VERY SPECIAL EVENTS
Mary Woodward presents:
The Faces of the American Revolution: Portraits by John Singleton Copley
Sunday, March 2, 2pm.
Price $20, HSOY Member Price $15
To register visit www.hsoy.org/events
Copley was born in Boston in 1738 into a poor family, but through his self-taught talent, industrious work ethic, and ambition, he rose to move in Boston’s highest social circles.
Mary Woodward, an art historian and HSOY Trustee who currently works with Historic New England as an interpreter, will explain how Copley accomplished this transition to become the preferred choice of rebels and royalists alike who wanted their likenesses captured for posterity. Today, Copley is recognized as the finest portrait painter in Colonial America.
Michele Gabrielson Presents
Cape Cod’s Calliope: Mercy Otis Warren
Sunday, April 6, 2pm.
Price $20, HSOY Member Price $15
To register visit www.hsoy.org/events
Often described as the “muse of the revolution,” Mercy brilliantly used her passion for poetry and prose to persuade others to join in the revolutionary cause.
Listen to and discuss with Mercy, a Barnstable native and long-time resident of Plymouth—portrayed live by Michele Gabrielson, a local history teacher, and historical interpreter who specializes in important women from the Revolutionary period—as she tells the story of how she rejected the conventional expectations of women in the 18th century and became the first historian of the American Revolution.
Thank you.
The Cultural Center Of Cape Cod