Belmont’s Beeping Egg Hunt
April 7, 2014
As I prepare for our 3rd Annual Beeping Egg Hunt on April 12, I pause to remember the strong ties that Gari, and especially Corinne Melchers, had with children’s Easter parties during their time here at Belmont. Several years ago, The Free Lance-Star r …
Read moreCorinne Melchers is Paying Us a Visit
March 24, 2014
Gari Melchers’ portrait of his beautiful wife entitled La Brabançonne will soon go on view from April 1 through November 2, thanks to a loan by the Annmary Brown Memorial Collection of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. La Brabançonne, or Th …
Read moreHow to Read Belmont’s Sundial
March 11, 2014
During my periodic Director’s Tours and when I’m helping out with regular tours, visitors often ask me what that thing is mounted on the outside wall of the sun porch. Most correctly guess that it is some sort of sundial, but no-one has been able to d …
Read moreTrue and Clear: The Story of American Artist Gari Melchers
March 5, 2014
What better way to kick off Belmont’s new blog than to introduce you to Gari Melchers – his career as an artist, marriage to Corinne, and their shared life here at Belmont. http://youtu.be/_g7r9HtyMIA
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