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A CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITION!
The Museum of Everyday Life is soliciting submissions for its upcoming exhibition about The Wheel, which will open on Saturday June 3rd, 2023. The Museum also invites Community Participation in the exhibit installation.
This is an open call to all artists, philosophers, collectors, and ordinary people to contribute to the exhibition! We hope to produce a meditation of sorts, a reverie on the relationship of human life to wheels – what they mean to us and what they enable. We’ll think about all kinds of wheels: pinwheels, Ferris wheels, mill wheels, spinning wheels, pottery wheels, roulette wheels, water wheels, training wheels, hamster wheels, car tires, bicycle-tricycle-unicycle wheels, tractor wheels, steering wheels, cogs and pulleys and casters! We’ll consider spiritual understandings of the wheel from Ezekiel’s vision to the Karma wheel, from the Native American Medicine Wheel to the Tarot’s Wheel of Fortune. We welcome contributions in any form: from personal artifacts accompanied by your individual narrative, to vague, raw ideas for displays; from fully realized art objects to theoretical writings, and research. The museum is a self-service institution and does not always have staff on hand, therefore the safety and security of donated objects cannot be guaranteed. Sometimes the volume of contributions that we receive mean that we are unable to display everything; the museum curatorial staff makes the final display decisions. Including a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope or box with your contribution will ensure that it is returned to you upon completion of the exhibition. To contribute to the exhibition, or for more information, contact Clare Dolan via the “contact us” form on this website Our mailing address is 3482 Dry Pond Rd., Glover, VT 05839.
Interested in participating in the exhibit installation?
Community work days will be May 13th – 14th , May 20th –21st, and May 27th– 28th, Intensive installation week will be from May 29th through June 2nd , 2023. The opening celebration will be Saturday June 3rd, 2023. Make sure you use the “contact us” form on the museum website to let museum staff know when you plan to attend.
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Join us for THE OPENING CELEBRATION OF “COMING CLEAN” our new 2022 exhibition on Saturday June 4th, from 2-6pm!
This exhibition considers bathing practices throughout time and across cultures, including religious immersion and ritual purification, bathing as health cure, methods of washing in extreme environments, and much more. All kinds of bathing and scrubbing implements will be on display. At the opening day celebration there will be live music and performances from itinerant musicians Adam Cook and Tomas Majcherski, local singer and ritualist Maria Schumann of Cate Hill Orchard, Circus Amok star Jennifer Miller from NYC, and so much more. Snacks and beverages will be served. Admission by donation. The exhibition will be on view until May 2023. The Museum of Everyday Life is a self-service museum, open every day from 8am-8pm, and is located at 3482 Dry Pond Rd. (Rt. 16) in Glover, a short distance South of the Shadow Lake Rd. See www.museumofeverydaylife.org for more details or for more information contact Clare Dolan at 802-626-4409.
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We are currently taking applications for a PAID summer arts program for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19.
Becoming trained to give tours of the museum for the public once a week! This program is offering a stipend of $675, which will be given to students in two increments over the summer.
Participants will receive training and support, learn how to talk about art, curate objects, and explore careers in the arts while working closely with museum staff. The program takes place at the Museum of Everyday Life in Glover, VT (3482 Dry Pond Rd off of RT 16) from June 27th – August 21st. Candidates must be available everyday for the first week of the program, and then at least once a week for the duration of the summer.
To apply email Moeldocent@gmail.com
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A CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITION!
The Museum of Everyday Life is soliciting participation in the creation of its upcoming exhibition about Ablutions (the act of bathing and/or washing the body) which will open on Saturday June 4th, 2022.
Ablution derives from the Latin verb abluere, meaning “to wash away.” The word refers to the washing of the body or a part of the body. We are issuing an open call to YOU to contribute to our 2022 exhibition featuring ablutions, the act of bathing and/or washing the body and the implements and tools associated with it. We will consider bathing practices throughout time and across cultures including Roman baths, Turkish baths, the Russian banya, salt baths, surgical scrubbing, Therapeutic bathing, Sitz baths, Bed baths, Sound baths, Gay Male Bathhouse culture, the Town of Bath. We’ll consider bathing in the setting of water scarcity, bathing in extreme environments (the desert, the arctic) – we are interested in bathing techniques and practices of all kinds. We’ll look at bathing vessels including bathtubs, bidets, showers, footbaths, wash basins, baptismal fonts, soaking tubs, hot tubs, and all manner of loofahs, scrubbies, exfoliators, oils, soaps and other bathing tools. We’re interested in ritual purification practices including the Mikveh, Wudu, Kippuru, & Baptism. We welcome contributions in any form. We are interested in it all: from personal artifacts accompanied by your individual narrative, to vague, raw ideas for displays; from fully realized art objects to theoretical writings, and research. We anticipate that tubs and bathing vessels will be the hardest to find, so if you’ve got any that you’d be willing to lend us, don’t hesitate to get in touch! Please be aware that this is a self-service institution and does not always have staff on hand, therefore the safety and security of donated objects cannot be guaranteed. Sometimes the volume of contributions that we receive mean that we are unable to display everything; the museum curatorial staff makes the final display decisions. Including a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope or box with your contribution will ensure that it is returned to you upon completion of the exhibition. To contribute to the exhibition, or for more information, contact Clare Dolan via the “contact us” form on the website. Our mailing address is 3482 Dry Pond Rd., Glover, VT 05839.
