Living History Days
September 17 & 18 2005

The Elverhøj Museum of History and Art will be hosting Living History Days on Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18. The Museum has special extended hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for this popular annual event. Featured are museum docents and volunteers demonstrating Old World crafts. Bobbin lace makers will be on hand to answer questions and create samples of their exacting art. Spinning and weaving will be demonstrated in the museum’s Immigration-Era Room, which features pre-industrial Danish artifacts. 

Demonstrated in the gallery will be the fascinating art of Danish papercutting, with local artist and master papercutter Rick James Marzullo wielding his scissors. His amazing ability to create art with materials as simple as paper and scissors has garnered national attention.  Included in the gallery demonstrations will be knitting, carding and other fiber arts.

Docents, clad in colorful Danish costumes, will demonstrate a variety of Christmas crafts, including woven paper hearts and paper stars. Volunteers will also display techniques used in the decorative art of Rosemaling, which means “rose” or “flower” painting.

On exhibit in the gallery will be “Inside Out,” a show featuring the works of Santa Ynez Valley studio artists. Rounding out the weekend activities are music and docent-led museum tours of the historical, cultural and art exhibits.