Category — ACT Events

Arts Council of Tamworth is going a little crazy with cabin fever, just like the rest of y’all. That’s why we’re giving you not one but TWO chances to get out of your house this month, on the same weekend. On Friday, March 19, come hear sublime vocalist and songwriter Linda Waterfall, dubbed “Seattle’s Top Singer/Songwriter” by the Seattle Times, in a concert featuring songs from her latest album Welcome to the Dark at the Tamworth Congregational Church at 7:30 p.m. And on Saturday, March 20 at 7:30 kick up your heels and shake off the mud season blues with Jonathan Sarty & his White Mountain Boys at The Brass Heart Inn in Chocorua, NH.

Waterfall, who has been recording and performing since 1977, has received wide acclaim for her innovative songwriting, unique guitar style, and lyrical resonant vocals. Folk Alliance Newsletter calls her “one of the finest fingerpicking guitar players alive on planet Earth today.” Tom Surowicz of the Twin Cities Reader says she’s “an extraordinary folk musician… [who] plays bristling, driving guitar and rolling, enveloping piano. If all that weren’t enough, Ms. Waterfall is a moving, terrific singer, blessed with star-of-the-choir pipes.” As a special treat, we get to see her play accompanied by some of this area’s own stars of the choir, Peg Loughran, Lisa Ferguson, Peggy Johnson, Belle Stafford, Seth Austen and Beverly Woods. Listen to more of Waterfall’s music on MySpace (“Fishing for Kisses”—ah, so sweet…).

Jonathan Sarty and his White Mountain Boys have built a wildly devoted audience from here to Nashville and back. The band plays both classic American music—from old-time country and honky-tonk to soul, gospel and rhythm & blues—and original tunes with such energy and virtuosity that you won’t be able to stop yourboot from tapping or your hands from clapping. Come dance the night away, in the beautiful Brass Heart Inn barn, to Jonathan’s great vocals and purposeful lyrics, and the full country sound of this beloved five-piece band, featuring slide guitar, rhythm guitars, stand-up bass, vocals and harmonica. Cash bar available. Hear a great bunch of Sarty and his WMB’s songs on MySpace (I love “I’m a White Mountain Boy”—and “I’ve Got A Home,” so romantic…)

Tickets for both these performances are available below. Tickets are also available at The Other Store in Tamworth Village, or by calling 603-323-8104. Tickets for Linda Waterfall are $15 for adults and $8 for students 13 to 18 and college students with a valid ID. Kids 12 & under are free, but require a ticket reservation to guarantee a seat. Tickets for the White Mountain Boys are $20 for adults and $10 for students 13 & up, free for kids, as above. Want to join in the madness with us? Buy tickets to both shows and save $5 off the combined price, or scroll down to purchase tickets to each show individually.

Waterfall/Sarty—Adult: $30

Waterfall/Sarty—Student: $13

Waterfall/Sarty—Child: Free

Linda Waterfall—Adult: $15

Linda Waterfall—Student: $8

Linda Waterfall—Child: Free

Jonathan Sarty & his White Mountain Boys—Adult: $20

Jonathan Sarty & his White Mountain Boys—Student: $10

Jonathan Sarty & his White Mountain Boys—Child: Free

Jonathan Sarty & his White Mountain Boys is made possible through the generous support of Sponsors The Brass Heart Inn, P. C. Hoag & Co., and Settlers’ Green Outlet Village, Co-sponsors Paul L. King Surveying, Northway Bank, Ossipee Insurance, and Yankee Smokehouse, Media Sponsor 93.5 WMWV | Magic 104FM and Press Partners The Conway Daily Sun and The Mountain Ear.

Arts Council of Tamworth is delighted to present the vibrant and original Boston String Quartet on Sunday, February 21, at 1:30 p.m. at Saint Andrew’s Church in Tamworth, NH (directions here). Since its formation 2004, the Boston String Quartet has been a creative leader in contemporary classical music in New England. Having made its professional debut at Carnegie Hall, the quartet performs its own arrangements of classical chamber music, rock, jazz, world music and more, and is continually “exploring different ways of sparking musical interest” [Boston Globe]. The members hail respectively from American, Russia, Taiwan and Japan, and bring a combined wealth of musical experience to their shared endeavor. You haven’t heard anything until you’ve heard them play Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” At intermission you will have an opportunity to meet and talk with the artists at a reception with refreshments hosted by the ACT board.

