Fall for the Arts Festival

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Fall for the Arts returns with fun for all,
Chestnut Hill’s outdoor book sale moves indoors, Hill
Rotarians and Enrichment Center combine talents to help
kids in Guyana, Chestnut Hill Historical Society plans visit to
18th century, Woodmere welcomes a feminist painter and once
controversial Fingerspan enjoys a silver anniversary. Also,
Philadelphia Craft Show features crafts from Britain, pumpkins
star at Highlands Garden, Fall Festival brightens Morris Arboretum, Friends of the Wissahickon once again whisper in the
woods, and more.
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CHESTNUT HILL LOCAL
Thursday, October 4, 2012
28th Annual Fall for the Arts
Festival
Fall for the Arts Festival of fers something for ever yone
A
utumn in Chestnut Hill
has for many years been
nearly synonymous with
Fall for the Arts in Chestnut Hill.
This spectacular outdoor event
attracts artists, artisans and vendors from a wide area, who set up
tents, booths and tables in the
heart of the community. Visitors
come to enjoy art, music, al fresco
dining and varied activities for
kids.
Marking its 28th year, the Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival
will take place on Sunday, October
7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Germantown Avenue will be closed to
vehicles from the 8600 block to the
8000 block.
What’s new this year?
“Everything will be pretty much
along the same line as in the past,”
reports Peggy Miller, of the Chestnut Hill Business Association
(CHBA), which is hosting the fair.
”There will be over 165 artists and
craftsmen specializing in oils and
watercolors, sculpture, photography, drawing and fine crafts.
Among the local artists will be
Aud Margaret Hillestad, of Mt.
Airy, with textiles and hand knits;
C. H. and K. E. Stained and Fused
Glass, of Mt. Airy, with glass; Fred-
Climbing wall at Fall for the Arts Festival always attracts participants.
erick/Lynn Fleming, of Chestnut
Hill, with children’s and doll clothing; Jeff Kohr, of Mt. Airy, with
wood turning, and Love Like
Greeting Cards/Cordilia Jensen, of
Mt. Airy, with stationery.
Some new touches will be found
at this year’s festival.
“There will be the appearance
for the first time of Bells on Berkley
Hoops by Chrissy. We have placed
her down near Bredenbeck’s, where
there will be activities for kids.
“She will be bringing her handmade hula hoops and demonstrating how to use them. Kids will not
just watch, but have a chance to try
them out,” Miller added.
Then a new musical group will
come to entertain the crowd,
according to Kate O’Neill, of the
CHBA. “We have a new band, the
Tom Sartori Band. The music they
play is basically rock’n roll,” she
reported.
Sartori will join the returning
ensembles providing live musical
entertainment on two stages —
Dukes of Destiny, the Rich Posmontier Orchestra and Zydeco a
Go Go.
Always delightful are the many
activities for youngsters.
Not new, but returning, will be
Chandler Bats, who brings his
handmade bats. Kids have an
opportunity to use them to try out
their batting skills. Like hula hooping, this is a hands-on activity and
it was popular last year. Also in
place will be the climbing wall, the
Peanuts Express train, face painting, hair braiding, glitter tattoos,
Artist at work at last year’s Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival.
arts & crafts, and basket and baseball fun.
After festivalgoers enjoy the art,
music and kids’ activities, hunger
may set in. Delicious foods from
the restaurants of Chestnut Hill
will be featured, including ethnic
foods such as Italian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, Indian and
Caribbean.
Or perhaps a hot dog, hamburger, Schmitter, crab cake or coconut
shrimp might be the ticket. Then
there are always the popular festival foods such as kettle korn, cotton candy, caramel apples, soft
pretzels and gelato.
Participating restaurants will be
Tavern on the Hill, McNally’s Tavern, Cosimo’s Pizza, Metropolitan
Bakery, Chestnut Hill Coffee Co.,
Osaka, Mica, A Taste of Philly,
Stella Sera Restaurant, Fiesta Pizza,
Campbell’ Place, Roller’s Expresso,
Iron Hill Brewery, Roller’s Restaurant at the Flying Fish, Chestnut
Grill & Sidewalk Café, King’s Garden, Cin Cin, Night Kitchen Bakery,
Bredenbeck’s
Bakery,
Bredenbeck’s Ice Cream, Calypso
and Chestnut 7.
Admission to the Fall for the
Arts Festival is free. This year the
presenting sponsor will again be
Subaru. All-day parking for $5 is
available on select Chestnut Hill
parking lots.
For more information, visit
www.chestnuthillpa.com or call
215-247-6696.
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Popular outdoor book sale to move indoors
by Renee Polsky
T
he Friends of the Chestnut
Hill Library’s semi-annual
book sale will take place as
usual during the Chestnut Hill Fall
for the Arts Festival on Sunday,
October 7.
However this year the sale will
be inside of the Chestnut Hill
Library, at 8711 Germantown
Ave., instead of outside on the
library plaza. Shoppers will enter
using the side entrance, which will
lead to the sale in the back foyer
and meeting room of the building.
The proceeds from the sale will
be given to the Hill’s library for the
purchase of new books and materials as well as for programs for adults
and for children. Look for the following at the sale:
Same quality of gently used
books.
Same quality of books on all subjects, fiction and non-fiction.
Same prices of $25 cents for
small paperbacks, $50 cents for
large paperbacks, $1 for hardbacks.
