Come join us for Buttons and Baubles: Victorian Fancywork workshop for adults and children aged 9 years and up from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. Participants will be creating a framed Holiday tree or wreath fashioned from old buttons, costume jewelry, and other found object ephemera. Materials will be provided; however, participants are encouraged to bring special items out of their own button jars, costume jewelry or bead collections to personalize their work.
Artist, Educator, Pamela Vogan Lynch will lead the workshop. Lynch is a professional artist and retired Director of Art for the Oneida City School District with 35 years of experience in art education. The workshop will be held at the Madison County Historical Society Nov. 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The cost for the workshop is $14. Registration is required by Oct. 28.
For more information please contact MCHS at 315-363-4136, 315-361-9735, orhistory@mchs1900.org. The Madison County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that operates both a museum and the Mary King Research Library located at 435 Main St., Oneida. The society continues to preserve, collect, promote, and exhibit the history of Madison County and its fifteen towns and one city through the development of programs that enhance Madison County’s heritage. The historical society’s headquarters are housed in an 1849 Gothic Revival Villa that is listed on the State and National Registry of Historic Places.
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