Upcoming June Programming
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SUMMER PUBLIC HOURS
Wednesday - Friday: 10:30am - 6pm
Saturday: 12pm - 4pm
(The Second Saturday of every month is still free museum admission & a free children's art activity!)
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New Exhibition: Book as Narrative Object
FREE Reception: Friday, June 14th, 5 - 7pm
Co-curated by local printmakers Karen Weeks and Rachel Singel
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Tomorrow, June 14th (5 - 7pm), join us in celebrating our newest temporary exhibition, Book as Narrative Object. Guest curators -- Karen Weeks and Rachel Singel -- will be in attendance to answer questions and talk about the field of Book Arts. And Farm to Fork will be serving delicious snacks and drinks!
As part of our current Book Arts program, this exhibition explores the structure of a book and how it influences -- and possibly builds upon -- a reader's interpretation of the narrative. Among the items exhibited will be unique artist books on loan from Bridwell Art Library (University of Louisville). The exhibition runs through August.
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Summer camps start next week
3 different camps available
REGISTER NOW!!
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iRead Camp (grades 2nd - 5th)
$25 each -- scholarships available
June 17 - 28 (Monday - Friday), 9:30am - 12:30pm (snack provided)
* Early drop-off / Late pick-up options available (including breakfast)
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Led by a JCPS teacher Takisha Neeley and local printmaker Karen Weeks, this program aims to maintain (or improve) your child's reading level and prevent summer slide. Also, at the end of each day, our printer-in-residence will teach workshops in various bookmaking techniques, and students will leave with their own creations!
For more information or to register, please contact Bailey O'Leary ASAP at the following:
- bailey.oleary@PortlandKY.org
- (502) 776.7678
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Young Curators Camp (grades 6th - 12th)
$50 each -- scholarships available
June 17 - 21, 10am - 5pm
* Early drop-off / Late pick-up options available (including breakfast)
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Send your child to Portland Museum this summer for a week filled with learning about what it takes to work in a museum and gallery setting!
For 4 days, students will explore Collections Management, Archival Techniques, and Installation Work alongside museum staff, as well as on field trips to other local museums. Then on the 5th day, your child will curate a pop-up exhibition at Portland Museum!
For more information or to register, please contact Bailey O'Leary ASAP at the following:
- bailey.oleary@PortlandKY.org
- (502) 776.7678
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Preservation Camp (grades 5th - high school)
$150 each -- scholarships available
June 24 - 28 (Monday - Friday), 10am - 5pm
* Early drop-off / Late pick-up options available (including breakfast)
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Expand your child's education this summer, and send them to Portland Museum's Squire Earick House - the oldest, still standing, timber-framed house in Jefferson County!
For the first few days, your child will learn about Portland's social history and historical architecture. The camp will also go on daily trips to the museum's Squire Earick House where students will work with various public history and archaeology professionals to understand what it means to have a historic house in a museum collection. Plus, we will visit a couple local historic house museums!
Overall, campers will learn to research and evaluate sources pertaining to historical culture and explore the 19th century techniques used to create the Squire Earick House.
For more information or to register, please contact Bailey O'Leary ASAP at the following:
- bailey.oleary@PortlandKY.org
- (502) 776.7678
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Temporary Exhibitions Still on View:
A Secret History of American River People (ends August 3rd)
Topographies (ends June 29th)
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Cultural Pass
Wednesdays now through August 10th
10:30am - 6:00pm
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For more information or to pick-up your 2019 Cultural Pass, visit any Louisville Free Public Library, Jeffersonville Township Library, New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, or Bullitt County Public Library location. You can also learn more at FundForTheArts.org/CulturalPass.
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