Tooling through Art

Many masterpieces of world art contain depictions of hand tools and everyday household artifacts. Presented by the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts on August 12 at 7PM at the Woodbridge Main Library, this program explores images of a number of famous artworks, focusing in on tools and objects that seem strange to us, but which were common and ubiquitous when the artworks were completed. Pictures of objects from the Museum’s collection are juxtaposed with the art images to show the similarities. Background on the artists, the art and the artifacts is included.

The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts explores American history with a focus on the life and stories of 18th- and 19th- century craftsmen and artisans. Drawing on its rich collection, METC connects the lives of people and their stories, while providing a bridge from the past to the future. Housed in Madison’s first public library building, this stunning Richardsonian Romanesque Revival building was donated by D. Willis James to the people of Madison, NJ in 1900.

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Host or Publisher Woodbridge Public Library