Historic Hope Plantation
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Only Three Days Left to Pre-register For

The program is free and open to the public. However, if you want to reserve a box lunch (available for purchase at Hope for $10) or a time to have a textile item examined, you need to preregister for the program. To preregister, you can:

    * Sign up on the web.
    * Email hopeplantation@coastalnet.com.
    * Call 252-794-3140.

This year's program features two renowned speakers who will discuss different traditions of textiles in the antebellum South. Kathleen Staples, textile scholar, who will talk about "Colonial and Antebellum Girlhood Embroidery in North Carolina." Colleen Kriger, professor of history at UNC Greensboro, discussing "West African Textiles, Indigo, and Women's Cultural Identity in the African Diaspora." 

The afternoon session will include special tours of Hope's textile collections and an examination of textile items by Gregory Tyler and Janine LeBlanc, specialists from the N.C. State University Gallery of Art & Design.

This program is sponsored in part by the North Carolina Humanities Council.

We look forward to seeing you at the program!