Gari Melchers Home & Studio has recently turned our traditional historic house tour on its ear. Led by education and communications manager Michelle Crow-Dolby, the standard 30-minute, guided docent monologue has been torn apart and put back together in a whole new way.One of the best preserved artist homes and working studios in the United […]
Gari Melchers Home and Studio hosts A Glorious and Beautiful Show, a richly-illustrated talk on the remarkable visual culture of Renaissance Venice, Italy, presented by UMW Professor of Art History Julia A. DeLancey on August 25 in the Pavilion at Belmont, 2 PM. Admission is free of charge.DeLancey will explore the art of such legendary giants […]
Gari Melchers Home & Studio will host its eighth annual Beeping Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 14 from 2 – 4 p.m.The egg hunt provides an opportunity for visually impaired and blind children, along with their families, to participate in an accessible audible egg hunt. Sighted siblings can also participate by wearing a blindfold. This […]
Gari Melchers Home and Studio and the Alhzeimer’s Association are partnering to present Picturing New Connections: An art program for people with memory loss and their caregivers on Thursday, March 7 at 10:30 a.m.“I recognized a need in our region for a museum-based memory loss program and have been researching and developing a blueprint, on […]
UMW employees and their immediate family members will be admitted to Gari Melchers Home and Studio and the James Monroe Museum free of charge (UMW ID required) during the winter break (December 19 – December 30), and are eligible for 20% off Museum Store purchases.
