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Schedule

Here are a few confirmed in-person public events in the near future featuring Silhouettes By Hand live silhouette portraiture. Entrance fees to these events vary, or may be free. (Private and corporate events are not listed). Scroll down for Memberships and Past Event locations.

TO PURCHASE SILHOUETTES VIA EMAIL, visit the Purchase page.

TO SCHEDULE YOUR OWN EVENT, email Lauren: silhouettesbyhand@gmail.com

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Upcoming In-Person Events:

2012:

2012 appearances are still being firmed up – this calendar will update frequently.  Events may be subject to change.

May 19-20, 2012: Claude Moore Colonial Farm (National Park Service) “1771 Market Fair”, McLean, VA

11:00am-4:30pm
Step back in time to one of the most authentic events on the East Coast, and perfect for the whole family. Claude Moore Colonial Farm recreates a 1771 tenant farm during the years before the Revolution, when most of our forefathers and foremothers did not live in cities and did not have a huge plantation. Three times a year, May, July, and October, the farm creates a Market Fair of its era: filled with delightful artisans, fascinating displays, well-priced wares, and food. Oh, the food! Watch your chicken roasting over a spit, enjoy the delicious baked goods, sip an adult beverage (but only if you are an adult), and be surprised at the small fees of all. This is the perfect family outing, with hands-on activities, animals, and even history sneaked in. The Farm visit and the Market Fair are under one low price. Visit the website for more details.

May 26, 2012: “Chestertown Tea Party Festival”, Chestertown, MD

Crafts event: 10am-5pm, on the city streets
(SILHOUETTES TENT LOCATION: Space #88, at the SE corner of Queen St and High Street)
In response to British Parliament’s closing of the port of Boston, the citizens of Chestertown, Maryland met in May of 1774 and set forth “Resolves” forbidding importing, selling, or consuming tea in Chestertown. According to local legend, residents then gathered at the town center, marched down High Street to the brigantine Geddes, which was anchored in the Chester River, and tossed her cargo of tea overboard. The annual reenactment of that event is the centerpiece of the Chestertown Tea Party Festival. The re-enactment is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. All Festival events take place along the Chester River and in the historic district of 18th-century  Chestertown, Maryland. There is no admission charge to the Festival, which incudes a Colonial Parade, A walking tour of the historic district, demonstrating Colonial artisans, and an Annual Raft Race – and the Tossing of the Tea at 2pm.

 June 2-3, 2012: “Blackbeard Pirate Festival”, Hampton, VA

(SILHOUETTES TENT BOOTH  LOCATION: near the Virginia Air and Space Museum)
Hampton VA’s waterfront comes alive with dozens of pirate re-enactors, costumed in historically accurate garb, who transform today’s Hampton into the busy seaport of yesterday. Led by Blackbeard the Pirate himself, re-enactors help visitors step back in time and re-live the history and legends of 1718 Hampton. The Blackbeard Pirate Festival offers a variety of children’s activities, live musical entertainment, fireworks, period vendors, arts and crafts, and much more! This year’s activities include a number of reenactments from impromptu street skirmishes between pirates and the militia, to full-scale sea battles in the Hampton Harbor, featuring the popular re-enactment of Blackbeard’s final battle. Onlookers can also enjoy the waterfront view where tall ships, including Kalmar Nyckel, tower over more than 50 private sail and powerboats all decked out in their own pirate gear.

June 8-12, 2012: Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums national conference (Farmer’s Branch Historical Park, Dallas, TX)

Lauren Muney will be co-presenting a workshop session with Lauren McCormack of the USS Constitution Museum at the ALHFAM national conference: “Person-to-Person Interactivity” for living history museums. ALHFAM is an association of living history museums, farm and agricultural museums, historical interpreters, curators, and independent specialists. For information on the ALHFAM conference, click here for conference program.

June 16, 2012: Little Rock, Arkansas: The Elections of 1836 (Arkansas State Heritage)

10am-4pm
Arkansas is celebrating its founding, and is throwing themselves a fabulous celebration festival. Silhouettes By Hand will be creating silhouette portraits to allow guests to picture themselves in the time of Arkansas’ statehood, 1836. Merchants, entertainers, politicians, lawyers, doctors, and assorted other characters from Arkansas past will be present to interact with in a historical setting. Historic Arkansas Museum (morning) and Old State House Museum (afternoon). Admission: Free.

 June 23-24, 2012: “Gunfight at the OK Corral”, Old Bedford Village, Bedford, PA

Old Bedford Village is turned over to the cowboys, complete with crooked card games, gunfights, snake oil salesmen, itinerant preachers, chuckwagons, and even panning for gold. Silhouettes By Hand will once again have an “artist’s house” in one of the charming buildings, providing silhouette portraits for all interested folks to capture their portraits of the 1880s. Details TBA.

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Memberships:

  • Association for Living History Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM)
  • American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
  • Registered as a Federal Contractor to the United States government (“CCR” registry)
  • Registered in many cities and parks as an approved vendor
  • A woman-owned small business

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Past Events and Locations have included:

      • Smithsonian Institution: American Museum of American Art / National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC)
      • George Washington’s Mount Vernon “Colonial Market and Fair” (Virginia)
      • Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation: Jamestown Settlement (Jamestown, VA)
      • United States Council of Mayors National Conference
      • The Fair At New Boston (Ohio)
      • Upper Canada Village (Ontario, Canada)
      • Boordy Winery (Maryland)
      • Darnall’s Chance Museum (Maryland)
      • Chestertown Tea Party Festival
      • Fort Frederick 18th Century Market Fair (Maryland)
      • Claude Moore Colonial Farm (National Park Service, Virginia)
      • Dover Days Festival (Delaware)
      • Jerusalem Mill Colonial Crafts Weekend (Maryland)
      • Charles Carroll House Museum (Maryland)
      • Old Bedford Village, “Gunfight at the OK Corral” (Pennsylvania)
      • Montpelier Tea and Herb Festival (Maryland)
      • Maryland Irish Festival
      • Baltimore Privateer Festival
      • Historic London Town (Maryland)
      • City of Havre De Grace (Maryland)
      • Riversdale Mansion (Maryland)
      • Mythic Faire
      • Mount Clare Museum (Maryland)
      • Homewood Museum (Maryland)
      • Hampton Mansion NHS, (National Park Service)
      • Skaneateles (New York) Dickens Festival
      • Maryland Renaissance Festival
      • Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums (“ALHFAM”)
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