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SUMMARY:B. Scott Crawford Talk: Navigating the Jagged Frontier in the 19th Century and What it Teaches us Today
DESCRIPTION:RSVPs are strongly encouraged – see below to save your spot! \nLilly Martin Spencer supported her husband and children through her work as an artist at a time when a woman doing so defied nearly every expectation placed on her — and at the moment a new technology began dismantling the trade she fed them with. “There is no poorer business than that of an artist\,” she wrote to her parents in December 1859. “Photographing is destroying portrait painting.” She had not had a portrait to paint in a year. \nShe never made peace with it. Three years earlier she had called photography “machine work\,” and watched cheap manufactured canvases sold by the crate at auction to a public that\, she said\, could not tell the difference. She was still complaining to her mother about it at the end of the decade. \nAnd\, yet\, she used photography anyway. Photographs reached her by mail from clients she would never meet\, and she turned them into paintings — a market no portrait painter before her could have reached. Her portrait Jane Eleanor Sherman Lacey and Her Son Edward\, ca. 1857\, now in the collection of the Taubman Museum of Art\, is the clearest surviving evidence of that practice: a mother and her six-year-old son\, both already dead when she painted them\, worked up from photographs sent to her studio\, with a third lost child carried in the mourning brooch worn by Jane. It is the only identified posthumous portrait by Spencer with more than one deceased sitter – and continuing the clue as to how she crated the work; a work that without “machine work” could not have ever been created. \nB. Scott Crawford\, who identified the painting as a postmortem portrait and followed its subjects from Roanoke to Bridgeport\, Connecticut\, will use it to examine the “Jagged Frontier” — a term from recent research on human–AI collaboration\, describing the shifting boundary between what a machine can do and what only a person can. His argument is that the frontier we are told is unprecedented has been crossed before\, and that Spencer\, who loathed the technology\, needed the money\, and made from it something no camera could produce\, is a better guide to it than most of what is written today. Along the way he will explain how a nineteenth-century painter came to give a twenty-first-century CEO a measure of solace. \nB. Scott Crawford serves as President & CEO of Virginia 811\, the nonprofit notification center regulated under Virginia’s Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. The organization processes roughly 1.6 million locate requests annually\, connecting excavators with utility operators to preserve life and property and protect the Commonwealth’s underground utility infrastructure. He joined Virginia 811 as Director of Operations in 2016\, was named Vice President in 2018\, and has led the organization since 2020. Under his leadership\, Virginia 811 moved to a fully remote work environment and has leveraged artificial intelligence\, augmented reality\, and geospatial technology to drive damages down. \nHis path to damage prevention was anything but linear. He began as a history teacher in Roanoke City Public Schools\, earning National Board Certification in 2002\, before serving as the division’s K-12 Social Studies Coordinator. As Director of Education at the Taubman Museum of Art\, he joined the senior team as the museum opened a $66 million facility and designed a web-based art interpretation tool that drew international attention. He later built nationally recognized professional development programs for the credit union industry\, earning two national awards\, and has taught as an adjunct instructor at Virginia Western Community College\, Radford University\, and Virginia Tech. \nThe humanities remain central to his approach to leadership. Crawford holds an M.A. in Colonial American History from Old Dominion University and a B.S. in History from Radford University\, and has published on colonial Virginia\, Machiavelli\, and nineteenth-century American painting; his research prompted the National Gallery of Art to retitle a work in its collection.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/there-is-no-poorer-business-than-that-of-an-artist-photographing-is-destroying-portrait-painting-navigating-the-jagged-frontier-in-the-19th-century-and-what-it-teaches-u/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Legend of Faust: A Talk with Dr. Christopher Campo-Bowen