Same time as in the past, the first
Sunday in October, from 10 a.m. to
5p.m. Stop in to make a purchase
or just to say hello.
Renee Polsky is a former president
of Friends of Chestnut Hill Library.
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Dedicated volunteers prepare for book sale at Chestnut Hill Library during the Fall for the Arts Festival on Sunday, October 7, as browsers look over the merchandise. (Photo by Lynn Buchheit)
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Creative Crafters join Rotarians to help Guyana kids
by Barbara Sher f
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Crafters from the Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) who made book bags, bibs and cases for musical recorders
for Chestnut Hill Rotarians’ adopted orphanage in Guyana, South America are all smiles as they display the wares. (From
left, bottom row) Chestnut Hillers Rina Fesnak, Annie Hayes, Lucille Mullings, Adrienne Sachs, Velma Whitlock and Mary
Hayes appear with with Rotarians (top row from left) Dr. Susan Bray, Bonni Simon and Rebecca Anwar, CHCE Executive
Director Mary Zell and CHCE President Marilyn Paucker.
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here is another classic “winwin” situation to tell about
the work of the Chestnut
Hill Center for Enrichment and
the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club -this time involving the arts.
As she did several years ago,
Rotarian
Rebecca
Anwar
approached the Creative Crafters
to sew colorful bibs, book bags and
cases for the flute-like musical
instrument known as a ‘recorder’
for children who call an orphanage
in Guyana home.
Some 15 years ago, Rotary International adopted Hope Children’s
Home for a service project and
Anwar, who plays the recorder and
flute, wanted to introduce the children to music.
Over the years, she has also
taught the approximately 50 children to read, solve math problems,
learn basic computer skills and
work on personal hygiene issues.
Anwar again traveled to Guyana,
in South America, earlier this year
and came back with a wish list that
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the women crafters were more than
happy to fill.
“Many of the children have
physical and mental challenges and
are considered ‘throw away’ children,” said Dr. Susan Bray, who,
along with Rotarian Bonni Simon,
was on hand to thank the crafters
and to help gather the hand-made
goods, comprised of 23 bibs and 22
recorder cases.
It had been several years since
the crafters made a batch of these
goods for the Rotarians to deliver,
and they welcomed the project
with open arms.
“We were delighted to do it. It’s
fun, we used up our donated fabrics
and we were happy to see the materials go to a good cause,” said Velma Whitlock, one of the crafters
overseeing the project.
The Rotarians credit the late
Dorothy Corn, a longtime Chestnut Hiller who was a member of
the CHCE, with making the connection between the two service
organizations.
Chestnut Hill resident Mary
Hayes noted that working on the
project gave the crafters a sense of
purpose.
“We were looking for a project,
and to see pictures of these kids
and know of their need makes me
feel so good. It gives you hope for
the future that you can reach out
and touch a child in another country,” she said, as the group gathered
around a fully stocked table before
turning over the goods to Anwar,
who was accompanied by fellow
Rotarians Dr. Bray and Bonni
Simon.
“Rina Fesnak, of Chestnut Hill,
remembers getting thank you notes
from the children.
“It was really nice to get the
thank you notes. We enjoyed making them, but to receive a letter in
the mail from another country and
another culture was very special,”
said Fesnak.
“It’s wonderful. It’s a good cause
and gives us a reason for being
here,” echoed Adrienne Sachs, of
Chestnut Hill.
CHCE Executive Director Mary
Zell thought the project was a good
way to give back to the Rotarians,
who give so much to CHCE.
“Chestnut Hill Rotary has been
a good friend to us, providing us
with grants and even helping to
transport our Holiday Bazaar goods
to various locations for sale,” said
Zell. “It’s a tangible way for us to
give them something and we can’t
ask for anything more,” she said.
Residents who have used
recorder instruments can drop
them off at the Center for Enrichment, located at 8431 Germantown Ave.
To learn more, call CHCE at 215248-0180.
Recorders, as well as colorful cases
made by crafters at Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment, are being provided
by Chestnut Hill Rotary Club for kids
in an orphanage in Guyana.,
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Festival
Meet designer scarecrows at Arboretum’s Fall Festival
the beautiful autumn trees at the
Morris Arboretum. Some of the
area’s oldest and largest trees are
found here, as well as many trees
known for their particularly superb
color — including red sugar maples,
scarlet oaks, and black gums.
For a bird’s eye view of the trees
and the changing colors of the
by Marie Mercaldo Ingegneri
E
ach fall, scores of families
across the Delaware Valley
look forward to the Morris
Arboretum’s Fall Festival, an afternoon of fun and activity on the first
Sunday in October.
Celebrating its 14th year, the
Arboretum will host this year’s
annual Fall Festival on Sunday,
October 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Arboretum’s glorious landscape provides a perfect backdrop
for this lively event. Colorful trees
burst forth with hues of orange and
red as families gather to make scarecrows, paint a pumpkin, or taste
local apple varieties from Weavers
Way Co-op.
Fall Festival is a highlight of the
Arboretum’s fall calendar with
something for everyone. What
makes this event unique is that
almost all the activities are geared
toward both children and adults,
allowing families and friends to
spend a wonderful afternoon
together. Some Fall Festival activities have an additional fee. Visit
www.morrisarboretum.org or call
215-247-5777 for further information.
