In conjunction with the opening of our fall exhibition “Treasured Chests: 19th Century Furniture by NWA Craftsmen,” we welcome Jerome Bias to Cane Hill for a fun day with educational activities.

Planned events include:

10 am – 11 am: Woodworking basics demonstration

11 am – 12 pm: Dovetails & Saws Woodworkers Tool Talk/Demonstration

12 pm – 1 pm: Lunch

1 pm – 2:30 pm: The Persistence of Hope: Seeing ourselves in the Decorative Arts Lecture

Jerome Bias, of Graham, North Carolina, is a furniture maker and cultural heritage practitioner, specializing in the reproduction of early Southern furniture using period techniques. Bias currently makes reproductions of furniture from places where his family was enslaved. He is exploring the question: How did his ancestors handle the trauma of enslavement and yet maintain the ability to have hope and love?

Ticket information available soon.