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SUMMARY:LECTURE | America's Tapestry: Fiber Arts & The Revolution
DESCRIPTION:LECTURE | America’s Tapestry: Fiber Arts & The Revolution with Stefan Romero of America’s Tapestry\, a collaborative community embroidery project \nThursday\, April 9\, 7 PM \nBuy Tickets \nJoin WDS and America’s Tapestry to learn about the prominent role needle art is playing in our nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. America’s Tapestry founder and director Stefan Romero will discuss the creation of this collaborative community embroidery project\, highlighting lesser-known stories from the American Revolution. Get a deep dive on everything from panel design to the stories of those who are working on bringing these incredible embroideries to life. From finding inspiration in the Scottish Borders to grassroots organizing in the United States\, hear the story of how this ambitious project came to life. \nTickets: $15 |$12.50 Virtual | $10 Members \nThis lecture will be offered in person and via Zoom. \n*Zoom link will be provided in advance of the lecture. \n  \nStefan Romero | Director and Founder of America’s Tapestry Stefan Romero is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious College of Fine Arts\, where he specialized in the dress and textiles of Colonial America. As a Fulbright Scholar\, Stefan deepened his understanding of the discipline through his Masters Degree at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. In collaboration with William & Mary (VA)\, Seton Hill University (PA)\, and a number of carefully selected historical and craft organizations\, Stefan is creating a unique exhibition: “America’s Tapestry”. To learn more about America’s Tapestry\, please visit www.americastapestry.com.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-250-americas-tapestry-fiber-arts-the-revolution/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Members,Antiques & Collectibles,Colonial History,America 250
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SUMMARY:LECTURE | Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden Women of Delftware
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden Women of Delftware\nWDS Book Talk with Genevieve Wheeler Brown \nThursday\, March 12\, 7:00 PM \nThis lecture is offered in person and via ZOOM. Please purchase virtual tickets prior to 4:00 PM on the day of the lecture to ensure you receive the link.  \nPurchase Tickets\n  \nWhen over seventy-five pieces of rare Delftware were discovered in a historic Manhattan townhouse\, decorative art expert Genevieve Wheeler Brown recognized these exquisite ceramics held secrets overlooked for centuries. Join us for an illustrated journey through the hidden history of this beloved art form and the remarkable women who shaped it. \nThrough vivid images of 17th and 18th century treasures—puzzle jugs\, flower pyramids\, Persian blue teapots\, and ornate tiles—Brown reveals the stories of female factory owners like Barbara Rotteveel\, who founded “The Three Bells” in 1671\, and royal patron Queen Mary II\, whose passion for blue and white ceramics sparked a decorative revolution. Discover how pioneering American collectors Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II laid the groundwork for women in museums while preserving decorative arts for future generations. \nPart art history\, part detective story\, this presentation celebrates the artistry and forceful female lives behind one of the world’s most coveted ceramics. \nTickets: $15 | $12.50 Virtual | $10 Members \nThis lecture will be offered in person and via Zoom. \n*Zoom link will be provided in advance of the lecture. \nAbout the Author: As a decorative art advisor and writer with over thirty years in the art world\, including a decade with Christie’s in New York and London\, Genevieve Wheeler Brown has been actively involved in the community of Delftware. She has also participated on the Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser with an eye out for overlooked “treasure.” In her role\, she has held innumerable objects\, from fake Stradivari violins to gold-mounted Faberge eggs\, considering their value but also the stories they can tell. Beyond Blue and White has been named an NPR Here & Now Editors’ Pick!\, The Art Newspaper‘s Book Bag Selection and recently received glowing reviews by the Magazine ANTIQUES and The Wall Street Journal. \n 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-beyond-blue-and-white-the-hidden-women-of-delftware/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Members,Antiques & Collectibles,Book Club
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SUMMARY:LECTURE | Coming Home: The Story of a Tulip and Sunflower Chest With Pat Kane
DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets \nRenowned decorative arts scholar Pat Kane reveals the remarkable story of Connecticut’s Wethersfield chest tradition in this specialized lecture. Explore the intersection of artistry\, craftsmanship\, and cultural identity through these colonial masterpieces that represent some of America’s finest early furniture making. Kane’s expertise illuminates how these functional objects reflect broader patterns of settlement\, trade\, and artistic expression in the Connecticut River Valley\, making them invaluable windows into colonial American life and\naesthetics. \nTickets: General Admission $15| Members $10 | Jenrette Society & Students $5 \nBio | Patricia E. Kane\, Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery\, has been at Yale since receiving her M.A. from the University of Delaware\, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture in 1968. The topic of her Master’s thesis was the seventeenth-century joined furniture of Hartford County.  She received her Ph.D. in art history from Yale in 1987. She oversees collections of American decorative arts and design that range from the seventeenth century to the present.  Since 2002 she has directed the Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery that documents furniture making in Rhode Island from 1650 to 1830. The results of this research are disseminated through a website\, https://americandecorativearts.yale.edu/ \, hosted by Jstor\, and Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture 1650–1830\, a publication for a 2016 exhibition at the Art Gallery. In addition to ongoing research on early Rhode Island furniture\, she has collaborated with scientists at Yale to identify the different species of mahogany used in early American furniture. \n 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-masterworks-in-wood-understanding-wethersfields-furniture-legacy-with-pat-kane/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Antiques & Collectibles,Preservation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T120000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL LECTURE | The Ruin of All Witches: Fear\, Fury & False Accusations With Dr. Malcolm Gaskill
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL LECTURE | The Ruin of All Witches: Fear\, Fury & False Accusations With Dr. Malcolm Gaskill \nThursday\, October 23\, 12 pm \nThis is a virtual lecture. Zoom link will be provided in advance of the event.  \nWDS Director of Preservation & Collections TR Hamilton and distinguished historian Dr. Malcolm Gaskill moderate a group discussion looking at the process through which Dr. Gaskill came to write his 2022 work “A Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World”.  Gaskill’s work utilizes previously unexplored sources to examine 17th-century New England witchcraft trials through the lens of one specific Connecticut River Valley community in 1651. Attendees are encouraged to participate and come ready with questions. \nTickets: Members $10 | General Admission $15 | Book Club Members Free \n  \nBio | Malcolm Gaskill is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia\, specializing in the social and cultural history of 17th-century England and America\, particularly the history of witchcraft. \nHe is the author of six books\, including Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans\, Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy and Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches\, a biography of the spiritualist medium Helen Duncan\, the last woman imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act in 1944. \nHis most recent book is The Ruin of all Witches: Life and Death in the New World\, the story of a witch-panic in a New England frontier town\, published by Penguin\, Allen Lane. \nHe is also interested in war and memory in the twentieth century\, about which he has written about for the TLS and London Review of Books. This is also a key theme of Hellish Nell\, a revised edition of which is underway.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/virtual-lecture-the-ruin-of-all-witches-fear-fury-false-accusations-with-dr-malcolm-gaskill/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Virtual Event\, Zoom link provided
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Colonial History,Spiritual and Spooky
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL EVENT | Scott Allan: An Evening of Spirit Messages
DESCRIPTION:An evening of Spirit Messages with Scott Allan \nThursday\, October 2\, 6-8:30 pm \nJoin us in the Webb Barn to look through the veil and receive messages from the other side. Scott Allan has seen grief from both sides. As a funeral director\, he helped families say goodbye. Now as an evidential medium featured on “Dark Echoes\,” he helps them reconnect. Expect real stories\, authentic moments\, and unexpected humor that makes the evening both moving and surprisingly enjoyable. \nWhat’s Included: \nMediumship Demonstration: Scott brings through heartfelt\, evidential messages from loved ones in Spirit.\nBook Signing & Sale: Pick up a signed copy of In the Presence of Light (with a foreword by Joseph P. Shiel III).\nVIP Meet & Greet/Q&A: VIP guests enjoy an exclusive post-event Q&A and time to connect personally with Scott.\nDoor Prizes & Surprises: A little extra magic for lucky guests! \nTickets: \nGeneral Admission: $40 (includes event and book signing)\nMembers: $35  (includes event and book signing)\nVIP Experience: $60 (includes upfront priority seating at the event\, book signing\, and exclusive post-event Q&A with Scott with special VIP Door Prizes! (Hint… someone will win a free reading!) \nPlease Note: \nNot everyone is guaranteed a personal reading\, but Scott aims to deliver as many messages as possible.\nEvent is for ages 16+.\nDoors open at 6:30 PM; seating is first-come\, first-served (except for VIP upfront priority seating).
