Colonial Printing Demo

Name: Colonial Printing Demo
Start: 2024-06-01T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-06-01T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Quincy Homestead 1680

Schedule

Sat Jun 01 2024 at 03:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Quincy Homestead 1680 | Quincy, MA

On Saturday, June 1, Quincy Homestead is hosting a presentation on printmaking in Paul Revere's time. Andy Volpe is a printer and "living historian". He studies and replicates the printing and drawing techniques of the Old Masters, engravings of Paul Revere and creates commemorative work for periods of American history.
Mr. Volpe will show samples of his Revolutionary War work products and be available for questions and lively discussions from 11am to 2pm.
Guided tours of the Homestead are conducted every 30 minutes, on the hour and half hour. Last tour at 1.30 PM. Cost is $10.00 per person, donations are welcome.
The Quincy Homestead is located at 34 Butler Rd, Quincy, MA.
The Quincy Homestead is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation in a partnership with the National Society of Colonial Dames of Massachusetts. T The program is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Quincy Art Council.