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In This Issue Old Salem Bookshelf Celebrating with the Symphony Art in Clay • Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware • Salem Pottery Today • Art in Clay Events New to the Collections Annual Report Summary Celebrating 1791 George Washington Events Calendar of Events
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A rt in C lAy • A nnuAl r eport • G eorGe W AshinGton in s Alem
Winter/Spring 2011
2� Old Salem Museums & Gardens
On The Cover:
Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware
features slip-decorated earthenware like this covered jar.
Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
600 South Main Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Phone 336-721-7350 | Fax 336-721-7335
Website www.oldsalem.org
2010–2011board of trustees
Mrs. Ragan Folan, Chairman
Mr. Paul Fulton, Vice Chairman
Mr. F. Hudnall Christopher Jr., Treasurer
Mr. Richard Gottlieb, Secretary
Dr. Eugene W. Adcock III
Ms. Betsy Annese
Dr. Anthony Atala
Mr. Robert T. Beach
Mr. Michael J. Bozymski
Mr. Nicholas B. Bragg
Mr. Robert Brown
Mr. Craig D. Canon
Mr. J. Haywood Davis
Mr. Frank E. Driscoll
Mr. Anthony L. Furr
Mr. W. Ted Gossett
Mr. James A. Gray III
Mr. Michael Hough
Mr. Henry H. Jordan II
Mr. Stanhope A. Kelly
Ms. Judy Lambeth
Ms. Chris Minter-Dowd
Mr. Anthony Montag
Mr. L.G. Orr Jr.
Mr. C. Edward Pleasants Jr.
Donald Julian Reaves PhD
Dr. Allston J. Stubbs III
Mr. John W. Thomas III
Mr. William Watson
Mr. Richard B. Wimmer
Ex-Officio Members:
Mr. James T. Baucom | Ms. Molly A. Leight
Dr. Susan Pauly | Ms. Kathleen Staples
This Publication is produced by Old Salem Museums & Gardens, which is operated
by Old Salem Inc., a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit educational corporation organized in 1950 in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Old Salem Museums & Gardens logo and name are
registered trademarks, and may not be used by outside parties without permission.
© 2009 Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Edited by Betsy Allen, Editorial Associate
Publication Design by Hillhouse Graphic Design, LLC
Photography by Wes Stewart, except when noted otherwise
The Historic Town of Salem is a
restored Moravian congregation town
dating back to 1766, with costumed
interpreters bringing the late-18th
and early-19th centuries to life.
Restored original buildings, faithful
reconstructions, and historically
accurate gardens and landscapes make
the Historic Town of Salem one of
America’s most authentic history
attractions.
The Museum of Early Southern
Decorative Arts (MESDA),
collects, exhibits, researches, and
educates the public about the
decorative arts made and used by
people living and working in Maryland,
Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,
Kentucky, and Tennessee, from the
seventeenth century to beginning
of the Civil War.
Winter/Spring 2011
Old Salem Museums & Gardens consists of two museums:
From the President • 5
Old Salem Bookshelf • 617th and 18th-Century furniture and longrifles.
Celebrating with the Symphony • 8A notable holiday tradition with the Winston-Salem Symphony.
Art in ClayMasterworks of North Carolina Earthenware • 10
A new exhibit celebrates an ancient art.
Salem Pottery Today • 13
The pottery arts are alive and kicking at Old Salem.
Art in Clay events • 16
Old Salem hosts seminars and symposiums
in honor of Art in Clay exhibit.
New to the Collections • 18
Gifts from Charlotte and Phil Hanes.
ANNUAL REPORT • 22
Old Salem Museums & Gardens reports on progress
and projects path for the future in this special section.
Celebrating 1791 George Washington Events • 26
Old Salem marks the 220th anniversary of George Washington’s
1791 visit with special events and activities.
Calendar of Events • 30
Contents
Old Salem’s bookshelves
have fresh and interest-
ing information.
Page�6
Celebrate the artistry of
North Carolina’s historic
potters at the Art in
Clay exhibit.
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Celebrate George
Washington’s 1791 visit
to Salem with special
events and activities.
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Volume�6,�Number�1� Winter/Spring�2011
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New to the Collections,
a significant gift to honor
Thomas A. Gray.
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A holiday tradition is
born at Old Salem.
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Serve over 2oo years of history at your next gathering. Our wine glasses
and trifle bowl feature the “Elfe” fret, after the eighteenth century
cabinetmaker Thomas Elfe, to whom many pieces of furniture with
this decoration have been attributed. You will find a wide variety of
glassware, cooking utensils, linens, home decor items, and much more
at all of our retail shops or online at www.oldsalem.org.
–Balloon Wine Glass, Trifle Bowl, and White Wine Glass
www.oldsalem.org336.721.7350
Perfect for a historicor a tuesday night.celebration.
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From the Pr e s i d en t
D e a r � F r i e n d s ,
Pottery has been an important product in Wachovia from its
earliest days. In Salem, Bethabara, and the surrounding Moravian towns, potters made
utilitarian and decorative ceramics that are as highly collectible now as they were
necessary to day-to-day life for their original owners. Visitors to Old Salem today are
enthralled by the skill and knowledge of our master potter Mike Fox and regularly
comment on how the pottery is one of the highlights of their trip to the museum.
This spring and summer, Old Salem presents Art in Clay, a ground-breaking exhibit
of North Carolina earthenware pottery that celebrates the work of those early crafts-
men and presents new research that places Moravian pottery within a larger earthen-
ware tradition in early North Carolina. Produced in partnership with the Chipstone
Foundation and the Caxambus Foundation, Art in Clay is the culmination of a multi-
year project that showcases the scholarship of several of Old Salem’s staff, including
curator Johanna Brown and archaeologist Michael Hartley.
As you’ll see throughout this issue of the magazine, Art in Clay is only one of the amazing
events that you won’t want to miss at Old Salem in the coming year. The 220th anniversary
of George Washington’s visit to Salem inspires two months of programs focused on the
Father of Our Country. Bringing our nation’s history to today’s citizens, Old Salem will
host a naturalization ceremony on July Fourth. And building on the success of two new
programs introduced last year, we will once again host the Old Salem Bike Race and Car
Show and the new holiday favorite Old Salem Presents Christmas with the Winston-Salem
Symphony.
Whether you are making new memories or celebrating a long-standing family tradition,
I hope your visit to Old Salem in 2011 will actually be several visits. There is something for
everyone to enjoy throughout the year. Thank you for supporting us and, as always,
I look forward to seeing you on the square.
—Lee French, President & CEO, Old Salem Museums & Gardens
old salem museums & gardens administrationLee French
President & CEO
Eric Hoyle
Vice President & CFO
Gary Albert
Vice President Communications
& External Relations
John Larson
Vice President Restoration
Robert Leath
Vice President Collections & Research
Paula Locklair
Vice President Education,
Programming, & Research
Serve over 2oo years of history at your next gathering. Our wine glasses
and trifle bowl feature the “Elfe” fret, after the eighteenth century
cabinetmaker Thomas Elfe, to whom many pieces of furniture with
this decoration have been attributed. You will find a wide variety of
glassware, cooking utensils, linens, home decor items, and much more
at all of our retail shops or online at www.oldsalem.org.
–Balloon Wine Glass, Trifle Bowl, and White Wine Glass
www.oldsalem.org336.721.7350
Perfect for a historicor a tuesday night.celebration.
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6� Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Book ReviewsThe Furniture of John Shearer, 1790–1820: “A True North Britain in the Southern Backcountry”By Elizabeth A. Davison | 220 pages, $90.00
Cabinetmaker John Shearer has been an enigmatic char-
acter in the story of material culture in the South for
nearly six decades. In her recently published book, produced
with assistance of MESDA, Elizabeth Davison presents the
fullest exploration to date of John Shearer’s life, furniture,
and political affiliation.
The furniture that John Shearer created is among the
most engaging and intriguing made in the early South.
Indeed, Shearer’s furniture is a valuable lens through which
modern scholars can view the varied political sentiments of
the residents in the Shenandoah Valley after the American
Revolution. Shearer emigrated from Scotland to America in
the late-eighteenth century and retained loyalist sympathies
throughout his life. He used pro-British imagery and inscrip-
tions on his furniture, from the Irish rebellion in 1798 to the
Battle of Trafalger in 1805.
The book accompanies an exhibit on John Shearer’s fur-
niture that opened last autumn at the Daughters of the
American Revolution (DAR) Museum in Washington, DC,
and opened at Colonial Williamsburg in March 2011.
The goal of the book is to be the definitive catalog of all
Shearer’s known work and explore how Shearer’s pro-British
stance hid within or possibly reflected the local attitudes of
his clientele living in the Northern Shenandoah Valley during
the years in which he was active (1790–1820).
MESDA has been influential for many years in the scholarship about Shearer and the identifica-
tion of his surviving furniture. The first article on Shearer furniture was written by John Snyder Jr.
and published in the May 1979 issue of MESDA’s Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts. MESDA’s
acquisition of its monumental Shearer desk and bookcase sparked collecting of Shearer furniture by
other museums and individuals. MESDA’s Object Database has identified and recorded 48 pieces of
Shearer furniture in private and public collections. And MESDA partnered with the DAR Museum
and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley to publish this outstanding book on the life of John
Shearer and his surviving furniture. — Gary Albert
W h a t ’ s � n e w � o n � t h e � O l d � S a l e m � b o o k s h e l f ?
Book Reviews
Winter/Spring 2011 7
N o r t h C a r o l i n a S c h o o l s o f L o n g r i f l e s 1 7 6 5 – 1 8 6 5By William W. Ivey | 386 pages, $100.00
An in-depth look at the 100-year heyday of North Carolina
longrifles has recently been published by its author,
well-known collector William W. Ivey.
The text, written from a collector’s point of view, is illus-
trated with admirable photography by Kenneth Orr, a pro-
fessional photographer who is also a longtime collector of
longrifles. Both men have brought obvious passion and exper-
tise to their subject.
The guns, also known as Kentucky rifles, are referred to as
North Carolina Kentucky rifles to distinguish their origins.
A Kentucky rifle is a generally recognizable form accepted
among collectors, historians, and writers. There are also
Virginia Kentucky rifles, Pennsylvania Kentucky rifles, and
so forth. Known for their beauty and workmanship, they are
among the most prized objects in southern, indeed American,
decorative arts.
Many scholars and collectors consider the Kentucky rifle
the greatest of all American decorative arts since their individ-
ual creators were, at any given time, a blacksmith, mechanic,
silversmith, engraver, woodworker, and wood carver.
The book’s selected collection identifies nine schools or
groups with similar decorative features and characteristics.
A final chapter on Confederate arms and accoutrements is a
helpful addition, as is the section of dated maps on the forma-
tion of North Carolina’s counties. — Betsy Allen
Both of these books are available at Old Salem’s Museum Store
in the Horton Museum Center or online at www.oldsalem.org. For more information, call 877-652-7253.
W h a t ’ s � n e w � o n � t h e � O l d � S a l e m � b o o k s h e l f ?
8� Old Salem Museums & Gardens
In a town with deep-rooted traditions that
seem to remain unchanged for hundreds
of years, 2010—the 238th year that music has
inspired celebration of Christmas in Salem—saw
something new and wonderful. Old Salem and
the Winston-Salem Symphony, two of Winston-
Salem’s most beloved cultural institutions, part-
nered to celebrate Christmas 2010 with a unique
and moving experience.
Those who attended Old Salem Presents
Christmas with the Winston-Salem Symphony
on December 21st universally commented that it
was a concert of unusual intimacy. The 33-piece
chamber orchestra and the audience seemingly
sat amidst one another in Old Salem’s James A.
Gray Jr. Auditorium. The acoustics of the room
took the voices of guest soloists and entwined
them perfectly with the chamber orchestra.
And during the finale, the 47-member Messiah
Festival Chorus surrounded the audience with
joyous music selected from Handel’s Messiah,
complete with trumpets on high in the balcony
like angels playing from the heavens. The eve-
ning was—in a word—unforgettable.
The program included works from 18th to
21st centuries by Mozart, Menotti, Corelli,
J.C.F. Bach, Vaughan Williams, J.S. Bach, and
the world premiere of Celebrations by Margaret
Vardell Sandresky. Attesting to the specialness
of the concert, it was recorded and broadcast by
WDAV Radio (89.9 FM) on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day. Old Salem Presents Christmas
with the Winston-Salem Symphony was gener-
ously sponsored by Mrs. Gordon Hanes, The
Old Salem Presents Christmas with the Winston-Salem Symphony� � � � � � � � � � � � �A � N e w � H o l i d a y � T r a d i t i o n � C o n t i n u e s � i n � 2 0 1 1� � �
The Messiah Festival
Chorus surrounds the
audience with joyous
music from Handel’s
Messiah—while
trumpets ring “on high.”
Spring/Summer 2011� 9
James G. Hanes Memorial Fund, and Mr. and
Mrs. William R. Watson with additional support
from the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County and the William R. Kenan Jr.
Charitable Trust.
Many of those who attended Old Salem
Presents Christmas with the Winston-Salem
Symphony told us afterward that they wished we
produced this amazing concert every year. Your
wish is our command. Mark your calendars for
the weekend of December 3–4, 2011 for another
magical music event at Old Salem. We will make
more information about the program and tickets
available on www.oldsalem.org as the year pro-
gresses. m
Mark your calendars:
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Another magical evening of music
at Old Salem.
Old Salem Presents Christmas with the Winston-Salem Symphony� � � � � � � � � � � � �A � N e w � H o l i d a y � T r a d i t i o n � C o n t i n u e s � i n � 2 0 1 1� � �
Photo, above: The
Winston-Salem
Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Ensemble is
conducted by Robert
Moody, music director.
Left: The rich sounds of
the Tannenberg organ
fill the hall.
Winter/Spring 2011 9
10� Old Salem Museums & Gardens
On October 22, 1755, a small group
of Moravians departed Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, for Bethabara, North Carolina.
It wasn’t the first group of Moravians to head
South to Wachovia and would not be the last.
What made this group significant is that
Gottfried Aust, the progenitor of the North
Carolina Moravian pottery tradition, was
among the travelers. Remarkably, in less
than a year of his arrival in North Carolina,
Aust had set up a fully functioning success-
ful pottery operation. Within twenty years of
Aust’s establishment of the Wachovia pottery
(which moved from Bethabara to Salem in 1772),
other potters—non-Moravians—had established
themselves in the North Carolina backcountry:
the Albright and Loy families in what is now
Alamance County and the Dennis family in what
is now Randolph County.
Old Salem Museums & Gardens has the largest
collection of surviving North Carolina Moravian
pottery and an exceptional collection of earth-
enware made by other North Carolina potters
working in competition with the Moravians in
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Since
2006, Old Salem has worked in partnership
with the Chipstone Foundation of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, on a project that highlights this
important collection as well as related objects in
private and other public collections. The project,
“Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina
Earthenware,” is based on extensive new
research on potters working in North Carolina,
two issues of Ceramics in America (2009 and
2010) dedicated to the project, and the reattribu-
tion of numerous ceramic objects.
by
Johanna
Brown
M a s t e r w o r k s � � o f � N o r t h � C a r o l i n a � E a r t h e n w a r eArt in Clay
M a s t e r w o r k s � � o f � N o r t h � C a r o l i n a � E a r t h e n w a r e
Winter/Spring 2011� 11
Having shared our scholarly discoveries in
published form, we are now excited to have the
opportunity to share the objects and the research
through the exhibit “Art in Clay: Masterworks
on North Carolina Earthenware” that opened
to the public at Old Salem on March 22, 2011, in
the Frank L. Horton Center Gallery. While the
majority of the objects in the exhibition come
from Old Salem’s collection, the show
also includes objects from The Henry Ford
museum, Colonial Williamsburg, the High
Museum, the North Carolina Pottery Center,
the Mount Shepherd Retreat Center, the
South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and
Anthropology, and the Archaeology Research
Laboratories at UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as
numerous private collections.
“Art in Clay” opened to rave reviews at the
Milwaukee Art Museum in September 2010.
Following its closing at Old Salem on August,
14, 2011, the show will travel to Colonial
Williamsburg (September 26, 2011 through June
24, 2012) and the Huntsville Museum of Art
(October 7, 2012 through January 6, 2013) before
returning to Old Salem.
In addition to the scholars and craftsmen who
have contributed so greatly to our new under-
standing of North Carolina earthenware potting
traditions and the resulting products of the pot-
ters, we are deeply indebted to our many part-
ners in this project. The Caxambas Foundation
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wells Fargo, the Arts
Council of Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County,
and the John and Anna Hanes Foundation
Art in Clay
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have each provided invaluable funding to the
project. Conservation of objects in the exhibi-
tion was paid in large part through the Bahnson
and Anne Gray Endowment for Conservation.
The public and private lenders to the exhibition
deserve special note for their generosity in shar-
ing their objects for study and lending treasured
objects to the traveling exhibition.
What would Gottfried Aust, his contem-
poraries, and the potters that followed in
their footsteps in Salem and the surrounding
Piedmont think of our fascination with the
products of their shops? Did they consider their
work art or were they more concerned with
utility? Would they be flattered or flabbergasted
by our study of the objects they made and our
attempts to understand their form, decoration,
and function?
While we can’t ask the potters directly,
we are delighted for you to ask their pots.
Please join us to experience the remarkable
“Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina
Earthenware.” m
Art in Claycontinued
He is turning the kick wheel with a barefoot. Hands shoot up all through
the group and there’s a chorus of “Do you get splinters?” The wheel stops
and they’re invited to bend down and see how smooth the wheel turns and the
potter starts to shape a lump of clay. Hands go up again and young voices ask
“How did it grow?” With the patience that Job would admire,
the potter explains the pulling and pushing process
required to make a pot “grow.”
A couple of hours with Old Salem’s master potter
Mike Fox can—and probably will—alter your perspective
of history in general and Salem’s
Winter/Spring 2011� 13
The most delightful questions are provoked when the children are watching the artisan create a pot.
Continued on page 14
Salem Pottery Todayby Betsy Allen
Art in Clay
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ceramic heritage in particular. The surprisingly
frequent “oohs” and “ahs” and “awesomes”
from his daily hordes of young student visitors
attest to the impact of Mike’s interpretation.
A visit to the pottery in the Single Brothers’
House not only allows a vivid demonstration of
how pottery has been and is still created but also
an understanding of what pottery has been to
the Salem community through the years. Mike
has developed a clever repartee for his visitors
that includes at least as much history as “how-
tos” about his topic. And his audiences love it.
He covers Salem’s pottery background from
potters Gottfried Aust and Rudolph Christ to
today’s production. He may mention in conver-
sation that one of the basic reasons Salem was
founded was to make money for the church’s
missions. Pottery was big business in the town’s
earliest years, it made the most money of all five
of the profitable trades (tannery, mill, tinsmith,
and gunsmith). It was the town’s most profitable
business after the community store.
In addition to explaining the Moravian abil-
ity to pursue piety and commerce equally,
Mike gives his guests a glimpse of the reasons
underlying the success of his trade. The pot-
ter was making something people needed, and
needed a lot of: pots for food storage. They had
to store their food for use during the times they
couldn’t produce it. Inventories showed dishes
listed in the hundreds. Pots were listed in the
thousands. This segment of Mike’s presentation
often requires more detail for the youngsters
to fully understand it. As he explains “Societal
change has changed my interpretation. Today’s
children lack common points of reference. They
don’t realize their grandparents put up pickles
in crocks. It is an unfamiliar item to them. They
must be reminded that there was no glass, no
plastic in the eighteenth century. Except for dry-
ing food, pottery storage was the only option.
Interpretation has to change based on society’s
perception of history.”
After visitors look around the pottery asking
“What’s that?” about everything in sight, from
rundlets and pipkins to ring flasks and slip cups,
the teachers have to all but push them out to go
to the next stops on their tour. Another group
comes in and the excited questions start again.
This class may get around to asking about the
molds and the examples of press molded pottery
that are stacked on the shelves. From pipes and
doll heads to bundt pans and fish flasks, the pot-
tery’s products are as numerous as the questions
they provoke. To see them through children’s
eyes is an enchanting experience.
Visitors get to see and perhaps buy, in one
of Old Salem’s stores, some of Mike’s finished
pottery products. But they take home much
more than a charming inkwell or an animal
Salem Pottery Todaycontinued
Footwork is important
to the success of hand-
thrown pottery. Artisan
Mike Fox demonstrates
his work on a foot-pow-
ered potter’s wheel.
Winter/Spring 2011� 15
flask. They met and got to know the man who
made their pottery. Some of his philosophy
comes along with his descriptions of his work.
“I do what I do to get the public interested in
history. Our Old Salem education programs
have produced at least four professional, prac-
ticing historians just since I’ve been here. We
promote history, not only as preservation of the
past to learn from, but also as an exciting field
to consider as a profession.”
In the course of his 15 years in the pottery,
Mike has created over 1,500 items for sale in the
museum’s shops. He has made more small fish
flasks and toy birds than any other single item.
They sell best. But his pride of lions, parliament
of owls, schools of fish, brood of chickens as well
as dolls and pipe heads have added color and
variety to his inventory of wares.
Mike started at Old Salem seventeen years
ago as a tour interpreter. As part of his train-
ing, he was given a reading list that included
John Bivins, Jr.’s The Moravian Potters in North
Carolina. He credits that book with making him
realize just how important pottery was to the
town of Salem and his continuing fascination
with the subject, the craft and its history. Mike
has spent most of his life in Forsyth County.
Coming home after earning a degree in English
at Jacksonville State in Jacksonville, Alabama, he
was a substitute teacher for about a year before
joining the staff at Old Salem. He married the
girl who was the summer intern in the pottery
shop when he started. He and Khristy have a
daughter who shares her parents’ pleasure in
pottery. They are Moravians with a long standing
interest and continuing devotion to Old Salem
and its traditions.
The exhibit “Art in Clay: Masterworks of
North Carolina Earthenware” celebrates the
rich heritage of pottery in Salem and Piedmont
North Carolina. After enjoying the exhibit,
everyone should take the extra time to walk up
Main Street to Mike Fox’s pottery in the Single
Brothers’ House. There they will experience a
master potter at work and a master teacher
who continues to support Salem’s ceramic
heritage as it has been done since the town’s
earliest days. m
Art in Clay
Mike Fox cuts a thrown
pot from the wheel,
preparing it to be hand
finished, air dried,
and kiln fired.