Among the favorite activities is
the scarecrow making. The Arboretum supplies all the materials,
including the scarecrow frames, hay
and a vast selection of clothing to
craft a super scarecrow. This is serious business for many folks who are
intent on having the “best-dressed”
‘crow around. Visitors are encouraged to come early for scarecrow-
A large smiling scarecrow is likely to be found at Morris Arboretum’s Fall Festival.
making, as many visitors head right
to that area to ensure their pick of
the best outfit.
Kids also enjoy choosing and creating a pumpkin “masterpiece.”
Pumpkins may be purchased and
painted in a variety of colors and
decorated with glitter, yarn, pompoms and doilies. Other activities
will include temporary tattoos and
various surprises!
New this year, the Elmwood Park
Zoo will have animals on display
from noon to 3 p.m. with a formal
program at 1 p.m. Come see how
animals and interesting artifacts
help bring learning to life. Weavers
Way Co-op will be joining the Fall
Festival fun once again, with a
selection of organic, locally grown
produce and other Co-op products.
Visitors can delight in sampling the
various apple varieties and choosing an assortment to take home.
For the fifth year, and more popular than ever, October also features the Morris Arboretum
Scarecrow Walk! From Saturday,
October 6, through Sunday, October 21, entries from our Scarecrow
Design Contest will be on display
along the Oak Alleé.
This year there will be two categories of scarecrows: the original,
designer scarecrows and also Storybook-themed scarecrows in conjunction with the Arboretum’s
Storytime reading program. Visitors
may submit their vote for the best
scarecrows in each category to
determine the prizewinners.
In addition, there is no better
place to experience fall color in the
Philadelphia area than by viewing
leaves, take a stroll on the Out on a
Limb canopy walk, the 450 foot
long walkway that is 50 feet off the
ground, and the star attraction of
the Arboretum-wide Tree Adventure exhibit.
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Notorious pumpkins return to Highlands Garden
by Marilyn Steeg
M
ore than 150 pumpkins will
glare, smile or wink at visitors to The Highlands Garden in Fort Washington on Sunday
evening, October 28, during the
annual celebration of the art of
pumpkin carving.
Cars with spectators of all ages will
queue up in a long driveway, pass
The Highlands mansion, guided by
flashlight-holding volunteers, and
park in the fields adjoining the darkened building.
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celebrities and images appealing to
children, such as Thomas, carved
brilliantly into an assemblage of
pumpkins.
For the more inquisitive, there is
an intense competition to find the
Ten Famous Dead People who died
in the past year. The Master Carvers
acquire photos of the deceased and
create patterns of their faces for use
later, when production takes place.
Other patterns are often provided by
the Internet.
About 30 volunteer carvers of all
ages — neighbors, friends, alumni
and other volunteers — congregate
the Friday before, in a Gwynedd Valley yard, to scoop and carve more
than 150 pumpkins using Xacto
knives and coping saw blades.
Site owner and one of the Master
Carvers, Haldy Gifford, describes it
as a “three-day quilting bee without
the quilts.” “It always astonishes
people who participate that they can
create a work of art like this, even
though they’re not artists.”
His colleague, Ellen Glendinning,
of Lafayette Hill, said that her joy is
watching the people at the show
who cannot believe it’s a pumpkin
and who try to figure out who the
celebrity is. “It entails months of
work organizing it, as well as the
actual weekend. We work up until
the pumpkins are loaded onto a van
for transportation to The Highlands
Garden and situated for the lighting
of the candles. The activity brings
all of us a lot of joy,” she added.
Glendinning grew up in Chestnut
Hill and graduated from Springside
School. Her daughter, now 7, began
Volunteers organize the display of pumpkins last year at Highlands Garden.
carving when she was 3, and her 4year-old son will have his second
carve in a few weeks.
Board President Chip Sheppard
brought the show to The Highlands
estate seven years ago when it outgrew the grounds of the historic Penllyn Club.
Chip claims he’s just a scooper,
“but it’s harder than it sounds, when
there are so many needy pumpkins.
We have a professional masseuse on
hand to work out the arm and shoulder kinks.”
He added that his parents are
proud that four years of college got
him to the position of Super Scooper. “It’s accomplished by few and a
nonpaying job, but the masseuse
benefit is worth the labor.”
Ellen, Haldy and Chip welcome
volunteers, rain or shine, at 405 Ply-
mouth Road, Gwynedd Valley, Friday afternoon and/or 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Saturday and Sunday. They
should bring their own lawn chairs,
but carving supplies (and training)
are provided. Carving is done on the
Gifford lawn, weather permitting.
The Highlands is at 7001 Sheaff
Lane & Skippack Pike in Fort Washington. The pumpkin show will be
Sunday, October 28, between 6:30
and 8:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per car for
Highlands members and $15 for
non-members. For directions, call
215-641-2687 or visit www.highlandshistorical.org
Proceeds benefit The Highlands
Historical Society, a non-profit organization that educates the community about the history and evolution of
an 18th century Pennsylvania country estate.
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Historical Society plans visit to the 18th centur y
by Paula M. Riley
C
hestnut Hill and Springfield
Township are ancient communities by American standards.
Settlers here were
beginning to beat back the wilderness at the beginning of the 18th
century.
What was it like in Springfield
Township and Chestnut Hill 250
years ago? Who lived here? Why
did they come?
This fall, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, together with the
Springfield Township Historical
Society, presents a series of events
answering these questions and
telling the fascinating stories of the
people who came here and their
journeys to pursue dreams of religious freedom and a new life.
