HUMBOLDT – A wealth of activities will be held by the Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery this summer.
The Humboldt Water Tower carnival start the activities off Saturday, Aug. 3 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Humboldt and District Museum says to beat the heat with water-themed carnival games, a treasure hunt, a visit from the Humboldt fire trucks, jugglers, fish pond, a water gun zip line, a rain gutter regatta race and more. Two guests from the Saskatoon Juggling Club - Kati, a roving circus performer, and Dale, who will be running a juggling workshop for all ages - will also be there.
All of the carnival games and activities are free. For those who want to go all the way to the top, tours are $6/adult and $4/child.
Two new exhibits will be at the gallery starting Aug. 9. The Meacham Elevator is by ceramic artists Bonnie Gilmour and Charley Farrero. The exhibit is a meditation in clay on what they experienced after the destruction of the grain elevator that once stood over their home village of Meacham.
Excerpts from the Artists’ Statement: “Bonnie’s ceramic tiles are sketches that convey the golden glory days of our province. Charley’s fantastical sculptures resonate with the beholder, stories of fact, fiction and fun.”
The Humboldt and District Gallery is holding an opening reception and artist talk on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the gallery.
The museum is also hosting a heritage skills revival day on Aug. 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This event will showcase talented people in the community of Humboldt who have continued to keep these heritage skills alive. At the event you will see a demonstration of blacksmithing by Tyler Dies, a working model Henry Ford 1893 “Kitchen Sink” engine built by Ed Drachenberg, a rope-making demonstration from Tyler Shaw, Reynold Fortowsky’s beautifully restored 1960 Chevy Impala convertible and a working telegraph machine demonstrated by Garry Jenkins and Lee Lefebvre as they show how to send Morse code messages
On Aug. 17 at the museum a “Prints made by the Sun” workshop will be held for cyanotype printing by Ann Poggemiller. From 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the gallery. In this workshop, participants will learn the process of using chemically coated paper, botanicals, and sunlight to create cyan-blue prints that are each completely unique. Participants are asked to bring their own botanicals and encouraged to bring a collection of plants to use to make patterns for their cyanotype projects. All other supplies will be provided by the museum. This workshop has a fee of $20 per person. Call 306-682-5226 or email [email protected] to register. There are limited spots available.
The museum will also be having a night at the Humboldt museum. Participants will become a detective for an evening and they will have a real life game of “whodunnit” on Thursday, Aug. 8 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
