| Lectures & Workshops
John Rogers: American Sculptor, Illustrated Lecture by Bob Marcotte, Local Historian Sunday, February 14, 2010, 2:00 pm Fire Museum, 38 Rear Felton Street, Peabody $3, members free Learn about the life and work of Salem native John Rogers (1829-1904). Rogers was a sculptor who produced very popular plaster groupings of Americans involved in activities of daily life. Rogers' work was informed by current events, popular novels, poems and prints. Often selling for $15 a piece, the figurines were affordable to the middle class. Over the course of his career a total of 80,000 copies of almost 80 Rogers Groups were sold across the United States and abroad. Rogers' figurines graced the parlors of homes in the United States and were found as far away as Chile and Australia. Salem Women's Heritage Trail, Lecture by Bonnie Hurd Smith, Historian Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:00 pm Fire Museum, 38 Rear Felton Street, Peabody $3, members free Conceived in 2000 by Bonnie Hurd Smith, the Salem Women's Heritage Trail honors the contributions of women to the development of Salem. This self guided walking tour and website (www.salemwomenshistory.com) highlights the remarkable stories of abolitionists, educators, Transcendentalists, preservationists, writers, artists and businesswomen from Salem. Potteries in Old Time Peabody, Illustrated Lecture by Richard Hamelin, Redware Potter and Historian Sunday, April 11, 2010, 2:00 pm Fire Museum, 38 Rear Felton Street, Peabody $3, members free Join us for a lecture by Richard Hamelin, redware potter and historian, who will discuss the history of the redware industry in Salem, Danvers and Peabody. Peabody was a cradle for the production of this earthenware pottery because of its abundant iron-rich clay, convenient shipping routes, and the existence of large, multigenerational pottery-making families. Richard Hamelin has been researching and reproducing historic redware for over thirty years. He presents lectures and demonstrations on this art form to audiences across Massachusetts. |
