with June Vail \;
\n\nCAM Auditorium\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA \;
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\n\nFree for CAM members\, $10 for non-members
\n\nThe Folly Cove Designers&rsquo\; name is intimately linked with the Cape Ann Museum. Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios\, the Designers&rsquo\; founder and mentor\, led the renowned group from 1939 until her death in 1968. Burton&rsquo\;s beloved books\, including \;Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel \;and Caldecott-winner \;The Little House\, \;continue to delight generations of parents\, children\, and librarians. \;
\n\nA new memoir\, \;Folly Cove Sketches/Remembering Virginia Lee Burton\, written by Burton&rsquo\;s great-niece\, June Vail\, offers warm\, honest glimpses into her aunt&rsquo\;s everyday life and wide-ranging artistic practices. Vail vividly chronicles living as a teenager with Aunt Jinnee and Uncle George \;at Folly Cove\, evoking the area&rsquo\;s natural beauty and community spirit in the 1960&rsquo\;s. An open Q and A will follow \;Vail&rsquo\;s \;informal\, illustrated talk. \;Books will be available for sale and signing following the presentation. \;
\n\nJune Vail founded the dance program at Bowdoin College in Brunswick\, Maine\, and served as chair of Bowdoin&rsquo\;s department of theater and dance over a long teaching career. In addition to \;Folly Cove Sketches \;(2022) she has published two previous books\, \;Cultural Choreographies \;(1997) and \;The Passion of Perfection/ Gertrude Hitz Burton&rsquo\;s Modern Victorian Life \;(2017). \; \;
\n\nFor more information visit her website: \;www.junevail.com \;
\n LOCATION:Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant St Gloucester\, MA 01930 UID:e.2981.23215 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260424T111141Z URL:https://business.capeannchamber.com/events/details/camtalks-exhibition-series-folly-cove-sketches-remembering-virginia-lee-burton-23215 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR