SHELBURNE, Vt. — Shelburne Museum and the Creation of Colonial Revival Landscapes is the topic of a daylong symposium scheduled for June 21, Museum Director Thomas Denenberg announced.
The symposium will examine landscape architecture and history at mid-20th century, exploring how landscapes, both public and private, were intentionally shaped by Shelburne Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb and others.
“The Colonial Revival – that creative search for our national past – is key to understanding the founding of Shelburne Museum and the creation of our extraordinary landscape. From Mrs. Webb’s pioneering folk art collection to the way in which the 45-acre campus was laid out in a New England village setting with gardens and landscaping, the ideas and imagery of the Colonial Revival provided a touchstone throughout the process,” says Denenberg. “We are delighted to welcome leading scholars and authors to the museum for a day of discovery and exploration.”
Speakers will discuss the influence of the Colonial Revival, the establishment of museum village settings, and examine how Shelburne Museum’s landscape places it in the larger cultural and landscape design movements of the era. Speakers will explore the work of pioneering and influential landscape architects and designers including Charles Eliot, Arthur A. Shurcliff, Ellen Shipman and Beatrix Farrand.
Speakers include:
• Lucinda Brockway, Director of Cultural Resources for The Trustees of Reservations, in Massachusetts, who will speak about approaches to preserving, planning, rejuvenating and maintaining historic landscapes.
• Keith Morgan, Director of Architectural Studies, Boston University, who will speak about Charles Eliot, a pioneer of principles of regional planning who shaped the Boston Metropolitan Park System.
• Judith Tankard, landscape historian, author and preservation consultant, who will give a talk entitled Designing Women, the work of Ellen Shipman and Beatrix Farrand.
• Nancy Taylor, landscape architect, Innocenti Webel, Locust Valley, New York. Mrs. Webb consulted Innocenti Webel when planning the museum’s landscape and Ms. Taylor will speak to that legacy.
Shelburne Museum and the Creation of Colonial Revival Landscapes is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 21. Registration is $75. Shelburne Museum Members receive a $10 discount. For more information or to register contact (802) 985-0865 or symposia@shelburnemuseum.org.
Please visit www.shelburnemuseum.org for more information.
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