Please circulate the call for contributions widely, post on social media, tell your friends…
Interested in participating in the exhibit installation?
Community work days will be May 14th & 15th, May 21st & 22nd, May 9th –10th, and May 28th & 29th. Intensive installation week will be from May 29th through June 3rd, 2022. The opening celebration will be on June 4th, 2022. Make sure you use the “contact us” form on the museum website to let museum staff know when you plan to attend.
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Smithsonian Magazine published an article on not-to-be-missed roadside attractions, including the Museum of Everyday Life, click below to read it!
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The Museum of Everyday Life announces the opening of its new exhibition, “Life in Lists and Notes” on Saturday July 17th, from 1-6pm.
With this exhibition we look at the role of lists and notes in our lives. We celebrate the poetic, mnemonic, narrative and enumerative qualities of lists and notes, and explore their myriad creative, professional, bureaucratic, institutional, domestic, and personal uses throughout the ages. All kinds of lists and notes will be on display, in addition to our ever-expanding permanent collection of everyday life objects. At the opening day celebration there will be live music and performances from itinerant musicians Adam Cook and Tomas Majcherski, local farmer-performers Maria Schumann and Ira Karp, dancer/vaudevillian Maura Gahan, and so much more, including a special premier performance of a new piece for lawn-mower and vocalists by composer Glen Weyant. Manifestos, snacks and beverages will be served. Admission by donation. The exhibition will be on view until May 2022.
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To listen to an interview about the museum with Ric Cengeri on WDEV’s “Vermont Viewpoints” click below.
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The Museum was featured on nationally-syndicated public radio show/podcast “To the Best of Our Knowledge!” Click below to listen to the story.
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The Museum is Open to visitors, with mandatory mask-wearing & social-distancing required due to the COVID-19 Epidemic. To read a review of the current exhibition about knots in the Seven Days, Click below.
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A CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITION!
The Museum of Everyday Life is soliciting participation in the creation of its upcoming exhibition featuring knots, which will open on Friday June 12th, 2020.
We are issuing an open call to all artists, philosophers, collectors, and ordinary people to contribute to our 2020 exhibition featuring knots. One of our oldest tools, humankind’s use of knots predates the wheel. Early an indispensible part of creating the most basic objects, knots remain a key element in sailing, fishing, textile creation, theater rigging, mountain climbing and many other disciplines. Tying and untying knots is also a symbolic action central to witchcraft, religion, and ritual across many cultures. We welcome contributions in any form. Do you have a memory of tying your first necktie? A collection of aunt Ethel’s crocheted doilies? A story of a knot that saved your life? We are also interested in unintentional knots, snarls, and tangles or examples of miraculous knots in nature. We’ll consider anything from personal artifacts accompanied by your individual narrative, to vague, raw ideas for displays; from fully realized art objects to theoretical writings and research. Please be aware that this is a self-service institution and does not always have staff on hand, therefore the safety and security of donated objects cannot be guaranteed. Sometimes the volume of contributions that we receive mean that we are unable to display everything; the museum curatorial staff makes the final display decisions. Including a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope or box with your contribution will ensure that it is returned to you upon completion of the exhibition. To contribute to the exhibition, or for more information, use the “contact us” form on the website. Our mailing address is 3482 Dry Pond Rd., Glover, VT 05839.
Please circulate the call for contributions widely, post on social media, tell your friends…
Due to the covid epidemic, the community participation weekends have been re-structured and re-invented. May 23rd & 24th, 30th & 31st, and June 6th & 7th the museum will set up exhibit-creation activities outdoors, appropriately distanced, require participants to wear masks, and employ other safety measures as needed. These community participation weekends will be contingent on good weather. Use the “contact us” tab on the museum website to let the museum know which day(s) you intend to participate, so appropriate planning can take place!
