Still Life Workshop with Karen Phipps SOLD OUT! (Please note that we are taking names for a waiting list)
Sept. 9 and 10; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
$25 per person per session
Go beyond simply copying and unleash your creativity! With emphasis on chiaroscuro painting (the distribution of light and shadow in a picture), we will address basic formal art issues that help us to create dimensional, life-like and expressive paintings. Practice composition and design, value, edges, color temperature and color harmony, seeing color accurately, mixing fresh color, paint application, creating rich shadows, handling light and air. Students are welcome to bring in their own objects which we may corporate into our still lifes. Open to all skill levels. Registration is required. Call call 812.988.2785 or
tcsteeleshs@dnr.in.gov.

Great Outdoor Art Contest
Sept. 11; 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
FREE to the public; artists $10 per person, $5 per child
Celebrate T.C. Steele’s birthday by painting outdoors in the open air, inspired by the same surroundings that inspired Steele 100 years ago. An Artist-in-Residence will give a public workshop prior to the contest and then a public demonstration during the event. NEW this year: art exhibitors and vendors! Enjoy live music during the judging process. Artists must register in advance; call 812.988.2785 or

tcsteeleshs@dnr.in.gov.

Don't miss this new opportunity for artists to sell and display their work at T.C. Steele’s 22nd Annual Great Outdoor Art Contest. Download the application and send it in by Aug. 2.

Brown County Backroads Tour
October 1 – 31
Tuesday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.
Standard prices apply
Take a driving tour of artists' studios in Brown County to see artists at work and learn about what they do. A "Visiting Artist" will create original art on-site and interact with the public on weekends during the hours of the tour.

Ghost Tours, Stories & Creepy Critters
Oct. 22; 7 p.m.
$5 per person
Families can enjoy ghost tours inside the house and on the grounds, listen to spooky stories, see some creepy critters, make a craft and enjoy refreshments.

Arts and Crafts Moments: Objects and Experiences in T.C. Steele's Home
Nov. 1, 2010 – April 30, 2011
Standard tour prices apply
The Arts and Crafts movement focused on handcrafted objects that created a close relationship between literature and the visual arts, which came to Indiana in the 1890s. There will be two rotations of this exhibit with the first focusing on pottery, metal and other hand-crafted items. The second rotation in 2011 will focus on books, printed materials and furniture.

Steele’s Country Christmas
Dec. 4; 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
$5 per person
Find out how the Steeles celebrated the holidays at the House of the Singing Winds during the 1920s. St. Nicholas will visit the Large Studio, where children and families can have their photographs taken with him. Visitors will make ornaments and small, hand-crafted gifts. Enjoy live music and refreshments.

All programs are sponsored by the Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site. Friends members will receive a discount on programs. $1 for programs $5 and under, $2 for programs over $5 but under $10, and $3 for programs over $10.

For more information on programs at T.C. Steele State Historic Site, call 812.988.2785 or e-mail catkinson@dnr.in.gov.