MESDA Saturday Seminar: Mapping the Early South II: State Maps of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee

March 5, 2010 *Note new date*

10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m

Spend a Saturday at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts examining the history of the South through the maps that not only defined its boundaries but shaped its history.  

Speakers

Regional Mapping in Virginia, 1728-1751
William Wooldridge, Independent Scholar and Collector, Suffolk, Virginia

The Big Ones That Got Away: Wall Maps of North Carolina
Jay lester, Independent Scholar and Collector, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"Beyond the Enemy Mountains": Mapping Tennessee
Robert Hicks, Author, Independent Scholar, and Collector, Franklin, Tennessee

Cost

$65 / $55 for Friends of MESDA (Cost includes all sessions, seminar materials, and lunch)

Registration

Space is limited.  Pre-registration is required to ensure a place.  To register or to receive a brochure please call 336-721-7360 or email MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org.

About MESDA Saturday Seminars

MESDA’s Saturday Seminar series presents new insights in Southern Decorative Arts.  This fall’s series will explore the Furniture of Piedmont North Carolina through the eyes of a scholar, a dealer, and a collector on November 13, the Art and Craft of the Gunsmiths of North Carolina on January 29, 2011, and the Mapping of the Early South through the state maps of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee on March 5, 2011.  Registration for each Saturday Seminar is $65 ($55 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem); registration two seminars is $120 ($100 for Friends); registration for the complete series is $175 ($145 for Friends).  For more information, or to register, call 336-721-7360, or email MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org.