First violinist, founder and music director Christopher Vuk received his B.M. Summa Cum Laude on scholarship from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Hi is also an alumnus of the University of Northern Iowa and Longy School of Music. Described by the Boston Ballet as an “electrifying violinist,” Vuk has performed with distinguished artists such as Gloria Estefan, Bill Cosby, and Jennifer Holliday, as well as a special appearance on Sesame Street. He has played for audiences as varied as Queen Rainia of Jordan, Queen Noor, Mitt Romney, and First Lady Laura Bush. Vuk is the recipient of the Certificate of Congressional Commendation, and is currently the director of the contemporary music school School of Groove.

Second violinist Anastasia Sukhopara was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her interest in music prompted her parents to bring her to a music school when she was six years old where she started studying violin and piano. She studied at St. Petersburg Conservatory’s School for the Musically Gifted before being awarded a World Scholarship to Berklee College of Music, where she took a Performance Degree in contemporary styles of music. In addition to her classical music career, Anastasia enjoys collaborations with artists outside the classical arena.

Born in Taiwan, Chen Lin began to play viola at the age of eleven. She attended Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taiwan, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music and Education, with the honor of Second Prize of the Music Department. In 2007, she earned her Master’s Degree from The Boston Conservatory as a full scholarship student. Chen Lin has won awards at many competitions. She has performed in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, among others, and has been principal violist of the Boston Conservatory Orchestra and of the Boston University Symphony Orchestra.

Cellist Masanori Taniguchi has a B.S. and an M.S. in Chronobiology from Kyoto University, Japan, and also holds a Master of Music and a Graduate Performance Diploma in Cello Performance from the Boston Conservatory. Masanori played the piano as a child. He began to play the cello at the age of 18, and decided to pursue music as a career when he was 23. Masanori has often appeared as a substitute player in major professional orchestras in Osaka. In September of 2007 Masanori became a member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra.

To date, the Boston String Quartet has released the independent albums Spectrum and On Christmas Eve, and is currently recording on Boston-based classical label Navona Recordings. Their most recent albums with Navona are Xibus and Contrasts. Committed to music education in the Boston metro area, the BSQ is currently ensemble in residence at School of Groove.

These four talented musicians will knock your socks off with their skill and range, whether they’re playing Dvorak and Mozart, Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin, or the Beatles and Queen, and you can sample their music here. Tickets for this exciting performance will be on sale at the door are available below. Tickets are also available at The Other Store in Tamworth Village or by calling 603-323-8104. Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for students 13 to 18 and college students with a valid ID. Kids 12 & under are free, but require a ticket reservation to guarantee a seat. More info about online ticket purchasing can be found here.

This concert is made possible through the generous support of Sponsors BEAM Construction, Meredith Village Savings Bank, and The Tamworth Inn, Co-sponsors Interlakes Family Dental, New England Bookkeeping, and Maureen Westrick, Architect, Media Sponsor 93.5 WMWV | Magic 104FM and Press Partners The Conway Daily Sun and The Mountain Ear.

"Black Rock", open accordion book by Jay Rancourt

On Saturday, February 6, ACT! for Kids presents a Bookmaking Workshop with Jay Rancourt, for kids ages 9 & up. The workshop runs from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. (please note this is a change from the originally scheduled time) at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth. Books are defined here as content held together under protective, decorative covers. Within this basic definition, the possibilities are endless. Book arts encompass many different disciplines—painting, sculpture, writing, sewing, printing, and structural engineering all come into play. The process of making a book begins in the imagination. A memory, an event, a visual image, or a dream becomes the kernel of an idea. Through a period of extended play and exploration, the idea grows into a book.

Local artist and librarian extraordinaire Jay Rancourt has been making books for ten years, and teaches classes in this and other media. She exhibits her artist’s books, paintings, prints and silk paintings locally and in Portland, ME.

The cost for this workshop is $3. Any questions, call Jay Rancourt at the Cook Library, 323-8510. To register, send an email to act@artstamworth.org or call 603-323-8104. Sign up early: enrollment is limited.

ACT! for Kids is made possible by The Rey Foundation. Upcoming ACT! for Kids programs include Chicken Art on Saturday, March 13, and storyteller Simon Brooks, back by popular demand, on April 1. Information about future ACT! for Kids workshops can be found here.