Five talented and interesting historians will discuss early settlement
patterns that inform where our
roads are today, the livelihoods of
the settlers, what type of dwellings
they lived in, the influences of the
Wissahickon Creek flowing nearby,
their pursuit of religious freedom
and the Yeakel Cemetery. The
Cemetery, like a few 18th century
buildings, is one of the reminders
of this significant period of our
region’s past.
Philadelphians have heard of
William Penn’s plan for the
Province of Pennsylvania. He welcomed non-conformists who were
seeking religious freedom and an
opportunity for a better life. Many
of these settlers came right here to
northwest Philadelphia to purse
these dreams.
We have heard
about the Quakers that settled in
Penn’s Manor but less is known
about the Schwenkfelders and
what settlers of the late 17th and
early 18th centuries experienced.
Led by Caspar Schwenkfeld, a
radical dissident from Martin
Luther’s brand of Protestantism,
this group of believers still shares
worship today. Their commitment
to each other to the land and to
fulfilling Penn’s dream known as
the “Holy Experiment” is both fascinating and inspirational.
The Schwenkfelder Church
maintains the Yeakel Cemetery, a
very small, little known cemetery,
one of at least three cemeteries
maintained by their churches in
the 18th century.
Reading the
headstones tells stories as generations of the Yeakel, Heydrick,
Schumann and Schultz families
have been laid to rest here.
In 1777, at the location of the
cemetery a small skirmish of Pennsylvania Militia, led by Gen
William Irvine, occurred and soldiers are said to be interred there.
The cemetery tour will take place
on Sunday, October 14, led by
Schwenkfeld descendant, Jerry
Heebner.
The expert story tellers leading
these talks include David Contosta, Professor of History at Chestnut
Hill College and author of numerous histories on the region, including Suburb in the City: Chestnut
Hill, PA, and Metropolitan Paradise: The Struggle in the City,
Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley
1620-2020, which he co-authored
with Carol Franklin.
Contosta’s
talk, “Millers and Mystics”, will
celebrate the people who settled
here and will discuss the different
ways millers and mystics used the
Wissahickon Valley; for the millers
it was resource for economic gain
and the mystics saw it as a retreat
from the corruptions of the world.
Jefferson M. Moak, Senior
Gemeinde rendering of 18th century Schwenkfelder House.
Archivist, National Archives &
Records Administration, will join
Contosta on Thursday, November
8, at 7:30pm. Moak will be speaking to the 18th-century land development and architecture. His talk
explores how the choices made by
the early immigrants significantly
impacted our communities today.
Guests will appreciate the basis
from which design and function
decisions were made as well as the
role their homelands and religion
played in these choices.
Anyone with an interest in what
was happening in Springfield and
Chestnut Hill before, during and
just after the Revolutionary War
won’t want to miss the “Lay of the
Land: Revolutionary Springfield
and Chestnut Hill” talk given by
J.M. Duffin. Editor of Aeta Germanopolis, Records of the Corporation
of
Germantown,
Pennsylvania, 1691-1707. Duffin
has mapped out all of the landowners in Chestnut Hill and Springfield Township in 1776. He will
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Feminist painter focus of new exhibit at Woodmere
by Ruth R. Russell
A
n exhibit of work by a noted
feminist painter, along with
that of her mother and her
aunt, will open at Woodmere Art
Museum, in Chestnut Hill, on Saturday, October 13.
Louise Fishman, a native
Philadelphian based in New York
for many years, will be featured.
Joining in this ‘Generations’ show
will be art by her mother, Gertrude
Fisher-Fishman, and her aunt, Razel
Kapustin.
What is a feminist painter?
“Fishman’s work addresses what it
means to be a woman in the changing aspects of her lifetime relationships,” responded William R.
Valerio, the Patricia Van Burgh Alison Director and CEO of Woodmere and curator of Woodmere’s fall
exhibits.
“The story of her art is a woman’s
history. Fishman was born in the
late 1930’s and lived through the
transformation of society. She has
seen it as well as lived in it at a time
when women were not recognized
for their work. She visualizes this in
a painting entitled ‘Myself as a
Man,’” he commented.
In exploring her “extraordinary”
art the inspiration of her mother
and her aunt were discovered and
they are included in this show.
‘Generations’ will have “key pieces”
by all three artists, all of whom have
Philadelphia roots as well as artwork
in Woodmere’s collection.
This exhibition shows the influence of her two mentors — the
“politically charged narrative
scenes” of Kapustin and “the penetrating abstractions” of Fisher-Fishman “It is also is also “an example of
women giving strength to other
women,” added Valerio.
“Louise Fishman enjoys great distinction internationally as an
abstract painter and a voice for contemporary feminism,” he continued.
In this show, her feminism and
“engagement with Jewish mysticism
will be highlighted along with her
abstract interpretations of the geometric grid and calligraphic ges‘Portrait of Myself as a Man,’ c. 1983, by ture.”
Louise Fishman. Oil on canvas, 25 1/8 x
Her primary inspiration has been
17 3/16 in. Collection of the artist, work by her mother and aunt who
courtesy of Cheim & Read, New York. were artists of Philadelphia with sol-
id careers in their lifetimes, but
whose achievements are little
known,” said Valerio.
“These women have not been
recognized for their work. This
exhibit will be a celebration of their
work and give them recognition,”
he concluded.
Woodmere Art Museum is located at 9201 Germantown Ave.
Admission to special exhibitions is
$10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and
FREE for students, children and
Museum members; exhibits in the
Founder’s Gallery and Helen Millard Children’s Gallery are FREE.
Woodmere is now offering free
admission on Sundays, including all
special exhibitions, but excluding
special events. Hours are: Tuesday
through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Friday, 10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A series of discussions, lectures
and tours are planned for fall. For
more information about these and
‘Joe in Yellow Pajamas,’ 1948, by other exhibits and programs, visit
Gertrude Fisher-Fishman (born 1916). woodmereartmuseum.org or call
Oil on Masonite, 24 x 18 in. (Courtesy 215-247-0476.
of the Louise Fishman Foundation.)
Fingerspan, a masterpiece of functional art for 25 years
by Scott Quitel
Y
ou're hiking along the Orange
Trail. You pass Livezey Dam.
You trek for a while near creek
level. Soon you come to a steep flight
of stone steps. You ascend.
While climbing, you may be aware
that the acme of this trail segment is
marked by a gap in the earthen portion of the pathway. As you near the
gap, you are comforted by the sight of
an enclosed structure, shaped curiously in the form of a slightly bent
index finger, pointing the way and
guiding you safely over the precipitous chasm.
You enter the structure. It's secure
as it can be. Yet you can see right
through it- — in any direction. Gazing outward, you take in the majestic
Wissahickon, framed by the opposing cliffs of its ancient gorge. Looking
down, you see sheer verticality,
directly beneath your own feet. You
are presently within the Fingerspan.
The Fingerspan is a highly functional piece of art. Comprised of per-
The
Chestnut Hill
Fall for
the Arts
Festival
a supplement to the
forated, weathered steel, cloaked
protectively by a thin layer of iron
oxide (rust), the structure appears
timeless. Yet it was installed just 25
years ago, assembled in prefabricated
sections, initially held aloft by helicopter. It extends 59 feet and weighs
nine tons.
The creator of this masterpiece is
Jody Pinto. Her artistic goal is to link
the human body with nature. Each
time a walker passes through her
work, the link is established. According to Pinto, the hiker's experience is
an act of "passing through the finger
so that the public becomes the muscle or the bone marrow."
You exit the structure – back on
terra firma, another link established.
You've just walked through one of
Photo of Fingerspan Bridge, courtesy of Chestnut Hill Historical Society.
Philadelphia's finest pieces of sculpture. You continue your journey ing connection with one of the hidFriends of the Wissahickon Trail
down slope, toward some eventual den gems of Fairmount Park.
Ambassador Bruce Wagner will be
destination. But you now own a lastFingerspan is marking 25 years.
leading a walk in honor of the 25th
r
There is nothing in a caterpilla
that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
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anniversary of the Fingerspan on
Saturday, October 27, at 10 a.m. Participants should meet at Valley
Green Inn. The three-mile walk will
be difficult with some rocky trails
and last about two hours.
Wagner will let the group choose
between two routes: Forbidden Drive
to Mt Airy Bridge and then upstream
along the Orange Trail to the Fingerspan OR downstream along the
Orange Trail to the Fingerspan and
continue downstream to Mt Airy
Bridge and return along Forbidden
Drive to the Inn.
For more information, contact
[email protected].
(Source: Penny Balkin Bach, Public Art in Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1992.)
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for the Friends of the Wissahickon and a
Principal Ecologist with Applied Ecological Services, Inc.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
28th Annual Fall for the Arts
Festival
Center for Enrichment has gone to the arts
By Mary McNeil Zell
C
hestnut Hill’s Center for
Enrichment is thrilled to be
offering an expanded roster
of art-themed classes, activities and
workshops this Fall. There is something for everyone, and everyone is
welcome.
If your interest is in studying the
visual arts, Marilyn MacGregor’s
“Art at the Barnes” Tuesday night
workshop is the one for you (10/16
– 11/6; $75). If you are “into” performance art and want to try something new, you will like Carol
Tileston’s Beginning Guitar class
on Wednesday nights (10/10 –
11/7; $99). Two Saturday Jewelry
Design workshops, held in conjunction with Bumble Beads, will
satisfy those who want to use their
IS
talents to create tomorrow’s heirlooms. (10/13 Intro level, $15 +
materials; 12/1 Jewelry Design II,
$37 + materials).
Every week of the year Alex
Forbes holds forth in the Art
Workshop, a Center for Enrichment fixture for nearly two
decades. Tuesday mornings from
9:30–11:30
($8/session
or
$30/month) you can work from a
new still life or on a project of your
own using watercolors, pen & ink,
pastels, acrylic paint or charcoal;
Alex will dispense encouragement
and help with your technique as
only he can.
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This fall the Center is once
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demonstrated striking, colorful
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This year the project will be lace &
“found-treasures” greeting cards.
Each participant will come away
with the perfect card for that special occasion plus the skill and confidence to create many more.
Think “art” when you think of
the Chestnut Hill Center for
Enrichment this fall. And at the
same time, think Bridge, Folk
Dancing, French-Italian-Spanish,
Life Story Writing, Tai Chi,
Backgammon-Chess-Mahjongg- Colored “hinged fragments” bookmaking was demonstrated in a class last yeat by
Scrabble, Yoga and monthly excur- Martina Johnson-Allen, who will lead a 2-day workshop this fall.
sions in the Philadelphia area.
