Tarot for Artists: Exploring Symbol, Archetype and Dream

Saturday, October 25. 1:00pm

What do tarot and painting have in common? The art of interpretation.

Reading tarot and experiencing a painting both require slowing down, observing carefully, and tuning in to how the body and mind respond. In each, meaning is teased out—symbols, materials, and contexts become tools of transmission, ways of understanding a feeling.

This Tarot 101 Workshop is for any novice, but designed with a specific audience in mind: artists, visual thinkers, and art history lovers. Participants will explore Symbols, Archetypes, and Dreams as entry points to reading tarot, made visible through the vocabulary of art.

The workshop examines the traditional iconography of the Rider–Waite tarot deck, investigates the four suits, their astrological correlations, and the Fool’s Journey through the Major Arcana, and explores tarot spreads, where meaning overlaps and unfolds through dream logic—both in art and nightly visions, as doors to the unconscious.

Open to all levels, this workshop invites artists and non-artists alike to explore new ways of seeing, sensing, and interpreting through image and symbol.

Admission $5/ members  $4.  Light refreshments served following the presentation.

Notable Notes: Collaged Covers Workshop

Sunday, November 2, 1:30-3:30pm

Be inspired with the collection of postage stamps, vintage prints, fashion plates, and other decorative elements to create a collage cover for a new album, journal or sketch book. Phyllis Ger brings together a great assortment of images and materials for creating a unique album cover.

Whether you are a writer, a visual artist or creating an album as a gift, start with a well designed cover. We’ll have assorted blank books to use, or bring a special one to cover.

Workshop fee $5/ Members $4.

Fall Follies: Vintage Cartoons

Sunday, November 9, 2pm

Experience the magical world of cartoon animation with film historian Thomas Jose Stathes. It’s a special Fall program drawn from Stathes' extensive collection of films form the 1920s-40s. Stathes has been collecting the works of popular and oft forgotten animators whose works still delight and amuse audiences today.

The screening at the Museum is projected 16mm film, as it was often shown in homes through the mid-20th century. For children and adults of all ages.

Light refreshments served after the screening. Admission $5, children under 3, free. Museum members $4.

Decorative Medallions

Sunday, November 23, 1:30-3:30pm

Create a special ornament that can be hung on a wall or added to a holiday tree. We’ll be embedding gems, buttons, and decorative objects in self-drying clay shapes. The variations are endless - once you’ve assembled your first medallion. Materials provided. Phyllis Ger, instructor.

Workshop fee: $5/ $4 Members Suitable for teens, tweens & adults

Save the date: The Annual Holly Tour will be held on Sunday, December 14th.