Spring-Themed Book-Making Workshop at Pardee-Morris House
New Haven,Conn. (May11, 2023)— Mixed-media book artist Paulette Rosen will hold a special workshop for adults to create a spring-themed book at the Pardee-Morris House (PMH). The free presentation will be at PMH on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at 2 p.m. For weather updates check FB/IG or call 203-562-4183.
Using paper, glue, colored pencil, markers and other materials, participants will create a hard-cover, accordion-spine book with popup and pages made from vintage postcards. The book’s inspiration will be the historic Pardee-Morris House or the on-site garden.
Rosen is an artist who makes mixed-media drawings, artists’ books and boxes in Hamden, Connecticut. She currently heads the Book Arts department at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, where she has taught since 1996. Her books are in many collections including Yale University Arts Library, The National Gallery of Art, The Library of Congress, Trinity College Watkinson Library, and Connecticut College Shain Library. Her work has been exhibited internationally.
New Haven Museum thanks its community partners: WSHU 91.1 FM, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Avangrid/UI Lighting Up the Arts, and Alder Salvatore E. DeCola for supporting the 2023 summer season.
About the Pardee-Morris House
Located at 325 Lighthouse Road, in New Haven, the Pardee-Morris House dates from about 1780, and is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. Built by Amos Morris around 1750, the house was burned by the British during their raid on New Haven in 1779 and rebuiltand expanded by the Morrisfamily. In 1918,William Pardee, a descendant of the Morris family, willed the property to the New Haven Colony Historical Society, today the New Haven Museum. For a complete list of summer events at the Pardee-Morris House, visit: http://newhavenmuseum.org/visit/pardee-morris-house/ For New Haven Museum’s event calendar: http://newhavenmuseum.org/visit/events-calendar/ Sign up for e-blasts at info@newhavenmuseum.org.
About the New Haven Museum
The New Haven Museum has been collecting, preserving and interpreting the history and heritage of GreaterNew Haven since its inception as the New Haven Colony Historical Society in 1862. Located in downtown New Haven at 114 Whitney Avenue, the Museum brings more than 375 years of New Haven history to life through its collections, exhibitions, programs, and outreach. As a designated Blue Star Museum, the New HavenMuseum offers the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, free admission from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Visit http://newhavenmuseum.org, @NewHavenMuseum, or call 203-562-4183.