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FOR A FUTURE EXHIBITION, the museum is continuing to collect lists and notes of all kinds – from handwritten shopping lists to love notes tucked under pillows to stern memos from a boss – we want them all! We don’t have nearly enough, so don’t be shy – send in random odd notes you come across in daily life, even standard classics like “back in five minutes” – our interest here is in any kind of brief (mostly handwritten) message. Send them to the museum at the above address, or email a snapshot to us.
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The Museum of Everyday Life announces the opening of its new exhibition, “The Pivot and the Blade (an intimate look at scissors)“ on Saturday June 1st, from 3-7pm.The Museum’s goal is the slow-motion cataloging of life via material things of no monetary value but immense consequence. With this exhibition we look at the long human relationship to scissors. We’ll reveal the elegance of scissors design, and explore the myriad professional, creative, superstitious, horror-movie and domestic uses of scissors throughout the ages. All kinds of scissors will be on display, in addition to our ever-expanding permanent collection of everyday life objects. At the opening day celebration there will be live music and performances from itinerant puppeteer Adam Cook, local Master Brewer Vasilios Gletsos, Dancer/Vaudevillian Maura Gahan and a special appearance by circus/sideshow performer Jennifer Miller from New York City. Manifestos, snacks and beverages will be served. Admission by donation. The exhibition will be on view through the end of the year. The Museum of Everyday Life is a self-service museum, open every day from 8am-8pm, and is located at 3482 Dry Pond Rd. (Rt. 16) in Glover, a short distance South of the Shadow Lake Rd.
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The MOEL appears in New York Times!
click on the photo below to see the feature in the New York Times.
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A CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITION!
The Museum of Everyday Life is soliciting participation in the creation of its upcoming exhibition featuring scissors, which will open on Saturday June 1st, 2019! For this exhibition, we are seeking contributions consisting of or relating to all aspects of scissors, including but not limited to hinge scissors, hedge trimmers, grass shears, averruncators, pruning shears, loppers, blade shears, poultry shears, cigar cutters, hair cutting shears, thinning shears, nail scissors, nose hair scissors, umbilical cord scissors, tin snips, pipe duct snips, hydraulic cutters, throatless shears, trauma shears, surgical scissors, iris scissors, tentotomy scissors, mayo scissors, ceremonial scissors, crafting scissors. applique scissors, button hole scissors, dress making shears, pinking shears, chatelaine scissors, tailor’s scissors, carpet scissors, ambidextrous scissors, culinary scissors, scissors in folklore and fairytales, and the arts of paper cutting, barbering, tailoring, topiary etc. We welcome your contributions in any form, from personal artifacts accompanied by your individual narrative; vague, raw ideas for displays as well as fully realized art objects ready to hang; theoretical writings, and research. Please be aware that this is a self-service institution and does not always have staff on hand, therefore the safety and security of donated objects cannot be guaranteed. Sometimes the volume of contributions that we receive mean that we are unable to display everything; the museum curatorial staff makes the final display decisions. Including a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope or box with your contribution will ensure that it is returned to you upon completion of the exhibition. To contribute to the exhibition, or for more information, contact Clare Dolan via the “contact us” form on the Museum website
All are welcome to participate in the exhibit installation. Community work days will be May 4th& May 5th, May 11th–12th, and May 18th– 19th, May 25th-26thIntensive installation week will be from May 27st through May 31st, 2019. Make sure you use the “contact us” form on the museum website to let museum staff know when you plan to attend.
And Finally, the museum is researching old hand written notes for a future exhibition idea – and is welcoming the submission of random odd notes you come across in daily life – from a scrap of paper containing a hasty scrawl to a carefully wrought couple of sentences on an index card, from standard classics like “back in five minutes” to a brisk admonishment from a boss left on your desk, to anonymous lists– we are interested in any kind of brief handwritten message. Send them to the museum at 3482 Dry Pond Rd. Glover, VT 05839. Thank you!
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The MOEL appears in National Geographic Magazine!
click on the photo below to see the feature in National Geographic’s November 2018 issue.
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2018 Opening Celebration!
The Museum of Everyday Life announces the opening of its new exhibition, “Locked down! Keyed In! Locked out! Keyed Up!” on Sunday May 27th, from 3-7pm. With this exhibition we look at the long human relationship to the lock and key. We’ll reveal the elegance of key and lock design, and explore the philosophy and practice behind securing, safeguarding, imprisoning, escaping, and safecracking throughout the ages. All kinds of keys and locks will be on display, in addition to our robust and ever-expanding permanent collection of everyday life objects. At the opening day celebration there will be live music and performances from itinerant puppeteer Adam Cook, local anamatrix Meredith Holch and a special guest appearance by a world renowned escape artist from New York City. Manifestos, snacks and beverages will be served. Admission by donation.
