The 2014 Field Season is Nearly Here!
Ah Bermuda! After a very long and hard winter in upstate New York, I'm very much looking forward to a new, improved and expanded Smiths Island field school this year, running from May 26 to June 27. For the first time, I've opened up participation internationally beyond University of Rochester students and will have nine student participants, coming from California, Texas, Ohio, and New Jersey as well as New York. Leigh will be returning once again, but as a field supervisor and newly minted UR alumnus, and Jame s, a Ph.D. student I'm supervising, will be another site supervisor (as an Australian, he'll have no trouble with Bermuda's driving patterns!). The Bermuda National Trust and the St. George's Foundation have been, as usual, extremely supportive as we get ready to start up this year's investigations. I've already been down briefly in late March as a speaker for the Decorative Arts Trust's Spring Symposium (see http://www.decorativeartstrus...