Rokeby MuseumVideo: 100 years of the Holmes Farm, 1822–1923: A Quaker Presence in the Champlain Valley — A Virtual Talk with David R. Holmes
On December 7th, 2021, David Holmes shared stories from his recently published book “On Being a Vermonter and the Rise and Fall of the Holmes Farm, 1822–1923.” From his family’s 17th century Quaker roots, their settlement in Monkton, to the establishment of their farm in Charlotte, Holmes discussed the history and legacy of his family in Vermont.
Read MoreVideo: “Spirits of Rokeby” talk with Charlotte Library
by Lindsay Varner, Rokeby Museum Director
I was very happy to work with the Charlotte Library on October 19, 2021, to present a talk on the Spirits of Rokeby. This talk was created through the research I completed for the museum’s Halloween weekend event “Spirits of Rokeby,” in which we recreated several séances found among the papers in our collection.
Read MoreVideo: John Brown’s Vermont with Amy Godine
October 16, 2021: On this anniversary of the radical abolitionist John Brown’s nation-shaking raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, independent historian Amy Godine talked to us about John Brown’s reverberative meaning in and for Vermont — both in his own time, and in antiquarian and modern memory.
Read MoreVideo: Demystifying the Creative Process with Courtney Clinton (ICYMI)
Before the final illustration, an artist makes dozens of sketchbook studies. In these studies they gather reference material and work out a creative image design.
On September 12th, 2021, Rokeby Museum’s 2020 artist-in-residence, Courtney Clinton, joined us to share more about how illustrators like Rachael Robinson Elmer (1878–1919) built and developed their creative ideas through the sketchbook process.
Read MoreRokeby Museum & Vermont History: A Conversation w/ Lindsay Varner on ‘Across The Fence’
Rokeby Museum director, Lindsay Varner, appeared on Across the Fence in August. You can watch the video by clicking below.
Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the U.S. and has been on-air on WCAX-TV since 1955! Across the Fence is produced by University of Vermont Extension.
