Join Associate Curator Emilie Johnson and Associate Curator of Decorative Arts Diane Ehrenpreis as they share insights from inside Monticello’s Dining Room. Get a behind the scenes look at the research and installation process necessary to create a space that speaks not only to aesthetics, but to foodways, enslaved labor, and power, and more. Enjoy an inside view of how curators make research-based choices and use objects to communicate a multitude of insights about life at Monticello.

Offered as part of our 2020 TOM TalkSM series

 


Emilie Johnson

Diane Ehrenpreis