In-Person

An introduction to both the elegance of formal Chinese court embroidery and the beauty of complex folk stitchery traditions. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about, see, and even to touch numerous examples of Chinese fabric arts, while experiencing and discussing the complexity of contemporary and traditional Chinese culture.

10-11:30 am

The Landing, Olsen Learning Ctr, Lower Level

For nearly forty years, John Rosenwald and Ann Arbor have taught and traveled throughout much of China, experiencing life in the largest cities as well as in rural areas. They have been fortunate to create perhaps the largest collection of Chinese peasant paintings, to become among the first collaborative translators of contemporary Chinese poetry, and to gather a remarkable and diverse cluster of Chinese fabric arts and crafts.

In-Person

On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote, was ratified.  Join this class to learn about local resident Isabel Greenwood and the part she played in Maine's efforts to pass the amendment. 

We will meet at the Old South 1st Congregational Church and briefly review how Isabel and the Church were part of the Women's Suffrage Movement.  Then the group will march up Main Street, holding banners proclaiming Women's Right to Vote, to Meeting House Park. Several Suffragists will speak about the struggle to get the 19th Amendment ratified and how important that amendment is today.

If you prefer not to make the walk from the Congregational Church to Meeting House Park, you can park in the church parking lot and drive up to meet us at Meeting House Park.

August 18, 2025

10 am

Location: Old South Church, 235 Main St, Farmington, ME

Claudia Bell is a member of the Farmington Historical Society and participated in the 200th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment's ratification on August 18, 2020.  She and several other historical members will recreate the program they had prepared for that event.