BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230318T143000Z DTEND:20230318T160000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Women on U.S. Coinage: The American Women Quarters Program with Chris Costello at Old Schwamb Mill DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fascinating talk with Dallin Museum Trustee and U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Chris Costello\, who will discuss his work for the American Women Quarters Program. Learn how his quarters honoring the Mexican American suffragist Nina Otero-Warren and Afro-Indigenous aviator Bessie Coleman were developed and produced\, and how the legacies of these remarkable women inspired the direction of his designs.\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum and the Old Schwamb Mill. Refreshments will be served at 10:30 am. The talk will start at 11 am. Suggested donation: $5. The OSW is located at 17 Mill Lane\, Arlington\, MA 02476. For more info\, contact hleavell@dallin.org.\n\n\n\nAbout the American Women Quarters Program\n\n\n\nThis four-year program celebrates the contributions of trailblazing women in the United States. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025\, the U.S. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year. The diverse group of honorees reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields\, including suffrage\, civil rights\, abolition\, government\, humanities\, science\, space\, and the arts.\n\n\n\nAbout Chris Costello\n\n\n\nChris Costello is a professional graphic artist\, coin designer\, illustrator\, and typographer with proficiencies in traditional and digital media. He is a member of the Artistic Infusion Program of the United States Mint and is a coin designer for The Royal Mint. He is credited with designing over 25 coins and medals including the 2023 Bessie Coleman American Women Quarter\, the 2022 Nina-Otero Warren American Women Quarter\, the 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Half Dollar\, 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter\, the Mayflower 2020 Commemorative 2 Coin (UK)\, the 2014 Eleanor Roosevelt First Spouse Gold Coin\, and the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Congressional Gold Medal.\n\n\n\nImage of Bessie Coleman coin: Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for a fascinating talk with Dallin Museum Trustee and U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Chris Costello\, who will discuss his work for the American Women Quarters Program. Learn how his quarters honoring the Mexican American suffragist Nina Otero-Warren and Afro-Indigenous aviator Bessie Coleman were developed and produced\, and how the legacies of these remarkable women inspired the direction of his designs.
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\nCo-sponsored by the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum and the Old Schwamb Mill. Refreshments will be served at 10:30 am. The talk will start at 11 am. Suggested donation: $5. The OSW is located at 17 Mill Lane\, Arlington\, MA 02476. For more info\, contact hleavell@dallin.org.
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\nAbout the American Women Quarters Program
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\nThis four-year program celebrates the contributions of trailblazing women in the United States. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025\, the U.S. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year. The diverse group of honorees reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields\, including suffrage\, civil rights\, abolition\, government\, humanities\, science\, space\, and the arts.
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\nAbout Chris Costello
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\nChris Costello is a professional graphic artist\, coin designer\, illustrator\, and typographer with proficiencies in traditional and digital media. He is a member of the Artistic Infusion Program of the United States Mint and is a coin designer for The Royal Mint. He is credited with designing over 25 coins and medals including the 2023 Bessie Coleman American Women Quarter\, the 2022 Nina-Otero Warren American Women Quarter\, the 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Half Dollar\, 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter\, the Mayflower 2020 Commemorative £\;2 Coin (UK)\, the 2014 Eleanor Roosevelt First Spouse Gold Coin\, and the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Congressional Gold Medal.
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\nImage of Bessie Coleman coin: Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission. LOCATION:Old Schwamb Mill 17 Mill Lane\, Arlington\, MA 02476 UID:e.1685.3970 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260405T152600Z URL:https://business.arlcc.org/events/details/women-on-u-s-coinage-the-american-women-quarters-program-with-chris-costello-at-old-schwamb-mill-3970 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR