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mesda Textile Seminar "This work of mine will a long time last"
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top row: Quilt Detail: Northern Shenandoah Valley, c. 1855. Collection of Beverley A. & Jeffrey S. Evans Quilt with crewelwork embroidery: Rachel Mackey (1768-1841), New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1787. Rocky Hill Collection; Photo: Courtesy of Winterthur Museum. bottom row: Pidgeon Family Quilt, detail: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Collection. Photo courtesy of Barbara Tricarico. Sampler. Sarah Ann Gibbons, 1834, Harrisonburg, VA: Collection of Anna Marie Witmer. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.
!@#$$$$##@$$#####@@@) For the first time, MESDA’s biennial Textile Seminar goes “On the Road” in 2o12, bringing this event to the colorful and culturally rich Valley of Virginia. Speakers will discuss the decorative arts, material culture, and textile heritage of the Shenandoah Valley.
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Wednesday, March 14 Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
5:00 opening session: pennsylvanian prologue
“A Great Mixt Multitude�: The Germanic and British Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Lisa Minardi, Assistant Curator of Furniture for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Furniture Project, Winterthur Museum, Library & Gardens
6:00 opening reception
Thursday, March 15 Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
9:00 welcome and introductions 9:15 the material culture of the shenandoah valley Jeffrey S. Evans, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
break 10:45 quaker quilts of the shenandoah valley: selected stories Mary Holton Robare, Independent Researcher, Writer and Lecturer
12:00 lunch 1:00 a virginia sampler collection Kathleen Staples, Independent Scholar, Greenville, SC Anna Maria Witmer, Collector, Charlottesville, VA
a virginia quilt collection
Beverley A. Evans, Director of Operations, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
2:30 break
Travel to Harrisonburg on your own.
3:00 exhibition and quilt turning:
The Virginia Quilt Museum, 301 S. Main Street, Harrisonburg
evening on your own
Friday, March 16 Winchester, Virginia
9:00 departure by motor coach from courtyard marriott 10:00 quilt turning & collection study Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
textile collection study
Collection of David and Jenny Powers, Cherry Row Farm
12:00 lunch
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
1:30 quilt turning & collection study Museum of the Shenandoah Valley textile collection study:
Collection of David and Jenny Powers, Cherry Row Farm
4:00 departure from winchester 5:00 collection study and buffet supper Collection of Beverley and Jeffrey S. Evans The Sites House, Broadway, Virginia
Saturday, March 17
Travel on your own. Maps and directions will be provided. Shuttle transportation available if needed.
9:30 quilt turning
Rockingham Historical Society, 382 High Street, Dayton, VA
11:00 collection study
Fort Harrison, 335 Main Street, Dayton, VA
lunch on your own and departure
2o12 mesda Textile Seminar
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Registration Information
registration fees: seminar registration:
$350.00 / $300.00 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem, includes all sessions, evening reception, buffet supper, two lunches, admissions, study trip transportation and object studies. Registration is limited. Registration deadline: March 7, 2012 For registration and information: 336-721-7360 / mesdaprograms@oldsalem.org
the museum of early southern decorative arts 924 South Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina / www.mesda.org A divison of Old Salem Museums & Gardens
cancellation policy
MESDA reserves the right to cancel a program and should this occur a full refund will be made. Registrants who cancel at least two weeks prior to a program will receive a full refund minus a $25 handling fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations that occur less than one week prior to the event.
seminar location
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates 2177 Green Valley Lane Mt. Crawford, Virginia
seminar hotel
Courtyard Marriott - Harrisonburg,Virginia 1890 Evelyn Byrd Avenue Harrisonburg, VA 22801 (540) 432-3031
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textile seminar (March 14-17, 2012)
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