This Earth Day we are celebrating all of the creatures of the air! There are so many amazing animals that call the sky their home, like songbirds and chickadees, blue jays and cardinals, and red-tailed hawks and owls. In this workshop, we will make kites painted with the designs of your favorite bird. We will […]
Our scaled-down, 31st annual Musketaquid Earth Day Celebration continues our most valuable traditions like outdoors workshops on the lawn of The Umbrella building Earth Floats of natural materials. While crafting under the guidance of art teacher Abby Cramer, participants will be serenaded by live performers, Voices on the Air, celebrating the beauty of air and […]
Family pods are invite to reserve a timed spot for a special, limited capacity “Wish for Change” Sidewalk Chalk event in person with artist Nayda Cuevas at Chamberlin Park, April 25. To open the The Umbrella Artfest Art Walk (April 25-May 31),and public art installation in greenspaces around Concord, MA, The Umbrella will host a […]
Free-EventsChange is in the Air: Art Walk Change is in the Air: Art Walk Presented by The Umbrella Arts Center at The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord MA Share APR 25 2021 - MAY 31 2021 Change is in the Air: Art Walk The Umbrella Arts Center’s self-guided public art tour on the theme of “Air” […]
Join us for three action-packed days of ninja skills, awareness training, games, and fun. Our theme will be wild edibles. We will learn and gather plants from the landscape, make fire by friction, cook over fires, carve wood and wildcraft from natural resources. We will go on adventure hikes each day to nearby Newbury Field […]
On display through November 14 in Hapgood Wright Town Forest, the 6th annual Art Ramble Exhibition continues The Umbrella Arts Center's thematic exploration of "Air" that began with the spring's Earth Month and Artfest celebrations. "Something in the Air" is presented by The Umbrella Arts & Environment Program and curated by Laurie Bogdan and Kimberley […]
An exciting new public art exhibition has been installed in the Minute Man National Historical Park this month, in collaboration with The Umbrella Arts Center. Curated by Monkeyhouse, Go Out Doors – Minute Man National Historical Park brings unique, Park-inspired artistic perspectives to The Umbrella's "Go Out Doors – Neighbors" regional exhibition of artfully upcycled, […]
After a hiatus during the pandemic, The Umbrella Arts & Environment Program and Trustees of Reservations have partnered once again to bring the traditional Musketaquid Winter Solstice celebration back to historic Concord! With some COVID modifications, the ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 21 from 6-7:30PM outdoors on the side lawn at The Old […]
The Umbrella Arts & Environment Program invites people of all ages and experience to participate in the Musketaquid Earth Month Exhibit, a non-juried show on view in The Umbrella Arts Center Main Gallery from April 6 through April 23, 2022. Displayed work responds to this year's call on the theme: “Stories from the Earth” Do […]
Musketaquid Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 23, 2022, 10:00am - 3:00pm The Old North Bridge at Minute Man National Historical Park & The Old Manse The Umbrella's Arts & Environment program continues to create solace, community, and reconnection with nature. Please join us for our annual Musketaquid Earth Day celebration which will take place at […]
