Artistic Liberties: Southern Paintings & American Identity

MESDA’s Paintings Seminar

Early American artists navigated rapidly changing political and social landscapes, while holding a unique responsibility: documenting a nation in flux. As we commemorate America’s semiquincentennial, this seminar will explore the ways that artists in the colonial and early American periods utilized subjects, color, and technique to reflect on an emerging nation and create a burgeoning American identity.

Please plan to join us in Winston-Salem or online for this two day seminar. Participants will engage in two days of lectures, including a keynote address by Laura Barry, Director of Collections & Deputy Chief Curator at Colonial Williamsburg, as well as opportunities to participate in pre-conference workshops and an open house of paintings in MESDA’s study galleries.

Learn more at https://mesda.org/program/paintings-seminar.

Pictured: Mary (Jones) Keating Broughton, Mary Roberts, Charleston, South Carolina, 1740-1750, watercolor on ivory, Gift of David Deutsch in memory of Frank L. Horton (5494).