links to RELATED efforts & resources plus ANNOUNCEMENTS
The town's Tourism & Beautification Committee periodically holds barn quilt classes and painting sessions. Classes provide participants with an overview as well as hands-on activities, covering SUPPLIES and BASIC STEPS (click words to open sample handouts), over a three-day period.
Classes are now held primarily at Colton-Pierrepont Central School in support of the town-school collaborative 'Art Around Town' project which features barn quilts. In the past, however, classes have been held in Norwood and elsewhere. Slideshows of photos are available HERE for sessions held in Norwood in April 2016 and HERE for South Colton in October 2016.
Other groups and communities in St. Lawrence County and the Adirondack North Country region of New York State also are part of the growing barn quilt movement in the United States. Click HERE to see photos taken from 2014 through March 2016. Additional coverage of the growing barn quilt movement in the town of Colton as well as St. Lawrence County is available under Announcements below.
Links to other community efforts as well as resources are provided below; and updates will be posted as they become available.
Classes are now held primarily at Colton-Pierrepont Central School in support of the town-school collaborative 'Art Around Town' project which features barn quilts. In the past, however, classes have been held in Norwood and elsewhere. Slideshows of photos are available HERE for sessions held in Norwood in April 2016 and HERE for South Colton in October 2016.
Other groups and communities in St. Lawrence County and the Adirondack North Country region of New York State also are part of the growing barn quilt movement in the United States. Click HERE to see photos taken from 2014 through March 2016. Additional coverage of the growing barn quilt movement in the town of Colton as well as St. Lawrence County is available under Announcements below.
Links to other community efforts as well as resources are provided below; and updates will be posted as they become available.
other community effortsHammond Barn Quilt Trail
Website: https://hammondbarnquilttrail.wordpress.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Hammond.Barn.Quilt.Trail Facebook announcement...Grand Opening Extravaganza on August 22, 2015: https://www.facebook.com/events/1636181513288643/ North Country Public Radio story about grand opening: http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/29170/20150821/st-lawrence-county-s-first-barn-quilt-trail-starts-in-hammond Canton, NY and Central St. Lawrence Barn Quilt Trail
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canton-NY-and-Central-St-Lawrence-Barn-Quilt-Trail/1646491825564678 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Online North Guide (click to open) now includes Adirondack Regional Art Trail profiling barn quilts along with hundreds of artists in the Adirondack North Country. Here is a direct link to the Colton Barn Quilt Trail on the site.
Barn Quilt Documentary -- Sharing a Sense of Place...The New Tradition of Barn Quilting in St. Lawrence County -- was developed by Emily Baker, a student at Clarkson University. She started filming at Colton-Pierrepont Central School prior to the 2015 Winterfest Weekend. Click HERE to watch 30-minute video on YouTube .
Interview with Barn Quilters -- Todd Moe of North Country Public Radio (NCPR) caught up with a number of barn quilt painters during the Barn Quilt Celebration held during the 2018 Colton Country Days. Click HERE to listen to 'Crazy for Barn Quilts in Colton' posted on NCPR's website.
Basic 'How-to' Barn Quilt Classes -- Two three-day classes being presented by the Tourism & Beautification Committee will be held at The TAUNY Center in Canton in June -- June 6-8 and June 20-22 -- as part of a larger county-wide Barn Quilt Tourism Project. The 2-page announcement with details about the class, including how to register, is available HERE.
Mini Barn Quilt Workshop -- Periodically one-day workshops are held to teach the basics of painting barn quilts. The announcement for a workshop during the 2019 Winterfest is available HERE.
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More to come!
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