[BCMA MBEN] Roedde House Museum celebrates Culture Days with Victorian-themed workshops, Sept. 26-28

[BC Museums Association - Member Broadcast Email Network]

September 24, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Step Back in Time - Victorian Workshops for Culture Days
Roedde House Museum opens its doors for a trio of Victorian-themed events.

Vancouver, BC (September 24, 2014) - Roedde House Museum is very excited to
be included amongst more than 7,500 free activities that are already
registered to take place in over 825 communities across Canada as part of
the 5th anniversary of Culture Days, taking place on September 26-28, 2014.
Roedde House Museum is participating in Culture Days by inviting local
artists to share their craft with the community. In the spirit of theme of
the Museum, three Victorian-themed events will be happening over the course
of Culture Days weekend. These include:

*	Camera Obscura Workshop (Friday September 26th, 2014, 1 - 4pm)
		Professional photographers Silmara Albi and Mauricio Orozco
will be facilitating a workshop on Camera Obscura techniques. Participants
will learn about the early history of photography, view some vintage
cameras, and build their own camera obscuras. 

*	Marbling Demonstration (Saturday September 27th, 2014, 1 - 4pm)
		Book artist Phyllis Greenwood will be leading a paper
marbling demonstration in the house of Vancouver's first bookbinder &
marbler extraordinaire, Gustav Roedde. Learn about late 19th century book
arts and printing. 

*	Singing in the Parlour (Sunday September 28th, 2014, 1 - 4pm)
		Second Sunday Concert Series Artistic Director (and
classically trained soprano) Catherine Laub will be leading a singing
workshop focusing on music culture and works from the late 19th century. 

Docents will also be leading free tours of the House, enlightening visitors
about the typical lives of a Vancouver family living in the Victorian era.
Roedde House Museum, in Vancouver's West End, is a late-Victorian home in
the Queen Anne revival style. Built in 1893 for the family of Gustav Roedde,
the city's first bookbinder, it has been faithfully restored to reflect the
day-to-day life of a middle class, immigrant family at the turn of the last
century.
For more information about our event or interview opportunities please
contact the Museum Manager:
Sheila Giffen, Roedde House Museum Manager
info at roeddehouse.org
604-684-7040



Roedde House Museum is located at 1415 Barclay Street, Vancouver BC, V6G
1J6.
There is a parking lot behind the museum (access from Broughton Street) with
four parking spots designated for Museum guests. Parking is scarce in the
neighbourhood so visitors are encouraged to allow plenty of time to find
parking.

To learn more about the Roedde House Museum: http://www.roeddehouse.org/en/
Connect with us on social media: Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/RoeddeHouseMuseum> , Twitter (@RoeddeHouse),
Instagram, and Pinterest. 
To learn more, please visit www.culturedays.ca. Connect with Culture Days on
Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Culture-Days-Fete-de-la-culture/316880728014>
, Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/groups/1385275@N20/>  and YouTube
<http://www.youtube.com/cdfdlc>  and join the conversation @culturedays on
Twitter <http://twitter.com/culturedays> . 


 

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About Culture Days

Culture Days is committed to reaching the goal of having all Canadians in
every community declaring "I Love Culture" and making culture a daily habit.

Launched in 2010, Culture Days is a volunteer-driven initiative guided by a
national organization in collaboration with volunteer Provincial Task
Forces, whose members come from a variety of backgrounds including cultural
programming, tourism, municipal cultural planning and public engagement, who
rally their arts and cultural communities to promote the event to the public
in communities of all sizes across Canada.

As a leading national voice for the active and engaged cultural life of all
Canadians, Culture Days provides support, tools and resources to a wide
variety of artists and cultural organizations to help them unite the country
through engagement in culture.

Culture Days was initiated by four Founding Partners: The Canadian Arts
Summit, Culture pour tous (producer of Journées de la culture), Canada
Council for the Arts and The Banff Centre. National partners are Sun Life
Financial and The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. National Broadcast
Partner is Bell Media (CTV). National Creative Partner is BT/A. Federal
Government support is provided by Canadian Heritage.
  
Sheila Giffen
Museum Manager

Maison Musée Roedde House Museum
1415 Barclay Street, 
Vancouver, BC V6G 1J6
T 604.684.7040
Email : info at roeddehouse.org


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