Full 2009 Schedule Registration information

Sailors Valentines, with Sandi Blanda
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, July 6, 7 & 9: 9 A.M.–1 P.M.
Member $ 750; Nonmember $ 800

Learn to recreate these souvenirs of the Caribbean favored by Nantucket whalemen during the nineteenth century. Participants will be provided with a beautifully handcrafted mahogany box and a variety of colored shells. All tools and glues will be provided, along with complete instructions necessary to construct this distinctive keepsake and future heirloom.

All materials provided. Maximum class size: 12

Sailors Valentines Advanced Botanical Workshop, with Sandi Blanda
Wednesday, July 8: 9 A.M.–3 P.M.
Member $ 300; Nonmember $ 350

Previous students of Sandi Blanda’s are invited to enroll in an advanced workshop. Students will have an opportunity to assemble flowers, both previously taught and new creations, in an 8" x 10" shadowbox. Using this less-restrictive format gives the student an opportunity to focus on creative composition. These newfound skills are clearly transferable to designing other sailors valentines.

All materials provided. Maximum class size: 12

SANDI BLANDA saw her first sailors valentine in 1983 and has been designing and creating examples of this romantic folk art in her personal style ever since. Her designs have been exhibited at the famed Sanibel Shell Show in Florida as well as in numerous prestigious galleries in the U.S. and abroad. She also teaches her techniques at the Cahoon Museum of Art in Cotuit, Massachusetts.