Presidential Campaigning Opening Reception
Friday, September 9, 2016
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Panel Discussion following the Opening Reception
07:00PM – 08:30 PM
President Susan Herbst will moderate.
Free Event
Museum Exhibition: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING
OVER THE DECADES: The Mark and Rosalind Shenkman Collection of American
Political Flags and Textiles
The exhibition will consist of more than 60 rare and important presidential campaign flags and textiles produced between 1815 and 1912. Also on view will be an official Massachusetts broadside of the Declaration of Independence printed in Massachusetts on July 20, 1776.
Exhibition runs from September 9 through December 18.
Panel Discussion: Presidential Campaigning Over the Decades: The 2016 Presidential Election in Historical Context
Moderator:
Susan Herbst, UConn, President
Discussants:
Frank Costigliola, UConn, Board of Trustees, Distinguished Professor, History
Alexis Boylan, UConn, Associate Professor, Art History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Program
Christopher Vials, UConn, Associate Professor, English and American Studies
Jeff Bridgman, Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques, Inc., Leading Expert in Antique American Flags & Political Textiles
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
University of Connecticut
School of Fine Arts
245 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT
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