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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