Saturday Symposium, Lunch and bus

8:30 a.m. - Buses depart Marriott City Center for North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607.

9:00-12:00 - Symposium at North Carolina Museum of Art. “The Folk Art of North Carolina and the South”

• 9:00-9:30 a.m. - Folk Art Society Awards and Annual Meeting
• 9:30-10:00 a.m. - Jenny Moore, Project Manager of the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park, “Vollis’s Whirligigs Are Moving & Not Just in the Wind.”
• 10:00-10:30 a.m. - Roger Manley, Director, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, NC State University, “The Odd Art of Hermon Finney.”
• 10:30-10:45 a.m. - Break
• 10:45-11:15 a.m. - William Ferris, Professor of History, UNC, “Voices of the Mississippi Blues.”
• 11:15-11:45 a.m. - Bernard Herman, Professor of American Studies, UNC, “Lonnie Holley: Words and Objects.”

12:00-1:00 p.m. - Luncheon at NC Museum of Art, Sculpture Garden

1:00-3:00 p.m. - Visit the Galleries and Gardens of the NC Museum of Art

3:00 p.m. - Buses depart Museum for Hotel

3:30-5:30 - Free Time to explore Art Galleries & Shops of Downtown Raleigh