Join us November 16, 7PM - 8PM Eastern time for the next of our Menokin Elements webinars, “The American Indian Heritage Trail” with Dr. Lauren McMillan, University of Mary Washington professor of historic preservation, Nicholas Minor, Director of King George County Economic Development & Tourism, and special guests.

The American Indian Heritage Trail project examines how preservation of historical landscapes benefits tourism and empowers communities. It also considers how trips interpret cultural landscapes without boundaries while driving enthusiasts to learn more about the region and seek out new places.

Menokin is pleased to present Interpreting Architectural Ruins with Elizabeth Judd and Josh Stutz

This Elements webinar looks at sites where ruins are conserved in different ways. We will look at the reasons to preserve a ruin, the ways it is interpreted, its relationship to its landscape, and why we value ruins in today’s culture.  

Elizabeth Judd is going into her fourth year as the Executive Director at the Rosewell Foundation and will be overseeing the much anticipated conservation project of the ruins beginning later this spring. Receiving her masters at Hofstra University with a focus on architectural history, she was a curator in Manhattan, Brooklyn and East Hampton before moving back to her native Virginia.

Josh Stutz is the Executive Director for Friends of the James River Park. He has a background in nonprofit management and museum education. He received his MA in Nonprofit Management from Antioch University Los Angeles in September of 2017 before moving to Richmond to be closer to family. Previously he has worked with the USS Missouri Memorial Association in Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Battleship Center in Los Angeles, and several great local nonprofit organizations including HomeAgain and Feed More. Josh enjoys spending time on the river with his family and is proud to be serving the Richmond community by working to protect, expand, and enhance the James River Park System.

On February 16, author, playwright, poet, educator and artist, Larry D. Giles will discuss the book he is writing about his childhood memories of growing up in rural Essex County and the Northern Neck. Larry’s poetry and creative nonfiction often center on family, on reinvention and preservation of culture and community, rural Virginia life along the Rappahannock, and on personal resilience and strength, with sometimes mystical multicultural inter-weavings.

Registration is now closed. A recording will be available after the program.

Elements is a series centered on architectural preservation. These discussions look at how preservation of the building trades assures historic skills and craftsmanship continue to be taught, valued, understood and integrated into modern building design in the 21st century. Some webinars will also consider examples from new developments in building resources and materials. This will feature Tim Winther (Senior project manager and craftsman, Dominion Traditional Building Group) and Michael Spencer (Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington) discussing stone.

Registration is now closed. For a recording of the program, please contact Alice French at afrench@menokin.org or 804-333-1776.

Elements is a series centered on architectural preservation. These discussions look at how preservation of the building trades assures historic skills and craftsmanship continue to be taught, valued, understood and integrated into modern building design in the 21st century. Some webinars will also feature new developments in building resources and materials.

This webinar will focus on metal, featuring Hank Handler, craftsman and co-founder of Oak Grove Restoration Company, and Ken Schwarz, master blacksmith at Colonial Williamsburg. In what ways can the building trades assure the historic skills of metal craftsmanship continue to be valued and integrated into the future?

Registration is now closed. A recording will be available to all registrants.

This program has been made possible thanks to individual donors who support our educational programming. We appreciate your support and hope you continue to follow our new online programming. If you enjoy this program, please consider making a gift to the Annual Campaign to support future Menokin programming.

Look for our next programming with Research & Relevance in August, featuring historic interpretations of the trans-Atlantic slave trade with artist Dineo Bopape and the Institute of Contemporary Art/VCU in Richmond.

Research & Relevance is a series of webinars centered on the research we continue to collect about Menokin's cultural landscape and its people, and its relevance in our modern lives.

On Thursday, June 17, join us for B(l)ack on a Plantation, a Research & Relevance webinar focused on the Black person’s experience of plantation sites. From 1769 to 1865, Menokin was residence to over 200 enslaved people. From the Lees to the Hardwoods, each family that owned Menokin was dependent on the forced labor of these enslaved men, women, and children to ensure that Menokin remained successful and profitable while also having their personal needs attended to. Menokin honors the lives and legacies of the people that were so essential to not only its creation but its daily operation.

Featuring panelists Wisteria Perry, an educator and historical interpreter from the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, VA; Reginald Pearman, a Menokin Board Trustee, educator and photographer; Frank Johnson, a descendant of enslaved people who lived at Menokin and current Chair of the local Richmond County History Museum; and Justin Reid, Director of Community Initiatives at Virginia Humanities, as moderator.

Registration is now closed. A recording will be available at a later date.

This webinar is free thanks to generosity of our donors. Consider making a gift to the Annual Campaign to support future Menokin programming.

Elements is a series centered on architectural preservation. These discussions look at how preservation of the building trades, assure historic skills and craftsmanship continue to be taught, valued, understood and integrated into modern building design in the 21st century. Some webinars will also consider examples from new developments in building resources and materials.

This discussion will focus on the material of brick, featuring panelists Calder Loth and Matt Webster. Loth and Webster will discuss the history of brick design and techniques in preservation. “When we look at a historic building, we’re rightly struck by it’s age and character, yet we pay too little attention to the individual components that create the whole. The effort spent crafting and assembling brick walls can tell us much about 18th century life” (Matt Webster, Stories In The Walls). And finally, in what ways can the building trades assure the historic skills of brick craftsmanship continue to be valued and integrated into the future?

Registration is now closed. Thank you!

The Elements is a bi-monthly webinar series that focuses on the intersection of architectural preservation and the five elements through wood, brick, stone, metal, and glass. The first element featured will be wood. Architect Reid Freeman of REID architecture PLLC and master craftsman Craig Jacobs of Salvagewrights will discuss wood design in historic materials; techniques in preservation; past and contemporary uses; and why we preserve architecture. Registration is now closed. The webinar will be recorded.

This webinar is free thanks to generosity of our donors. Consider making a gift to the Annual Campaign to support future Menokin programming.

Join Pia Spinner, Menokin’s Education Research Assistant, on Thursday, February 11 to kick off our new Research & Relevance webinar series! Pia will be presenting some of the research they’ve done so far as they discuss the history of slavery in the Northern Neck and how genealogy can be used as a research tool beyond family history. Registration is now closed, but the webinar will be recorded and shared at a later date.

This webinar is free thanks to generosity of our donors. Consider making a gift to the Annual Campaign to support future Menokin programming.

A balanced partnership between a museum board and staff is critically important in the success of the organization. Yet, why is it that so many museums find it difficult to find the perfect balance? This workshop will look closely at a variety of board governance models and how to navigate the tricky relationships between board and staff. Menokin Executive Director Sam McKelvey is one of the guest speakers.

Visit the Virginia Association of Museums website to learn more.

Click the Link below for our special webinar on: Menokin’s Glass House Project

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