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2009 MESDA SATURDAY SEMINARS
The MESDA Saturday Seminar provides an
opportunity for those who share an interest in the study and collection of
southern decorative arts to strengthen their knowledge and understanding of
the antique objects they collect and study, and to build relationships in
the field of collecting and scholarship. Each one-day program focuses on a
specific area of interest with speaker presentations, object examination,
participant discussion.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE:
10:00 am Coffee and registration
10:15 – 12:30 Morning Session
Presentations
1:30 – 3:45 Afternoon Session
Presentations
3:45 – 4:15 Closing Discussion
REGISTRATION FEE: $55
Includes all sessions,
seminar materials and lunch.
Participation is limited. Pre-registration
is required to ensure a place.
A registration form is included below.
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 17: MAPPING THE EARLY SOUTH
“Maps and Mapmakers of the Early
South.” Margaret B. Pritchard, Curator, Maps, Prints and Wallpaper,
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Co-author of Degrees of Latitude:
Mapping Colonial America 1590-1787; William Byrd II and His Lost
History: Engravings of the Americas, and Empire's Nature : Mark
Catesby's New World Vision.
“The Fry-Jefferson Map: Recent
Findings.” Henry G. Taliaferro, New York, New York. Co-author: Degrees
of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America 1590-1787, and American
Cities: Historic Maps and Views.
“The Hoger Manuscript Map of
Wachovia.” Johanna M. Brown, Director of Collections and Curator of
Moravian Decorative Arts, Old Salem Museums & Gardens.
“The Care, Handling and Display of
Antique Maps.” Margaret B. Pritchard, Curator, Maps, Prints and
Wallpaper, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
REGISTRATION:
MESDA SATURDAY SEMINARS
Please register for the following
Saturday Seminar(s):
No. of persons SEMINAR
_____ October 17, 2009 Mapping
the Early South
DATE: __________________________
NAME: ________________________
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ADDRESS: _____________________________
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Telephone: _____________________________
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Email: _____________________________
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Registration for each seminar: $55.00 per
person. (Includes all sessions,
seminar materials and lunch)
____ Registration(s) @ $55.00
($100.00 when registering for both
seminars)
Total amount: $________
Payment may be made by o
VISA o
MasterCard o
American Express o
Check
(payable to MESDA)
Card #_____________________________
__________ Expiration Date ________________
Cardholder name
(printed)_____________________
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Signature:
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Please indicate any dietary restriction,
and include names of all registrants (for name tags).
Complete and return to:
Saturday Seminar, MESDA, 924 South Main
Street, Winston-Salem, NC 2710
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To register by telephone: 336-721-7360
or FAX: 336-721-7367
or email to mashley@oldsalem.org
DIRECTIONS
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative
Arts (MESDA) is located in the Frank L. Horton Museum Center at 924 S. Main
Street in Old Salem.
From I-40 or U.S. 52 follow
signs to Old Salem.
From BUSINESS 40, take Exit 5D
- Main Street / Liberty Street and follow signs to Old Salem.
Enter Old Salem on either Academy Street
or on Walnut Street (across from the Visitor Center).
At the top of the hill, turn right on Main
Street.
The Horton Museum Center. at 924
South Main Street is the last building on the right before the
circle.
Parking is available on the street, and in
the Visitor Center parking across the footbridge.
The Old Salem Visitor Center, located at 900
Old Salem Road, is easily accessible to MESDA by the covered footbridge
924 South Main Street
Winston-Salem, North
Carolina 27101
336-721-7360
