2011 Winter Spring Old Salem Museums & Gardens Magazine

Art in Clay • Annual Report • George Washington in Salem

Winter/Spring 2011

Old Salem Museums & Gardens consists of two museums:

Old Salem Museums & Gardens 600 South Main Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Phone 336-721-7350 | Fax 336-721-7335 Website www.oldsalem.org

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board of trustees The Historic Town of Salem is a

The Museum of Early Southern

restored Moravian congregation town

Decorative Arts (MESDA),

dating back to 1766, with costumed

collects, exhibits, researches, and

interpreters bringing the late-18th

educates the public about the

and early-19th centuries to life.

decorative arts made and used by

Restored original buildings, faithful

people living and working in Maryland,

reconstructions, and historically

Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,

accurate gardens and landscapes make

Kentucky, and Tennessee, from the

the Historic Town of Salem one of

seventeenth century to beginning

America’s most authentic history

of the Civil War.

attractions.

Winter/Spring 2011 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

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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

On The Cover: Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware features slip-decorated earthenware like this covered jar.

Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.

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Contents

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From the President • 5 Celebrate the artistry of North Carolina’s historic potters at the Art in Clay exhibit. t Page 10

Old Salem Bookshelf • 6 17th and 18th-Century furniture and longrifles.

Celebrating with the Symphony • 8 A notable holiday tradition with the Winston-Salem Symphony.

Art in Clay 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 •

A holiday tradition is born at Old Salem.

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Celebrate George Washington’s 1791 visit to Salem with special events and activities. t Page 26

Old Salem’s bookshelves have fresh and interesting information.

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Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware • 10

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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.

New to the Collections, a significant gift to honor Thomas A. Gray. t Page 18

Calendar of Events • 30

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–Balloon Wine Glass, Trifle Bowl, and White Wine Glass

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.

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From the President

Dear Friends,

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 craftsmen and presents new research that places Moravian pottery within a larger earthenware tradition in early North Carolina. Produced in partnership with the Chipstone Foundation and the Caxambus Foundation, Art in Clay is the culmination of a multiyear 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

o l d s a l e m m u s e u m s & gardens administration Lee French President & CEO Eric Hoyle Vice President & CFO

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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

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Book Reviews

What’s new on

The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790–1820: “A True North Britain in the Southern Backcountry”

By Elizabeth A. Davison | 220 pages, $90.00

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abinetmaker John Shearer has been an enigmatic character 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 inscriptions 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 furniture 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 identification 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 — Gary Albert Shearer and his surviving furniture.

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the Old Salem bookshelf?

North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765–1865

By William W. Ivey | 386 pages, $100.00

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n 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 illustrated with admirable photography by Kenneth Orr, a professional photographer who is also a longtime collector of longrifles. Both men have brought obvious passion and expertise 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 individual 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— Betsy Allen tion of North Carolina’s counties.

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.

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Old Salem Presents

Christmas with

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The Messiah Festival Chorus surrounds the audience with joyous music from Handel’s Messiah—while trumpets ring “on high.”

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n 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 WinstonSalem’s most beloved cultural institutions, partnered 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 evening 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 generously sponsored by Mrs. Gordon Hanes, The

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the Winston-Salem Symphony Mark your calendars:

Saturday, December 3, 2011 Another magical evening of music at Old Salem.

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 progresses. m

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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.

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Art 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

by Johanna Brown

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n 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 successful 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 earthenware 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 reattribution of numerous ceramic objects.

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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.

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“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 understanding of North Carolina earthenware potting traditions and the resulting products of the potters, we are deeply indebted to our many partners 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

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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 have each provided invaluable funding to the project. Conservation of objects in the exhibition 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 sharing their objects for study and lending treasured objects to the traveling exhibition.

What would Gottfried Aust, his contemporaries, 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

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Salem Pottery Today

by Betsy Allen

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The most delightful questions are provoked when the children are watching the artisan create a pot.

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e 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 Continued on page 14

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Footwork is important to the success of handthrown pottery. Artisan Mike Fox demonstrates his work on a foot-powered potter’s wheel.

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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 “howtos” 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 conversation 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 ability to pursue piety and commerce equally, Mike gives his guests a glimpse of the reasons underlying the success of his trade. The potter 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 drying 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 pottery’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 Old Salem Museums & Gardens

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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, practicing 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 training, 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 Winter/Spring 2011

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

Mike Fox cuts a thrown pot from the wheel, preparing it to be hand finished, air dried, and kiln fired.

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Art in Clay Events

During the course of the “Art in Clay” exhibit, Old Salem Museums & Gardens will host a number of related programs:

Founders Gala | March 19 Celebrating the vision, leadership, and generosity 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 14–16 Two days of lectures by many of the scholars involved with the “Art in Clay” project, including 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 21 Another treat related to the exhibit is a pottery 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 11 Moravian 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 demonstrations 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.

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The shelves in the Single Brothers’ House feature the work of potter Mike Fox.

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New to the Collection Gifts of Charlotte and Phil Hanes

by Robert A. Leath

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n 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 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.

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 wellknown 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 heavyband 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

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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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.

Chest of Drawers Possibly by Amos Alexander (1769–1847) Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 1790–1800 Walnut, 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 multiple 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 1790-1800 Walnut, 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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Visits Salem T

wo 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 circumstances 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 western 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 particularly interested in Salem’s extensive waterworks.