Three MWV Nonprofits Combine Efforts to Present a Winter Afternoon of Stories by the Fire, Snowshoeing, and Good Cheer

On Sunday, January 31, at 3:30 p.m., Arts Council of Tamworth (ACT), Tin Mountain Conservation Center, and the Mountain Storytellers Guild join forces to present an afternoon of New England stories told around the fire in Tin Mountain’s Great Room. Vermont storyteller, writer, and TV and radio personality Willem Lange will headline, accompanied by Guild storytellers Olga Morrill, David Neufeld and Jo Radner.

Optional snowshoe and story excursions will precede the event. Participants can choose from a family snowshoe with short stories along the way, or an adult snowshoe with a ghostly mountaineering story that takes place on Mount Washington.  Snowshoe excursions and use of Tin Mountain snowshoes are included in the ticket price for the storytelling, and constitute at least the bargain of the new decade. Please arrive by 1:00 if you wish to take part in the snowshoe excursion.

After the excursions, and before the main event, homemade soups, breads, special chocolate desserts, wine, and hot drinks will be for sale. If you don’t want to snowshoe you can still come early for a warm meal.

Will Lange (I guess we'll have to believe him when he tells us just how big that fish was)

Will Lange’s New England roots run deep. A child of deaf parents, he grew up speaking sign language and first came to New England to prep school in 1950 as an alternative to reform school in his native New York State. After 40 years in New Hampshire, he and his wife Ida recently moved west, all the way to East Montpelier, VT. Lange’s weekly column, “A Yankee Notebook,” has appeared in several New England newspapers since 1981. He’s a commentator and host for Vermont Public Radio and both Vermont and New Hampshire Public Television. His annual readings of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol began in 1975 and continue unabated. He’s published several audio recordings and five books and received an Emmy nomination for one of his pieces on Vermont Public Television. Listen to Will’s story “The White-Footed Mouse” here and to some of his recent VPR commentaries here. Lots more to read and see on his website.

Olga Morrill

Olga Morrill, of Madison, NH enjoys telling stories to all ages. Her background in theater made storytelling seem to her wonderfully simple and straightforward as both entertainment and communication. In 1990 she became youth services librarian at the Conway Public Library. Storytelling was a natural embellishment for programs there, and she offered storytelling workshops for both children and adults. Thus she met Andy Davis. They co-coached several workshops and began attending storytelling conferences annually. In 1996 they started the Mountain Storytellers Guild with Matt Krug for tellers in the area. Olga has told at state swaps, Sharing the Fire’s Northeast Storytelling Conference, schools, and venues around New England.

David Neufeld

Physical storyteller David Neufeld brings an original mix of lyrical, zany, and action packed stories to audiences of all ages. He has been described as “a cross between Gary Larson and Mark Twain.”  His adaptations of folktales transform well-known characters and plots into fresh, modern, romps of acting using voice, illusion, and special effects. His original stories turn ordinary people into comic heroes. Touring internationally since 1979, David has performed for over a million people.

Jo Radner

Jo Radner of Lovell, Maine creates personal tales and stories about the people and history of northern New England. She delights in eccentrics, believes that humor and sadness are good bedfellows, and favors characters whose lives defy simple explanations. Jo is past president of the American Folklore Society and the National Storytelling Network.

Tickets to hear all these wonderful tellers of tales are $15 for adults, $7 for students 13 to 18 and college students with a valid ID. Kids 12 & under are free, but require a ticket reservation to guarantee a seat. The snowshoe excursion, which includes use of the of Tin Mountain’s snowshoes, is included in the ticket price. If you can only come for the snowshoe, a donation to the Storytellers Guild of $5 per person or $10 per family is requested. Tickets are available below, by calling 603-323-8104, and at The Other Store in Tamworth, NH. [Tickets will be on sale at the door, both before the snowshoe excursions and before the afternoon performances.] More info about buying tickets online can be found here.

This event is made possible through the generous support of sponsors The Brass Heart Inn, Settlers’ Green Outlet Village and The Tamworth Inn, co-sponsors Cormack Construction Management and White Mountain Oil and Propane, media sponsor 93.5 WMWV | Magic 104FM and press partners The Conway Daily Sun and The Mountain Ear.

