Virtual Program- Collecting Perspectives: Stories of Place
Thursday, October 17, 6:00 p.m.
Join us for Collecting Perspectives, captivating conversations on the stories and connections behind Historic New England Collections at the Haverhill Center: tonight, looking ahead to November’s Historic New England Summit, a conversation on the places we preserve and the stories we tell about them.
Award-winning historian of American art and design R. Tripp Evans, Black History scholar Erika Slocumb, and artist Dawn Carroll join Haverhill Center project manager Marilyn Keith Daly for a spontaneous conversation live-streamed from the Haverhill Center.
Members Free; Nonmembers $5. Log in or Join now to access member pricing.
The link for the webinar will be included in the order confirmation for this program.
Advance tickets required.
Please call 617-994-6678 for more information.
R, Tripp Evans is guest curator of The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home at Historic New England’s Eustis Estate and author of the book of the same name (Rowman and Littlefield, 2024), R. Tripp Evans is a Professor of the History of Art at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he specializes in American material culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
A scholar of Black history, Director of Interpretation at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Erika Slocumb has worked on uncovering the history of Black people in at the Wistariahurst Museum and at Historic New England on the Recovering New England’s Voices. Her research “Reliquary of Blackness,” reclaims history in spaces where Black stories have been obscured, specifically reclaiming the narratives of Blackness in museums and other repositories of history and culture.
Dawn Carroll has been consulting on stone design and fabrication for the most prestigious architects, designers, builders, and interior designers for nearly three decades and is one of the industry’s most highly regarded stone consultants. The evolution of Dawn’s career reflects the independence and determination of New England, including early career work with precious metals, development into an artist specializing in custom artifacts, and a music and film production career.