North Carolina Governor Alexander Martin arrived late in the afternoon, and he and the President attended a “singstunde” with singing and instrumental music. The President and entourage left early on the morning of June 2nd, and traveled on to Virginia. m

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: May May through July

Exhibit cases of George Washington memorabilia and George Washingtonrelated objects will be exhibited in the Salem Tavern, the Old Salem Visitor Center, and MESDA. Included with an All-in-One ticket.

20 -21 Enjoy an entertaining puppet show “The Legend of Betsy Ross” at Washington Visits Salem day.

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.

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We recommend that guests wear comfortable clothing and shoes because this tour includes walking distances in a hilly area, standing outside, and standing 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.

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.

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June Late 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.

Old Salem’s “5 Yesterdays” and “3 Yesterdays” summer camp will both focus on activities related to George Washington. Visit www.oldsalem.org/5-yesterdays for registration information.

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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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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.

“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.

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, 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.

· 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.

We recommend that guests wear comfortable clothing and shoes because this tour includes walking distances in a hilly area, standing outside, and standing for long periods of time. The Salem Tavern is not handicapped accessible.

Included with All-in-One ticket.

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4 Monday

“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 performer on historic pianos.

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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

Independence Day: · participate in an 18th-century celebration 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 western 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 presentation 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.

Celebrating George Washington’s 1791 visit to Old Salem, key dates: Washington Visits Salem | May 20, 21 Dawn of a New Nation evening tours | May 27, 28 and July 1, 2 5 Yesterdays and 3 Yesterdays summer camps | June, July Music for the First President | June 18, 19 Independence Day Celebration | July 4

Old Salem Museums & Gardens

Calendar of Events Spring/Summer 2011 A pr i l All Month

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 variety 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.

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 gardens 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-inOne 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.

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 performance, 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 performers and Dr. Hildebrand will conclude the evening. 7 pm in the James A. Gray Auditorium in the Old Salem Visitor Center. $20 adults / $18 students. Call 336-721-7350 for tickets.

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 exhibition, 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.

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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.

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drawn on them, and they could be saved from year to year, often given as a gift. In this class, learn how to create 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 (anyone under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult). Space is limited, pre-registration required by calling 800-441-5305.

12 Tuesday

MUSEUM CLASS: HISTORIC EASTER EGG DYEING Yes, Moravians sometimes dyed eggs to celebrate Easter!

And sometimes the eggs had designs

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 storytelling 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 symposium 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 earthenware 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 Old Salem Museums & Gardens

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.

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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 holiday. 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 traditional sugar cake, and visit the Single Brothers’ Saal to hear Easter chorales on the Tannenberg Organ. Included with an All-in-One ticket.

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 MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org, 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 rainwater 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 limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.

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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.

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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.

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.

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 backyard flock. Led by Amy Thomas, Forsyth County Cooperative Extension (Livestock Agent). 10 am. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 800-441-5305.

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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

21–22 Saturday and Sunday

22–31 Daily

THERAPY The benefits of gardening extend beyond beauty and good food… think pleasure, relaxation, and rehabilitation. 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.

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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.

GEORGE WASHINGTON VISITS SALEM! Popular George Washington re-enactor Dean Malissa will be featured in a re-creation of Washington’s visit to Salem on May 31, 1791.

The President will entertain all day Saturday. Washington-related handson activities and demonstrations will be held throughout the district both days.

Included with an All-in-One ticket.

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.

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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 following the Revolution, with the original music on the Tannenberg organ, followed 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 walking distances 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 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; children $15. Friends of Old Salem $18 for adults and $13 for children.

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 provide 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 permitting. $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-timbered buildings and sugar cake. Stroll the streets of Old Salem and enjoy rare and beautiful BMWs. Free.

Old Salem Museums & Gardens

Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated.

Call 336-721-7350, FAX 336-721-7335 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.

JUNE

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All 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 potters 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.

SEMINAR: THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Explore objects that surrounded and celebrated 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 information, call 336-721-7360 or e-mail MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org.

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 information, call 336-721-7360 or e-mail MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org.

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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 aesthetics of the Moravians as revealed in the trades and crafts of the men and women of the early Salem commu-

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

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.

GARDEN WORKSHOP: NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE FLOWERS All around us are native species to recognize 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.

Your All-in-One Ticket to Salem includes admission to many events. Some events, when noted, require an additional ticket and reservations. For more information 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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MUSIC FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENT Music programming throughout the historic district celebrating President George Washington.

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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.

JULY All Month

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.

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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, 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 preregistration is required by calling 800-441-5305.

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 potters 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 following the Revolution, with the original music on the Tannenberg organ, followed 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 walking distances 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 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; 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 ceremony. The Color Guard from the Sons of the American Revolution will be onsite all day. Many activities and demonstrations 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 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 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 making 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

Old Salem Museums & Gardens

Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated.

Call 336-721-7350, FAX 336-721-7335 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.

12, 19, or 29 Tuesdays

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 SGant@ oldsalem.org / 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 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, 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.

18–22, 25–29 Monday–Friday

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 information 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.

Winter/Spring 2011

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 oneday 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.

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 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, 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.

AUGUST 1–14

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 variety 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 Allin-One ticket.

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