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2009 Event Dates

4th Annual Folk Art and Craft Show & Sale
Saturday, May 16, 2009
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: $2.00Trimborn Farm Art Show

Join us for our fourth Folk Art Show and Sale, featuring contemporary and traditional folk artists and craftspeople selling their wares. New folk artists are joining this show each year.

Polish Paper Cutting Demonstrations
1 and 2:15 p.m.
Free with $2 admission to Folk Art Show

Bernice Jendrzejczak, Hales Corners, will demonstrate the art of Polish Paper Cutting – Wycinanki.

Ms. Jendrzejczak, a resident of Hales Corners, learned how to create traditional Polish paper cuts as a member of Polanki, a Polish women’s cultural club committed to preserving the group’s heritage. She has demonstrated styles of paper cutting at Holiday Folk Fair, Polish Fest, and the Milwaukee County Historical Society.

Shoppers at the Folk Art Show and Sale can choose from a vast array of traditional and contemporary folk art pieces created by 30 Wisconsin artists. There will be Native American wood carvings, folk art dolls, stitchery, baskets, pottery, copper sculpture, glass creations, handweaving, carved gourds, chalkware,
wool felt pieces, Scherenschnitte, hooked rugs, quilts and more.

Tours of historic Trimborn Farm’s buildings and the adjacent Jeremiah Curtin House will be offered all day. Both properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and are Milwaukee County Landmarks.

27th Harvest of Art and Crafts
Saturday and Sunday, September 12 & 13, 2009 Trimborn Farm Art Show
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: $4.00 per person

Celebrate this annual showcase of artists and craftspeople from throughout the upper Midwest. 130 exhibitors will sell thousands of unique creations in numerous media. With booths throughout the grounds and in the historic buildings, this renowned event will help you get an early start on your holiday shopping. We’re also featuring musical entertainment, children’s activities, and a spouse’s waiting area televising the Packers if they are playing!

If you are an artist who would like to be considered as an exhibitor, download the 2009 Harvest Application for the Show here.

Sixth Civil War Encampment
Saturday and Sunday, October 3 & 4, 2009
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: $3 for adults; $2 for seniors and students Civil War reenactors and visitors gather to raise the US flag at Trimborn Farm.

Our annual Civil War Encampment draws re-enactors from several states who portray life in the Civil War period. Union and Confederate soldiers, sharpshooters, cavalry, medical staff, sutlers, and camp followers will impersonate famous persons, cook their meals, sell their goods, demonstrate equipment and weapons, and fight mock skirmishes featuring Civil War weapons and artillery.

Don’t know what a sutler is? Stop in and learn!

(Okay, we can save you a trip to the dictionary. A sutler or victualer is a civilian who sells provisions to an army in the field, in camp or in quarters. In modern use the term sutler is often used to describe businesses that provide period uniforms and supplies to reenactors, especially to reenactors of the American Civil War. These businesses will often themselves play the part of historical sutlers while selling their goods at reenactments.)

See the 2008 Civil War Event Schedule (below) to learn the kind of activities might happen that weekend.

2009 Civil War Encampment Schedule -- We are in the process of arranging another great list of activities for the Civil War weekend. Watch for it!