Hello Listers,
Here is a great program for anyone interested in New England history,
architecture, decorative arts and material culture.
Historic New England presents Program in New England Studies, an
intensive learning experience with lectures by curators and
architectural historians, workshops, and behind-the-scenes tours of
Historic New England’s house museums and collections, and other museums
and homes in the region. The program is held from Monday, June 20 to
Saturday, June 25.
Program in New England Studiesexamines New England history and material
culture from the seventeenth century through the Colonial Revival and
delves into building design and technology and the wide-ranging
lifestyles illustrated by the historic sites on the itinerary.
Expert lecturers include:
– Cary Carson, retired vice president of the research division at
Colonial Williamsburg
– Abbott Lowell Cummings, former director, Historic New England
– J. Ritchie Garrison, director, Winterthur Program in Early
American Material Culture
– Brock Jobe, professor of decorative arts, Winterthur Program in
Early American Culture
– Dean Lahikainen, curator of American decorative arts, Peabody
Essex Museum
– Jane C. Nylander, president emerita, Historic New England
– Gerald W. R. Ward, Katharine Lane Weems curator of American
decorative arts and sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
– Richard Guy Wilson, chair, Department of Architectural History,
University of Virginia
The group enjoys several receptions at private homes and travels to
sites throughout New England for tours at Historic New England
properties in Greater Boston; Essex County, Massachusetts; Portsmouth,
New Hampshire; and Woodstock, Connecticut; plus a presentation and tour
of the Collections and Conservation Center in Haverhill, Massachusetts;
and workshops in furniture, ceramics, and textiles. There is a private
tour of the new Art of the America’s Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston with Curator Gerald Ward, and Abbott Lowell Cummings and Cary
Carson lead in-depth tours of Historic New England’s Newbury,
Massachusetts, properties.
Fees and Registration
The $1,450 program fee includes all lectures, admissions, guided tours,
transportation to and from special visits and excursions, daily
breakfast and lunch, scheduled evening receptions, and various service
charges. Three scholarships are available to mid-career museum
professionals and graduate students in the fields of architecture,
decorative arts, material culture, or public history. Program in New
England Studies is designed to appeal to owners of historic houses,
collectors, museum professionals, graduate students, and those who enjoy
New England history, and is limited to twenty-five participants.
For more information on the program, contact Joanne Flaherty at
617-994-6629 or visit our website (
http://centennial.historicnewengland.org/events-programs/program-in-new-england-studies
).
Joanne Flaherty
Exhibitions Coordinator
Historic New England
Collections and Conservation Center
151 Essex St., Haverhill, MA 01832
617-994-6629 ~ New Number!
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