From its office at 8431 Germantown Ave., CHCE carries on a 35year tradition of serving the
50-and-older population throughout northwest Philadelphia and
eastern Montgomery County with
its classes, special programming
and information resources.
For more information, stop in or
call 215-248-0180 Monday – Friday between 9 and 4; or visit the
website at www.chEnrichment.org.
Mary McNeill Zell is executive
director of the Chestnut Hill Center
These creations are the work of Martina Johnson-Allen, who will teach a class in
for Enrichment.
making lace and “found-treasures” greeting cards.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
CHESTNUT HILL LOCAL
28th Annual Fall for the Arts
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Philadelphia Show features crafts from Great Britain
of the Arts & Crafts Movement in
the early years of the 20th century
and contemporary British craft
artists are among the world’s finest.
Designeyes of London, England,
working in cooperation with the
Show Committee, helped select
the British and Irish craft artists
who are participating in the show.
by Jim Weaver
I
t has been an exciting year for
Great Britain — with the
Queen’s Jubilee and the
Olympic games.
Now, 26 British craft artists will
come to the USA to participate in
the Philadelphia Art Museum
Craft Show from November 8 to
11.
The 36th annual event will take
place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. It is widely regarded
as the leading craft show in the
nation and includes works by 195
Americans.
This event attracts more than
18,000 visitors over a period of four
days. Funds raised are used to purchase works of art and craft for the
Museum’s permanent collections,
support education programs, and
contribute to conservation and
publication projects.
The Show is a project of the
Women’s Committee of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Chestnut Hill committee members
are Emilie Lapham, Lynn Gadsden,
Carol Jones, Veronica Connor and
Nancy McNeil.
Founded in 1883, it is one of the
oldest organizations of women in
support of a cultural institution in
the country. The Craft Show was
begun in 1977 and has raised millions of dollars for the museum. In
addition, a portion of each year's
proceeds is dedicated to the purchase of a craft object for the
Museum's permanent collection.
Great Britain was the birthplace
CELEBRATING
Countries that have taken part in
past shows include Japan, England,
Ireland, Germany, Finland, Canada, Israel, Korea, and in 2011,
Scotland.
American participants were chosen by a panel of five distinguished
jurors:
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
28th Annual Fall for the Arts
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Show features crafts from Britain
(Continued from page 47)
Lewis Knauss is a nationally known
fiber artist and former professor of
textile design at Philadelphia’s
Moore College of Art and Design.
Marthe Le Van is a crafts author
and curator. She has written more
than 40 books on art jewelry
including 21st Century Jewelry and
Ring A Day.
David Revere McFadden is
Chief Curator and Vice-President
for Programs and Collections at the
Museum of Arts & Design in New
York City.
Alleghany Meadows, is a studio
potter and gallery owner in Aspen,
CO. He received an MFA degree
from the College of Ceramics at
Alfred University.
Ruth Snyderman founded the
Works Gallery in Philadelphia in
1965. She and her husband, Rick,
opened the Snyderman Gallery in
1983. The galleries merged in 2011
and became the city’s leading crafts
gallery, Snyderman-Works.
Philadelphia area craft artists
participating in this year’s event
include: Teresa Chang, Philadelphia (ceramics);
Cliff Lee,
Stevens, PA (ceramics); Lisa
Naples, Doylestown, PA (ceramics); Martha Eife, Philadelphia
(jewelry); Aliyah Gold, Philadelphia (jewelry); Annina King,
Huntingdon Valley, PA (wearable
fiber); Ed B. Lee, Philadelphia
(macramé); Sandra Miller, West
Chester, PA (wearable fiber);
Michelle Lipson, Philadelphia (furniture); Alan Lorn, Philadelphia (furniture); Bradford Smith, Worchester,
PA (furniture); Steven Ford & David
Forlano, Philadelphia (jewelry); and
Joy Stember, Abington, PA (metal).
There were 1124 applications to this
year’s show.
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held as part of the Philadelphia Art
Museum Craft Show.
Auctioned items are contributed
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he seasonal ambience of the
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“We will bring touches of fall in
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and exhibitors a dry, level, spacious
environment after so many years of a
problematic tent adjacent to our historic mansion, “ said Chip Sheppard,
president of the board.
The outstanding quality of crafts
will also continue, such as the jewelry of Elizabeth Glatfelter, of Chestnut
Hill. Others will show ceramics,
unique wooden furniture, decorative
fabrics and clothing — even tepees.
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His artwork a thread drawn continuously through his life
detailed illustrations of Victorian
homes, Bieniek has turned his
attention to colorfully painted and
personalized “memory boxes.”
“I like that you can incorporate
different artistic elements, yet it is a
utilitarian piece that can be marketed rather inexpensively,” he said,
noting that he created one for a
fisherman in which after the top of
the box was opened, there was a
painting inside of a trout jumping
out while the fishing flies and lures
were all neatly hooked inside of the
box.
In addition to unicorn and horsethemed boxes, he has fashioned an
intricate memory box with jewels
painted and attached to the box.
“John's boxes are designed to
hold jewels, yet they are treasures
unto themselves,” said Steve Berg of
the Nichols Berg Gallery in Chestnut Hill, where a half dozen of Bieniek’s pieces are typically on display.
Active in the Chestnut Hill
Friends Meeting, Bieniek is also a
member of the Philadelphia Swing
Dance Society, attending dances at
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least once a week.