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A new episode of the excellent podcast Rumblestrip featured the Museum of Everyday Life. To listen, clickHERE.
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To Read a Review of our 2017 Bells & Whistles exhibition in the Seven Days, click
HERE.
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The New England Media and Memory Coalition has published our essay “The Story of the Museum of Everyday Life.” To read it, Click the image below!
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MOEL IN ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA!
The Museum is proud to report that our Chief Operating Philosopher is the recipient of aCEC Artslink’s 2016 Back Apartment Residency, and for the month of October is exploring St. Petersburg, working with local artists, and visiting all manner of museums, from the small and unusual to the grand and celebrated. ClickHERE to read her post on the Back Apartment Residency site: “Recent Reflections from the Museum of Everyday Life’s Intrepid Philosophy Department: In Praise of The Diorama” and HERE to read “The Museum of Everyday Life Philosophy Department Encounters the Variable Properties of Big and Little” and HERE to read “On Melancholy.”
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NEW!! To watch a feature about the Museum on the television show Wild Travels, broadcast on Chicago PBS. Click HERE. (The show features last year’s Dust exhibit, but was just recently aired…)
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Now On View, a new exhibition:
Mirror/Mirror
This year we reflect upon the looking-glass and all that it contains. From the moment the first mirror was encountered, this object began to haunt humanity. As a vehicle for gazing at ourselves or for divining the unseen, as unforgiving truth-teller or portal to other worlds, as a totem of power or icon of vanity, the mirror fascinates and dazzles. Essential to telescopes and magic tricks, disco balls and dentistry, the mirror inhabits a central place in a startling diversity of human endeavors. Indeed, the mirror, we would argue, is the object that makes self-transformation possible. This exhibition explores the mirror in all of its guises. Open everyday, 8am-8pm.
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A CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITION!
The Museum of Everyday Life is soliciting contributions to its upcoming exhibition featuring the Mirror, which will open on Sunday May 29th, 2016!
For this current mirror exhibition, we are accepting all kinds of contributions, including anecdotes, scholarship, art, and objects, consisting of or relating to all aspects of mirrors, including but not limited to: the mirror and superstitions; the role of mirrors in fairytales; the Echo and Narcissus myth; mirrors and drug culture; mirrors and magic tricks; carnival and funhouse mirrors; mirrors and royalty; mirrors in early cabinets of curiosity; one-way mirrors and surveillance; mirrors and the development of the telescope, microscope and other tools of science; Lacan and Mirror Theory; particular mirrors attached to personal stories; the trope of the mirror in the psychoanalytic interpretation of dreams; the mirror in disco culture; the mirror and survival skills such as starting a fire or sending morse code signals, etc. We welcome contributions in any form, be it personal artifacts accompanied by individual narratives; vague, raw ideas for displays as well as fully realized art objects ready to hang; theoretical writings, research, and of course we will be in need of plenty of raw material so any old or broken mirrors would be welcome as well. The Museum is a self-service institution and does not always have staff on hand, therefore the safety and security of donated objects cannot be guaranteed, although every effort is made to keep all donations as secure and safe as possible. To donate, or for more information, use the “contact us” button above. The museum’s mailing address is 3482 Dry Pond Rd., Glover, VT 05839. Sometimes the volume of contributions received makes it impossible to display everything; the museum curatorial staff makes all final display decisions. Contributors who include a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope or box with their entry will ensure that it is returned to her or him upon completion of the exhibition.
Interested in participating in the exhibit installation? Community work weekends will be April 30th/May 1st; May 14th-15th; May 21st-22nd. Intensive installation week will be from May 20th through May 28th, 2016. Use the “contact us” form on the museum website to let museum staff know you plan to attend.
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The museum’s own Chief Operating Philosopher, Clare Dolan, brought the Performance Department’s latest Cantastoria, “Exquisite Corpse” and “Being Mortal” to the renownBanners & Cranks Festival in Detroit in November, and again to Southern Vermont’s Sandglass Theater in early December. A new cranky, “Police Log” premiered at the Banners & Cranks fest in San Juan Puerto Rico April 15th & 16th, 2016! Photos for your viewing pleasure below:
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NEW!! Click the image of our front door below to view a Stimulating and Entertaining VIDEO about our Museum (shot last summer by Comcast) and listen to a VPR story about our new Dust exhibit by clicking the photo of Dust.
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Read the Seven Days Art Review of our Dust exhibit by Molly Zapp by clicking HERE.
Read an excellent and intelligent article in the Concord Monitor about the MOEL and Dust exhibit by clicking HERE.
Read the same article by Nicola Smith in VT Digger HERE.
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