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.

Directions to Jamestown Settlement located at 2110 Jamestown Road, Route 31 S., Williamsburg, VA 23185: From Richmond take I-64 to exit 234 (Lightfoot), turn right onto Route 199 and follow for 8 miles, turn right at the second traffic light onto Jamestown Road (Route 31 South). Drive four miles along Jamestown Road, turn left at the Jamestown Settlement sign onto Route 359, turn right into the museum parking lot. From Hampton Roads take I-64 west to exit 242A, follow route 199 for 5 miles, turn left at the fourth traffic light onto Jamestown Road. Drive four miles along Jamestown Road, turn left at the Jamestown Settlement sign onto Route 359, turn right into the museum parking lot. If attending, park in front of the Jamestown Settlement Museum building near the flag plaza, enter at the Admissions Lobby and follow the signs to Presentation Hall. If you have any questions, please contact jane.hohensee@jyf.virginia.gov.