Upcoming McCauley Lecture Explores
Pennsylvania German Decorative Arts
Washington County Free Library’s John Clinton Frye Western Maryland Room continues its longtime McCauley Lecture series with a presentation by Jean Woods on the history of Pennsylvania German Decorative Arts. The lecture will take place in the Alice Virginia and David W. Fletcher Branch Library’s Community Room on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 7 PM.
The Pennsylvania Germans use of bright colors and design led to a particular American folk art. Their farming methods and inventions like the Conestoga wagon and the long rifle, propelled progress in the Colonies. Nearly 100,000 would settle in Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution and many relocated to Washington County, Maryland.
Jean Woods will showcase some of the objects they made from furniture to fraktur and pottery to metalwork. Ms. Woods organized and curated the Germanic Heritage exhibition in 1983 marking the 300th anniversary of Germanic immigration to Pennsylvania, as well as exhibits on fraktur and Cumberland Valley pottery when she was Director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, a position she held for 21 years.
Prior to retirement, she spent 14 years doing art consulting for museums and private collectors. In addition, Ms. Woods has documented fraktur, a favorite research topic for her, for collectors and historical societies, as well as written on the subject. In April, she had an article published by Maine Antique Digest on a Lancaster County fraktur.
This program is free to attend. Please register at washcolibrary.org by clicking Classes/Events to access our online calendar. The program will also be streamed to YouTube Live: https://youtu.be/u68KaEwA3ss
Contact:
Elizabeth Howe, Reference Librarian and Certified Archivist
Washington County Free Library
100 S. Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD. 21740
ehowe@washcolibrary.org
301-739-3250 ext. 350
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