“Just like working on a piece of
art, when you are dancing, you need
to focus on that activity and on your
partner and before you know it, two
hours have passed and your mind is
clearer,” he said.
Bieniek has also captured individual’s life stories in clever pieces of
art that illustrate their history. His
envisions his memoir being based
on a series of drawings of steps.
“I have so many vivid memories
of sitting on porch steps and standing at the top of the steps going
downstairs on Christmas morning. I
would like to focus on the steps in
my life — literally and figuratively,”
he said.
As to what the future holds, he
responded, “probably some more
portraits and more three dimensional work, like the memory boxes, for
however long I’m around. For me, I
treat every day as a gift. I’m happy
to be alive.”
John Bieniek can be reached at
[email protected] or 267-8794318.
rtist John Bieniek, of
Ambler, has evolved from
creating one-dimensional
to three-dimensional pieces of
work, paralleling his “3-D life.”
“Between my art, dancing and
the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting,
my life has been propped up by the
three legs of a stool that have supported me through so many things,”
said Bieniek during an interview
this summer at Morris Arboretum,
where he was transforming an
Adirondack chair that was among
70 chairs on display.
With a Queen of Hearts throne
and Alice in Wonderland theme,
Bieniek spent countless hours
researching and then creating the
whimsical piece.
“I went online and did research
back to 1911 and viewed the 1977
TV show to develop the idea. Next,
I crafted each piece separately,
much of it from old picture frames I John Bieniek shows off the Queen of Hearts throne he created to go with an
reused. For the chair back I created Alice in Wonderland theme he used to transform an Adirondack chair for Wooda portrait of the Queen of Hearts, mere Art Museum’s recent exhibit.
replacing the original chair back,”
he noted. He is now looking for a
permanent home for the throne.
Bieniek, 73, who previously lived
in Chestnut Hill and Springfield
Township, studied pre-med at
LaSalle College, but always wanted
to follow in the footsteps of his
Uncle Bill who was an artist.
Having grown up in the neighborhood around the Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Bieniek would
wander up to his Uncle Bill’s third
floor studio where he served as a
model for a children’s book his
uncle was illustrating and writing.
“He drew me as a knight, a pilot,
you name it,” he said.
Years later, he had an epiphany
on his honeymoon while sitting on
top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia
National Park in Maine.
“I was carving a piece of wood
and realized I wanted to do something creative with my head and my
hands and thought art school would
be the answer,” he reminisced. Bieniek enrolled in the Advertising
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3 years through grade 12
and was then hired on at the Atkin
Kynett advertising agency for five
years, serving as an art director in
print, TV and product design.
In 1972 he founded Bieniek
Associates, he describes as a visual
communications company that created graphic and copy concepts for
marketing, advertising, and corporate communications projects. The
list of clients – big and small – is
20 artists working with various materials
dizzying; IBM, Norcross Greeting
Cards, the Franklin Mint, Cigna
Insurance and Conrail to name a
few.
Along the way Bieniek discov15 artists working with precious & semi-precious stones
ered the Quaker community as he
was drawn to Newtown Friends
Meeting in Bucks County because
the late artist Edward Hicks, who
painted Peaceable Kingdom, had
been a member there.
When he was asked to participate
and paint a fiberglass pig for the
AbZOOlutely fundraiser in Chestnut Hill several years ago, he used
the same research skills he had used
for the fish, turning to Tiffany
stained glass for their rich design.
“I wanted to make the pig look
like stained glass,” he said, noting
that to add some whimsy to the
Marne Ryan
design, he included a variety of
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insects, flowers, animals and birds.
In addition to a series of fish and
thought
a different school of
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28th Annual Fall for the Arts
Festival
Enjoy the woods at night at Whispers Along the Wissahickon
by Denise Larrabee
T
he woods can be a scary
place at night with shadows
and sounds you can't identify all around you. But families who
come to ‘Whispers Along the Wissahickon’ every year are surrounded by laughter, good music, and a
bonfire, which keeps things friendly.
This year, the popular autumn
celebration hosted by the Friends
of the Wissahickon (FOW) will be
on Friday, October 19, from 5:30 to
9 p.m., at the Wissahickon Environmental Center at 300 Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill.
‘Whispers Along the Wissahickon,’ now in its eighth year, is the
best way to welcome the fall season
and gives everyone the chance to
show off their Halloween costumes. It offers simple pleasures
and activities everyone can enjoy:
hayrides, face painting, magic, live
Talented magician entertains kids at Whispers Along the Wissahickon as part of
last year’s fun.
music, hearty food, complimentary neighbors and friends who apprecibeer and wine, and the company of ate the chance to enjoy the woods
at night.
‘Whispers Along the Wissahickon’ is sponsored by NBC Universal, Bowman Properties, Best Nest,
Valley Green Inn, and In Posse,
LLC. Tickets are $30 for adults,
$15 for children, and $85 for a family of four (two adults/two children). Price includes all food and
beverages. This is a rain or shine
event, and tickets are limited. No
tickets will be sold at the event.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call 215-247-0417 or
visit www.fow.org.
Virginia St. Claire (left) and Leo McGuire, of Chestnut Hill, display their costumes
at last year’s Whispers Along the Wissahickon.
Proceeds from this event benefit
the Friends of the Wissahickon, a
non-profit organization founded in
1924 and dedicated to preserving
the Wissahickon Valley. FOW
works in partnership with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation to
restore
historical
structures
throughout the park, eliminate
invasive plant species, monitor
watershed management issues, and
restore trails throughout the Wissahickon Valley Park with its Sustainable Trails Initiative. Follow
FOW on Facebook and Twitter. For
more information or to become a
member, visit www.fow.org.