DESCRIPTION:RSVPs are strongly encouraged – see below to save your spot! \nSince the 15th century\, the legend of Faust has influenced various artistic interpretations over the centuries.\nVirginia Tech Associate Professor Dr. Christopher Campo- Bowen will show how the story of a deal with the devil permeates popular culture\, especially as seen through different musical and filmic interpretations of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s influential play. \nThis talk will also prepare you the perfect beginning of spooky season at two historic buildings\, both happening the night after Dr. Campo-Bowen’s talk on OCTOBER 1! Gilded with your new cultural knowledge\, experience the opening of our annual Art of Goodbye exhibit any time between 5-7pm\, meet some very special musicians\, grab a cocktail and earn a popcorn voucher to your next event at the Lyric Theatre where Invincible Czars return to the stage to live score and celebrate 100 years of the silent film version of Faust (directed by FW Murnau in 1926). \nDr. Christopher Campo-Bowen is an Associate Professor of Musicology in the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech. He completed his Ph.D. in musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also holds a B.A. in Music from Stanford University and an M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from The Catholic University of America in Washington\, D.C.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/understanding-the-legend-of-faust-a-talk-with-dr-christopher-campo-bowen/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Speaking Engagement: The Past\, Present\, and Future of Rail in Montgomery County
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 16 for a presentation by Bruce Harper and Ray Smoot on railroad history in Blacksburg and the surrounding county. Bruce Harper will discuss how the rail served troops during the Civil War\, helped with coal transport\, connected remote communities to Virginia Tech\, and how it was converted from rail to trail. In addition to our rich train history\, we will get an update from Ray Smoot on the thirteen-year initiative to bring passenger rail service back to our community. \n\nBruce Harper retired from Virginia Tech after serving for 37 years in several departments. He was the Virginia Tech webmaster until he retired. He is a local historian and author\, with articles published in Virginia Tech Magazine and The Arrow\, the publication of the Norfolk & Western Historical Society.  \nRay Smoot retired as CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation\, Inc. He is vice chair of the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/the-past-present-and-future-of-rail-in-montgomery-county/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Speaking Engagement: Remarkable Trees of Virginia with Jeff Kirwan
DESCRIPTION:Arbor Day is coming soon and in celebration\, we will host Jeff Kirwan on April 9 for a presentation about his beautiful book\, Remarkable Trees of Virginia (reprint coming soon). \n\n\n\nAs The University of Virginia Press states\, “this stunning collaboration between the noted garden writer Nancy Ross Hugo and the photographer Robert Llewellyn showcases the fruits of an effort begun in 2004 to research\, locate\, and photograph Virginia’s most remarkable trees. Four years later\, more than one thousand trees had been officially nominated to the project and many others suggested for possible inclusion. The results\, presented in this elegant\, four-color volume\, are astounding. Hugo and Kirwan\, the project coordinators\, have selected a sample of trees and “tree places” that illustrate the enormous variety\, startling beauty\, and fascinating history of Virginia’s trees”.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/speaking-engagement-remarkable-trees-of-virginia-by-jeff-kirwan/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Dan Thorp Book Signing & Talk
DESCRIPTION:Virginia Tech History professor Dan Thorp has recently published his latest book entitled Seeking Justice and will join us at St. Luke & Odd Fellows on Wednesday\, November 5 for a book signing and presentation. \nBefore the Civil War brought emancipation to the South\, some enslaved people managed to use the legal system – the same one that had concocted and long perpetuated their bondage – to sue for their freedom from owners who unlawfully held them in slavery. In Seeking Justice\, Thorp tells the story behind Unis v. Charlton’s Administrator\, one of the most extensive of these freedom suits in all of American history. \nDoors open at 5pm and event begins at 5:30pm. Blacksburg Books will join us with copies of the book as well!
