Join Kate Nearpass Ogden, PhD as she
presents, Carved in Stone: Looking at American Art in New Jersey Burial Grounds,
at the Museum of Early Trades &
Crafts on Sunday, January 26th
at 2pm.
Come
learn about the varied and important gravestone carvings at Hillside Cemetery
in Madison, New Jersey. Exciting
examples include Uzal Ward of Newark, Henry Osborn of Woodbridge, and Noah
Norris of Elizabeth. Their carvings vary
from “winged soul” effigies to neo-classical motifs including willows and urns.
Other types and individual stones to be
discussed include lambs (for children), a single flower or bud (for young women
and girls), Masonic emblems, zinc gravestones, a stone marked “Woodsmen of the
World,” and the monument to Naylor and Louisa Harrison, King and Queen of the
Romany Gypsies.
Kate Nearpass Ogden is a Professor of Art
History at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, where she teaches
American art, modern art, and the history of photography. She received her Ph.D. in art history from
Columbia University, New York. One of
her current projects is a special course, Art
of New Jersey, in which her students research and write essays for a class
website, "The Art & Architecture
of New Jersey" (artofnewjersey.net).
Advance
registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x13. Admission $7 for
Non-Members & $3 for Members.