Scroll to bottom for links to all 12 days as they arise…

Photo: Terry Leavitt

Visit us here this holiday season for 12 days of exclusive content. ACT’s “12 Days” kicks off on Christmas Day with a few Christmas treats and the North American premiere of Albert Lamb’s radio play Algonquin Suite. Algonquin Suite follows the fortunes of English actors Neil and Edwina Canard, long the toast of London, as they arrive in New York, hoping to break into Broadway, in the final heady days before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Lamb, a former resident of both Tamworth and Sandwich, stars as American songwriter Alec Limply, with Eleanor Holliday and Nicholas Allen in the roles of Edwina and Neil.

Algonquin Suite will run for several nights, and be followed by a series of ACT performances recorded live. Offerings will include the Back Bay Guitar Trio, GiveWay, Le Vent du Nord, Hanneke Cassel, Harry Manx, Red Molly, Gràda, Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, and the Two Man Gentlemen Band. Visit daily to learn the fate of Neil and Edwina, and to enjoy hours of eclectic music. Listen while you can: the music will be taken down with the Christmas trees and the garlands on January 6th… ACT wishes you a peaceful, joyful holiday season and a Happy New Year.

Dana Cunningham & Carol Noonan. Photo: Terry Leavitt

To view slide shows associated with each concert, click on the links to individual posts rather than viewing from the main page of the website.

1st of 12: A Weary World Rejoices 2004

1st of 12: The Algonquin Suite, Part 1

2nd of 12: The Algonquin Suite, Part 2

3rd of 12: The Algonquin Suite, Part 3

4th of 12: The Algonquin Suite, Part 4

5th of 12: The Algonquin Suite, Part 5

6th of 12: Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem

7th of 12: Red Molly

8th of 12: Harry Manx – September 24, 2005

9th of 12: GiveWay Takes Tamworth

10th of 12: The Cellist Wore Red Cowboy Boots

11th of 12: A North Wind Blows Through Tamworth

12th of 12: The Two Man Gentlemen Band

Photo: M. Hakola Photography

ACT! for Kids will present a children’s workshop in Movement Exploration and Modern Dance, led by renowned teacher Jeanne Limmer, on Saturday, January 16 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Tamworth Town House in Tamworth, NH. Movement and rhythm are part of our everyday world and children naturally want to move and explore. In this workshop Limmer will create a safe space in which these explorations can happen, and offer a range of movements that build a sense of potential and possibility in the children. No experience is necessary; all kids need are bare feet and comfortable clothing in which they can easily move.

Jeanne Limmer is a dancer, a choreographer, the founder—26 years ago—and director of the Jeanne Limmer Dance Center, a Roster Artist with the NH State Council on the Arts for Arts in Education, and especially a beloved teacher of dance—from classical and modern to jazz and tap—to students of all ages from preschoolers through adults. In recent years Limmer has traveled the state bringing movement exploration in the classroom, using movement as an exciting tool for exploring academics from science to math, environmental studies to geography, literacy to global citizenship. Children K-12 have learned to rely on each other while physically bringing these studies to life. Limmer is also one of the dancers participating in Extending the Dance Map, a project funded by the Dana foundation, to recruit and train dancers to become teaching artists in the North Country.

Movement Exploration and Modern Dance is geared toward kids ages seven to 10, and costs $5.00 per child. Space is limited: please email act@artstamworth.org or call 603-323-8104 to pre-register.

ACT! for Kids is made possible by the Rey Foundation. Find out more about their work at www.reyfoundation.org. Upcoming children’s programs include a bookmaking workshop with Jay Rancourt in February and a Chicken Art workshop with Lianne Prentice and Nicole Maher-Whiteside in March. Information about future ACT! for Kids workshops can be found here.

ACT! for KIDS is delighted to offer a bread dough ornament workshop for kids ages 5 & up with master baker Peg Loughran, Saturday, December 5, from 10:00 to 12:00 at Sunnyfield Brick Oven Bakery in Wonalancet, NH.  Kids will create painted, decorated bread dough ornaments to hang on a tree or otherwise display. Depending on the age of the participant, kids may create their own bread dough ornaments to take home and decorate, or may paint and decorate pre-made ornaments. Participants will also get to see ornaments being baked in the big brick oven.

Instructor Peg Loughran is a longtime Tamworth resident, the proprietor of Sunnyfield Brick Oven Bakery, and the mother of two young children.

