MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffery S. Evans & Associates will serve as host for the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Textile Seminar on March 14-17. For the first time, MESDA’s biennial Textile Seminar will bring this event to the colorful and culturally rich Valley of Virginia. Speakers will discuss the decorative arts, material culture, and textile heritage of the Shenandoah Valley.
Seminar participants will have the opportunity to visit and examine major public and private collections of valley textiles, quilts, coverlets and samplers. The seminar begins with a reception and keynote lecture on Wednesday, March 14, and continues through Saturday morning, March 17.
Presenters and collections include: Lisa Minardi, Jeffrey S. Evans, Mary H. Robare, Beverley A. Evans, Anna Marie Witmer, Kathleen Staples, Jenny and David Powers, the Virginia Quilt Museum, the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society and Fort Harrison. For the complete seminar program schedule visit www.mesda.org.
The seminar location will be Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 2177 Green Valley Lane in Mount Crawford. The seminar hotel will be the Courtyard by Marriott, 1890 Evelyn Byrd Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22801, phone 540-432-3031.
The registration fee is $350, or $300 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem Museums. The fee includes all sessions, evening reception, dinner, two lunches, admissions, study trip transportation and object studies.
Registration deadline: March 7. For registration and information email mesdaprograms@oldsalem.org or phone 336-721-7360.
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