Artistic Liberties: Southern Paintings & American Identity
September 18-19, 2026

Friday Afternoon , September 18th Pre-Conference Tour Schedule:
1:00-3:00 pm: Watercolor Sketching Workshop with Haley Elliott
2:15 pm: Fresh Faces: New Additions to MESDA's Portrait Collection Tour with Lea Lane
3:30 pm: "Best of Painters, come, pursue!" In Search of the Guilford Limner Presentation 
with Sally Gant

Friday Evening, September 18th:
Keynote reception begins at 5:15 pm at the Old Salem Visitors Center (900 Old Salem Rd)

Saturday Morning, September 19th: 
Seminar Check-in begins at 8:45 am at the Old Salem Visitors Center (900 Old Salem Rd)

Further details to be communicated via email closer to the event.