OGDENSBURG -- The Frederic Remington Art Museum on Dec. 1 for hosts their Holiday Open House from 3 to 7 p.m. Admission is free. There will be festive decorations, exhibits, holiday music, local …
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OGDENSBURG -- The Frederic Remington Art Museum on Dec. 1 for hosts their Holiday Open House from 3 to 7 p.m.
Admission is free.
There will be festive decorations, exhibits, holiday music, local vendors and discounts in the museum shop.
Children can make hot cocoa, read holiday books and crafts with children's librarian Dorian Lenney-Wallace of the Ogdensburg Public Library. This activity is free for children.
A holiday bow making workshop will be offered during the event. Each participant will create one holiday themed bow approximately 6 inches in diameter. Supplies are provided. Workshops will start every half hour from 3 to 5 p.m. All ages welcome. Advance registration by Nov. 29 is recommended. The cost is $10 per person.
Local author Diane LaRock will attend with her children’s books “Grandma’s Garden” and “Grandma’s Garden Coloring Book.” Also, Barbara Briggs Ward will sign copies of her Christmas trilogy including “The Reindeer Keeper,” “The Snowman Maker” and “The Candle Giver.”
Vendors include Cat House Designs By Melanie Kimbler-Lago with her art quilts and painted reclaimed furniture, J. Hackett Cliff & Co. with jams and jellies and River Myst with holiday wine sampling and other items for sale. Visitors can bring all purchases into the museum shop for free gift wrapping or make a gift basket out of them.
People can also browse the museum art galleries. There will be docents on hand, prepared to engage in Remington conversations. Featured will be the newly loaned first dated drawing by Frederic Remington, from Feb. 19, 1875, done when the artist was only 13 and living in Ogdensburg.
More info: 393-2425