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/special-event-scott-allan-an-evening-of-spirit-messages/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Performance,Lecture,Members,Special Event,Spiritual and Spooky
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250814T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250814T203000
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SUMMARY:LECTURE | Out of the Attic: Inventing Antiques in Twentieth-Century New England
DESCRIPTION:LECTURE \nWhat transforms a discarded object into a treasured antique? Join acclaimed historian and independent scholar Briann Greenfield as she reveals how Connecticut and New England didn’t just collect antiques—they invented the very idea of what makes something “antique.” Through a century of transformation\, she traces how everyday objects evolved from dusty attic finds to coveted museum pieces. Greenfield uncovers the fascinating stories of collectors\, dealers\, and curators who shaped American material culture\, showing how personal passion and cultural values created the antique market we know today. \n*This event is available in person and via Zoom. \nIn-person at 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT or on Zoom. Zoom details will be shared via email in advance of the lecture. \nTickets: $15 | $10 Members \n 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/out-of-the-attic-inventing-antiques-in-twentieth-century-new-england/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Members,Antiques & Collectibles
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T200000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL LECTURE | Victorian-Era Colonial Revival: Late 19th Century Furniture of New York Cabinetmakers Matthew Meier & Ernest Hagen
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL LECTURE \nJoin us for an exclusive virtual lecture* with Grant S. Quertermous\, Curator & Director of Collections at the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation\, as he delves into the history and craftsmanship of a remarkable 1892 Meier & Hagen mirror from the Webb Deane Stevens Museum’s collection\, and the evolution of Meier & Hagen furniture. \nThe mirror was produced by Meier & Hagen in 1892 and is on display in our new exhibition: Out of The Attic: A Century of Collecting. \nThursday May 22nd\, 7:00 pm \nMembers: $10 \nNon-Members: $15 \n*Zoom link will be provided in advance of the lecture. \nGrant Quertermous | Grant Quertermous is the Curator and Director of Collections for the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation (formerly Classical American Homes Preservation Trust)\, a position he has held since 2020. He previously served as Curator at Tudor Place Historic House and Garden\, a National Historic Landmark in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington\, D.C. for five years and prior to that he was the Assistant Curator at James Madison’s Montpelier for nine years during its major restoration and furnishing project. He holds an undergraduate degree in history from Murray State University and a Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the University of South Carolina. His book\, A Georgetown Life\, the Reminiscences of Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon of Tudor Place was published by Georgetown University Press in 2020. \n  \nThis lecture is generously supported by the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation. 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/virtual-lecture-victorian-era-colonial-revival-late-19th-century-furniture-of-new-york-cabinetmakers-matthew-meier-ernest-hagen/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Antiques & Collectibles
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SUMMARY:GARDEN TALK | Waking Up Your Garden from Winter with Peter Winne
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to thoughtfully and properly wake up your garden from winter and set yourself up for a season of beautiful and healthy blooms. Join WDS Head Gardener Peter Winne for a colorful conversation on how to treat your garden with care to prepare it for the coming Spring. Weather permitting\, the talk will end with a short hands-on pruning demonstration outside in the Amy Cogswell Garden. \nPeter Winne | Hartford-based horticulturist Peter Winne designs and cares for gardens in public parks and on unique and historic residential properties in Connecticut and New York. He is Head Gardener for the Amy Cogswell Colonial Revival Garden at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum. He founded Peter Winne Gardens in 2021 after four years as Head Gardener at Elizabeth Park\, home of the nation’s oldest public rose garden. Pete apprenticed under rosarian Stephen Scanniello\, curator of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical Garden and has received additional mentoring from Michael Shoup of the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham\, Texas and Gregg Lowery of The Friends of Vintage Roses in Sebastopol\, California. He holds a BA in Urban Planning from Vassar College\, an MA from the Gallatin School at NYU\, and a Landscape Design Certificate from Naugatuck Valley Community College. Prior to going into horticulture full-time\, he performed in the US and Europe as a touring bluegrass musician. He currently lives in his hometown of Hartford where he still occasionally performs.  \nTickets: $20 | $15 Members \nhttps://www.simpletix.com/e/garden-talk-waking-up-your-garden-from-win-tickets-206531