The materials fee for this workshop is $5. There is no workshop fee, but donations are welcome. Space is limited: please pre-register by emailing act@artstamworth.org or calling 603-323-8104. For directions to Sunnyfield Bakery click here. ACT! for KIDS is made possible by the Rey Foundation. Find out more about their work at www.reyfoundation.org.

Upcoming ACT! for KIDS programs include a Modern Dance Workshop with Jeanne Limmer on January 16 and a Book-making Workshop with Jay Rancourt on February 6.

Kathie Carney, Katie O'Connell, Roger Sorlein; photo: Lori Lenart

This Saturday we will be treated not only to the lively and diverting Two Man Gentlemen Band, but also to the sweet harmonies and skilled strumming of Sweet Life Revue. The formation of the Sweet Life Revue is a happy twist of fate. After being near neighbors in North Sandwich for many years, Katie O’Connell, Kathy Carney, and Roger Sorlien finally met musically at one of Ellen Carlson’s wonderful fiddle camps. It wasn’t long before they sidled away from the fiddlers that weekend to work on favorite folksongs with three-part vocal harmonies. The addition of Chris Buerk’s tenor vocals and smooth instrumentals has given the group a huge new range of possibilities. Rachel Sorlien is a semi-regular member of Sweet Life Revue and her fiddling is the tie that binds its different song styles together. Sweet Life Revue is striving to create a rich and tight blend of voices while maintaining the old time feel of neighbors and family coming together for an evening of song. For the better part of four years now they have been honing their craft and performing at local venues. Most of the songs you will hear on November 21st were arranged especially for this show.

Roger Sorlien (mandolin, guitar, vocals) has lived in North Sandwich  for the past 21 years. He has been playing guitar and singing for 30 years and has passed on his appreciation of music to his daughters. Roger runs a monthly coffee house with Katie O’Connell in the winter and schedules local musicians to play at Mocha Rizing coffee shop every Sunday in Sandwich year round. In keeping with his goal of providing  supportive venues for local musicians to perform, Roger was a board member of the Arts Council of Tamworth for six years and still supports ACT’s efforts in many ways.

Katie O’Connell (lead vocals, guitar, penny whistle) is as much of a native Sandwichian as a transplant can claim, having spent most of her life nestled in the hills of North Sandwich. Katie’s singing career has taken her from near infancy on her grandmother’s kitchen table, to church, school chorus, Boston College chorale, to performing at weddings, coffee houses, as a soloist with the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra in 2007, and as a guest in several local bands. Happily settled among the original members of Sweet Life—Roger Sorlien and Kathy Carney—along with with new additions Rachel Sorlien and Chris Buerk, Katie calls the band’s eclectic style “folkeltigrass.” A friend described Katie’s voice as “smooth dark chocolate,” (probably a result of the sheer amount of chocolate consumed on a daily basis!) After 14 years as an English teacher, Katie is now happy to have her own business, Dragonfly Yoga Barn in North Sandwich, where Katie teaches yoga, runs retreats, and hosts open mic nights for local musicians.

Kathy Carney has been singing and playing folk, bluegrass and old-time music all her life. For the last few years she has been writing music as well. She has also raised a household of musical children out of her home in North Sandwich (including Sweet Life’s vocalist, Katie). She enjoyed being the children’s choir director for the Sandwich Federated Church for 12 years. When not performing with Sweet Life Revue and studying fiddle, she runs the “Nature Spirits of Christmas” craft shop from her home.

Chris Buerk (guitar, vocals, banjo) is a transplanted Californian who has been playing music since the age of eight. He played both piano and clarinet for ten years and dropped them like they were on fire when he picked up his first guitar. Chris is self-taught and has played as a soloist from Arizona to Alaska. When he first heard Sweet Life play he loved their style, and was thrilled when members of the band asked him to join them one evening at the Corner House Pub. It didn’t take long before Chris was a regular fixture of the Sweet Life crew, playing out at Mocha Rizing, Fiddleheads, the Corner House, and now at his first Arts Council show! When Chris isn’t playing guitar or banjo, he’s a pilot for a major U. S. airline, and he can sometimes be seen floating around the mountains of NH in his own little airplane.

