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DESCRIPTION:<p>Eighth Biennial Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Con
 ference Scheduled for October 2012</p>\n<table width='575' border='0' cell
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 dth='395'>September 27\, 2012 — The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Ar
 ts (MESDA) at Old Salem Museums & Gardens is presenting the eighth biennia
 l MESDA Conference on October 25-27\, 2012 at the East Tennessee Historica
 l Society in Knoxville\, TN. This is the second time the MESDA conference 
 has gone “on the road.”</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr
 >\n<td width='575'> </p>\n<p>The MESDA Conference is the only major forum 
 for scholarly presentation and interaction on American material culture an
 d decorative arts with specific emphasis on the South. This important thre
 e-day conference includes a keynote address by noted decorative arts schol
 ar and author Betsy K. White\, a day of East Tennessee “Rambles”\, and a f
 ull day of lectures focused on new discoveries in Southern decorative arts
  with specific focus on the material culture of Tennessee\, Kentucky and t
 he Great Road.</p>\n<p>The conference opens with a reception and keynote l
 ecture at 5:30 p.m. on October 25. The following day includes a series of 
 “Tennessee Rambles” that explore the decorative arts collections\, archite
 cture\, and landscape of East Tennessee.  Each ramble is led by regional h
 osts and members of the MESDA and Old Salem Staff.</p>\n<p>The Gordon Semi
 nar\, held on October 27\, will cover various topics of American material 
 culture including: Germanic Earthenware Traditions\, Southern Agricultural
  Coin Silver\, Tennessee’s Earliest Cabinetmaker\, and Plantation Communit
 y Cemeteries.  The moderator for the day will be author and Independent Sc
 holar Robert Hicks of Franklin\, Tennessee.</p>\n<p>Conference speakers an
 d presenters include: author Betsy K. White\; Cherel Henderson\, Director\
 , East Tennessee Historical Society\; Robert Leath\, Chief Curator\, Old S
 alem Museums & Gardens\; Johanna M. Brown\, Director of Collections\, Cura
 tor of Moravian Decorative Arts\, Old Salem\; Robert Hicks\; Abby J. Naunh
 eimer\, Department of Anthropology\, University of Tennessee\, Knoxville\;
  Henry Brockman\, Independent Scholar\, Franklin\, Tennessee\; Janet Hasso
 n and Jennifer Core\, Tennessee Sampler Survey\, Nashville\, Tennessee\; S
 tacey Graham\, Center for Historic Preservation\, Middle Tennessee State U
 niversity\; Rick Warwick\, Historian\, Heritage Foundation of Franklin and
  Williamson County\; Daniel K. Ackermann\, Associate Curator\, MESDA\; and
  C. Tracey Parks\, Independent Scholar\, Lebanon\, Tennessee.</p>\n<p>Conf
 erence registration\, which includes Thursday’s keynote lecture and recept
 ion\, the Saturday Gordon Seminar\, and the lunch on Saturday\, is $145 ($
 130 for Friends of MESDA\, Old Salem\, and the Tennessee Historical Societ
 y)\, $50 for students.  Conference Dinner aboard the Volunteer Princess on
  Friday Evening is $50\, $35 for students.  Rambles in East Tennessee incl
 ude transportation\, admissions\, and lunch for $85. Space for the confere
 nce is limited.  Pre-registration is required to ensure a place.</p>\n<p>T
 o register or learn more\, please email <a title='mailto:mesdaprograms@old
 salem.org' href='mailto:mesdaprograms@oldsalem.org'>mesdaprograms@oldsalem
 .org</a> or call 336-721-7360.  For conference details visit <a title='htt
 p://ktsc.createsend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-ekrukcdt-u/' href='http://ktsc.creat
 esend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-ekrukcdt-u/'>www.mesda.org/conference</a>.</p>\n<p
 ><strong>About the East Tennessee Historical Society</strong><br />\nSince
  1834\, the East Tennessee Historical Society has been recording the event
 s\, collecting the artifacts\, and saving the stories that comprise the hi
 story of East Tennessee. Headquartered in the East Tennessee History Cente
 r in downtown Knoxville\, ETHS operates the award-winning Museum of East T
 ennessee History\, featuring the signature exhibition\, Voices of the Land
 : The People of East Tennessee and changing feature exhibitions that explo
 re a variety of subjects. Also housed in the East Tennessee History Center
  is the McClung Historical Collection\, one of the premier research collec
 tions in the Southeast.<a title='http://ktsc.createsend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-
 ekrukcdt-o/' href='http://ktsc.createsend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-ekrukcdt-o/'> 
 http://www.easttnhistory.org</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>About MESDA</strong><br 
 />\nThe Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) is the preeminent
  center for researching\, collecting\, and exhibiting decorative arts made
  and used by those living and working in the early South. MESDA is one of 
 three museums at Old Salem Museums & Gardens.  The Web site address is <a 
 title='http://ktsc.createsend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-ekrukcdt-b/' href='http://
 ktsc.createsend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-ekrukcdt-b/'>www.MESDA.org</a>.</p>\n<p>
 <strong>About Old Salem</strong><br />\nOld Salem Museums & Gardens is one
  of America’s most comprehensive history attractions. Its museums—the Hist
 oric Town of Salem and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA
 )\, along with award-winning heirloom gardens—engage visitors in an educat
 ional and memorable historical experience about those who lived and worked
  in the early South. Old Salem Museums & Gardens is located at 600 South M
 ain Street in Winston-Salem. For more information call 336-721-7300 or vis
 it <a title='http://ktsc.createsend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-ekrukcdt-n/' href='h
 ttp://ktsc.createsend1.com/t/y-l-jtntrl-ekrukcdt-n/'>www.oldsalem.org</a>.
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