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Known for her flamboyant manner and free-spirited ways, Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840 - 1924) became known as the first American "Patroness of the Arts." The ambiance of her Back Bay salon at 150-152 Beacon Street inspired the creation of "Fenway Court," an architecturally lavish backdrop for her significant collection of Italian Renaissance art. Fenway Court known today as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, was willed to the City of Boston for the "education and enjoyment of the public forever," and stands as a monument to her aesthetic sensibilities.
An active member of The Church of the Advent in Boston's Back Bay, she was a frequent guest at Henry Sleeper's house, Beauport (now part of Historic New England) on Gloucester's Eastern Point Boulevard.
Selected Performance Sites:
(* Denotes materials available for download)
Wellesley Hills Women's Club, November 08
The Garden Club of the Back Bay and The College Club of Boston, October 08
Carlisle Garden Club, September 08
*Longfellow House, Summer Solstice Showcase, Cambridge, June 08
Newburyport Garden Club, March 08
Postcomers Club, Natick, January 08
Norwood Women's Club, December 07
Wellesley Garden Club, October 07
*Sleeper-McCann House, Beauport Museum, Historic New England, Gloucester, August 07
Bourne Historical Society, August 07
*Horatio Colony House Museum & New Hampshire Humanities Council, Chautauqua Program, Keene (NH), July 07
*Daniel Webster Estate, Marshfield, July 07
North Reading Antiquarian Society, May 07
Tewksbury Garden Club with North Andover Trowel & Spade Club, May 07
Groton Public Library, April 07
Hull Garden Club, April 07
Cohasset Historical Society & Community Garden Center, February 07
Wakefield Garden Club, November 06
Bridgewater Garden Club, October 06
Aptuxcet Garden Club, October 06
Salem (MA) Garden Club, September 06
*Ventforth Hall, Museum of the Gilded Age, Lenox (MA), June 06
Victorian Society of Malden, October 04
Waltham Public Library, January 04
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Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA, presently Historic New England), at Beauport Museum, Gloucester (MA), summer 1996-2003
* Billerica Public Library, June 02
J.V. Fletcher Library, Westford, September 02
Dedham Historical Society, April 02
Westfield (MA) Athaeneum, March 02
Sherborn Public Library, February 02
Manchester (MA) Women's Club, February 02
* Peabody Historical Society, March 01
Medford Women's Club, February 01
Hanover Historical Society, September 00
Church of the Advent, Boston, Millenium celebration, June 00
Natick Arts Center, March 00
Boxford Public Library, February 00
* Northern Essex Community College, November 99
Chilton Club, Boston, January 1999
* South Natick Historical Society, January 98
* Danvers Historical Society, March 97
Faneuil Branch Library, Brighton (MA), April 96
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