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/garden-talk-waking-up-your-garden-from-winter-with-peter-winne/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Garden Program,Lecture
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL BOOK TALK | Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect with author Victoria Kastner
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL LECTURE: Join us from the comfort of your home. This is a VIRTUAL event. Registrants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event.\nThis event is part of our Book Talk series\, where we hear from acclaimed authors who discuss their books in their own words. Get a glimpse into their work and process\, and stick around for a lively Q&A.  \nVictoria Kastner\, former Hearst Castle historian and acclaimed author\, probes the remarkable life of Julia Morgan – the first woman admitted to Paris’s prestigious École des Beaux-Arts and California’s first licensed female architect. Drawing from her groundbreaking new biography\, Kastner reveals the extraordinary woman behind 700 architectural masterpieces\, including the legendary Hearst Castle\, and paints an intimate portrait of one of America’s most prolific architects. \nJoin us for an illuminating talk as Kastner shares how she drew upon previously unpublished interviews\, letters\, and Morgan’s personal diaries to weave a captivating tale about courage\, vision\, and resilience that reveals in fascinating detail how Morgan’s friendship with William Randolph Hearst\, struggles with familial dementia\, and devotion to architecture changed the California coast\, and the field of architecture itself. \nTickets: $15 General | $10 Book Club and Museum Members | $5 Students \nhttps://www.simpletix.com/e/virtual-book-talk-julia-morgan-an-intimate-tickets-206516 \nVictoria Kastner served as the official historian for Hearst Castle in San Simeon\, California for over 30 years. She has authored several definitive books about the castle\, including “Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House” and “Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect.” Her work combines meticulous historical research with architectural and social history analysis\, drawing on her unprecedented access to original documents and architectural plans during her tenure. In addition to her scholarly pursuits\, Kastner is a former commercial baker and a longtime vocalist. Her current research interests have expanded to include the musical compositions and singing career of Fred Astaire. \n\nJOIN BOOK CLUB | This program is part of the WDS Book Club Book Talk series. If you would like to join our Book Club\, you can sign up here: https://www.simpletix.com/e/wds-book-club-tickets-201691
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/virtual-book-talk-julia-morgan-an-intimate-biography-of-the-trailblazing-architect-with-author-victoria-kastner/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Virtual Event\, Zoom link provided
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T183000
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SUMMARY:The Loyalist Legacy: Martha Codman Karolik's Ancestry\, Collecting\, and Nationalism
DESCRIPTION:Discover how one prominent New England woman’s look at her family history was entangled with gender\, nationalism\, race\, memory\, and the Colonial Revival. Historian MaryKate Smolenski examines how and why loyalism to the Crown\, which divided families and communities during the American Revolution\, was edited out of the picture in the 1920s.\nMartha Codman Karolik (1858-1948) is best known for her and her husband’s significant donations to the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. Prior to her marriage\, Codman’s early collecting focused on her ancestors; she was deeply interested in her family history and also joined lineage-based societies\, including NSCDA. Codman was intrigued by one particular ancestor: Katherine Greene Amory (1731-1777)\, a Revolutionary-era loyalist from Boston. Codman owned several Amory objects\, including portraits by John Singleton Copley. In 1923\, Martha published Amory’s journal\, but deliberately edited the publication to create a family narrative that omitted loyalism. \nCodman left a legacy\, through print and material culture\, that misrepresents the complexity of the Revolution\, but also reflected Martha’s twentieth-century interests. Martha’s story\, and the one she told about her family\, is entangled in the history of gender\, nationalism\, race\, the Colonial Revival\, and memory. Examining Codman’s narrative reveals how our understanding of eighteenth-century history and artifacts were shaped by later eras. \nBIO \nMaryKate Smolenski is a PhD candidate in American Studies at Boston University. She studies the memory of the American Revolution through print and material culture\, and is particularly interested in how descendants of Revolutionary-era loyalists remember their ancestors. Smolenski has previously worked with several museums and historical societies\, including the Newport Historical Society\, History Cambridge\, and the GWU Museum and Textile Museum. Prior to starting her PhD\, she completed a two-year fellowship at the Preservation Society of Newport County where she re-interpreted an eighteenth-century historic house museum\, Hunter House. \n  \nVIRTUAL LECTURE: 6:30 pm \nJoin us from the comfort of your home. This is a VIRTUAL event. Registrants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event. \n  \nThis program is part of Common Ground in a Fractured Nation: Dialogues on the Past and Future of American Democracy\, a new series that uses Historic Wethersfield’s distinctive colonial past to help people see and empathize with one another as we approach America’s 250th anniversary.