NATIONAL EVENTS

2004

• WINTER BOARD MEETING, PHILADELPHIA - March 6-7, 2004

  Note for Board Members: the VSA Winter Board Meeting will take place in Philadelphia, PA, on the weekend of March 6-7, 2003.  In addition to usual activities, there will be a tour led by Hy Myers.  Please contact the head office for more details.

   

• ANNUAL MEETING, SANTA FE - April 28 - May 4 , 2004

  The Victorian Society in America’s Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting and Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  The headquarters hotel for our event will be the La Fonda Hotel.  The pre-tour will be to Taos, and the post-tour to will be to Las Vegas (NM) and Albuquerque.  Throughout the week join fellow Victorian lovers as we visit historical buildings, homes, churches and more!  The tour will allow us to view private collections, taste fabulous foods, and enjoy interesting lectures. 

   More information on this event will be available in early in 2004.

   

•  GRAND TOUR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - September 2-11, 2004

  Victorian Society in America and the Victorian Society Summer Schools Alumni Association present a Study Tour of British Columbia.  This exclusive 10-day tour visits some of the most historic and scenic places in Canada.  John Adams provides expert commentary along the way, including evening lectures, readings, and onboard videos.

  To View the Tour of British Columbia brochure here:

  Canada Brochure  [Adobe Acrobat Reader required]

  Accommodation note:

  The rates for the Tour of British Columbia are per person: either an individual rate, or a lower rate per person based on two people sharing a room.  Individuals who wish to reduce their costs can email the society at info@victoriansociety.org to express their willingness to share a room.  The society will facilitate communication between like-minded individuals, but can take no responsibility any subsequent arrangements.

   

• FALL SYMPOSIUM, WINTERTHUR -October 29-30, 2004

  Co-sponsored with Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, Wilmington, DE.

  “Rethinking Decorative Arts and Design 1850-1920”

  This conference will take a fresh look at decorative arts and design from 1850 to 1920.  Rather than separating artists, designers, and artifacts into discrete movements (for example, Colonial Revival, Aesthetic, Arts and Crafts), we will investigate the language of artifacts that bound designers, manufacturers, and consumers together in this time of commercial expansion and moral environmentalism.  How did American and Britons (ordinary and extraordinary) understand artifacts and images and how should we then “read” them today?

  We welcome paper proposals that consider a wide variety of literary and material sources and connect ideas to things.  For details click here.

  See also:  http://www.winterthur.org/