May 23 Thursday
Join us for a free virtual talk with poet and translator Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, who will be discussing his newly released translation of Frume Halpern’s short story collection Blessed Hands (Frayed Edge Press). He will be joined by Lisa Newman, the Yiddish Book Center’s director of publishing and public programs and the director of White Goat Press, the Yiddish Book Center’s imprint, for a short conversation and Q&A. After the presentation with Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, participants are invited to stay online for small-group discussions facilitated by Yiddish Book Center staff as part of the Great Jewish Books Club.
The program is presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2024 Great Jewish Books Club.
Jul 20 Saturday
Saturday & Sunday, July 20 & 21 – Artist Demonstration: Metalsmithing and Steel Sculpture with Margaret Jacobs. Margaret is Akwesasne Mohawk and known for her bold steel sculpture and powder-coated jewelry. Visitors will have the opportunity to observe various components of the artist’s creative process including patterning and cutting with a plasma cutter and the use of an oxy-acetylene torch to shape and form the steel. Margaret will also her training, practice and inspiration.
These events are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; a Humanities NY Action grant; the Institute of Museum and Library Services; a National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America grant; and friends and members of the Iroquois Museum. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information contact: info@iroquoismuseum.org.
Jul 21 Sunday
Aug 17 Saturday
Saturday & Sunday August 17 & 18 – Artist Demonstration: Guitar Making with Glenn Hill, Jr. Glenn is an Akwesasne Mohawk luthier who has been hand crafting acoustic and electric guitars for approximately a decade. He founded Sonny Boy Guitars Inc. in 2015. The non-traditional art form allows him to incorporate his love of music and Haudenosaunee culture with the pleasure he finds in the creative process.
Aug 18 Sunday
Oct 19 Saturday
Saturday, October 19 from 10 to 4 - Early Technology Day: Visitors can watch and participate in the process of flint knapping (the ancient art of making chipped stone tools), fire making, cordage making, atlatl spear throwing and early archery. There will be displays of projectile points, tools, and local archaeological finds from the Museum’s archaeology department. Think you've found an artifact? Please bring it with you and the Museum’s experts will be glad to try to identify it for you.