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/the-loyalist-legacy-martha-codman-karoliks-ancestry-collecting-and-nationalism/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:LECTURE | Other People's Stuff: How the Spectacle of House Museums Can Bring Us Together and Teach Us Empathy
DESCRIPTION:You don’t have to believe the country is falling apart to notice Americans struggling to come together. Last year the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory report on our “epidemic of loneliness\,” a dark flip side to the loud and impassioned public dialogue that has become a hallmark of 21st-century life. Meanwhile\, we give less than ever to charity\, belong to fewer organizations\, and distance ourselves from the categories and etiquette that once defined individuals’ relationships to a larger community. We want to be seen and heard\, and yet we sometimes lack the tools and patience to see and hear one another. \nFrom the neuroscience of spatial experience to the awe inspired by thinking across expanses of time\, house museums hold powerful means to opening our minds. If we treat them as laboratories rather than as repositories of information\, they can teach us to look closely at the residue of the past and use multiple kinds of intelligence to grasp the complexity of the human relationships intertwined with it. A century ago\, old rooms and their furnishings were part of a bold new strategy in museums to lift up society by drawing attention to the objects that surround us. This lecture\, adapted from an address last winter at the Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum\, focuses on the ways in which our national treasures in Historic Wethersfield can help us observe\, listen\, and relate to one another with the same curiosity and respect we accord to people of the past.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-other-peoples-stuff-how-the-spectacle-of-house-museums-can-bring-us-together-and-teach-us-empathy/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Members
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SUMMARY:The Landscape of Future History
DESCRIPTION:The Webb Deane Stevens Museum is pleased to present landscape architect David Rubin in conversation with Executive Director Brenton Grom. Mr. Rubin\, the founding principal of DAVID RUBIN Land Collective\, joins us in advance of receiving the Elvira Broome Doolan Medal from the Garden Club of America at its annual meeting in Hartford. His remarks will explore the firm’s ethos of “empathy-driven design\,” followed by a fireside chat with Mr. Grom about their recent collaboration at the George Read II House & Gardens in Old New Castle\, Delaware\, which resulted in a new design for the landscape that will unite many layers of history while serving as a gathering place for the community that helped shape the plan. \nDAVID RUBIN Land Collective practices landscape architecture from a mission of empathy\, problem solving on behalf of their clients\, and empowering constituencies through accessibility (which they define as an “invitation to participate”). Because of their belief that landscapes are written to be read\, they strive to manage change in historic landscapes rather than to preserve them wholesale. They “lift the bell jar” off of historic sites in an effort to ensure that contemporary society can access and value what has come before\, allowing these public treasures to be loved and understood by the 21st century. \nPlease join us for a complimentary reception at 6 p.m. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. \nNSCDA-CT and Museum Members: $20 / General Public: $25. Register HERE. \nAbout the Presenter: \nDavid A. Rubin\, PLA\, FASLA\, FAAR is the founding principal of DAVID RUBIN Land Collective\, a landscape architecture\, urban design\, and planning studio committed to practicing with an emphasis on socially purposeful design strategies. David’s visionary contribution to the field in “empathy-driven design” is a hallmark of the studio\, earning increasing renown for fusing issues of social justice in cities with excellence in the design of public spaces. Educated at Connecticut College and Harvard University\, he has taught and lectured at a number of institutions\, including Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design\, the University of Pennsylvania School of Design\, Louisiana State University\, and Southern California Institute of Architecture. David is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome\, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects\, and recipient of the 2024 Elvira Broome Doolan medal which recognizes innovative work in