MESDA On The Road

Hear the latest research from MESDA curators and scholars and these decorative arts conferences and symposia around the country.

February 19-23
Williamsburg, Virginia

The 64th Antiques Forum: "Freshest Advices": Recent Discoveries in American Decorative Arts

American Adventures in the Southern Backcounrty: Celebrating the Decorative Arts of Rural America
Robert A. Leath, VP Collections and Research, Old Salem Museums and Gardens

Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware
Johanna M. Brown, Director of Collections and Curator of Moravian Decorative Arts, Old Salem Museums and Gardens

From Painted Tulips to Brimstone Stars: New Findings in Piedmont North Carolina Furniture
June Lucas, Director of Research, MESDA 

March 1-2, 2012
Winterthur, Delaware

The Sewell C. Biggs Winterthur Furniture Forum
Furniture in the South: Makers and Consumers

New Frontiers: Recent Discoveries in the Southern Backcountry
Daniel K. Ackermann, Associate Curator, MESDA

March 14-17, 2012
Charleston, South Carolina

The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum: America's Palette

Pigment in the Piedmont: Early Painted Furniture from North Carolina and Georgia
June Lucas, Director of Research, MESDA
and Dale L. Couch, Decorative Arts Curator, Georgia Museum of Art and MESDA Advisory Board member

Study Tour of Important Private Homes
Robert A. Leath, VP Collections and Research, Old Salem Museums and Gardens

March 14-17, 2012
Harrisonburg, Virginia

MESDA Textile Seminar: Needlework and Textiles of the Shenandoah Valley

March 18-20, 2012
Williamsburg, Virginia

Good Spirits: Alcoholic Beverages of the Eighteenth Century

Our Spirited Ancestors: The Decorative Art of Drink
Daniel K. Ackermann, Associate Curator, MESDA