Henry Beard, a Design and Production graduate student, is presenting his research from the MESDA Summer Institute on at
the 76th Annual Antiques Forum at Colonial Williamsburg.
His talk "Saline to Georgia: the Salzburger Experience in a Salt-Glazed Ceramic" is
a presentation on the early german immigrants who came to the Georgia colony in search
of religious freedom and examines the objects they brought along with them.
Being a props graduate student, this material culture study is an example of how theatrical
object training translates into the tangential field of museum work and research.
Henry Beard, a Design and Production graduate student, is presenting his research from the MESDA Summer Institute on at
the 76th Annual Antiques Forum at Colonial Williamsburg.