Upcoming MESDA Events

June 25 - July 20, 2012

MESDA Summer Institute: The Material Culture and Decorative Arts of the Southern Backcountry

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts is accepting applications from graduate students, decorative arts professionals, and independent scholars for the 36th MESDA Summer Institute. The 2012 Summer Institute explores the material culture of the Southern Backcountry, with a particular focus on the decorative arts of Tennessee and Kentucky.

October 25-27, 2012

The 2012 MESDA Conference on American Material Culture

To be held on location at the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, Tennessee, the MESDA conference is the only major forum for scholarly presentation and internation on American Material Culture and decorative arts with a specific emphasis on the South.  The MESDA Conference includes a day of presentation and a day of field trips to regional museums and collections.