The Art of Remembrance: Family, Art and Memory in New England
Deerfield-Wellesley Symposium: A one-day symposium sponsored by Historic Deerfield and the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College, funded by the Barra Foundation.
This free, day-long symposium will explore artistic productions of familial memory and commemoration in New England from the 1600s to the turn of the 20th century. The art of family was wide-ranging and included family registers, mourning art, gravestones, textiles, furniture, jewelry and other clothing accessories, scrapbooks and albums, as well as portraits, silhouettes, and, by the mid-19th century, photographs.
The symposium will feature three panels of scholars who will present on the following themes: “Family, Identity and Commemoration,” “Representing and Remembering Family,” and “Crafting Family, Making Homes.” The afternoon will feature a demonstration of silhouette cutting.
Date and Time
Saturday Mar 18, 2017
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
Saturday, March 18, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location
Deerfield Community Center, Historic Deerfield, 16 Memorial St., Deerfield
Fees/Admission
Free admission. Registration for the event is requested, and a lunch will be available for purchase. http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07edmlraqj4b1b83fa&llr=nyvbjpbab