Regionalism to Ethnicity: Explorations in Backcountry 

Material Culture

July 6 - July 31

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts

Winston-Salem, NC


MESDA's 2009 Summer Institute explores the material culture of the early
Southern backcountry through the lens of the ethnic groups that defined its
regional styles.  Focusing on the piedmont and western regions of Maryland,
Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, as well as Tennessee and
Kentucky, the program's month-long curriculum includes lectures,
discussions, workshops, artifact studies, research projects, and study trips
to private and public collections.  This year's visiting scholar is Dr.
Susan Kern, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Lion G. Tyler Department of
History, the College of William and Mary.  

In addition to Dr. Kern, guest lecturers include: Barbara G. Carson, an
independent scholar in American material culture; Warren R. Hofstra, the
Stewart Bell Professor of History, Shenandoah University; Ann Smart Martin,
the Stanley and Polly Stone Professor, Department of Art History, University
of Wisconsin-Madison; Louis Nelson, Associate Professor, Architectural
History, the University of Virginia; Sumpter Priddy, proprietor of Sumpter
Priddy, III, Inc., Fine Arts and American Antiques, Alexandria, Virginia;
Kathleen Staples, independent textile Scholar; and many others.  

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

Applications are due April 20, 2009.  For more information - and an
application - visit the 2009 Summer Institute website:
<http://www.oldsalem.org/index.php?id=282>

Or contact Sally Gant at [log in to unmask] / 336-721-7361

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