landscape architecture with emphasis on city planning and civic improvement in urban areas. He was appointed by the U.S. State Department to serve on their Industry Advisory Group (IAG) to promote best practices in landscape architecture in Overseas Building Operations (OBO). His projects have received awards and honors from the American Society of Landscape Architects\, the Society of College and University Planners\, and the American Institute of Architects\, among others. \nDavid’s current work includes Grand Junction Park in Westfield\, IN\, a socially-purposeful\, environmentally-resilient\, and inclusive park focused on human engagement; the National World War I Memorial\, new comfort stations throughout the National Mall and the Tidal Basin Master Plan; Franklin Park\, and an expanse of riverfront along the Anacostia in Washington\, D.C.; multiple projects for the Fort Wayne Riverfront in Indiana; and a new plaza for Temple University in Philadelphia. His studio’s work includes diverse typologies in locations from Los Angeles to Rome\, Berlin\, Cape Town\, New York City\, Washington\, D.C.\, Detroit\, Indianapolis\, Fort Wayne\, Pittsburgh\, and Philadelphia.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/the-landscape-of-future-history/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Garden Program,Lecture,Members
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SUMMARY:Expansion and Inspiration: Recent Acquisitions to the Winterthur Collection
DESCRIPTION:Alexandra Deutsch\, John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections at the Winterthur Museum\, Garden & Library\, will speak about recent acquisitions and the ways in which collecting there has evolved while remaining anchored in Henry Francis du Pont’s legacy. Alexandra oversees the mansion’s 175 museum rooms and adjacent galleries\, along with the world’s largest and most celebrated collection of American decorative arts. \nJoin us at 6 p.m. for a complimentary reception. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. \nNSCDA-CT and Museum Members: $15 / General Public: $20. Register HERE. \nAbout the Presenter: \nAlexandra Deutsch\, a graduate of Vassar College and the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture\, is the John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections at the Winterthur Museum. She leads Winterthur’s Collections and Interpretation Division. Prior to arriving at Winterthur in 2019\, she was Vice-President of Collections and Interpretation and Chief Curator at the Maryland Center for History and Culture\, formerly the Maryland Historical Society. \nHer tenure at the Maryland Center for History and Culture was distinguished by nationally recognized exhibitions that included In Full Glory Reflected: Maryland and the War of 1812\, Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and Her Quest for an Imperial Legacy\, and Spectrum of Fashion. From 2010 until 2019\, she worked to establish the Fashion Archives\, now named the Barbara P. Katz Fashion Archives at the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Since arriving at Winterthur\, she has spearheaded a re-envisioning of the museum’s gallery building and led multiple exhibitions\, including Outside In: Nature-inspired Design at Winterthur (2020)\, Jacqueline Kennedy and Henry Francis du Pont: From Winterthur to the White House (2022)\, Ann Lowe\, American Couturier (2023) and is currently curating a major reinstallation of the permanent collections on view in Winterthur’s galleries. \nHer publications include Ann Lowe\, American Couturier (2023)\, Spectrum of Fashion (2019)\, Structure and Perspective: David Brewster Explores Maryland’s Social Landscape (2017) and Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (2016). She has written and lectured about diverse topics in American material culture throughout her career with a particular emphasis on women’s and fashion history.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/expansion-and-inspiration-recent-acquisitions-to-the-winterthur-collection/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Members,Antiques & Collectibles
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T200000
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SUMMARY:The Alchemy of Justice: John Winthrop\, Jr.\, and New England’s Other Witch: Presented by Walt Woodward
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. \nBefore Salem\, Connecticut colony was New England’s most aggressive prosecutor of witches. That was before John Winthrop Jr.\, renowned alchemist\, and himself an occult practitioner\, became involved in the colony’s witchcraft cases. His careful – but forceful – intervention in the case of Wethersfield’s Katherine Harrison transformed Connecticut from New England’s most aggressive killer of witches to a colony that ended witchcraft executions a generation before Salem. \nReception: 6 pm / Program: 6:30 – 8:00 pm. \nAbout Walt Woodward \nWalt Woodward is the Connecticut State Historian Emeritus and an Associate Professor of Early American History at the University of Connecticut. He teaches American Environmental History\, Public History\, and an honors American Studies course focused on the Connecticut River\, as well as courses in Connecticut history. He is the author of Prospero’s America: John Winthrop\, Jr.\, Alchemy and the Creation of New England Culture\, numerous articles on New England history\, and is a regular columnist for Connecticut Explored magazine. A former hit country music songwriter and performer\, Woodward’s knowledge\, sense of humor\, and richly illustrated PowerPoint presentations have made him one of New England’s most sought-after public lecturers.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/the-alchemy-of-justice-john-winthrop-jr-and-new-englands-other-witch-presented-by-walt-woodward/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T131958
