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Gallery Talks

Ruthmere presents Gallery Talks the first week of each month.  The day of the week often changes to provide maximum opportunity for the public to attend, and start time is always 11am. Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection, a person or event in local history, or a topic from the Victorian/Edwardian eras. Gallery Talks are free and open to the public.

SPONSORS NEEDED: Ruthmere Private Members and Business Members can sponsor an individual Gallery Talk for just $100!  To reserve your sponsorship contact Executive Director Bill Firstenberger at bfirstenberger@ruthmere.org

2024 Gallery Talks

Ralph A. Blakelock: American Landscape Painter
February 2 "Five Medals, His Life and Times"--Mike Judson - 11 am at the Havilah Beardsley House *Sponsored by Karen Nicholson and Ann Wroblewski
March 5 "The Curious History of Cursive Handwriting"--Beth Hall, Ruthmere Docent - 11 am at Ruthmere *Sponsored by Mark Doddington and Karen Nicholson
April 3 "Refrigeration Before Refrigerators"--Steve Barton, Ruthmere Docent  - 11 am at the Havilah Beardsley House *Sponsored by Beth Hall & Sam Sommers
May 2 "Preserving Architectural Heritage: The National Register vs the National Trust"--Mark Doddington, Membership Coordinator - 11 am at Ruthmere *Sponsored by Beth Hall & Karen Nicholson
June 7 "Hoosier Fashion Designers" --Jennifer Johns, Curator- 11 am at the Havilah Beardsley House *Sponsored by Ann Wroblewski 
July 2     "Ralph A. Blakelock: American Landscape Painter"--Ann Knoll, Associate Director, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art -11am at Ruthmere *Sponsored by Dale & Shelly Seely
August 7 "The Melodeon and Making Music in the Home"--Brenda Tudor, Ruthmere Docent - 11 am at Ruthmere *Sponsored by Margaret & John Frechette and Brenda & Randall Johnson
September 5 "The Lincoln Highway - Not Just a Blue Line" -- Joyce Chambers, Indiana Director of the Lincoln Highway Association - 11 am at Ruthmere *Sponsored by Wade Mayberry
October 4 "Introduction to Birding" --Melissa Gunter, Education Chair of South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society -11am at Ruthmere *Sponsored by Steve & Jean Barton
November 5  Overbeck Pottery --Randy Roberts, Assistant Curator, Midwest Museum of Art -11am at Ruthmere *Sponsored by Brenda & Michael Tudor
December 4 "Toys in the Attic"--Cathy Ellsworth, Ruthmere Docent - 11 am at Ruthmere

Recent Gallery Talks


July 2nd, 2024 -

"Ralph A. Blakelock: American Landscape Painter" 


with Ann Knoll, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Associate Director and Ruthmere Board Member


June 7th, 2024 -

"Hoosier Fashion Designers"


with Jennifer Johns,

Curator



May 2nd, 2024 -

"Preserving Architectural Heritage: The National Register vs. the National Trust"


with Mark Doddington, Membership Coordinator



April 3rd, 2024 -

"Refrigeration Before Refrigerators"


with Steve Barton, Ruthmere Docent



March 5th, 2024 -

"The Curious History of Cursive Writing"

with Beth Hall, Ruthmere Docent



February 2nd, 2024 - 
"Five Medals: His Life and Times"

with Mike Judson, Historian



December 5th, 2023 -

"Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus: How Newspapers Influenced Culture"


with Lois Tomaszewski, Grants Coordinator



October 4th, 2023 -

"Dawn of the Death Care Industry"


with Andrea Hutslar, Outreach Curator




September 6th, 2023 -

"Hudson Valley Painters"


with Carolyn Bonanno, Communications Coordinator



August 1st, 2023 -

"American Jazz: A Paradigm of Racial Unity"

with Larry Dwyer, Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Notre Dame


This video is available by request for educational or research purposes. Please contact staff if you would like to view this Gallery Talk.


See all of our past Gallery Talks on our Youtube page, www.youtube.com/ruthmeremuseum


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Elkhart, IN 46514

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