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Thornton W. Burgess Society
THORNTON W. BURGESS MUSEUM                      GREEN BRIAR NATURE CENTER
 "to inspire reverence for wildlife and concern for the natural environment"

 

Thornton W. Burgess Museum 

Currently on display is a red work quilt made by a 10 year old girl with Ruby Short McKim’s patterns based on the Burgess Bedtime Stories. The highlight of the museum exhibit is a display of several recently acquired Harrison Cady illustrations.

 

Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen

Now that classes are being held in the new Education Center, additional space has become available in the old Green Briar building with two separate gallery areas for exhibitions. Below is the tentative schedule of exhibits planned for 2008.

 

April 15—June 29  “Flowers and Landscapes: The Oils and Watercolors of Jean Harwick” is the title of the exhibit currently on display in the gallery at the Green Briar Nature Center.  Ms. Harwick is a graduate of Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and, while in Pennsylvania,  she served on the faculty of the Wyomissing Institute of Fine Arts.  After settling on the Cape in Yarmouth Port, she became a member of numerous art associations.  Her work has been included in many juried art shows as well as in her own private shows.  The exhibit runs through June 29th and may be viewed Monday through Saturday from 10AM to 4PM and Sunday from 1PM to 4PM. 

 

April 25—August 3  SANDWICH’S RENAISSANCE MAN: THE ART AND CRAFTS OF ALVIN A. WHITE

An exciting new exhibit currently on display at the Green Briar Nature Center in East Sandwich features the many talents of the late Alvin A. White of Sandwich, who was truly a Renaissance Man.  He was a gunsmith, scrimshander, jeweler, model maker, bird carver, sculptor and painter.  White’s primary fame was due to his talent as a gun engraver.  He became unquestionably the most famous and accomplished American arms engraver of the 20th Century.  Acknowledged as the Colt Arms Company’s Master Engraver, he was on exclusive call to engrave their most important presentation guns including four U.S. presidents and numerous other dignitaries.   Although Alvin White’s fame was due to his talent as a gun engraver, this exhibit primarily pays tribute to his many other talents, especially his work with scrimshaw, sculpture, jewelry making, bird carving, cup plate design and painting. 

White and his wife, Violet, were true friends of the Thornton W. Burgess Society.  His love of nature was reflected in the many commemorative cup plates he designed for the Society.  During his semi-retirement in Sandwich, the creation of cup plate moulds had become one of his primary occupations by the 1970’s.  The Burgess Society cup plates were among White’s personal favorites.  He had read Burgess stories as a boy and admired Harrison Cady, the primary illustrator of Burgess books.  White once remarked, “The Burgess character drawings have always appealed to me.”


July 6—September 28

The Cutting Edge: Scissors Cuttings of Carolyn Wiedman

August 8—October 19

Burgess Animals and Cady Art

October 10—January 5

Game Farm Glimpses: The Photography of Quentin Molyn

October 26—January 18

Birds, More Birds and A Bunny or Two: Bird Specimens and the Paintings of Aleta Steward