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Family Records
October 18, 2008 | October 19, 2008
9:00am-4:00pm
Fenimore Art Museum

Hand-drawn and colored Family Records were both important documents and delightful decorative arts in early America. This class will introduce basic calligraphy and simple design options for creating various types of family records. The workshop will be led by Helga Johnson, a member of the Historical Society of Early American Decoration who has been a certified instructor for the organization for many years. One of her interests is the art of the Fraktur which is associated with the Pennsylvania Germans. She has done many adaptations of wedding, baptismal, and house blessing frakturs.

Fee: $140, plus a $30 materials fee.

All workshops are held at The Farmers' Museum and require reservations. Please call (607) 547-1461 for more information or to reserve.