Guided Tour
2023-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Cahoon Museum, 4676 Falmouth Road (Rte. 28), Cotuit, MA, 02635, United States
Offered every Thursday, this guided tour highlights something special about the museum’s historic house and current art exhibitions. A great way to get an insider’s sneak peek during a visit to the museum.
Included with general admission.
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Professional Photos with Your iPhone
2023-11-02 13:00 - 16:00
You can take professional quality photos with your phone! Award winning photographer Linda Sharp will lead you through your phone camera settings and share tips and tricks to making a strong photo. Use the Cahoon Museum and its grounds as your subject as your practice your new skills. This workshop is limited to iPhone users. Bring your charged phone with enough memory to take new photos. Class size is limited to 6 to allow for individual attention.
$50 per person/$40 museum members
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Drop In Drawing - Watercolor Animals
2023-11-04 10:30 - 12:00
Discover a fun and creative approach to drawing animals using the unique properties of watercolor with artist Gabe Ribeiro.  Drop in to the Cahoon classroom any time during your visit to explore and learn how to use the abstract characteristics of watercolors to create charming and expressive animal illustrations.  Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist looking to explore a new technique, you will enhance your skills and inspire your artistic journey.
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An Afternoon with Woods Hole Illustrator and Teacher Julie Child: An Artist’s Life
2023-11-04 14:00 - 14:30
Join biological illustrator Julie Child in the gallery for a casual conversation about her life as a 20th century biological illustrator. Beginning with her intense interest in nature as a child, Julie will discuss her education at the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Medical Illustration, her years as an illustrator for scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, and her work as an illustrator of gardening books. Julie will also explain how her connections to the Woods Hole scientific community inspired her designs for T-shirts, plates, children’s books and more.
Included with Museum admission. SPACE IS LIMTED TO 15 PEOPLE. First come – first serve.

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Holiday Centerpiece Workshop
2023-11-12 13:00 - 15:00
Create your own seasonal centerpiece for the holiday table! Floral designer and horticulturist Julie Christina will guide you through the techniques of creating a beautiful autumnal arrangement for your holiday celebration. A great afternoon out with friends or a treat to yourself. All materials provided.
$75 per person/$65 museum members
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SOLD OUT Holiday Decorative Painting Workshop
2023-11-29 13:00 - 16:00
Get in the holiday spirit and learn techniques similar to those used by Ralph and Martha Cahoon! Decorate a small box with a pinecone inspired by a Swedish gourd design in this workshop led by local decorative painter Mary Svenson. Mary was a member of the Society of Decorative Painters and has been teaching, painting and studying traditional folk art for 30 years. This workshop is open to all levels and materials will be provided.
$50 per person/$40 museum members

