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Exhibit Opening - The Farm: Drawings of Rowland Evans Robinson, 1850 - 1880
Date and Time
Sunday Jun 14, 2015 Sunday Oct 25, 2015
"Sense of Place" at 3:00 pm
Robinson's drawings on display until the end of October 2015Location
Rokeby Museum
Vergennes
Fees/Admission
The program, “Sense of Place,” is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council and is free. Admission to the Museum is $10 adults, $9 seniors, and $8 students.
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Jane Williamson
Send EmailExhibit Opening - The Farm: Drawings...Description
At 3:00 that afternoon Gregory Sharrow of the Vermont Folklife Center will be on hand to explore Vermont’s farm legacy in his presentation “Sense of Place.” Sharrow draws on the Folklife Center’s rich collection to examine the fabric of Vermont’s farm culture and distinctive traditions from the early 20th century as he probes its relationship to today’s farms and farmers.
The drawings of Rowland Evans Robinson cover similar territory, but from 150 years earlier. Born to abolitionist parents at Rokeby in 1833, Robinson began to draw as a child. Hankering to “be somebody,” he set off for New York City in his early 20s. He struggled to find work in the illustrated newspapers of the day and eventually succeeded capturing the farm life all around him for the agricultural papers. Those drawings will be on display until the end of October.
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