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Founders�Gala��|��March�19Celebrating the vision, leadership, and gen-erosity of the citizens who came together in 1950 to begin the preservation of what is now Old Salem Museums & Gardens, the museum hosted its second Founders Gala in March. Our founders launched one of the greatest historic preservation and landscape reclamation efforts in the history of the United States. Highlights of the gala included a sneak peak of “Art in Clay” and the musical talents of Tony Award winning singer/actor Brian Stokes Mitchell, who has been dubbed “The Last Leading Man” by the New York Times.
Art�in�Clay�Symposium��|��April�14–16Two days of lectures by many of the scholars involved with the “Art in Clay” project, includ-ing exhibit co-curators Johanna Brown, Luke Beckerdite, and Rob Hunter, as well as Old Salem archaeologist Michael O. Hartley, archaeologist Linda Carnes-McNaughton, and potters Hal and Eleanor Pugh and Mary Farrell. One feature of the symposium sure to appeal to those attending is a scheduled trip to area potteries.
Old�Salem�Pottery�Fair��|��May�21Another treat related to the exhibit is a pot-tery fair during Old Salem’s Spring Festival. Contemporary potters from all over the state of North Carolina will have their wares for sale on Salem Square.
Art�that�Works��Saturday�Seminar��|��June�11Moravian pottery will share the stage with the products of other trades practiced in Salem in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in a symposium on Moravian decorative arts and material culture in Salem. This seminar will include presentations by Curator of Moravian Decorative Arts Johanna Brown, independent scholar Brenda Hornsby-Heindl, as well as dem-onstrations by the Old Salem historic tradesmen in the trade shops.
For more information about these events related to “Art in Clay,” visit www.oldsalem.org.
Art in Clay Events During the course of the “Art in Clay” exhibit, Old Salem Museums & Gardens will host a number of related programs:
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Art in ClayThe shelves in the Single Brothers’ House
feature the work of potter Mike Fox.
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In June 2010, one of the late Frank L. Horton’s dreams came true. Horton had long admired
two of most important pieces of North Carolina Piedmont furniture to survive, a chest
of drawers with an idiosyncratic pediment and a miniature chest of drawers with the initials
“SS.” With identical construction techniques, the pieces were obviously made by the same
cabinetmaker. But who was it?
Both objects were included in the groundbreaking southern fur-
niture exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1952 as
masterworks from the collection of the late Ralph P. Hanes, one of
the pioneer collectors of North Carolina Piedmont decorative arts.
Hanes’s son, the late R. Phillip Hanes, Jr., had promised Frank that
one day the two pieces would come to MESDA. In the summer of
2010, he called the museum’s curators to fulfill that magnificent
promise.
While they had been appreciated for decades, the objects still had
important secrets to reveal. Previously unnoticed, scrawled in pencil
on the back of a drawer of the larger chest of drawers was a clue to
their maker: the name John McCay. Research proved that McCay
was a Scots-Irish farmer living in northeast Mecklenburg County in
the late-eighteenth century, and either he or someone in his family
was probably the original owner. Living near the McCays was a well-
known and prosperous cabinetmaker, Amos Alexander, the most
likely maker. Because of the construction similarities, Alexander
probably also made the miniature chest of drawers with the initials
“SS.” Its original owner is still unknown.
The characteristics of Alexander’s work include the heavy-
band inlaid lunettes surrounding the drawers and drawer pulls.
Previously, the furniture with these details had been known simply as the “Heavy Band Inlay
Group,” but now they can be safely attributed to Alexander. Other characteristics include
the ogee bracket feet with exposed dovetails on the side, and back boards that extend all the
way to the floor and cover the rear bracket feet creating an unusual double back foot. Today,
a significant number of chests of drawers in the group survive, many of them found in the
Mecklenburg County area. However, the pitch pediment on this particular example with its
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New to the Collection
Both objects were included in
the groundbreaking southern
furniture exhibition at the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
in 1952 as masterworks from
the collection of the late Ralph
P. Hanes, one of the pioneer
collectors of North Carolina
Piedmont decorative arts.
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by Robert A. Leath
The Chest of Drawers
and Miniature Chest
attributed to maker
Amos Alexander provide
complementary quality
and contrasting size as
a treasured part of the
MESDA collection.
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Chest of DrawersPossibly by Amos Alexander
(1769–1847)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1790–1800Walnut, light wood inlay, yellow pine
HOA: 54 5/8", WOA: 32", DOA: 19 1/4"
Gift of Charlotte and Philip Hanes in honor of Thomas A. Gray for his
multiple contributions to MESDA and Old Salem. Acc. 5594.1
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applied scrolls, inlaid floral decoration, and arched drawer in the tympanum makes it a truly
exceptional piece of North Carolina Piedmont furniture.
As two of Winston-Salem’s most generous philanthropists, Charlotte and Phil Hanes
graciously specified that this special gift was made in honor of Thomas A. Gray for his mul-
tiple and significant contributions to Old Salem and MESDA. The pieces are now proudly
and prominently displayed in MESDA’s newest changing exhibition curated by Director of
Research June Lucas, “The Neatest Pieces…of Any Description: North Carolina Piedmont
Furniture 1780-1860.” This exhibition will remain on view in the Douglas Gallery through
August 2011. m
Robert Leath is Vice President of Collections & Research and Chief Curator at Old Salem
Museums & Gardens.
Miniature Chest of Drawers Possibly Amos Alexander (1769–1847)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1790-1800Walnut, light wood inlay, yellow pine
HOA: 14 1/2", WOA: 11", DOA: 8 5/16"
Gift of Charlotte and Philip Hanes in honor of Thomas A. Gray for his multiple contributions to MESDA and Old Salem. Acc. 5594.2
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M a y�May�through�July ExHiBiT CASES of George Washington
memorabilia and George Washington-related objects will be exhibited in the Salem Tavern, the Old Salem Visitor Center, and MESDA. included with an All-in-One ticket.
20-21� Friday,�Saturday WASHiNGTON ViSiTS SALEM! Popular
George Washington re-enactor, Dean Malissa, will be here to recreate Washington’s much anticipated arrival at the Salem Tavern on May 31, 1791. He will entertain the public on Saturday
· hands-on activities & demonstrations to reflect Washington throughout the district
· cooking demonstrations with cherries and grapes
· hands-on cooking activity making hoe cakes swimming in butter and honey—Washington’s favorite breakfast—and other recipes from Washington’s cookbook
· writing Washington’s “Rules of Civility” with a quill pen
· creating a theorem painting of cherries on white velvet
· puppet show titled The Legend of Betsy Ross
included with an All-in-One ticket.
Two years after his inauguration as the first president of
the United States in 1789, George Washington embarked
a tour of the southern states in the spring of 1791.
He toured the region to assess firsthand the circum-
stances in the South.
Washington’s Southern Tour began in the
eastern parts of the Carolinas and Georgia and
then returned to Virginia via a more west-
ern route. The President left Salisbury, North
Carolina about 4:00 a.m. on May 31, 1791. He
arrived in Salem about 3:00 in the afternoon.
He was accompanied by his secretary, Major
Jackson, and the “necessary servants.” Altogether
there were seven men and eleven horses that were
accommodated at Salem’s Tavern. On June 1st, North
Carolina Governor, Alexander Martin came to Salem to
meet with the President. The people of Salem extended warm
hospitality to these special guests, which included good meals,
good music, and tours of the town, trade shops, and schools.
The President’s time with the Moravians in Salem was a
pleasant and informative visit. In his diary, Washington noted
how impressed he was with the neat orderly appearance of
the town and the hard-working attitude of its residents.
In turn, the Moravians were taken with Washington’s
friendly manner, particularly with children.
Washington shared the Moravians love of music,
and the President requested the band that greeted
him on his arrival to also play while he enjoyed
his dinner.
The following day, June 1, the Moravians gave
Washington a tour of the town, including the trade
shops and congregation buildings. He was par-
ticularly interested in Salem’s extensive waterworks.
North Carolina Governor Alexander Martin arrived late
in the afternoon, and he and the President attended a “sing-
stunde” with singing and instrumental music. The President
and entourage left early on the morning of June 2nd, and
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Visits Salem
Celebrating the 220th anniversary of President George Washington’s two-day visit to Salem, Old Salem presents a number of events and programs this spring and summer:
Enjoy an entertaining puppet
show “The Legend of Betsy Ross”
at Washington Visits Salem day.
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27–28� Friday,�Saturday SPECiAL EVENiNG TOURS themed
“Dawn of a New Nation.” Guests will learn about Salem’s position in the Revolutionary War and then visit the Single Brothers’ House where they will hear about the 1783 celebration of the peace following the Revolution, with the original music on the Tannenberg organ. Next they will travel to the Salem Tavern to play tavern games popular in the new nation, hear music, and enjoy refreshments—all while learning about the new America, and one of Salem’s most famous visitors: George Washington.
We recommend that guests wear com-fortable clothing and shoes because this tour includes walking distances in a hilly area, standing outside, and stand-ing for long periods of time. The Salem Tavern is not handicapped accessible.
Tours are available for a limited number of people and are booked on a first come, first served basis. Please call 1-800-441-5305 to reserve your space.
Tours depart at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, and 8:00 pm from the Herbst House on Main Street in Old Salem. Please arrive at the Herbst House 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time.
Adults: $20; children $15. Friends of Old Salem $18 for adults and $13 for children.
J u n eLate�May/June� WHEN THE CHERRiES ARE RiPE,
hands-on cooking activities featuring cherries and preservation of cherries. Stories from Weems’ Life of Washington (where the myth of George Washington and the cherry tree began) will be read. Visit www.oldsalem.org for dates and times as they become available.
June–July� OLD SALEM’S “5 YESTERDAYS” AND
“3 YESTERDAYS” SUMMER CAMP will both focus on activities related to George Washington. Visit www.oldsa-lem.org/5-yesterdays for registration information.
4�� Saturday� MESDA SATURDAY SEMiNAR will
focus on the objects that surrounded and celebrated America’s founding father, George Washington. The seminar will feature Carol Borchert Cadou, Vice President of Collections and Senior Curator, George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Registration required. Visit www.mesda.org. $50 per person; $40 for Friends of Old Salem, including lunch; 10:00 am–1:00 pm, Horton Museum Center.
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J u n e �continued18� Saturday “MUSiC FOR THE FiRST PRESiDENT”
program featuring music throughout the historic district:
· David & Ginger Hildebrand present the program George Washington: Music for the First President. The Hildebrands operate The Colonial Music institute in Severna Park, Maryland with a mission to bring history to life through music.
· United States Marine Band will perform an early evening concert of patriotic music on the Salem Square.
· violin music played throughout the day at the Salem Tavern.
· performance of the Singstunde (song service) that George Washington attended while in Salem on the period organ in the Single Brothers’ House
· Moravian Brass Band performing throughout the day.
included with All-in-One ticket.
19� Sunday “MUSiC FOR THE FiRST PRESiDENT”
program. Performances on Old Salem’s historic piano forte in the Gray Auditorium at the Old Salem Visitor Center by renowned forte pianist, Andrew Willis, Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and a recognized perform-er on historic pianos.
J u l y1�&�2��Friday�&�Saturday SPECiAL EVENiNG TOURS themed
“Dawn of a New Nation.” Guests will learn about Salem’s position in the Revolutionary War and then visit the Single Brothers’ House where they will hear about the 1783 celebration of the peace following the Revolution, with the original music on the Tannenberg organ. Next they will travel to the Salem Tavern to play tavern games popular
in the new nation, hear music, and enjoy refreshments—all while learning about the new America, and one of Salem’s most famous visitors: George Washington.
We recommend that guests wear com-fortable clothing and shoes because this tour includes walking distances in a hilly area, standing outside, and stand-ing for long periods of time. The Salem Tavern is not handicapped accessible.
Tours are available to a limited num-ber of people and are booked on a first come, first served basis. Please call 1-800-441-5305 to reserve your space.
Tours depart at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, and 8:00 pm from the Herbst House on Main Street in Old Salem. Please arrive at the Herbst House 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time.
Adults: $20; children $15. Friends of Old Salem $18 for adults and $13 for children.
4�� Monday� iNDEPENDENCE DAY:
· participate in an 18th-century celebra-tion of independence Day with many activities and demonstrations taking place throughout the historic district
· witness the official U.S. immigration Service naturalization ceremony when up to 200 immigrants from the west-ern part of North Carolina will become citizens of the United States (visit www.oldsalem.org for information)
· Color Guard from Sons of the American Revolution on site all day
· re-enactment of the first official independence Day celebration in America on July 4, 1783, in Salem with a performance of the “Psalm of Joy,” written in 1783 by composer Johann Friedrich Peter for this special event. Prior to the performance by the Moramus Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, Rev. Dr. Nola Knouse, Director of the Moravian Music Foundation, will describe how the “Psalm of Joy” was conceived and written. Home Moravian Church, 2:00 pm, free. Funding for this pre-sentation of the “Psalm of Joy” is provided by the Wachovia Historical Society and the Salem Congregation, with additional support from the Moravian Music Foundation, Home Moravian Church and the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.
· re-enactment of the 1791 procession around Salem Square, 5:00 pm.
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Washington Visits Salem | May 20, 21Dawn of a New Nation evening tours | May 27, 28 and July 1, 2
5 Yesterdays and 3 Yesterdays summer camps | June, JulyMusic for the First President | June 18, 19
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Calendar of EventsS p r i n g / S u m m e r � 2 0 1 1
A P R i LAll�Month ExHiBiT: ART iN CLAY:
MASTERWORKS OF NORTH CAROLiNA EARTHENWARE During the last half of the 18th century, pot-ters of European and British descent introduced a variety of Old World ceramic traditions to the Carolina backcoun-try. On view are 160 of the most masterful slipware dishes and other ceramic objects made by Moravian potters at Salem and Bethabara and contempo-rary Germanic and British craftsmen in other areas of the North Carolina Piedmont. Horton Museum Center. $8 adult/$4 child or $6 adult/$3 child with purchase of All-in-One ticket.
2�� Saturday OPERA: THE POOR SOLDiER was
President George Washington’s favorite opera. Students in the opera department at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts will perform this charming piece. Prior to the per-formance, Dr. David Hildebrand of the Colonial Music institute, will talk about the role of music in Washington’s life. A reception and Q&A session with per-formers and Dr. Hildebrand will con-clude the evening. 7 pm in the James A. Gray Auditorium in the Old Salem Visitor Center. $20 adults / $18 stu-dents. Call 336-721-7350 for tickets.
2�� Saturday GARDEN WORKSHOP: GARDENiNG
WiTH CHiLDREN Nurture the love of nature and gardening in children. This workshop provides family fun and offers tips for successful gardening with children. Taught by JoAnn Yates, Horticultural Therapist and owner of Branching Out, LLC. 10 am. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
9�� Saturday PRESiDENT WASHiNGTON & THE
LAND Learn about President George Washington’s early work as a surveyor and the challenges of surveying the new land of America with author and historian Jim Daniel, well-known as “The Colonial Surveyor.” Visit our gar-dens and learn about horticulture in the time of Washington. Participate in hands-on activities and demonstrations that will entertain the whole family, including rifle firings with the Salem militia and making a paper pot and planting a seed. included with an All-in-One ticket.
PUPPET SHOW: “Dolley Madison and the Uninvited Guests” 11:30 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, Horton Museum Center. included with an All-in-One ticket, or $2 per person for puppet show only.
9�� Saturday DAY TRiP: BEHiND THE VENEER:
THOMAS DAY, MASTER CABiNETMAKER The St. Philips African American Complex in Old Salem is sponsoring a day trip to view the exhi-bition, Behind the Veneer: Thomas Day, Master Cabinetmaker at the North Carolina Museum in Raleigh. The trip will also include a tour of original slave dwellings at Historic Stagville in Durham and a lunch stop and shopping at The Southpoint Mall. Bus will depart Old Salem at 8 am and return between 5:30 pm and 6 pm. $25 (includes bus transportation and snacks). Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
12� Tuesday MUSEUM CLASS: HiSTORiC EASTER
EGG DYEiNG Yes, Moravians some-times dyed eggs to celebrate Easter! And sometimes the eggs had designs
drawn on them, and they could be saved from year to year, often given as a gift. in this class, learn how to cre-ate several natural dyes for eggs and decorate them. Participants will get to take home several eggs they dye themselves. A great way to decorate for Easter, and to learn something that can be done year after year at home, continuing a wonderful tradition! 6 pm, Single Brothers’ Workshop. $20 per person/$18 for Friends of Old Salem. Minimum age: 8 years old (any-one under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult). Space is limited, pre-registration required by calling 800-441-5305.
13� Wednesday LECTURE & BOOKSiGNiNG: THE
FOUNDiNG GARDNERS Continuing the theme of Washington as a farmer and respecter of the land, Andrea Wulf, award-winning author, will speak about her new book: The Founding Gardeners. The New York Times Book Review says that “…Wulf’s flair for sto-rytelling is combined with scholarship, brio and a charmingly airy style.” 5 pm lecture, booksigning, and reception; Horton Museum Center. $5.
15–16�Friday�and�Saturday SYMPOSiUM: ART iN CLAY:
“REVOLUTiON AND REVELATiON iN NORTH CAROLiNA EARTHENWARE” Held in conjunction with the landmark exhibition “Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware,” this sym-posium examines how the world came to North Carolina through the hands of its potters. Major scholars will trace their continually expanding discoveries of the colorful North Carolina earth-enware tradition. Lecturers include exhibit curators Johanna Brown, Luke Beckerdite, and Robert Hunter, joined by archeologists Michael O. Hartley and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton; scholars Aaron Fogleman, Craig D. Atwood, and Hal Pugh; and practicing potters Michelle Erickson and Mary Farrell. Philip Zea, Executive Director of Historic Deerfield, will deliver the symposium’s keynote lecture. $250 per person / $235 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem. Registration for only the
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Pre-registration for programs is requested if so indicated.
Call 336-721-7350, FAX 336-721-7335 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.
Friday night keynote and reception and Saturday lectures and lunch: $195 per person / $180 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem. To register, or for more information, call 336-721-7360, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.MESDA.org/AiC.
16� Saturday GARDEN WORKSHOP: GARDENiNG
WiTH CHiLDREN Nurture the love of nature and gardening in children. This workshop provides family fun and offers tips for successful gardening with children. Taught by JoAnn Yates, Horticultural Therapist and owner of Branching Out, LLC. 10 am. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
16� Saturday OLD SALEM HEiRLOOM PLANT
SALE Heirloom flowers, herbs, and shrubs from Old Salem’s Horticulture Department will be available at The Garden Shop at T. Bagge Merchant, 626 S. Main Street at Salem Square. Sale continues throughout the growing season while supply lasts.
20� Wednesday GARDEN WORKSHOP: RAiN GARDENS
Do you have a downspout? Run-off problem? Then you should install a rain garden. Learn the basics of using plants and soil to manage rainwa-ter run-off and the potential funding sources. Led by Wendi Hartup, Forsyth County Cooperative Extension (Natural Resources Agent) and Linda Birdsong, Forsyth Soil & Water Conservation District (Community Conservation). 5:30 pm, WHERE? COST? Space is lim-ited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
23� Saturday EASTER EGG HUNT 10 am. Miksch
Garden. included with an All-in-One ticket.
OLD SALEM EASTER Famed for its Easter morning Sunrise Service, Salem’s Moravian community has always observed this important holi-day. Celebrate the season by trying your hand at painting an Easter egg as it has been done for centuries, join us for “vesper” to share some tradi-tional sugar cake, and visit the Single Brothers’ Saal to hear Easter chorales on the Tannenberg Organ. included with an All-in-One ticket.
CHiLDREN’S STORY TiME: EASTER MAUS A reading of a Moravian story about the beloved mouse and Easter followed by a hands-on Easter egg painting in the Vierling House. 11 am, St. Philips Log Church. included with an All-in-One ticket.
28� Thursday MUSEUM CLASS: SLiP TRAiL POTTERY
Join Mike Fox, manager of the Single Brothers’ Pottery, to decorate two slip trailed plates. Slip trailing was used to decorate many types of Moravian Pottery. Pottery must be fired after completion & can be picked up at a later date. 6 pm, Single Brothers’ Workshop. $30 per person/$27 for Friends of Old Salem. Minimum age: 14 years old (anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult). Space is limited, pre-registration required by calling 800-441-5305.
MUSEUM CLASS: PEWTER SPOON Join us to make pewter spoons. Each participant will leave with one finished spoon and second spoon casting that they can finish at home. Participants should wear long pants and closed toe shoes as you will be working near a fire with molten pewter. 6 pm, Single Brothers’ House. $35 per person/$32 for Friends of Old Salem. Minimum age: 14 years old (anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult). Space is limited, pre-registration required by calling 800-441-5305.
30� Saturday GARDEN WORKSHOP: BUTTERFLY
GARDENiNG Simply offering the right food and shelter will attract these “floating flowers” to your yard and garden. Led by Jim Nottke, Master Gardener and member of the Carolina Butterfly Society. 10 am. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
M A YAll�Month ExHiBiT: ART iN CLAY:
MASTERWORKS OF NORTH CAROLiNA EARTHENWARE Exhibit continues, presenting 160 of the most masterful slipware dishes and other ceramic objects made by Moravian potters at Salem and Bethabara and contemporary Germanic and British craftsmen in other areas of the North Carolina Piedmont. Horton Museum Center. $8 adult/$4 child or $6 adult/$3 child with purchase of All-in-One ticket.
5�� Thursday MUSEUM CLASS: PEWTER SPOON
Join us to make pewter spoons. Each participant will leave with one finished spoon and second spoon casting that they can finish at home. Participants should wear long pants and closed toe shoes as you will be working near a fire with molten pewter. 6 pm, Single Brothers’ House. $35 per person/$32 for Friends of Old Salem. Minimum age: 14 years old (anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult). Space is limited, pre-registration required by calling 800-441-5305.
14� Saturday GARDEN WORKSHOP: BACKYARD
CHiCKENS Chickens are easily kept in the city too! Learn about breeds and how to feed and shelter a back-yard flock. Led by Amy Thomas, Forsyth County Cooperative Extension (Livestock Agent). 10 am. Space is lim-ited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
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M A Y continued�18� Wednesday ORGAN RECiTAL Join
us as Susan Bates performs on the 1800 Tannenberg Organ. 12 noon, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium in the Old Salem Visitor Center. Free.
18� Wednesday� GARDEN WORKSHOP: HORTiCULTURE
THERAPY The benefits of gardening extend beyond beauty and good food… think pleasure, relaxation, and rehabili-tation. Led by Lea Nading, Horticulture Therapist, Earth Touch Program. 5:30 pm, Space is limited, pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
22–June�30 ST. PHiLiPS TOUR: EMANCiPATiON
Tour Historic St. Philips Church where freedom was announced on May 21, 1865. Guests on the tour will receive a memento copy of General Orders 32, the document read by a Union Army Calvary chaplain at the church to enslaved persons living in and around Salem. See oldsalem.org for details.
25� Wednesday ORGAN RECiTAL Join us as Donald
Armitage performs on the 1800 Tannenberg Organ. 12 noon, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium in the Old Salem Visitor Center. Free.
21� Saturday POTTERY FAiR ON THE SQUARE
Contemporary potters from all over the state of North Carolina will have their wares for sale on Salem Square along with pottery demonstrations. Free.
21–22�Saturday�and�Sunday GEORGE WASHiNGTON ViSiTS
SALEM! Popular George Washington re-enactor Dean Malissa will be fea-tured in a re-creation of Washington’s visit to Salem on May 31, 1791. The President will entertain all day Saturday. Washington-related hands-on activities and demonstrations will be held throughout the district both days. included with an All-in-One ticket.
22–31�Daily� ST. PHiLiPS TOUR: EMANCiPATiON
Tour Historic St. Philips Church where freedom was announced on May 21, 1865. Guests on the tour will receive a memento copy of General Orders 32, the document read by a Union Army Calvary chaplain at the church to enslaved persons living in and around Salem. Visit www.oldsalem.org for details and more information.
27–28��Friday�and�Saturday EVENiNG TOUR: DAWN OF A NEW
NATiON Guests will learn about Salem’s position in the Revolutionary War and then visit the Single Brothers’ House where they will hear about the 1783 celebration of the peace follow-ing the Revolution, with the original music on the Tannenberg organ, fol-lowed by a tour of the Salem Tavern to play tavern games popular in the new nation, hear music, and enjoy refreshments. We recommend that guests wear comfortable clothing and shoes because this tour includes walk-ing distances in a hilly area, standing outside, and standing for long periods of time. The Salem Tavern is not handi-capped accessible. Tours are available to a limited number of people and are booked on a first come, first served basis. Please call 1-800-441-5305 to reserve your space. Tours depart at 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:00 pm from the Herbst House on Main Street in Old Salem. Please arrive at the Herbst House 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time. Adults: $20; chil-dren $15. Friends of Old Salem $18 for adults and $13 for children.
28� Saturday MUSEUM CLASS: GARDEN RAKE Using
a shaving horse, drawknife, and just a handful of other tools, each student will build a wooden garden rake. We pro-vide you with a freshly cut log and all the needed tools, just in time to redress your spring garden beds for summer crops. Students will saw, split, use drawknife, and even make the wooden tines. Suitable for varied skill levels. Full-day class. if you have a favorite shaving horse and drawknife they are welcome to attend. Class will meet at 9 am in the Salem Tavern barn and work in Tavern meadow, weather per-mitting. $85 per person. Minimum age 16 years old (anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult). Space is limited to 8 students, pre-registration required by calling 800-441-5305.
CAR SHOW: BMW COLLECTORS German engineering isn’t just half-tim-bered buildings and sugar cake. Stroll the streets of Old Salem and enjoy rare and beautiful BMWs. Free.
J U N EAll�Month ExHiBiT: “ART iN CLAY:
MASTERWORKS OF NORTH CAROLiNA EARTHENWARE” The 18th century show featuring 160 of the most masterful slipware dishes and other ceramic objects made by Moravian pot-ters continues. Horton Museum Center. $8 adult/$4 child or $6 adult/$3 child with purchase of All-in-One ticket.
All�Month,�daily ST. PHiLiPS TOUR: EMANCiPATiON
Tour Historic St. Philips Church where freedom was announced on May 21, 1865. Guests on the tour will receive a memento copy of General Orders 32, the document read by a Union Army Calvary chaplain at the church to enslaved persons living in and around Salem. See oldsalem.org for details.
4� Saturday SEMiNAR: THE DECORATiVE ARTS
OF GEORGE WASHiNGTON Explore objects that surrounded and cel-ebrated America’s founding father, George Washington. Speakers: Carol Borchert Cadou, Vice President of Collections and Senior Curator, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, and Daniel Ackermann, Associate Curator, MESDA. $50 / $40 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem. included lunch. To register, or for more informa-tion, call 336-721-7360 or e-mail [email protected].
11� Saturday SEMiNAR: THE WORK OF THEiR
HANDS: ART AND FAiTH iN EVERYDAY OBJECTS in conjunction with the exhibition “Art in Clay,” this seminar focuses on the beliefs and aesthet-ics of the Moravians as revealed in the trades and crafts of the men and women of the early Salem commu-
nity. Morning lectures will be followed by afternoon demonstrations of the historic trades and crafts practiced in Salem in the trade shops and historic houses of Salem. $75 / $65 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem. included lunch. To register, or for more infor-mation, call 336-721-7360 or e-mail [email protected].
11� Saturday GARDEN WORKSHOP: SALEM CREEK
FLORA & FAUNA Foxes, hawks, ducks, deer in the middle of the city? Tour the area proposed to showcase the flora and fauna of Salem Creek. Led by Cornelia W. Barr, Chair, Board of Directors, Gateway Environmental initiative. 9:30 am. Meet at the Old Salem Greenhouse parking lot, 845 S. Poplar Street. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
15� Wednesday GARDEN WORKSHOP: NORTH
CAROLiNA NATiVE FLOWERS All around us are native species to rec-ognize and appreciate. North Carolina has some of the most interesting. Led by Kathy Schlosser, noted author and authority of native plants. 5:30 pm. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
18� Saturday MUSiC FOR THE FiRST PRESiDENT
Music programming through-out the historic district celebrat-ing President George Washington. David & Ginger Hildebrand present George Washington: Music for the First President. The Hildebrands bring his-tory to life through music. The United States Marine Band will perform an
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Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated.
Call 336-721-7350, FAX 336-721-7335 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.
Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated.
Call 336-721-7350, Fax 336-721-7335 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.
Group rates are available for holiday events. Call the Group Tour Office Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at 1-800-441-5305, toll free.
Your�All-in-One�Ticket to Salem includes admission to many events. Some events, when noted, require an additional ticket and reservations. For more infor-mation on tickets and pricing, call 336-721-7350.
Hours: Old Salem Visitor Center is open Tuesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:30-5:00 p.m. Exhibit buildings are open Tuesday–Saturday 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., except Sunday when they are open 1:00–4:30 p.m. Old Salem Museums & Gardens is closed on Mondays, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.
The�MESDA�Auditorium�is�located�in�the�Horton�Museum�Center.
Museum�Class�Registrations: Please call 800-441-5305 to reserve a place in any of the Museum Classes.
Workshop�Registrations: Please call 800-441-5305 to reserve a place in any of the workshops.
MESDA�Seminar�Registrations: Please call 336-721-7360.
Note: All outdoor programs will be held weather permitting.
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early evening concert of patriotic music on Salem Square. Violin music throughout the day at the Salem Tavern. Performance of the Singstunde (song service) that George Washington attended while in Salem on the period organ in the Single Brothers’ House. Moravian Brass Band performing throughout the day. included with an All-in-One ticket.