Denise Larrabee is editor/publicist
with Friends of the Wissahickon
picture of what it meant to live,
work and die here during that period.
Duffin is joined by David Luz,
Executive Director of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center,
Pennsburg PA. Luz will answer the
question, “Who are the Schwenkfelders?” weaving the stories of the
families whose names appear on our
street signs and in the hidden cemetery in Springfield. These presentations are on Thursday, October 11.
”We’re so pleased to partner with
the Springfield Township Historical
Society. It’s a wonderful opportunity for everyone from our adjoining
communities to gain a deeper appreciation of our early history,”
expressed Chestnut Hill Historical
Society Executive Director, Jennifer
Hawk.
The talks will be held being at
First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, 1710 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown. Admission is free and there
are no reservations required. The
cemetery tour will be on Saturday,
October 14, at 1:30 & 3:30 p.m.
(rain date is October 27). Due to the
size and precious condition of the
cemetery, tours are limited to 20
people and reservations are required.
The tour is free for members of the
Chestnut Hill and Springfield
Township Historical Societies and
$15 for non-members.
Register via email at [email protected]
or by calling Audrey Simpson at 215247-0417, extension 103.
CHHS planning a visit to the 18th Centur y
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tation “With this amazing tool, he
will talk about the village settlement
patterns, population, and the many
hardships endured by local people as
a result of the Revolutionary War
skirmishes,” explains Liz Jarvis,
Curator of Chestnut Hill Historical
Society.
Duffin will speak of the building
burnings, stolen livestock and trammeling of crops and the residents’
desperate applications for reparations to their new government after
the war. His talk will paint a clear
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earners start here.
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Project Learn School
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Wed., October 10th • 6:30-8:30pm
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Call to RSVP or Schedule a Tour
215-438-3623
Information Evening
for Prospective Parents
Thursday, October 11 • 7 - 8:30 p.m.
2025 Harts Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 828-1231
www.miquon.org
Family Open House
Sunday, November 18 • 2 - 4 p.m.
Registration preferred
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Festival
Fall at Morris Arboretum’s Bloomfield Farm
By Marie Mercaldo Ingegneri
V
isitors are invited to tour
Morris Arboretum’s Bloomfield Farm property on Sunday, October 28, from noon to 3
p.m. This is the location of the
Arboretum’s oldest and newest
buildings — the Springfield Mill,
which dates back to 1760, and the
LEED platinum certified Horticulture Center complex, completed in
2010.
As well as building tours, there
will be demonstrations, vendors,
and music that celebrate Bloomfield Farm’s agricultural history.
One of the educational instructors on hand this afternoon will be
Jim Bob the Bee Keeper, who will
demonstrate the bee keeping
process.
Weavers Way Co-op will be onsite to review the how-to’s of keeping chickens in your backyard.
And members of the Philadelphia
Guild of Handweavers will demonstrate spinning and carding.
Another of the day’s planned
activities is a special performance
by the Suzi Shelton Band from 2 to
3 p.m. This is a chance to enjoy
folk tune selections as well as hits
from Suzi’s award-winning albums,
including her new release “Tomboy
in a Princess Dress.”
Prior to the concert, from 1-2
p.m., there will be a special session
for kids to make crafts that can be
used during the musical performance.
Take advantage of this rare
opportunity to glimpse a different
time with a short trip to Bloomfield
Farm, located across the street from
the Arboretum’s main entrance on
Northwestern Avenue. This event
is free with admission.
For more information about this
or any other Morris Arboretum
View of Horticulture Center from Bucket Truck at Bloomfield Farm.
event, call 215-247-5777 or visit
the Morris Arboretum online at
www.morrisarboretum.org.
Marie Mercaldo Ingegneri is marketing project coordinator at Morris
Arboretu
‘Murray Dessner: A Retrospective’
A
n exhibit of work by
Philadelphia artist and
teacher Murray Dessner
will open at Woodmere Art Museum, in Chestnut Hill, on Saturday,
October 13.
This will be the first exhibit of
works by Dessner, who died recently to survey the major achievements of his career. Included will
be important paintings from
Woodmere’s collection as well as
the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, where he taught for
many years, and also from distinguished private collections across
the Philadelphia region.
Featured will be large-scale
works of art that mark the significant phases of Dessner's career,
including hard-edged abstractions
of the late 1960s and early 1970s;
vigorous poured paintings of the
1970s; mysterious Venice- and
Greece-inspired paintings of the
1980s; figurative "memoir" paintings of the early 1990s; and the
mystical atmospheric paintings
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‘Natural Ridge,’ 1997, by Murray Dessner (born 1934). Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 66
in. (Collection of A.M. Baldeck, M.D. and W.M. Hollis Jr.)
that were his focus from the mid1990s to the present.
Accompanying his exhibit will
be a catalogue that will include a
broad-ranging interview about his
art, according to William R. Valerio, the Patricia Van Burgh Allison
Director and CEO of Woodmere
and curator of the Museum’s fall
exhibitions.
Woodmere Art Museum is located at 9201 Germantown Ave. For
complete information about hours,
programs, lectures, free exhibits
and fees, visit woodmereartmuseum.org or call 215-247-0476.
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