CURRENT AND UPCOMING Events
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100 S 2nd St., Mt. Horeb WI 53572
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Please join us for these events, or stop by any day to view the current art installation in the Kalscheur Family Foundation Community Education Room.
July - August 2020
Sat. July 18 - Aug. 23
2020's "Student Spotlight" Artists
Transformation & Reflection,
featuring Nicholson and Tweedy
Socially-distanced, Outdoor
Artist Reception
Saturday, July 25, 5:30-7:00pm
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) debuts its inaugural “Student Spotlight” art show on Saturday, July 18, featuring the work of Mount Horeb High School 2020 graduate Benjamin Jaramillo Nicholson and Junior Arianna Tweedy.
Each of Nicholson and Tweedy’s works are a tangible product of an inward journey. This partner exhibit was a natural fit, as both featured artists acutely understand and appreciate the cathartic and therapeutic role that art plays in their lives. Tweedy notes that her eclectic dabbling in acrylic painting, watercolors, colored pencils and ceramics is “a way to experiment with new ideas and emotions that are otherwise difficult to put into words,” while Benjamin mused that his linoleum block printing is an fitting symbol for many struggles for equality and acceptances, including his personal transition from female to male. “Transformative change,” Nicholson writes, “rarely happens in one fell swoop,” much like “turning a smooth block of linoleum into a work of art is the product of many small changes.”
Nicholson and Tweedy’s installation, entitled “Transformation and Reflection,” will be on display in the Historium’s Walk-up Gallery through Sunday, August 23. The Walk-up Gallery, a COVID-era adaptation, provides an awning-sheltered, handicapped-accessible, outdoor venue for art appreciation.
The Driftless Historium’s "Student Spotlight” initiative is an annual art show celebrating the talent of area youth. This program, developed in partnership with Mount Horeb High School art educators Anna King and Dana Showers, will provide an opportunity for young artists to gain experience producing and promoting a public art installation in a professional setting.
Select works featured in this show will be available for sale, with 25% of proceeds donated to the Driftless Historium’s preservation and education endeavors. Visit www.mthorebhistory.org/transformationandreflection2020.html to view the companion virtual gallery, and meet the artists at an outdoor, physically-distanced artist reception to be held Saturday, July 25 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
For more information, call the Driftless Historium at 608-437-6486, visit the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society website or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
2020's "Student Spotlight" Artists
Transformation & Reflection,
featuring Nicholson and Tweedy
Socially-distanced, Outdoor
Artist Reception
Saturday, July 25, 5:30-7:00pm
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) debuts its inaugural “Student Spotlight” art show on Saturday, July 18, featuring the work of Mount Horeb High School 2020 graduate Benjamin Jaramillo Nicholson and Junior Arianna Tweedy.
Each of Nicholson and Tweedy’s works are a tangible product of an inward journey. This partner exhibit was a natural fit, as both featured artists acutely understand and appreciate the cathartic and therapeutic role that art plays in their lives. Tweedy notes that her eclectic dabbling in acrylic painting, watercolors, colored pencils and ceramics is “a way to experiment with new ideas and emotions that are otherwise difficult to put into words,” while Benjamin mused that his linoleum block printing is an fitting symbol for many struggles for equality and acceptances, including his personal transition from female to male. “Transformative change,” Nicholson writes, “rarely happens in one fell swoop,” much like “turning a smooth block of linoleum into a work of art is the product of many small changes.”
Nicholson and Tweedy’s installation, entitled “Transformation and Reflection,” will be on display in the Historium’s Walk-up Gallery through Sunday, August 23. The Walk-up Gallery, a COVID-era adaptation, provides an awning-sheltered, handicapped-accessible, outdoor venue for art appreciation.
The Driftless Historium’s "Student Spotlight” initiative is an annual art show celebrating the talent of area youth. This program, developed in partnership with Mount Horeb High School art educators Anna King and Dana Showers, will provide an opportunity for young artists to gain experience producing and promoting a public art installation in a professional setting.
Select works featured in this show will be available for sale, with 25% of proceeds donated to the Driftless Historium’s preservation and education endeavors. Visit www.mthorebhistory.org/transformationandreflection2020.html to view the companion virtual gallery, and meet the artists at an outdoor, physically-distanced artist reception to be held Saturday, July 25 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
For more information, call the Driftless Historium at 608-437-6486, visit the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society website or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
Tues. Aug. 25
Caring for Collections:
Protecting & Preserving Family History
Do you have albums of black and white photos, bundles of letters, envelopes of yellowing newspaper clippings—and you’re just not quite sure what do with these precious remnants of your family’s history?
The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society will host Virginia War Memorial Archivist Heidi Sheldon on Tuesday, August 25 at 6:30 p.m. for “Caring for Collections,” a virtual presentation about the best ways to care for and preserve your family photographs and important documents.
Sheldon will discuss common mistakes, storage guidelines and things you can do at home to make sure your treasured items can be passed to the next generation. This live tutorial will wrap up with a question-and-answer session.
Heidi will join us from Richmond, Virginia, where she is the Archivist at the Virginia War Memorial. Sheldon grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan. After receiving her BS in American History from Central Michigan University, she moved south to escape the snow. She holds an MA in American History, with a concentration in Public History, from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Before arriving at the Virginia War Memorial, Heidi worked for other cultural institutions, including the Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium in Flint, Michigan, and a historic house museum in Lexington, Virginia. She has been a Virginia resident since 2008, and finds the Commonwealth a wonderful place for a lover of history.