19� Sunday MUSiC FOR THE FiRST PRESiDENT
Performances on Old Salem’s historic piano forte at the Gray Auditorium in the Visitor Center by renowned forte pianist, Andrew Willis, Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and a recognized performer on historic pianos. included with an All-in-One ticket.
20-24�or�27–July�1,�Monday-Friday SUMMER CAMP: FiVE YESTERDAYS
This session is for rising 6th through 8th graders (see July for grades 3-5). This one-of-a-kind learning program offers hands-on summer sessions that concentrate on the crafts, trades, and lifestyles of the Moravians who lived in Salem in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Campers will learn history while strengthening their listening, criti-cal thinking, and social skills. Activities are carefully planned according to age and ability, ensuring that every child benefits from the program. Activities include working with textiles, pot-tery, hearth cooking, and other early American skills and trades. The week culminates with a Lovefeast at Home Moravian Church. 9 am – noon daily. $175 per camper / $140 for Friends of Old Salem. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
J U L YAll�Month ExHiBiT: “ART iN CLAY:
MASTERWORKS OF NORTH CAROLiNA EARTHENWARE” The 18th century show featuring 160 of the most masterful slipware dishes and other ceramic objects made by Moravian pot-ters continues. Horton Museum Center. $8 adult/$4 child or $6 adult/$3 child with purchase of All-in-One ticket.
1–2�� Friday�and�Saturday EVENiNG TOUR: DAWN OF A NEW
NATiON Guests will learn about Salem’s position in the Revolutionary War and then visit the Single Brothers’ House where they will hear about the 1783 celebration of the peace follow-ing the Revolution, with the original music on the Tannenberg organ, fol-lowed by a tour of the Salem Tavern to play tavern games popular in the new nation, hear music, and enjoy refresh-ments. We recommend that guests wear comfortable clothing and shoes because this tour includes walking dis-tances in a hilly area, standing outside, and standing for long periods of time. The Salem Tavern is not handicapped accessible. Tours are available to a lim-ited number of people and are booked on a first come, first served basis. Please call 1-800-441-5305 to reserve your space. Tours depart at 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:00 pm from the Herbst House on Main Street in Old Salem. Please arrive at the Herbst House 15 minutes before your scheduled tour time. Adults: $20; children $15. Friends of Old Salem $18 for adults and $13 for children.
4�� Monday iNDEPENDENCE DAY Celebrate
July 4th as the Moravians did in the 18th century. Witness an official US immigration Service naturalization cer-emony. The Color Guard from the Sons of the American Revolution will be onsite all day. Many activities and dem-onstrations taking place throughout the historic district. A free performance of the “Psalm of Joy” at 2 pm, sponsored by the Wachovia Historical Society and the Salem Congregation, with addi-tional support from the Moravian Music Foundation, Home Moravian Church and the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Re-enactment of the 1791 procession around Salem Square, 5 pm. Visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.
5–7�� Tuesday–Thursday SUMMER CAMP: THREE YESTERDAYS
This session is for rising 1st and 2nd graders. Campers are invited to follow Herr Kater through Salem and discover how children worked, learned, and played long ago. Activities include mak-ing and playing with 18th century toys, hearth cooking, gardening, learning in a traditional classroom, and a puppet show with Herr Kater. 9 am – noon daily. $100 per camper / $85 for Friends of Old Salem. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
5–29 MESDA SUMMER iNSTiTUTE: THE
CAROLiNA LOW COUNTRY Exploring the decorative arts and material culture of the Carolina Low Country, with a focus on Charleston as an Atlantic port city. The program’s month-long curriculum includes lectures by leading scholars in American and Low Country decorative arts and material culture, discussions, artifact studies, research projects, and a six-day study trip to Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Louis Nelson, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia, is the 2011 UVA Resident Scholar. The MESDA Summer institute is a partnership between the Museum of Early Southern
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Decorative Arts and the University of Virginia’s Graduate Program in the History of Art and Architecture. Students receive three hours of graduate credit through the University of Virginia. Applications are due April 20, 2011. For more information visit the 2011 Summer institute website www.mesda.org/Si or contact Sally Gant at [email protected] / 336-721-7361.
11–15� Monday–Friday SUMMER CAMP: FiVE YESTERDAYS
This session is for rising 3rd through 5th graders (see June for grades 6-8). This one-of-a-kind learning program offers hands-on summer sessions that concen-trate on the crafts, trades, and lifestyles of the Moravians who lived in Salem in the late 18th and early 19th centu-ries. Campers will learn history while strengthening their listening, critical thinking, and social skills. Activities are carefully planned according to age and
ability, ensuring that every child benefits from the program. Activities include working with textiles, pottery, hearth cooking, and other early American skills and trades. The week culminates with a Lovefeast at Home Moravian Church. 9 am – noon daily. $175 per camper / $140 for Friends of Old Salem. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
12,�19,�or�29� Tuesdays ST. PHiLiPS: SUMMER ODYSSEY CAMP
Journey to the lands of West Africa, the Caribbean, and back to Salem! Embrace the cultures through gardening, song, food, and crafts! Bring your imagination and your thinking caps for these one-day camp sessions. Choose your day, 10 am–12 noon. $7 per camper / adult $13. Group rates available: minimum 14 /maximum 25. Call 800-441-5305 to register or for more information.
18–22,�25–29� Monday–Friday SUMMER CAMP: FiVE YESTERDAYS
This session is for rising 3rd through 5th graders (see June for grades 6-8). This one-of-a-kind learning program offers hands-on summer sessions that concen-trate on the crafts, trades, and lifestyles of the Moravians who lived in Salem in the late 18th and early 19th centu-ries. Campers will learn history while strengthening their listening, critical thinking, and social skills. Activities are carefully planned according to age and ability, ensuring that every child benefits from the program. Activities include working with textiles, pottery, hearth cooking, and other early American skills and trades. The week culminates with a Lovefeast at Home Moravian Church. 9 am – noon daily. $175 per camper / $140 for Friends of Old Salem. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.
A U G U S T1–14 ExHiBiT: “ART iN CLAY:
MASTERWORKS OF NORTH CAROLiNA EARTHENWARE” During the last half of the 18th century, potters of European and British descent introduced a vari-ety of Old World ceramic traditions to the Carolina backcountry. On view are 160 of the most masterful slipware dishes and other ceramic objects made by Moravian potters at Salem and Bethabara and contemporary Germanic and British craftsmen in other areas of the North Carolina Piedmont. Horton Museum Center. $8 adult/$4 child or $6 adult/$3 child with purchase of All-in-One ticket.
Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated.
Call 336-721-7350, FAX 336-721-7335 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.
Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated.
Call 336-721-7350, Fax 336-721-7335 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.
Group rates are available for holiday events. Call the Group Tour Office Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at 1-800-441-5305, toll free.
Your�All-in-One�Ticket to Salem includes admission to many events. Some events, when noted, require an additional ticket and reservations. For more infor-mation on tickets and pricing, call 336-721-7350.
Hours: Old Salem Visitor Center is open Tuesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:30-5:00 p.m. Exhibit buildings are open Tuesday–Saturday 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., except Sunday when they are open 1:00–4:30 p.m. Old Salem Museums & Gardens is closed on Mondays, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.
The�MESDA�Auditorium�is�located�in�the�Horton�Museum�Center.
Museum�Class�Registrations: Please call 800-441-5305 to reserve a place in any of the Museum Classes.
Workshop�Registrations: Please call 800-441-5305 to reserve a place in any of the workshops.
MESDA�Seminar�Registrations: Please call 336-721-7360.
Note: All outdoor programs will be held weather permitting.
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