2008
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(All events free with admission except film night $10 members, $15 non-members)
May 15 thru October 15,
Chesterwood open to the general public, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily
Go to Visitor Information page
or call for group tour information and scheduling.
July
Every Mon, Wed, Fri, 12:00 pm, Chesterwood Grounds, Stockbridge, MA
Lunchtime Breathing, Concentration and Meditation. Inspired by the vast and mountainous landscape, learn breathing techniques to lessen mind chatter, sleep better, and focus energy on the present. The result is a peaceful mind and a balance, strength, and increase of positive life energy.
Every Friday, 10:30am – 12:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Architecture is Fun family program.
Tour the historic home, studio and garden of Daniel Chester French. Make an architectural model of a building or garden of your very own design.
Every Friday, 1:00pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
CSC tour of outdoor sculpture.
Every Saturday, 10:30am – 12:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Sculpture is Fun family program.
View the studio where the Lincoln Memorial statue was created and tour the Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood outdoor sculpture exhibition. Be inspired to create your own clay sculpture which you may take home with you.
Every Saturday, 1:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Spanish language tour available.
Every Sunday, 10:30am – 12:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Photography is Fun family program.
Photograph the Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood exhibit and nature’s beauty in our gardens and woodlands with a complimentary disposable camera. Your two best photos will be exhibited in our Barn Gallery in September.
Every Sunday, 1:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Spanish language tour available.
July 26 , 2pm – 4pm, Woodshed, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Bronze Casting Revealed with Dutch sculptor Anja Vosdingh Bessem.
See the process of creating figurative bronze sculpture from the wax model.
Try your hand at modeling in clay.
August
August 6 , Wednesday, 8:00 pm (rain date August 7), special picnic and movie night at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA. Picnic grounds open at 7pm.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture previews a new documentary film prior to its release on PBS. During a career that spanned three decades, Saint-Gaudens created nearly 150 works including the Sherman Monument at the entrance to New York's Central Park, the Adams Memorial, and the Shaw Memorial in Boston Common (that inspired the film "Glory"). Bring your blankets and picnic baskets to Chesterwood this summer for the First Chesterwood Film Festival. (Leave your bottled water and popcorn home. They'll be available at the screenings.)
Co-sponsored by 
Every Mon, Wed, Fri, until August 29, 12:00pm, Chesterwood Grounds, Stockbridge, MA
Lunchtime Breathing, Concentration and Meditation. Inspired by the vast and mountainous landscape, learn breathing techniques to lessen mind chatter, sleep better, and focus energy on the present. The result is a peaceful mind and a balance, strength, and increase of positive life energy.
Every Friday, 10:30am – 12:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Architecture is Fun family program.
Tour the historic home, studio and garden of Daniel Chester French. Make an architectural model of a building or garden of your very own design.
Every Friday, 1:00pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
CSC tour of outdoor sculpture.
Every Saturday, until August 23, 10:30am – 12:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Sculpture is Fun family program.
View the studio where the Lincoln Memorial statue was created and tour the Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood outdoor sculpture exhibition. Be inspired to create your own clay sculpture which you may take home with you.
Every Sunday, 1:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Spanish language tour available.
Every Saturday, 1:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Spanish language tour available.
Every Sunday, until August 24, 10:30am – 12:30pm, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Photography is Fun family program.
Photograph the Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood exhibit and nature’s beauty in our gardens and woodlands with a complimentary disposable camera. Your two best photos will be in a show in our Barn Gallery in September.
August 23, Saturday , 2pm – 4pm, Museum Shop, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Summers with Lincoln, Looking for the Man in the Monument $24.95
by James A. Percoco, Forward by Harold Holzer.
Lecture and book signing.
September
Barn Gallery Resource Area, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Exhibit of Chesterwood garden photographs by Paul Rocheleau, photographer
Sept. 6 , Saturday, 8:00 pm (rain date Sept. 7), special picnic and movie night at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA. Picnic grounds open at 7pm.
A Visit with Colette. This French documentary explores the life and work of the fabled writer Colette as she is interviewed by a young Jean Cocteau (who never failed to be at the center of things) Filmed primarily during a visit by Cocteau to the aging novelist's apartment in the Palais Royal, the footage includes rare scenes of Colette's early life and career .
Always Yes, Caresse. The story of the legendary co-founder of The Black Sun Press, Caresse Crosby. Together with her husband Harry, she pioneered the work of James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, Man Ray, and many other luminaries of the Lost Generation. Filmed in her 15th Century 300-room castle (give or take a few dozen rooms), the footage includes a not-to-be-missed surrealist dinner with Bob Hope and a plateful of live frogs. Bring your blankets and picnic baskets to Chesterwood this summer for the First Chesterwood Film Festival. (Leave your bottled water and popcorn home. They'll be available at the screenings.) Co-sponsored by
