AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS – LANDSCAPE, PLACE, AND IDENTITY
is an interdisciplinary summer course correlating literature, history, 
and music with original works of art.  This American Studies class is 
being offered during the first summer session of Wake Forest 
University's summer school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  The course 
serves graduate and advanced undergraduate students in a variety of 
disciplines and carries six hours of course credit.  The curriculum 
features the outstanding collection of American art at Reynolda House, 
examined in the context of American literature, music, and history, as 
well as the architecture and history of Reynolda House itself.  Wake 
Forest faculty include Michele Gillespie (history), Louis Goldstein 
(music), Barry Maine (English), and Margaret Supplee Smith (art).

The classes will meet in the new wing of Reynolda House, Museum of 
American Art from May 25 to June 30, Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. until 
4:30 p.m.  Lectures and discussions will take place from 9:30 until 
around noon; in the afternoons there will be opportunities to meet 
individually with faculty members, do research, listen to recordings, 
take field trips, and use the Wake Forest library.  The course also 
includes guest lectures at Reynolda House and visits to local museums.
STUDY TRIPS TO NEW YORK CITY AND AREA MUSEUMS
In addition to daily lectures and discussions with resident Wake Forest 
faculty, there will be a class trip at the conclusion of the program to 
New York City to visit major museums, see a play, attend a concert, and 
meet with professionals in the field of art.
REYNOLDA HOUSE, MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
Listed on the national Register of Historic Places, Reynolda House is 
the restored home of Katharine Smith and Richard Joshua Reynolds, 
founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Inc. Built between 1912 and 1917, 
it was originally the center of a model farm and village.  Reynolda 
House is an excellent example of the American Country House Movement, 
which originated in Philadelphia and reached its height of popularity 
between 1910 and 1929.  It represented the pinnacle of success for its 
architect, Charles Barton Keen (1868-1931).  The interior features the 
finest craftsmanship of the day, particularly the iron work by Samuel 
Yellin, the ceramic tiles by Enfield Tile Works, and the woodwork by 
Irving and Casson – A. H. Davenport.
In 1964 Reynolda House was chartered as a nonprofit institution and 
opened to the public.  In the heart of the Reynolda Historic District, 
the museum is surrounded by formal gardens and landscaping with 
pastures, woods, and trails.  The former village and farm buildings have 
been renovated for restaurants and specialty shops and are within 
pleasant walking distance from both Reynolda House and the campus of 
Wake Forest University. For more information about the house and museum, 
please see http://www.reynoldahouse.org/
With works dating from 1755 to the present, the collection at Reynolda 
House is one of the finest concentrations of American art in the 
Southeast.  Among the artists represented in the collection are John 
Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, William 
Sidney Mount, William Harnett, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Joseph 
Stella, Charles Sheeler, Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield, Andrew 
Wyeth, Joseph Albers, Romare Bearden, James Rosenquist, Jasper Johns, 
and Chuck Close.

HEARST SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS AVAILABLE
Eight $1000 William R. Hearst Scholarships for American Foundations are 
available to students accepted into the program.  Consideration will be 
given to those who demonstrate financial need.  Applicants should send a 
letter detailing their academic/professional goals, an academic letter 
of recommendation, a 2-3 page writing sample, and a statement of 
financial need.  Decisions about scholarship recipients will be 
announced soon after the April 25th application deadline.

BYNUM E. TUDOR, JR. FELLOWSHIP
The Bynum E. Tudor, Jr. Fellowship is available for a graduate student 
in the area of American art. The fellow will enroll in the American 
Foundations course, assist the faculty and then be in residence at 
Reynolda House for 4-6 weeks following the course to conduct research on 
some aspect of the collection. Graduate students interested in the 
position may contact Thomas Andrew Denenberg, Betsy Main Babcock Curator 
of American Art, at P.O. Box 7287, Winston-Salem, NC 27109. 
Applications for the fellowship must be received no later than April 25, 
2005.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS
Go to www.wfu.edu/academics/summer and sign up for 6 hours in any of the 
following combinations: ART 331 American Foundations (3 hours); History 
349 (3 hours); Music 307 (3 hours); OR Interdisciplinary Honors 393 and 
394 (for a total of 6 hours).

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM
For more information, please contact Susan Faust at 336-758-5900 (or 
[log in to unmask] ) at Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, 
Box 7287, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109.

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