Registration is required to obtain the meeting weblink, or choose to join by phone. Email dudelhoven@mthorebhistory.org (include “8-25 Collections Care Event” in the subject line) or call 608-437-6486 by Sunday, August 23.
Caring for Collections:
Protecting & Preserving Family History
Do you have albums of black and white photos, bundles of letters, envelopes of yellowing newspaper clippings—and you’re just not quite sure what do with these precious remnants of your family’s history?
The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society will host Virginia War Memorial Archivist Heidi Sheldon on Tuesday, August 25 at 6:30 p.m. for “Caring for Collections,” a virtual presentation about the best ways to care for and preserve your family photographs and important documents.
Sheldon will discuss common mistakes, storage guidelines and things you can do at home to make sure your treasured items can be passed to the next generation. This live tutorial will wrap up with a question-and-answer session.
Heidi will join us from Richmond, Virginia, where she is the Archivist at the Virginia War Memorial. Sheldon grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan. After receiving her BS in American History from Central Michigan University, she moved south to escape the snow. She holds an MA in American History, with a concentration in Public History, from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Before arriving at the Virginia War Memorial, Heidi worked for other cultural institutions, including the Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium in Flint, Michigan, and a historic house museum in Lexington, Virginia. She has been a Virginia resident since 2008, and finds the Commonwealth a wonderful place for a lover of history.
Registration is required to obtain the meeting weblink, or choose to join by phone. Email dudelhoven@mthorebhistory.org (include “8-25 Collections Care Event” in the subject line) or call 608-437-6486 by Sunday, August 23.
August - September 2020
Sat. Aug. 29, 4 PM - 5:30 PM
A Closer Look. Artist Reception featuring Melissa Roelli Photography
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) invites you to meet featured photographer (and helpful local Librarian!) Melissa Roelli at an open-air, socially-distanced reception on Saturday, August 29 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Her first-ever photography installation, “A Closer Look: Different Views of the Driftless Region” opens in the Historium’s Walk-up Gallery on Wednesday, August 26.
The drop-in event will take place on the raised stoop in front of the Walk-up Gallery. Registration is not required to attend. Social distancing best practices and face coverings are required. Disposable face masks will be available as needed.
“A Closer Look” will be on display every day through Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
More info about this installation can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1799040203568335/
Visit http://www.mthorebhistory.org/closerlook.html to view the companion virtual gallery.
For more information, call the Driftless Historium at 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
A Closer Look. Artist Reception featuring Melissa Roelli Photography
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) invites you to meet featured photographer (and helpful local Librarian!) Melissa Roelli at an open-air, socially-distanced reception on Saturday, August 29 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Her first-ever photography installation, “A Closer Look: Different Views of the Driftless Region” opens in the Historium’s Walk-up Gallery on Wednesday, August 26.
The drop-in event will take place on the raised stoop in front of the Walk-up Gallery. Registration is not required to attend. Social distancing best practices and face coverings are required. Disposable face masks will be available as needed.
“A Closer Look” will be on display every day through Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
More info about this installation can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1799040203568335/
Visit http://www.mthorebhistory.org/closerlook.html to view the companion virtual gallery.
For more information, call the Driftless Historium at 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
Aug. 26 - Sept. 30
A Closer Look. Different Views of the Driftless Region. Melissa Roelli Photography
We need art now more than ever.
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) invites you to take refuge in nature with photographer (and helpful local Librarian!) Melissa Roelli.
Roelli’s first photography exhibit, “A Closer Look: Different Views of the Driftless Region,” will be on display in the Historium’s Walk-up Gallery from Wednesday, August 26 through Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
The Walk-up Gallery takes advantage of the 1886 Gilbertson Hardware Store’s large plate glass storefront display windows to provide an awning-sheltered, outdoor venue for safer art appreciation.
Melissa hopes to encourage people to pause and appreciate the details of the world through her photographs. “Exploring the way the light shines through leaves, or the way a fern and a flower curl around each other allows me to completely escape,” Roelli reflects, “and time seems to stand still.”
Most of her photographs are taken at the Bloomfield Prairie and State Parks of the Driftless region, where she feels blessed to live.
Visit http://www.mthorebhistory.org/closerlook.html to view the companion virtual gallery.
For more information on “A Closer Look,” call the Driftless Historium at 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
A Closer Look. Different Views of the Driftless Region. Melissa Roelli Photography
We need art now more than ever.
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) invites you to take refuge in nature with photographer (and helpful local Librarian!) Melissa Roelli.
Roelli’s first photography exhibit, “A Closer Look: Different Views of the Driftless Region,” will be on display in the Historium’s Walk-up Gallery from Wednesday, August 26 through Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
The Walk-up Gallery takes advantage of the 1886 Gilbertson Hardware Store’s large plate glass storefront display windows to provide an awning-sheltered, outdoor venue for safer art appreciation.
Melissa hopes to encourage people to pause and appreciate the details of the world through her photographs. “Exploring the way the light shines through leaves, or the way a fern and a flower curl around each other allows me to completely escape,” Roelli reflects, “and time seems to stand still.”
Most of her photographs are taken at the Bloomfield Prairie and State Parks of the Driftless region, where she feels blessed to live.
Visit http://www.mthorebhistory.org/closerlook.html to view the companion virtual gallery.
For more information on “A Closer Look,” call the Driftless Historium at 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.