<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="country-region"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceType"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceName"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="place"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="City"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>FOR RELEASE: FEBRUARY, 2017
CONTACT: Joan DiPersio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Thornton</st1:City></st1:place> W. Burgess
Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> 508-888-6870<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>AMERICAN
FOLK ART LECTURE SERIES AT GREEN BRIAR<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on">East
Sandwich</st1:place> will host a six part lecture series, <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>An Introduction to American Folk Art
</span></i></b>with Art Historian Elizabeth Friend, on <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Tuesdays April 4 to May 9</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>from 10:00am to 11:30am</span></b>. Lectures will
cover the important art historical period in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> commonly called Folk Art.
Each lecture will highlight significant areas within this large genre. Topics
will include: “What Is Folk Art?”; “Portraits;”
“Landscapes and Scenes of Daily Living;” “Tavern and Shop
Signs;” “Marine Arts, Weather Vanes and Figureheads;” and
“Contemporary Folk Art.” Each talk will be profusely illustrated
with color slides and examples from the presenter’s collection. There
will be time for a question and answer period. Fee is $35 for the entire
series for members of the Thornton W. Burgess Society, $45 for non-members.
Fee per individual lecture is $7 members, $9 non-members. Advance
registration is required by calling 508-888-68709<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:150%;text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>-#-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>