Primary Sources: New Research on Virginia Historic Houses and Material Culture
EVENTS > SPECIAL PROGRAMS
A Symposium presented by:
The Decorative Arts Trust and Wilton House Museum
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Wilton House Museum, Richmond, VA
THE SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Morning Session
Moderator: Keith D. MacKay, Executive Director, Wilton
9:00am
- Registration opens
9:30am
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
Brenda Powers Parker
Chair of the Wilton House Museum Board
9:45am
- Reawakening Wilton
William Strollo
Director of Education, Wilton
10:15am
- The Presidential Detective Story at James Madison’s Montpelier
Grant Quertermous
Assistant Curator of Collections, Montpelier
10:45am
- Coffee Break
11:15am
- A Shopping Spree, an Auction, and a Gift: Rediscovering the Furnishings of Mount Vernon’s Front Parlor
Adam T. Erby
Associate Curator, Mount Vernon
11:45am
- Collecting Old Virginia in the 21st Century
Michael S. Phillips
Young Collector
12:00pm
- Casual Lunch on the Lawn
1:00pm
- Tours of Wilton and installation of Virginia-made furniture from the collection of Michael S. Phillips
Afternoon Session
Moderator: Matthew A. Thurlow, Executive Director, Decorative Arts Trust
2:00pm
- Musings on Cracked Pots: Mended Ceramics in 18th-Century Virginia
Angelika R. Kuettner
Associate Registrar and Assistant Curator of Ceramics
Colonial Williamsburg
2:30pm
- In Search of Patronage: The Itinerant Painter in Virginia
Laura Pass Barry
Juli Grainger Curator of Paintings Drawings, and Sculpture
Colonial Williamsburg
3:00pm
- Interpreting Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello
Susan R. Stein
Richard Gilder Senior Curator and Vice President for Museum Programs
Monticello
4:00pm
- Reception on the Lawn
REGISTRATION INFO
Program fees:
Fee includes: All lectures, morning coffee break, lunch, tour, and reception
Registration fee: $125 per person*
Decorative Arts Trust member fee: $75 per person
Student and young professional fee: $25 per person*
Cancelations:
All cancelations received prior to August 20 are subject to a full refund less a $25 administrative fee. Participants cancelling between August 20 and September 20 will receive a 50% discount. Refunds will not be made after September 20.
* Includes complimentary membership in the Decorative Arts Trust
REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED