Music and Silk: An Ancient Animal and a Shorebird’s Survival
Schedule
Thu Jun 04 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
290 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01938 | Ipswich, MA
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Join Arpeggione Ensemble and silk artist Susan Quateman for a lively evening of music, visual art, and conversation exploring the intertwined lives of the horseshoe crab, a “living fossil”, and the migratory red knot.This behind-the-scenes program offers a closer look at the science, ecology, and human-created challenges shaping their survival. Through conversation, selected chamber works performed on historical instruments, and an exhibit of silk paintings inspired by these species, the artists share the creative process behind their developing interdisciplinary project.
Our program will illuminate both the ecological story at the heart of the work and the artistic choices that bring it to life. Arpeggione members Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Thomas Carroll, clarinet; and April Sun, piano will perform chamber music reflecting the ancient stillness of the horseshoe crab and the urgent migratory rhythm of the red knot. Susan Quateman’s silk paintings depict stories of loss that turn towards restoration and renewal.
Art in the Landscape Exhibition: If your schedule allows, we welcome you to arrive early and take a walk around the grounds of Castle Hill, where you can view our new Art in the Landscape Exhibition: The Land Tells our Stories. This sculpture created by Maine-based artist Posey Moulton, invites viewers to reflect on environmental impacts on The Great Marsh, and explore how reclaimed materials that wash up as marine debris can be repurposed into art. The sculpture will be on view from May through October 2026.
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