left their longtime European home at the outbreak of WWI.  Melchers was one of the most respected artists of his generation. Upon Corinne Melchers' death in 1955, the property and all its contents were deeded to the Commonwealth of Virginia, making Belmont one of the most complete and authentic artists' homes in America.  

 

Administered by the University of Mary Washington, the museum is accredited by the  American Alliance of Museums, is a National Historic Landmark, and is included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Artists' Homes and Studios consortium.

 

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