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/dan-thorp-book-signing-talk/
LOCATION:St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall\, 203 Gilbert Street\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T143000
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SUMMARY:Mike Hudson Talk: Postmortem Photography
DESCRIPTION:Mike Hudson\, Historic Smithfield’s Executive Director\, will discuss Victorian-era postmortem photography and mourning practices. Mike also contributed to a book entitled “Beyond the Dark Veil” which will be available for purchase during the exhibit run. Talk begins at 6:30pm. Light refreshments provided.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/mike-hudson-talk-postmortem-photography-talk/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T143000
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SUMMARY:Scott Crawford Talk: “The Exhumation"
DESCRIPTION:Scott Crawford will explore how 19th century mourning culture helped decode a late 19th century painting\, leading the National Gallery of Art to change the painting’s name. This talk will dive deeply into the 19th century concept of the “Good Death” and how the American Civil War upset this understanding of death\, as well as the driving forces behind the National Cemetery Movement. Talk begins at 6:30pm. Light refreshments provided.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/scott-crawford-talk-the-exhumation/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T163000
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SUMMARY:Scott Crawford Talk: “Death in 19th Century Portraiture”
DESCRIPTION:Portraiture is often thought of as being a means to capture the image of a sitter determined to have his or her likeness preserved on canvas. However\, not all sitters were alive. Scott Crawford will walk us through one particular 19th century painting by Lilly Martin Spencer (on loan from the Taubman Museum of Art) that contains more meaning than meets the eye. Talk begins at 6:30pm. Light refreshments provided.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/scott-crawford-talk-death-in-19th-century-portraiture/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T143000
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SUMMARY:B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Presentation #4\nArt vs. Tyranny: The Ultimate Selfie  \nPierre Daura\, Modern Artist and resident mid-20th century Rockbridge County\, Virginia\, resident\, created a unique Cubist inspired work of art in late 1945\, possibly early 1946. The painting\, titled Pax Pacific\, depicts an abstract figure kneeling at a grave. However\, the symbolism present within the work\, along with a poem discovered as the inspiration of the work\, carries this painting into a very different interpretive arena! Through an engaging interpretive journey\, this presentation will demonstrate how works of art can easily contain much deeper meanings\, and ultimately\, in this case\, suggest the possibility that a much richer meaning behind the work exists\, allowing for the possibility of the abstract figure being a heretofore unknown portrait. Crawford published a short overview of his work on the painting Pax Pacific in The Volunteer\, found here: https://albavolunteer.org/2015/06/art-vs-tyranny-daura-rossen-and-bottcher/ \n  \n\nB. Scott Crawford holds a master’s degree in history from Old Dominion University and has an extensive background in education\, having taught at the high school and college levels\, as well as serving as the social studies coordinator\, K-12\, for a Virginia school division and as the Director of Education for the Museum of Western Virginia and then Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke\, Virginia. Scott currently serves as President & CEO for Virginia 811. He has been with the Notification Center since December 2016\, serving as Director of Operations and then Vice President prior to moving into his current position in July 2020.\n \n  \nThis event is free and part of our 2025 Lecture Series which will focus on Blacksburg history\, community\, and culture plus intriguing history and arts topics in general.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/b-scott-crawford-lecture-series-3/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Presentation #3\n“You Cannot Paint her too Beautiful for my Imagination”: Domesticity\, Death\, and Photography in 19th Century Portraiture  \nPortraiture is so often thought of as being a means to capture the image of a sitter determined to have his or her likeness preserved on canvas. However\, not all sitters were alive. While not entirely new in the 19th century\, the Victorian Age witnessed a unique culture of death with mourning portraiture being an important part of this culture. Lilly Martin Spencer\, known for her reflections of 19th century domesticity\, had a fairly lucrative career painting postmortem portraits. While she admitted that the new technology of photography threatened traditional portraiture\, she was able to actually embrace this new technology to open new opportunities for revenue due to photography. Specifically\, a painting in the Taubman Museum of Art’s collection will serve as the focus for how Spencer adapted to new technology and was able to remain relevant as an artist\, finding a means to augment her household income and directly challenge the 19th century norms tied to domesticity so many of her portraits paradoxically reinforced. \n  \n\nB. Scott Crawford holds a master’s degree in history from Old Dominion University and has an extensive background in education\, having taught at the high school and college levels\, as well as serving as the social studies coordinator\, K-12\, for a Virginia school division and as the Director of Education for the Museum of Western Virginia and then Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke\, Virginia. Scott currently serves as President & CEO for Virginia 811. He has been with the Notification Center since December 2016\, serving as Director of Operations and then Vice President prior to moving into his current position in July 2020.