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SUMMARY:The Witch in Old Connecticut: Righting a Troublesome Legacy
DESCRIPTION:THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS EVENT. IT IS NOW SOLD OUT. \nThe Witch in Old Connecticut: Righting a Troublesome Legacy will touch upon Dr. Richard S. Ross III’s book Before Salem: Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley 1647-1663. Dr. Ross will also discuss his additional research and the contemporary events affecting the historical legacy of the witch panic in the Connecticut and New Haven colonies. \nReception:  6 p.m./ Program: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. \nAbout Dr. Richard S. Ross III \nDr. Richard S. Ross is Professor Emeritus and former College Librarian at Trinity College\, Hartford Connecticut. He holds an MA from Northeastern University\, an MLS from Simmons College\, and a PhD from Boston College. He has taught at Boston College\, Northeastern University\, the University of New Hampshire\, and Trinity College. He has held administrative Librarian positions at Northeastern University\, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell\, the University of New Hampshire\, and Georgetown University. \nDr. Ross has given talks throughout Connecticut for various organizations\, particularly libraries and historical association on Before Salem: Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley 1647-1663\, his second published book. His first book was the well-reviewed Contagion in Prussia\, 1831 the Cholera Epidemic and the Threat of the Polish Uprising. Dr. Ross recently wrote a brochure based on original research for the Ancient Burying Ground Association in Hartford entitled\, Connecticut Colony Seventeenth-Century Witch Panic: A Guide to Connected Persons Interred in Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground 2022. Additionally\, he has a third book in press: Body Snatching in Nineteenth Century New England and the Nation’s Capital\, a Social History.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/the-witch-in-old-connecticut-righting-a-troublesome-legacy/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T200000
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SUMMARY:The Curious Case of Silas Deane
DESCRIPTION:You’ve heard the story of the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution time and again\, but what do you know about Wethersfield’s Silas Deane? For more than two centuries\, Deane’s reputation has been clouded by allegations of malfeasance and profiteering at the expense of the Continental Congress. Many called him a traitor. But what if everything you think you know about Silas Deane is wrong? This fascinating discussion\, led by Dr. Susan Holly\, Senior Historian with the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Historian\, will dispel the mystery. Dr. Holly’s presentation will be followed by an open discussion moderated by State Historian Emeritus and Webb Deane Stevens Museum Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Walter W. Woodward. \nReception: 5:30 pm / Program: 6-8 pm. Get tickets here. The program will be held in the Webb Barn\, located at the rear of the Museum campus. \nThe Curious Case of Silas Deane is underwritten by the U.S. Department of State and The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut. \nAbout Dr. Susan Holly \nDr. Susan Holly is a senior historian with the United States Department of State’s Office of the Historian and has been researching the origins of early American diplomacy for a new documentary compilation scheduled for release in 2026. She previously served as executive producer for a DVD and curriculum series on various topics in diplomacy for high school audiences\, wrote a short history of U.S.-China relations and other materials for the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Beijing\, compiled volumes on Global Issues and a retrospective history on the Eisenhower era coup in Guatemala for the Foreign Relations of the United States. Before joining the office\, she served in the Bureau of Public Affairs as an editor\, speechwriter\, and Department spokesperson for several international delegations. \nDr. Holly earned degrees in history and journalism from Marquette University\, followed by a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Other publications include a book on the Iran-Iraq War for Lloyd’s of London Press\, as well as numerous newspaper articles. Her resume also includes participation in an elephant race\, where she learned elephants could run fast.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/the-curious-case-of-silas-deane/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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