Considering Flowers Exhibit Opening

On Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 the new exhibition Considering Flowers opened at the Museum.  Considering Flowers displays a collection of watercolor floral paintings by Swedish-American artist, historian and gardener Karen Vaughn Harding of Rockford.

In this exhibit, the artist sets out to tell the stories of her flowers and garden in watercolors—something many artists have done before her and will continue to do.  “Equally captivated by floral beauty and its evocative power, painters have always filled their canvases with flowers, using them as decorative or symbolic elements,” she says.

For more information about this exhibit and the events scheduled, please click here.

Swedish Language Classes Spring 2012

Please note: Beginners I and Beginners II classes are delayed one week. They will begin Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 at the same scheduled times.

Swedish Language Classes return this spring and begin Wednesday, Jan. 25 and Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012!  We will offer four levels–Beginners I, Beginners II, Intermediate, and Conversation/Advanced.  To learn more about these classes, download our application or pay online, please click here to visit our Classes page.

Film Thursdays

Film Thursdays continue at the Museum with the screening of “Under the Sun” on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.   Directed by Colin Nutley, this Academy Award nominated film centers on an illiterate man Olof (Rolf Lassgård) living on his family farm after the death of his mother, who receives help from friend Erik (Johan Widerberg).  Along comes newly-hired housekeeper Ellen (Helena Bergström), and romance ensues.

This is a free event, reservations are recommended.  Coffee and sandwiches available at self-cost.

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