\n \n\nThis event is free and part of our 2025 Lecture Series which will focus on Blacksburg history\, community\, and culture plus intriguing history and arts topics in general.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/b-scott-crawford-lecture-series-2/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T133000
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SUMMARY:B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Presentation #2\n“A Wise man will Find us to be Rogues by our Face”: Physiognomy and Portraiture \nJohnathan Swift’s observation about the relationship between character and physical features sums up an important comment of Western art. From the Ancient World into the 21st century\, to varying degrees\, the belief that physical features indicate clear and even irrefutable clues as to a person’s character influenced portraiture. Exploring Ancient statues and a host of Medieval and Renaissance paintings\, as well as Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales\, the impact this pseudo-science\, physiognomy\, had on art and portraiture will be highlighted. Taking this overview as a starting point\, Santi di Tito’s late 17th century portrait of Machiavelli will be examined through this physiognomic lens in order to better understand di Tito’s posthumous representation of the controversial philosopher and gain insight into Machiavelli’s work The Prince. This original research will provide both an understanding of physiognomy and a new understanding of at least one reason Machiavelli has been viewed as scandalous. \n  \n\nB. Scott Crawford holds a master’s degree in history from Old Dominion University and has an extensive background in education\, having taught at the high school and college levels\, as well as serving as the social studies coordinator\, K-12\, for a Virginia school division and as the Director of Education for the Museum of Western Virginia and then Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke\, Virginia. Scott currently serves as President & CEO for Virginia 811. He has been with the Notification Center since December 2016\, serving as Director of Operations and then Vice President prior to moving into his current position in July 2020.\n \n\nThis event is free and part of our 2025 Lecture Series which will focus on Blacksburg history\, community\, and culture plus intriguing history and arts topics in general.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/b-scott-crawford-lecture-series/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T140000
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SUMMARY:B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:RESCHEDULED from February 20 to February 25 \nPresentation #1\nThe Selfie: From Stone Age to Digital Age \nThe Digital Revolution has launched an unprecedented communications revolution. Individuals have an ability to now promote themselves at a global level at any time and in a matter of seconds. The selfie has emerged as the latest means for individuals to project images of themselves for public viewing\, but now\, through digital technologies\, in a democratic manner. No longer is portraiture reserved for the wealthy; access to a ubiquitous mobile phone and a free social media account can allow an individual to share self-images with audiences possibly larger many traditional portraits ever reached! This presentation will explore the art behind the preservation of images of individuals\, spanning cave art to Instagram. Through this journey over time\, we may very well find that the selfie is not as much about megalomania as it is about simply magnifying a timeless component of human nature. However\, with the introduction of artificial intelligence\, we will end with a reflection of how AI may\, through training\, be embracing this nature as well! \n  \n\nB. Scott Crawford holds a master’s degree in history from Old Dominion University and has an extensive background in education\, having taught at the high school and college levels\, as well as serving as the social studies coordinator\, K-12\, for a Virginia school division and as the Director of Education for the Museum of Western Virginia and then Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke\, Virginia. Scott currently serves as President & CEO for Virginia 811. He has been with the Notification Center since December 2016\, serving as Director of Operations and then Vice President prior to moving into his current position in July 2020.\n \n\nThis event is free and part of our 2025 Lecture Series which will focus on Blacksburg history\, community\, and culture plus intriguing history and arts topics in general.
URL:https://blacksburgmuseum.org/event/3188/
LOCATION:Alexander Black House\, 204 Draper Rd SW\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture Series
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