Learn to Shashiko or “ visible mending”. Basic sewing skills will be taught and a Shashiko mending demonstration will give sewers an example of the Japanese art of Shashiko. Work on Sashiko stitches and leave with a decorated denim patch to mend your favorite denim and a new knowledge of visible mending. Feel free to […]
History in Your Own Backyard Thursday, April 25 from 12pm – 1pm ++ Summary: From settlement subsistence through twentieth-century extravagances, experience an armchair tour of Maine’s rich garden legacy, uncovering the unique qualities that define each stylistic tradition. Then, see how these traditions inspire our contemporary design process, celebrating the past with a fresh new […]
April 27 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Instructor: Kathy Polletto Participants in the class will make a May Day Basket. May Day Baskets were a popular tradition in the Victorian era. On May Day a person would fill a basket with flowers, go to a friend or neighbor's house, hang the basket on their door […]
Wednesday, May 1 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm $35 Join us for a May day craft day! Students will practice their weaving skills while we create bright woven baskets and crepe paper flowers. Students will leave with their own woven basket and bouquet of paper flowers to celebrate May day! Instructor: Sarah Soleau
Thursdays at 10:30am 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. […]
The Brick Store Museum invites you to come in to make your own May Basket, learn the art of origami, and create spring crafts from 10:00 - 12:00. While you are here check out our current exhibits which include the Dwellings Project, Wicked Good Fiddling, and Sea of Stories. Free Admission.
Saturdays at 12:00pm 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. […]
Offered weekly: Tuesdays at 10:30am This outdoor walking tour of Kennebunk’s Main Street features three centuries of commercial history. Start at the Brick Store Museum (itself part of the town's commercial history!) and explore the history of commerce and trade that occurred on Main Street over the past 300 years. Tour ends at […]
On Tuesday, May 7, at 4:00 p.m., Paul Wells, curator of the “Wicked Good Fiddling” exhibit currently on display at the Brick Store Museum, will speak at the museum about the history of fiddling in Maine. Wells will expand on some of the topics highlighted in the exhibit and illustrate his talk with photos and […]
Thursdays at 10:30am 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. […]
Saturdays at 12:00pm 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. […]
Come practice your needle felting skills or learn to make a needle felted composition. Students will work on a flat 4 x 6 wool surface to create a needle felted “painting”. Feel free to bring a picture or inspiration from home. Students will leave with a drift wood framed needle felted painting ready to hang! […]
