T.C. Steele

Schedule of Events

Jan. 10, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Perspectives for the New Year: Exploring Point of View, $10
Jan. 11, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Deepening the Life of Prose: Setting and Description, $10

March 12, 6:30 p.m.: Gardening panel discussion on garden design, perennials, flowering shrubs and botanical illustration, free
March 14, 10:30 a.m.: Recycle art for your garden: Hummingbird feeders (adults), $15; and CD mobiles (youth), $5
April 18, 11 a.m.: Miss Potter’s Tea Party, $15 - Come in your Sunday best for a tea party and finger food. Share Beatrix Potter books and make some art projects.
April 24-26: Wildflower Foray - Join the T.C. Steele State Historic Site along with many other agencies for a weekend of hiking, identification, and fun. Costs may vary depending on the activity.
April 28, 6:30 p.m.: National Mystery Writer, Susan Wittig Albert, free - She will talk about gardening with herbs and her new book, Wormwood , to be released in 2009.
May 9, 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.: Friends of T.C. Steele plant sale and demonstrations - Bring your mother to the site for a demo on cooking with herbs at 11 a.m. with Barbara Bowman, Brown County Extension Educator, and a demo on reducing your carbon footprint in the garden at 2 p.m. with Amy Thompson, Monroe County Extension Education. There will be papermaking all day.
May 16, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Festival of Flowers PaintOut, Artists must pre-register.

June 21, 1 — 5 p.m.: Sunday at Home, Join us for some old-fashioned fun!
Fridays in July, 10 a.m. — 2 p.m.: Camp Steele, $20/day or $60 for all four days; campers must register. Spend a day in the life of T.C. Steele, hiking and creating art projects. Grades 4 through 7.
Aug. 29, 2 p.m.: Science in a box, $10, Learn about gravity and motion and make a balance toy.
Sept. 12, 7 a.m. — 3:30 p.m.: Great Outdoor Art Contest, Artists must pre-register.

Oct. 10, 7 p.m.: Murder Mystery, $30, Have appetizers and dessert in the studio, while solving a crime!
Oct. 23, 7 p.m.: Ghost tours, stories, & bats, $5, Have a ghost tour of the site, listen to spooky stories, and learn about bats.
Nov. 7, 1 p.m.: Unparalleled-Paisley Shawls, $3, Join Barbara Livesey as she explores the history of the paisley shawl and evolving technology. Create your own paisley design and see some shawls up close.
Dec. 6, 2 - 4 pm: Steele’s Country Christmas, $10, Join us for crafts, Santa and music!