Sweetgrass basket by Mary Jackson.
Morven Museum and Garden is set to host the 2015 Morven in May festival on May 2 and 3 at 55 Stockton Street in Princeton. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Morven in May is a weekend celebration of art, crafts and gardening featuring a juried exhibition and sale of contemporary America-made crafts as well as an heirloom plant sale.
Renowned basket maker and 2008 MacArthur Genius Fellow, Mary Jackson, is set to exhibit at the event. Jackson is the nation’s most celebrated maker of sweetgrass baskets. Her work has been shown in major art museums and prized by collectors around the world including Prince Charles and Empress Michiko of Japan.
Also new this year will be glass artist Martin Kremer of Pound Ridge, New York and decorative porcelain sculptor Katherine Houston of Boston.
This year the fine craft exhibition has grown from twenty-five to thirty-five professional artisans from around the U.S. Art mediums include glass, ceramics, decorative and wearable fiber, furniture, jewelry, wood, and mixed media. Among the thirty-five exhibitors, there will be a number of returning artisans including furniture designer Barry Newstat of Chicago, IL and textile artist Erin Wilson of Brooklyn, NY.
The weekend will kick off on the museum’s Great Lawn with a Preview Party catered by Max Hansen. Tickets for the Preview Party start at $125. All proceeds from Morven in May will help fund the museum’s exhibitions, historic gardens and educational programs.
Tickets for Saturday and Sunday admission will be available at the tent entrance for $10, $8 for Friends of Morven.
For more information, visit morven.org or call (609) 924-8144.
