Photo courtesy of Bolton Historical Society, Oliver Everett Collection
Welcome to Celebrate 275!
JOIN BOLTON’S 275TH CELEBRATION
Bolton, Massachusetts will celebrate its 275th Anniversary this year and a series of activities and events have been planned. Check out the calendar of events below and click the Event Details tab for full celebration information.
Many volunteers are needed! Get involved by emailing [email protected]
Bolton, Massachusetts will celebrate its 275th Anniversary this year and a series of activities and events have been planned. Check out the calendar of events below and click the Event Details tab for full celebration information.
Many volunteers are needed! Get involved by emailing [email protected]
Bradley Philips: Bolton Artist
An Exhibit at the Bolton Public Library
Bradley Philips, Portrait of his Father
EXHIBIT OPENING, JUNE 6, 7PM
BOLTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Two years ago the Boston Globe’s eminent art critic, Sebastian Smee, wrote an enthusiastic review of a painting owned by the Boston Athenaeum, titled Check Out Time at the Marlborough-Blenheim. Smee found the painting “compelling,” and “full of tension.”
The artist, Bradley Phillips (1929–1991), was a son of Bolton. He grew up in Bolton’s oldest house, the Whitcomb Inn, built in 1700 at the end of Old Sugar Road. Bradley Phillips was the son of Dr. Philip Phillips, a Harvard archeologist, and brother of Sayre Sheldon, co-founder of WAND (Women’s Action for New Directions). Bolton owes a debt of gratitude to the Phillips family for dedicating over seventy acres of land to conservation. That land is now a part of the Rattlesnake Hill Area.
During June and July, Bradley Phillips’ painting of his father sitting next to a window looking out from their house will be on view in the Bolton Library Program Room, together with several other of Bradley’s paintings and posters, every one as unusual and fascinating as the Self Portrait Bicycling.
You are invited to the opening reception Thursday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. to hear speakers on Bradley Phillips’ work, on the history of the Whitcomb Inn, and on growing up there in the 1930s and ‘40s. We will be honored to have Sayre Sheldon giving us personal insight about one of the most unusual and interesting people who lived in Bolton.
The reception and exhibit are free.
BOLTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Two years ago the Boston Globe’s eminent art critic, Sebastian Smee, wrote an enthusiastic review of a painting owned by the Boston Athenaeum, titled Check Out Time at the Marlborough-Blenheim. Smee found the painting “compelling,” and “full of tension.”
The artist, Bradley Phillips (1929–1991), was a son of Bolton. He grew up in Bolton’s oldest house, the Whitcomb Inn, built in 1700 at the end of Old Sugar Road. Bradley Phillips was the son of Dr. Philip Phillips, a Harvard archeologist, and brother of Sayre Sheldon, co-founder of WAND (Women’s Action for New Directions). Bolton owes a debt of gratitude to the Phillips family for dedicating over seventy acres of land to conservation. That land is now a part of the Rattlesnake Hill Area.
During June and July, Bradley Phillips’ painting of his father sitting next to a window looking out from their house will be on view in the Bolton Library Program Room, together with several other of Bradley’s paintings and posters, every one as unusual and fascinating as the Self Portrait Bicycling.
You are invited to the opening reception Thursday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. to hear speakers on Bradley Phillips’ work, on the history of the Whitcomb Inn, and on growing up there in the 1930s and ‘40s. We will be honored to have Sayre Sheldon giving us personal insight about one of the most unusual and interesting people who lived in Bolton.
The reception and exhibit are free.