News
Upcoming VCA Members’ Meeting at Jamestown on November 21, 2024
VCA members, please join us at Jamestown Settlement Museum on November 21, 2024 from 5:30-7:30 pm for a program that includes a tour of the traveling special exhibition Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design. Featured in the exhibition are over 70 costumes designed by two-time academy award winning designer Ruth E. Carter for movies such as Coming 2 America, Amistad, Black Panther, Selma and Roots. The exhibit offers insight into Carter’s imagination, immersive process, historical research and attention to detail. The evening will begin with a reception at 5:30 pm in the 2nd floor Presentation Hall followed by the program and tour at 6:00 pm which will highlight the process to prepare and install the costumes, and the collection management measures to care for them.
Annual Winter Party at Agecroft Hall on December 15, 2024
The VCA Winter Party will be held this year at Agecroft Hall on Sunday, December 15 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. We will have the opportunity for a guided tour of the house, fully decorated for the holidays, in addition to meeting with friends and colleagues for our holiday potluck feast. We will be sending out email reminders and a sign-up sheet in the coming weeks.
First VCA meeting of the 2023-2024 year on Wednesday, October 4 at Colonial Williamsburg
Please join us for a presentation on the Bray School, Its History, Move, Historic Preservation, and Future Interpretation, with Matthew Webster, Executive Director, Grainger Department of Architectural Preservation and Research. Refreshments begin @5:30 pm, and the talk will begin @6:15pm. The event will be held in the Bruton Heights Conservation Building, 309 1st Street, Williamsburg, VA 23185 https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/locations/dewitt-wallace-collections-and-conservation-building/
VCA Field Trip: May 7 Tour of Fort Monroe and the Casemate Museum
Wonderful news! With COVID numbers down and the weather warming up, we will be holding the usual VCA Spring Field Trip, in person! We would like to invite you to join us on May 7th at 10am for a tour of Fort Monroe and the Casemate Museum. The tour will include a look into the storage facilities and preventative measures taken by staff, a tour of the fort, and possibly a peek into the archaeological lab. The tour will last for 2 hours, so bring your comfortable walking shoes!
VCA Meeting, March 17th at 6:30 PM
Please join us on March 17th at 6:30 PM on Zoom for the March member’s meeting and some St. Patrick’s Day fun! For the meeting presentation, Kate Ridgway will be presenting on her recent work at the DHR unearthing time capsules. The time capsules date to 1887 and were buried underneath the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Join us as Kate discusses the complexities of opening a time capsule on live-stream and future plans for the objects.
Second January Meeting, Thursday January 27, 2022 at 6 pm
Just a reminder that the second January meeting is this week, Thursday January 27th at 6pm. The meeting will feature past VCA President Katherine Ridgway discussing options for VCA reorganization. So please come and express your thoughts and ideas about how to move forward with the VCA!
VCA Virtual Holiday Party, Tuesday, December 14th at 6 pm
We would like to invite you to attend the 2nd annual VCA Virtual Holiday Trivia on Tuesday December 14th, at 6pm.
November 18, 2021 Meeting at 6:30 pm
Just a reminder that the next VCA meeting is less than one week away! We will be meeting virtually (Please contact Laurie and Jennifer for Zoom link: membership at virginiaconservationassociation.org) on Thursday, November 18th at 6:30 pm.
First Member’s Meeting of the Fall: October 5, 2021 at 6 PM
So excited to see you all again soon. We wanted to let you know that due to some scheduling conflicts, the first meeting of the year will be Oct 5. at 6pm. Apologies for not holding the members meeting in September as usual, but we went with a date that best suited the speaker. The meeting will be held via Zoom.
May VCA meeting: Thursday, May 20, 2021 6:30 pm
Please join us this Thursday, May 20th at 6:30pm for our final virtual meeting of the season! This will be held again via Zoom (link below) and we’ll get started right at 6:30pm. We will be having a lab tour from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts followed by a business meeting to announce the new board members for next year.
Craft Night: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 7 pm
As a special event to finish this all-virtual year for the VCA, we thought we’d host something a bit more social. As you may have already read in the newsletter, VCA will be hosting a Virtual Craft Night on Wednesday June 30, 7pm.
March meeting now April 28, 2021
This is a reminder that we will be holding the rescheduled March meeting tomorrow, April 28th at 6:30pm, which can be accessed via Zoom.
Obituary for Patty Vogt
Sadly, VCA member Rick Vogt’s wife has passed away. Our deepest sympathies to Rick and his family.
Kate Ridgway to give lecture for WCG
The Washington Conservation Guild invites you to a panel discussion on the ethics of preserving Confederate monuments and the obligations of preservation professionals in addressing the needs of various community stakeholders.
Register for Helping Hands, Saturday, September 26
Don’t forget to register for Helping Hands!
The deadline to register for Helping Hands is quickly approaching! Our Helping Hands program this month allows social distancing, so get ready to get out there and help out a local community!
First VCA Meeting, Thursday, September 17th at 6:00 pm by Zoom.
Just a reminder that our first meeting of the season is this Thursday, September 17th at 6pm. We will be hosting the meeting on Zoom, which will allow us to have a business meeting as well as a presentation. The presentation is by Gretchen Guidess, entitled “Collaborative Reconstruction: Exhibiting a Loose Cover for an Easy Chair” You can find a full description in the VCA Newsletter!