Art in Clay Symposium: Revolution & Revelation in NC Earthenware Studies

April 15-16, 2011

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem Museums and
Gardens

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Join us at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem for
the 2011 Art in Clay Symposium: Revolution and Revelation in North
Carolina Earthenware. Lectures from leading scholars will celebrate the
rich tradition and heritage of ceramics in Salem, North Carolina, and
beyond.

This symposium is held in conjunction with the traveling exhibition, Art
In Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware, organized by Old
Salem Museums and Gardens, the Chipstone Foundation, and the Caxambas
Foundation. Lecturers include exhibit curators Johanna Brown, Luke
Beckerdite, and Robert Hunter. They will be joined by archeologists
Michael O. Hartley and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton; scholars Aaron
Fogleman, Craig D. Atwood, and Hal Pugh; and practicing potters Michelle
Erickson and Mary Farrell. Philip Zea, Executive Director of Historic
Deerfield, will deliver the symposium's keynote lecture.

Registration for the entire symposium is $250, $235 for Friends of MESDA
or Old Salem. Registration for the Friday night keynote and Saturdays
lectures only is $195, $180 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem. To
register, or for more information, call 336-721-7360, e-mail
MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org, or visit www.MESDA.org/AIC

Daniel K. Ackermann
DAckermann@oldsalem.org