Gallery Talk with Executive Director Sarah Johnson, PhD: 40 Years of Collecting
2024-03-21 14:00 - 15:00
Explore the Cahoon Museum’s American art collection with executive director Sarah Johnson, PhD. She will discuss the Cahoon Museum of Art’s permanent collection with a focus on the artworks on view in the exhibition 40 Years of Collecting. Learn about the history and care of the collection as well as the art and artists featured in this anniversary exhibition.
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Paint Afternoon - Martha Cahoon's Springtime Scene
2024-03-28 13:00 - 16:00
Get inspired by the artwork of folk artist Martha Cahoon in an afternoon of painting. Instruction, materials, and light refreshments will be provided in this relaxed workshop bringing the fun of a paint night to the daytime.
$50 per person /$40 museum members
Martha Cahoon (1905-1999)
Spring Scene, 1981
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An Afternoon with Artist Sarah Peters: Figure Drawing Demonstration
2024-04-03 14:00 - 15:00
Exhibiting artist Sarah Peters creates bold and lively figure drawings in ink. In this demonstration, Sarah Peters will draw from a clothed model while discussing her dynamic approach to the figure. Learn more about contemporary art approaches to figure drawing and the process behind the work on view in Bold Women and Vivid Dreams.
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An Afternoon with Artist Sarah Peters: Mold Making Discussion
2024-04-04 14:00 - 15:00
Join exhibiting artist Sarah Peters as she discusses her process of making and using molds to create her ceramic sculptures. Learn more about why mold-making is an important part of Sarah Peters’ practice and the role it plays in the artwork on view in Bold Women and Vivid Dreams.
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Mermaid Illustration Workshop with Illustrator and Author Gabe Ribeiro
2024-04-06 13:00 - 16:00
Develop your basic drawing skills while transforming an image of yourself into a mermaid with illustrator and author Gabe Ribeiro. Bring a photo of yourself (or someone else) and work with Gabe Ribeiro to convert your photo into a mermaid drawing in watercolor and pen. No drawing experience is necessary, and supplies are provided.
$50/$40 museum members
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An Afternoon with Artist Sarah Peters: Bold Women
2024-04-06 14:00 - 15:00
In this artist talk, Sarah Peters will walk through her work in the current exhibition Bold Women and Vivid Dreams and discuss the inspiration behind this courageous new work.
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Mind-Body Music: Mitigate Stress with Music at the Cahoon Museum
2024-04-10 13:00 - 16:00
Explore music as a vehicle for inspiring joy through the practice of wellness. Learn how to combat stress by eliciting the relaxation response with your favorite music and incorporate mind-body techniques derived from mindfulness, meditation, and yoga practices in your daily life. Students will learn to play the kalimba and receive an instrument to use at home.
A Cape Cod native, Nick Suchecki holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music and a Master of Music from New England Conservatory. Additionally, Nick has earned a Mind-Body Medicine education certification from Massachusetts General Hospital. Currently, Nick is a PhD candidate at Lesley University, where his research focuses on the intersection of music, mindfulness, trauma, and ecopsychology.
Nick’s teaching philosophy is rooted in empowering each student’s sense of wellness, belonging, and autonomy, while considering how the mind and body can learn most efficiently. In addition to teaching at the Cape Symphony, Nick is also an Adjunct Professor of Expressive Therapies at Lesley University.
As an active performer, Nick has performed across New England with groups such as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Ronnie Spector, Funktapuss, Steve Morgan & the Kingfish, the Cape Cod Sax Quartet, and of course, the Cape Symphony!
Cost $175/$150 members – a $25 discount is available for those who already own a Kalimba.
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Approaches to Collecting: A Panel Discussion
2024-04-11 14:00 - 15:00
Join Sarah Johnson, Ph.D., executive director of the Cahoon Museum of American Art as she leads a panel discussion about museum collections with Rachel Lovett, executive director of Falmouth Museums on the Green, Jennifer Madden, director of collections and exhibitions at Heritage Museum, and Gardens, and Benton Jones, director of art at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Learn more about appropriate conservation, handling, storage, and display methods museums use in maintaining and caring for their collections.
$15/$5 members (includes museum admission)
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Professional Photos with Your Phone with Linda Sharp SOLD OUT
2024-04-18 13:00 - 16:00
Take professional quality photos with your phone with award-winning photographer Linda Sharp. Linda will lead you through your phone camera settings and share tips and tricks for making a strong photo. Use the Cahoon Museum and its grounds as your subject as you practice your new skills. Bring your charged phone with enough memory to take new photos. The class size is limited to 6 to allow for individual attention.
$50 per person /$40 museum members
SOLD OUT

Create a Character Workshop
2024-04-27 13:00 - 16:00
Great stories start with a compelling character. Illustrator and teacher Jessie Nickerson will lead you through exercises in writing and drawing to fully develop your character. You will leave with a complete character profile, including both written and visual components, that can be used as a starting point for your own personal narrative project. This workshop is perfect for both artists and writers who would like to begin working across disciplines.
Much of this class will be spent drawing, so some prior experience will be helpful but not necessary.
$50/40 museum members
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Meet the Artist: Kelly Murphy
2024-04-27 14:00 - 15:00
Join exhibiting artist Kelly Murphy as she discusses her work in the exhibition Writing with Pictures, and she explains her process step by step for bringing an author’s words to life.
Kelly Murphy is a senior faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design and a New York Times-bestselling author-illustrator. She has notably illustrated the works of William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Beatrix Potter, as well as book covers for various Newbery Medal winning novels, creating thousands of illustrations and award-winning art for clients worldwide.
Included with museum admission.
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Gallery Talk - Exploring the Art of Sarah Peters with Leslie Goldman
2024-05-01 11:00 - 11:30
Delve into the empowering message found in the work of exhibiting artist Sarah Peters in this gallery talk given by Education Programs Manager Leslie Goldman. Learn more about Sarah Peters’ process of creating figural ceramics and the inspiration behind her female body-inspired pieces on view in Bold Women and Vivid Dreams.
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Botanical Illustration Workshop: Spring in Bloom with Ellen Duarte
2024-05-01 13:30 - 15:30
Join botanical artist Ellen Duarte in welcoming the beautiful blooms of spring. Observe the natural beauty of wildflowers and garden favorites alike. Study the uniqueness of each type of bloom. Learn techniques for drawing and painting plants of all kinds. Try new methods for using watercolor to render detail. Discover how simple steps can lead to beautiful botanical art. All skill levels are welcome and supplies are provided.
$55/$45 museum members
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Spring Open House and Artist Reception
2024-05-04 10:00 - 16:00
Join the museum for a day of free admission as we celebrate the art and artists featured in the exhibits Writing in Pictures and Bold Women and Vivid Dreams: Don Nakamura and Sarah Peters.
Enjoy art activities, food and drink, free admission, and fun!
Schedule:
Free admission: 10:00am-4:00pm
Family art activities 10:00am-12:00pm
Art reception 1:00pm-3:00pm
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Artist Talk with Don Nakamura
2024-05-04 11:00 - 12:00
Meet artist Don Nakamura as he walks you through his inspiration and techniques for creating his personal and stunning artwork featured in Bold Women and Vivid Dreams: Sarah Peters and Don Nakamura.
FREE admission.
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Story Time: Dakota Crumb at the Cahoon Museum of American Art
2024-05-07 09:30 - 11:00
Join us for a special Story Time for children ages 1-4 and their caregivers at the Cahoon Museum of American Art led by Cotuit Library Children’s Librarian Julie Thomas. Julie will read Dakota Crumb by Jamie Michalak and illustrated by Kelly Murphy. As part of the story reading, children will engage in a scavenger hunt (just like Dakota!) and then create their own masterpiece. Kelly Murphy’s work is featured in the Cahoon Museum’s exhibition Writing with Pictures.
Free admission
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Gelli Print Workshop with Instructor Christine Martell
2024-05-16 13:00 - 16:00
Learn Gelli printing, a monoprinting process that does not require a press, and explore textures and layers by combining materials to make a finished collage. A wide range of tools and materials will be supplied as part of the workshop. Instructor Christine Martell has been teaching a wide range of techniques for more than 30 years. Of all media, Gelli printing is her favorite topic to teach because anyone can be successful with it at any level of artistic ability. She holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and MS in Education from Portland State University.
$55 per person/$45 museum members
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Paint Night at the Cahoon Museum
2024-05-17 17:00 - 19:00
Paint a landscape inspired by Daisy Marguerite Hughes’ (1882-1968) Cape Cod Dunes currently on view in the exhibit 40 Years of Collecting – no experience necessary. Education Programs Manager Leslie Goldman will guide you step by step in creating your stunning artwork in this fun and interactive class. Materials and light refreshments are provided.
$55 per person/$45 museum members
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Decorative Painting Workshop: Early Spring Arrival with Mary Svenson
2024-05-22 13:00 - 16:00
Celebrate the spring by decorating a wooden plaque with a beautiful floral design. Learn textured crackle technique as well as drybrush, blending, and line work skills in this workshop led by local decorative painter Mary Svenson. Mary was a member of the Society of Decorative Painters and has been teaching, painting and studying traditional folk art for 30 years. This workshop is open to all levels. Students will need to have their own brushes which may be purchased from the instructor; all other materials will be provided.
$55 per person/$45 museum members
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Music and Movement at the Cahoon Museum
2024-05-29 10:00 - 11:00
Join us for an interactive music program designed for children ages 1-4 and their caregivers! Dance to music, play in the courtyard (weather permitting), and enjoy a story time led by Julie Thomas, Children’s Librarian at the Cotuit Library. Grown ups are encouraged to take part in the activities with their children throughout the class. Julie will read Dancing Matilda by Sarah Hager and illustrator Kelly Murphy, whose artwork is featured in the museum’s current exhibit, Writing with Pictures.
Free but registration is required.

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Gallery Talk: Writing with Pictures
2024-06-05 11:00 - 12:00
Join Education Programs Manager Leslie Goldman for a closer look at the artwork featured in Writing with Pictures. Learn more about the Rhode Island School of Design artists exhibiting and their inspirations and techniques in approaching the artform of illustration.
Included with museum admission.
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Cahoon in Bloom 2024 - SOLD OUT
2024-06-07 17:00 - 19:00
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Cahoon Museum and our Patron members at the annual Cahoon in Bloom garden party on Friday, June 7th! This year, we are excited to announce a selection of large-scale outdoor artwork will be unveiled at the event from Don Nakamura, Robin Tost, and Deborah Carter.
Cahoon in Bloom will also feature live music by Bart Weisman, a floral exhibition from talented florists, food from the Catered Affair, and a first look at this expanded museum experience for 2024!
$75 per person /$65 museum members
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Taylor and Barry Joyce
Anne Bockhoff, Trustee
Janice and Bruce Richards, Trustee
Deborah Haskell, Trustee
Neil and Karen Jacobsen, Trustee
Grant and Susan Patterson, Trustee

Botanical Illustration Workshop: Bloom and Grow SOLD OUT
2024-06-12 13:30 - 15:30
Enjoy the arrival of spring flowers with botanical artist, Ellen Duarte. Create a mixed bouquet of beautiful flowers by including different bloom types in a single composition. Learn to draw each type of bloom by studying their structure and shape. Compose a page that will display a variety of flowers in your unique way. Try techniques in watercolor used by botanical illustrators to accurately render plants, while gazing at beautiful blooms. No experience is necessary and materials are included.
$55 per person/$45 museum members

Garden Photography with Your Phone with Linda Sharp
2024-06-13 13:00 - 16:00
Take professional quality photos of gardens with award-winning photographer Linda Sharp. Linda will lead you through your phone camera settings and share techniques specifically to enhance photography of the garden and landscape, using the Cahoon Museum gardens as your subject as you practice your new skills. Bring your charged phone with enough memory to take new photos. The class size is limited to 6 to allow for individual attention.
$50 per person/$40 museum members
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