HAHS was thrilled to be collaborate once again with member site, the Florence Griswold Museum, to host a series of three programs on Fridays in May - in celebration of National Preservation Month. Each week offered a pair of case studies centered around a theme which examined the future of historic home and studio preservation and interpretation.
These free, 90-minute live-stream presentations were designed to spark dialogue and discussion, in the spirit of those that occurred at the lively artist colony in Old Lyme, commandeered by Florence Griswold, at the boarding house she oversaw for decades.
Once again we had a robust attendance and are already making plans for a 2024 series. If you could not make our live presentations, we now offer the links below to review these presentations at your leisure! We've also included links to the recordings from our 2022 series. Enjoy!
Week 1 - Friday, May 5, 3 pm ET - Object Lessons
Modernism in Action: The Russel and Mary Wright Design Gallery at Manitoga by Allison Cross, Executive Director, Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
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Edward Hopper's Boyhood on the Hudson River & Emerging Artistic Vision: An Exhibition Recentering Hopper in Nyack by Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, Executive Director, Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center, Nyack, NY
Session Summary: While some HAHS sites are flush with founding collections, others foreground place. Learn how these featured sites sought ways to augment their collections and how they have used them to amplify stories or present less-familiar aspects of their artists, by recentering objects.
Session I Recording - Access Passcode: hznm0%5W
Week 2 - Friday, May 12, 3 pm ET - Accessible Tours
Picturing New Connections: A Memory Loss Program by Michelle Crow-Dolby, Education and Communications Manager, Gari Melchers Home and Studio, Falmouth, VA
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Tactile Transmissions at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation by Sasha Davis, Executive Director, The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, New York, NY
Session Summary: An artist's home and studio can provide visitors with an immersive experience of a creative locus. Discover how sites are expanding the ability to access both art and place to a range of visitors through sensory programs devoted to those with sight loss and dementia.
Session II Recording - Access Passcode: &P4aE3hm
Week 3 - Friday, May 19, 3 pm ET - Spreading the Word
Take Your Show on the Road: Traveling Exhibitions and Expanding Your Audience, by Rick Kendall, Superintendent, Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, NH
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The House Stands Firm: The Creation of "Poem of Stone & Bone" by Carletta Carrington Wilson, Literary and Visual Artist, Former Artist in Resident, Dr. James and Janie Washington Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
Session Summary: This week's program features recent collaborative projects that extend the artistic legacy of HAHS sites beyond their walls. Speakers will highlight artist residencies, publications, and traveling exhibitions as means of both engaging with and spreading awareness to an audience that may or may not have visited these sites in person.
Session III Recording - Access Passcode: &?KU7Hr&
Want to catch up on sessions from 2022? See the links below to access recordings:
Please note you must register to access the recording.
Week I - Climate Change and Sustainability - Recording 1
Art, Innovation, and the Power of the Sun by Stephanie Soldner, Director, Soldner Center for Arts and Innovation, Aspen, CO
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And the Creek Don't Rise: Steps to Sustaining Endangered Properties by Amanda C. Burdan, Senior Curator, The Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA
Week 2 - Re-Examining Site Interpretation - Recording 2
Emphasizing the Experience: Reinterpreting the Winslow Homer Studio by Christian Adame, Peggy L. Osher Director of Learning and Community Collaboration, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
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Future/Past: Reimagining Audience Engagement at the Wharton Esherick Museum by Emily Zilber, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Wharton Esherick Museum, Malvern, PA
Week 3 - Amplifying Voices - Recording 3
Centering Native Artistic Traditions in the Home of an Anglo-American Painter by David Burton, Director, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA
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“A Japanese Gentleman:” Japonsime and the Legacy of Genjiro Yeto at the Bush-Holley House, by Maggie Dimock, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich, CT
