MESDA Summer Institute: The Chesapeake Region June 23 - July 19, 2013 @ The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Winston-Salem, NC The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts is accepting applications from graduate students, decorative arts professionals, and independent scholars for the 37th MESDA Summer Institute. The 2013 Institute emphasizes the material culture of the early Chesapeake Region, including Tidewater Maryland and Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Students will study the region's economic, social, and cultural history through a multidisciplinary approach that includes current methods of research, interpretation, preservation, and analysis of material culture. The program's month-long curriculum includes lectures, discussions, workshops, artifact studies, research projects, and a six-day study trip to the Virginia tidewater and Eastern Shore. The UVA Resident Scholar for the 2013 Summer Institute is Dr. Camille Wells, Architectural Historian and Research Fellow with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. In addition to Dr. Wells, the faculty is composed of members of the staffs of MESDA and Old Salem Museums & Gardens, and guest lecturers. The MESDA Summer Institute is a partnership between the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and the University of Virginia's Graduate Program in the History of Art and Architecture. Students receive three hours of graduate credit through the University of Virginia. Financial aid is available to qualified graduate students and museum professionals. Applications are due April 20, 2013. For more information - and an application - visit the 2013 Summer Institute website: http://www.MESDA.org/SI Or contact Sally Gant at [log in to unmask] / 336-721-7361 Daniel K. Ackermann Associate Curator Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem Museums & Gardens www.MESDA.org www.OldSalem.org Old Salem Museums & Gardens 924 South Main Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (Tel) 336-721-7372 (Fax) 336-721-7367 [log in to unmask] Make 2013 Historic. Join MESDA<http://www.mesda.org/Give/mesda_Friends_of_MESDA.html> Enjoy the benefits of membership all year long. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).