Art in Clay Symposium: Revolution and Revelation in North Carolina Earthenware Studies

April 15-16, 2011

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem Museums and Gardens

Winston-Salem, North Carolina


Join us at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem for the 2011 Art in Clay Symposium: Revolution and Revelation in North Carolina Earthenware.  Lectures from leading scholars will celebrate the rich tradition and heritage of ceramics in Salem, North Carolina, and beyond.

This symposium is held in conjunction with the traveling exhibition, Art In Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware, organized by Old Salem Museums and Gardens, the Chipstone Foundation, and the Caxambas Foundation.  Lecturers include exhibit curators Johanna Brown, Luke Beckerdite, and Robert Hunter.  They will be joined by archeologists Michael O. Hartley and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton; scholars Aaron Fogleman, Craig D. Atwood, and Hal Pugh; and practicing potters Michelle Erickson and Mary Farrell.  Philip Zea, Executive Director of Historic Deerfield, will deliver the symposium's keynote lecture.

Registration for the entire symposium is $250, $235 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem.  Registration for the Friday night keynote and Saturdays lectures only is $195, $180 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem.  To register, or for more information, call 336-721-7360, e-mail [log in to unmask], or visit www.MESDA.org/AIC

Daniel K. Ackermann
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