Museum of Russian Icons Annual Report 2016 V2 Annual Report 2017 | Page 17

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
January: 827 visitors April: 1035 visitors July: 1901 visitors October: 2010 visitors
Thursday, 1/7: First Thursday Sunday, 4/3: Contemporary Russian
Literature Book Group Organizational
Meeting Thursday, 7/7: First Thursday; Adult
Craft Night Saturday, 10/1: Lecture: “Tiffany on the
Mend: The Conservation of Stained
Glass” with Mary Clerkin Higgins
February: 1022 visitors
Thursday, 2/4: First Thursday; FILM:
“RUSSIA! The Drama of Art in Twelve
Episodes”
Saturday, 2/6: FILM: “RUSSIA! The
Drama of Art in Twelve Episodes”
Thursday, 2/11: Opening of Toys,
Trinkets, and Treasures: The Story of
the Nesting Doll
Thursday, 4/7: First Thursday
Saturday, 4/16: Film and Lecture: “The
Saint Patriarch Tikhon” with Marina
Adamovich of RusDocFilmFest-3W
Sunday, 4/17: Reading and Book
Signing: The Littlest Matryoshka with
Corrine Demas
Thursday, 7/14: Opening of In
Company with Angels: Seven
Rediscovered Tiffany Windows
Friday, 7/22: Free Fun Friday,
sponsored by the Highland Street
Foundation
August: 1332 visitors
Monday, 8/1 through Saturday,
August 6: Prosopon School of
Iconology Icon Writing Workshop
Tuesday, 2/16 to Saturday, 2/20:
School Vacation Week activities,
including the film “Morozko” (“Father
Frost”) and the workshop “Meet the
Marvelous Matryoshka” with Larissa
Dyan Tuesday, 4/19 to Friday 4/22: School
Vacation Week activities, including a
Matryoshka Painting Workshop with
Marina Forbes on April 20 March: 979 visitors May: 871 visitors Sunday, 8/14: Film: “Let There Be
Light” with Director Peter Swanson
Thursday, 3/3: First Thursday; Framing
Cultures Series panel presentation:
“Growing Up in the Soviet Union” Thursday, 5/5: First Thursday; Concert:
Russian Duo Sunday, 8/21: Contemporary Russian
Literature Book Group
Sunday, 5/8: Free Museum admission
in conjunction with the MA-MAtroyshka
Festival September: 1431 visitors
Sunday, 5/15: Contemporary Russian
Literature Book Group Wednesday, 9/21: Webinar: The
Museum of Russian Icons and
Collette Present: Discovering Croatia,
Slovenia, and the Adriatic Coast
Friday, 3/11: Workshops: Pysanky
Ukrainian Egg Decorating (Beginner
Level) & Etched Pysanky, with Karen
Brouillette and Susan Dow
Saturday, 3/12: Workshops: Pysanky
Ukrainian Egg Decorating (Beginner
Level) & Advanced Pysanky with Karen
Brouillette and Susan Dow
Saturday, 3/19: Special Easter
Tour: “Icons of Renewal” with CEO/
Curator Kent Russell; “Accreditation
Celebration” evening event
Saturday, 4/23: Workshop: Introduction
to Zentangle with Karen Keefe
June: 994 visitors
Thursday, 6/2: First Thursday; Clinton
Middle School 6th Grade Art Show
Saturday, 6/11: Film: “RUSSIA! The
Drama of Art in Twelve Episodes”
Saturday, 6/25: Tour: Farewell to “Toys,
T rinkets and Treasures” with Registrar
Laura Garrity-Arquitt
Sunday, 6/26: Contemporary Russian
Literature Book Group
Thursday, 8/4: First Thursday; Gallery
talk: “The Hierarchy of Angels” with
Docent Larissa Dyan
Thursday, 9/1: First Thursday; Film:
“Rails Across Russia”
Saturday, 9/24: Framing Cultures:
“Animation as Artifact: The Cultural
Significance of Russian Cartoons”
with Programs Manager Randi Kelly
Sunday, 9/25: Contemporary Russian
Literature Book Group
Sunday, 10/2: Book Launch: Icons: The
Essential Collection, with Paraclete Press
Thursday, 10/6: First Thursday; Adult
Craft night
Saturday, 10/15: 10th Birthday Party &
10th Anniversary Concert with Zingaresca
Duo
Saturday, 10/29: Film: “Let There Be
Light”
November: 1058 visitors
Tuesday, 11/1: Special Tour: Tiffany
Windows at St. Matthew’s Episcopal
Church (Worcester) with Prof. Virginia
Raguin
Thursday, 11/3: First Thursday; Game
Night!
Saturday, 11/5: Workshop: Advanced
Zentangle with Karen Keefe
Sunday, 11/6: Contemporary Russian
Literature Book Group
Saturday, 11/19: Opening day of “Holy
Fools to Wonderworkers: Saints of the
Orthodox Faith”
December: 724 visitors
Thursday, 12/1: First Thursday: Ornament
Craft Night
Saturday, 12/3: A Royal Lecture
and Reception: Nick Nicholson with
Honored Guest Prince Dmitri Pavlovich
Romanovsky-Ilyinsky.
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