5/13/2022 and Today we are in Full Bloom! The intoxicating scent of the wisteria is wafting through the air at Wistariahurst. Come by and sit in the garden and enjoy the beautiful sight of the purple blossoms covering the house.…
My name is Nicholas Anderson, and I am an American military historian from Long Beach, California. I earned by undergraduate degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. I am currently enrolled in the History department at the University of…
Recently, Mass Humanities awarded a grant of over $12,000 to support Wistariahurst's project, Sustaining the Humanities at Wistariahurst. We were extremely gratified to receive Mass Humanities’ support, especially since Mass Humanities grant proposals are subjected to a rigorous review process.…
I was first introduced to the world of archival materials while engaging with primary documents as part of my undergraduate program in history at University of California at Santa Cruz. Archives struck me particularly because they contained materials that were…
Erika Slocumb, Scholar, The Black Holyoke Project The exhibit has closed and for many in the community and beyond the question is “What’s next for Black Holyoke?” The exhibit will be on display for the month of February at UMass…
Erika Slocumb, Scholar, The Black Holyoke Project This year has been filled with so much growth and abundance. In July, I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy, Khepri, and in August we opened the exhibit “Reliquary of Blackness.” The…
contributed by Joe Maspo A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit France’s historical Alsace-Lorraine. I went for a rather odd reason too: Belle Skinner, philanthropist and daughter of Holyoke silk magnate William Skinner, not only frequently visited…
Stitch by Stitch: Needlework Samplers from the Wistariahurst Collection, brings together 15 samplers and examines them in the context of why and how they were made. Because textiles must be kept out of direct light (which degrades fabric and fades…
We're happy to announce that we have joined forces with Brick Coworkshop, a local collaborative art and design workshop space in the Holyoke Innovation District, this spring to produce a traveling museum experience for the Holyoke community. The traveling museum…
This spring Wistariahurst is teaming up with the Holyoke Creative Art Center's ARTery project to host a juried art show and sale in our gardens. We are currently accepting applications from artists interested in submitting work to the show. Please…