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NCE Middle School Programs
Needham Community Education’s NCE Elementary program offers a wide array of after school classes at each elementary school at the end of the school day.
Summer Explorations 2024
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DYI, home, garden and skills classes
Humanities and science programs
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Parenting programs
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NCE Elementary After School Classes for Broadmeadow Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes for Eliot Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes for Mitchell Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes for Newman Students
NCE Elementary After School Classes at Sunita WIlliams
NCE Kids' Late Afternoon and Evening Classes
NCE Kids Virtual Classes
Week 1 : July 8-12 : Rising Grades 1-5
Week 1: July 8-12, Rising 6-9
Week 2 : July 15-19 : Rising Grades 1-5
Summer Explorations programs for Week 2: July 15-19
Week 3 : July 22-26 : Rising Grades 1-5
Summer Explorations programs for Week 3: July 21-26
Week 4 : July 26-Aug 2 : Rising Grades 1-6
Summer Explorations programs for Week 4: July 29-Aug 2
Private Music Lessons
Who was N.C. Wyeth? How did he become a famous illustrator and painter? On the first evening, your study of N.C. Wyeth will begin with viewing images of his childhood in rural Needham, on the banks of the Charles River, in a family compound with Swiss immigrant grandparents. We will follow his path as he studies in schools in the Boston area until leaving for study under well-known painter and illustrator, Howard Pyle, in Wilmington, Delaware. On the second evening, you will learn about his artistic journey, starting with him becoming an illustrator and traveling to the far west, which later influenced his magazine illustrations that made him famous. We will have a look at his highly-regarded illustrations for Treasure Island. You will learn about the letters N.C. sent to his Needham family, in which he shared news of his life and his longing to be recognized as a painter. We will also view his later work, done near the family’s summer home off the coast of Maine. Our overview of N.C.’s life will conclude with noting his devotion to his five children, whom he educated and trained at home, and resulted in three becoming artists. The program finale will be a Saturday morning trip to the Needham Public Library, where we will view and discuss the N.C. Wyeth paintings on display.
Gloria Polizzotti Greis hasbeen Executive Director of the Needham History Center & Museum since June 2002. Prior to Needham, she was Peabody Research Fellow at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard) (2001-2002), and Collections Manager for the Peabody’s Archaeology and Human Osteology Collections (1989-2001). She holds a PhD in Anthropology, specializing in the archaeology of prehistoric Europe. Gloria is the author of several books and films on archaeology and local history; and of numerous articles and a blog on history, archaeology and various other topics. She is an elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, a member of the MA State Historic Records Advisory Board. In Needham, she is Chair of the Needham Historical Commission, Co-President of the Great Hall Performance Foundation, and an Advisory Trustee of the NC Wyeth Research Foundation and Library.
Margaret Mukherjee has enjoyed a long and exciting career in higher education which has taken her to several eastern European and Asian countries where she has led faculty workshops. Retired, she has taught adult courses related to the arts, including folk art, art during the Great Depression, and graffiti and street art. As a Needham resident, she greatly enjoys researching N.C. Wyeth’s life and work beginning here.
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