WSWDC 2009-2010 Calendar

General lectures are open to the public. All are welcome! The venue for meetings and lectures, unless otherwise noted, is: The Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia. Call 703-324-4636 for automated directions or see the County or MapQuest map.

September 13, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.: Elegance and Simplicity: Wedgwood Through

Jane Austen's Eyes
By Linda Slothouber, Jane Austen Society of North America

November 22, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.: Classical Influence on Wedgwood and Other English Pottery
By Pat Halfpenny, Winterthur Museum

January 10, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.: The Buten Wedgwood Collection: Behind the Scenes

By Anne Forschler, Birmingham Museum of Art; and special guest, Lord Wedgwood

March 14, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.: Show & Tell; and Silent Auction

Members share information on or ask about selected pieces from their collections; also attendees can acquire Wedgwood via a silent auction

Note: This event will take place at the Potomac Community Center, Potomac, MD

May 16, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.: Wedgwood Restoration; and the Annual General Meeting

By Margaret Burnham, Objects Conservator; and the WSWDC year in review and elections

July 25, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.: Annual Summer Social & Sale

Venue to be determined; RSVP members only affair

Join us at our next meeting.....…

The next event of the WSWDC will be the Annual Members Show & Tell and the Annual Gwen Steapp Memorial Silent Auction. Share your knowledge on or ask questions about your most recent, favorite, or oddest acquisition. The program also offers the opportunity to acquire Wedgwood items, donated by generous collectors and dealers, via a fundraising silent auction format. Please join us for this dual program on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. (arrive early to get your bids in) at a new venue: The Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Rd,. Potomac, MD 20854. All lectures are open to the public.

Showing & Telling at the WSWDC from 2009