Rachel Sorlien (fiddle) is living and working in the Boston area but still manages to come back home to play on the major Sweet Life Revue gigs. She is much appreciated as the guest fiddler for this Arts Council of Tamworth show.

You can buy tickets for this wonderful show at the door tonight, from 6:30 p.m. on, while supplies last.

Yippee! We are excited to present, on Saturday, November 21 at 7:30 PM at The Brass Heart Inn in Chocorua, NH, the unforgettable Two Man Gentlemen Band. What better musical prescription for troubled times than an impeccably dressed, throwback, neo-vaudevillian duo whose live performances are a festival of expert musicianship; clever, off-center original tunes; hilarious banter; and rowdy audience interactions?

Hailing from New York City, The Two Man Gentlemen Band combines hot jazz, vintage rhythm & blues, old-time country, and Tin Pan Alley to create a joyous sound that is all their own. Performing with plectrum banjo, guitar, string bass, novelty percussion, and a cornet, The Gentlemen whip themselves into a frenzy that is unlike any acoustic duo on the road today. And they belt out original songs that manage to be at once familiar, bizarre, fun, and entirely new. “Andy Bean writes lyrics so off the beaten path,” says Bluegrass Journal, “they are virtually cliché free.” Add to that wildly catchy melodies, and you will be singing their songs as you leave the show.

The Two Man Gentlemen Band’s intricate harmonies, instrumental prowess, and uncanny musical connection make them a great band to watch. But it is their charismatic embrace of a forgotten brand of showmanship that makes them a must-see! During songs, they frequently coax the audience to shout, stomp, dance, and whistle along with them. Between numbers, their well-honed but improvised banter with each other and the audience is often the funniest part of the evening. Banjoist Bean—equal parts vaudevillian comic, depression-era huckster, loveable rogue, and society gentleman—serves as master of ceremonies and manic front man. Bassist Fuller Condon plays the silent straight man, stoically accepting the antics of his partner with the mild disdain of an older sibling.

As if all this weren’t enough, Bean, who grew up in New Hampshire, is writing a song just for us here in the Granite State, in which the name of the 14^th US president (there’ll be a short quiz after the show, ladies and gentlemen) is rhymed with “beers.” They might even teach us to dance the Drip Dry. The wonderful bluegrass band Sweet Life Review will open for the Gentlemen, and a cash bar will be available. ACT is also taking this pre-Thanksgiving opportunity to collect donations for the Community Food Center at Saint Andrew’s in Tamworth. Anyone who brings a donation of non-perishable food will be entered in a raffle to win tickets to a future ACT show. What better way to kick off the holiday season than with a festive, rollicking night of music and fun?

You can watch more of their videos here (oh how I love “William Howard Taft”—and it’s historically accurate! educational!), read about their challenge to all of us here, and hear more of their songs on their MySpace page.

Tickets are available below, at The Other Store in Tamworth Village, or by calling 603-323-8104. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students 13 to 18 and college students with a valid ID. Kids 12 & under are free, but require a ticket reservation to guarantee a seat.

[Tickets will be available at the door tonight, from 6:30 on, while supplies last.]

This concert is made possible through the generous support of sponsors The Brass Heart Inn, Meredith Village Savings Bank and Profile Subaru, co-sponsors Addison Mason Builders, H. E. Bergeron Engineers and White Mountain Survey, and media sponsors 93.5 WMWV | Magic 104FM and The Conway Daily Sun.

ACT! for KIDS presents a Felt Animal Workshop with instructor Theresa Beckett, Saturday, November 14, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth, NH. Needle felting uses felting needles to form wool rovings (wool that hasn’t been spun into yarn) into designs and three-dimensional shapes.

Theresa Beckett has been a visual artist for many years. She learned needle felting at a Waldorf School workshop, and fell in love with it. She loves to see the animals’ personalities emerge as she works with the wool. Come see what personality your animal has!

Because of the sharpness of the needles, this workshop is for ages 9 & up only. A materials cost of $6 per student covers the cost of one needle felting kit. Additional wool to take home may be purchased separately There is no workshop fee, but donations are welcome. Space is limited: please preregister by emailing act@artstamworth.org or calling 603-323-8104.

ACT! for KIDS is made possible by the Rey Foundation. Find out more about their work at www.reyfoundation.org.

Upcoming ACT! for KIDS programs include a Bread Dough Ornament workshop in December and a Modern Dance workshop in January.