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Gari Melchers Home and Studio Travels to the Berkshires, September 21-24
June 17, 2008Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont will host an “Authors and Artists” bus trip to Massachusetts on September 21-24. The trip will highlight many homes, studios and galleries in the Berkshires area of the state.
Participants will stay at the historic Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, one of the few remaining inns in continuous use since the 18th century. The itinerary includes visits to the Norman Rockwell Museum, Edith Wharton’s The Mount Estate and Gardens, Herman Melville’s “Arrowhead” home, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the Mark Twain House and Museum.
The cost for members of Friends of Belmont is $785 per person, double occupancy, which includes bus transportation, driver gratuity, three nights accommodation with continental breakfast, one dinner, lunch at The Mount and museum fees. The nonmember price is $825. Registration deadline is Tuesday, July 15. For more information, contact Betsy Labar, special events coordinator, at (540) 654-1848 or blabar@umw.edu.
To find out more about the stops on the tour, visit the Red Lion Inn at www.redlioninn.com, the Norman Rockwell at www.nrm.org, the Mount Estate and Gardens at www.EdithWharton.org, Herman Melville’s Arrowhead at www.mobydick.org, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at www.clarkart.edu and the Mark Twain House and Museum at www.marktwainhouse.org.
Gari Melchers Home and Studio is a 26-acre estate and former residence of the artist Gari Melchers and his wife Corinne. The property, which is operated by the University of Mary Washington, is both a Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. Located at 224 Washington St. in Falmouth, Va., a quarter mile west of the intersection of U.S. 1 and U.S. 17, it is open daily with an admission charge. The museum also serves as the official Stafford County Visitor Center. For directions and other information visit the museum Web site at www.GariMelchers.org.
News release prepared by Michelle Crow-Dolby
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