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Virginia Company Colonies DISPATCHA Newsletter of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation • Winter 2009 ‘Virginia Company Colonies’ Exhibition Coincides with Bermuda’s 400th Anniversary “Jamestown and Bermuda: Vir- sengers survived the disaster, exhibition with the 18th- ginia Company Colonies,” a special built two smaller vessels in century Virginia House of exhibition March 1 through October Bermuda and in 1610 sailed Burgesses Speaker’s chair 15, 2009, at Jamestown Settlement, will on to Virginia, leaving behind and a 17th-century cedar examine the shared history and links two people. More than two chair from the Parliament between England’s first two permanent dozen objects from the Sea of Bermuda. Portraits of colonies in the New World. Venture underwater archaeo- two British monarchs as- A British presence was established logical site will be exhibited sociated with Virginia and in Bermuda in 1609 when the Sea courtesy of the Bermuda Bermuda – King James Venture, the flagship of a fleet en route Maritime Museum. I and Queen Elizabeth to Jamestown in Virginia, was ship- Virginia and Bermuda II – and two early gover- wrecked. Bermuda commemorates its were initially administered nors – Lord de la Warr, The Forster Chair, circa 1642. 400th anniversary in 2009, two years by the Virginia Company of appointed Lord Governor The Government of Bermuda. after the Jamestown quadricentennial. London and later became and Captain General of Beginning with the wreck of the British royal colonies. Today, Virginia by the Virginia from St. John’s Episcopal Church in Sea Venture, upon which Shakespeare’s Bermuda is the oldest self- Company in 1610, and Hampton, Virginia, and St. Peter’s play The Tempest is based, the exhibi- governing British overseas Henry Hamilton, gov- Church in St. George, Bermuda, tion will trace Bermuda’s 400-year territory. Legislative bodies ernor of Bermuda from symbolize the prominent role of the history, highlighting its importance formed in Virginia in 1619 1785 to 1794 – will be Church of England in both colonies. as a strategic location and emergence and Bermuda in 1620 Speaker’s Chair, circa 1735. exhibited. The exhibition as a premier travel destination in the continue to the present Virginia House of Delegates. Silver communion sets will feature items Photo by Pierre Courtois, Library of Virginia, 20th century. The Sea Venture’s pas- and are represented in the Richmond. dating to the 17th century, from the Earl Gregg Swem Library of the College of William and Mary in Wil- Generous Gifts Support Education Initiatives, liamsburg related to St. George Tucker, an Public Programs, Acquisitions 18th-century Virginia judge and legal schol- Major gifts and grants total- family foundation and $50,000 from grant will fund the scholarship pro- ar born in Bermuda, ing more than $400,000 in the last Altria Group, Inc., of Richmond. The gram in school districts throughout and examples of quarter of 2008 support Jamestown- elementary school scholarship pro- central and southeastern Virginia. Bermuda-made 17th- King William com- Yorktown Foundation education gram, which served more than 4,500 Altria’s grant will support the and 18th-century munion silver. St. initiatives, public programs, and people in the 2007-08 academic year, program in Richmond City public Peter’s Church, St. cedar furniture and George, Bermuda. acquisition of artifacts for exhibit in provides outreach and on-site educa- schools. silver spoons from museum galleries. tion programs for students and work- The private family founda- the Tucker House in The Jamestown-Yorktown Foun- shops for teachers in Virginia school tion also provided $50,000 for the St. George, Bermuda, the 18th-century dation’s elementary school scholar- districts with significant participation Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation home of St. George Tucker’s brother ship program is the beneficiary of in reduced-fee and free school lunch Summer Teacher Institute and Henry. grants of $100,000 from a private programs. The family foundation $50,000 for acquisition of artifacts continued on page 2 related to the American Revolu- Photo by Angelika Gutierrez, Big Island Elementary School, Bedford County. Bedford Big Island Elementary School, Angelika Gutierrez, Photo by tion and early national period for exhibit at the Yorktown Victory Private gifts and Center. The weeklong institute for grants support a va- Virginia educators, scheduled for Three Sunday afternoon riety of Jamestown- July 12-17 in 2009, features lec- Yorktown Foundation lectures are education programs, tures about 17th- and 18th-century scheduled during including outreach. history, workshops on interactive Left, Foundation teaching techniques, and the op- Jamestown Settlement’s outreach education portunity for participants to work instructor Dorothy From Africa to Virginia Lewis provides alongside Jamestown Settlement students at Big Island and Yorktown Victory Center cos- theme month Elementary School tumed historical interpreters. in February. in Bedford County a More than half of a $50,000 hands-on experience during the “Life of a grant from the Robins Foundation Private” program. continued on page 2 Details are on page 6. ‘Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies’ Exhibition continued from page 1 Four Lectures Linked to ‘Virginia The American Revolution, Ameri- Bermuda scenes will come to the ex- Company Colonies’ Exhibition can Civil War and World War II are hibition from Bermuda’s Masterworks A series of public lectures on Saturday evenings, April 25, June 13, July among conflicts that have involved Foundation. Among them is “Banyan 11 and August 8 in Jamestown Settlement’s Robins Foundation Theater will Bermuda because of its crossroads lo- Tree Trunk” by Georgia O’Keeffe, who explore themes related to the “Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company cation in the Atlantic and proximity to lived in Williamsburg, Virginia, for part Colonies” special exhibition. The series is sponsored by the Dominion Foun- the North American coast. Examples of her youth and taught art for two dation. of Revolutionary era correspondence summers at the University of Virginia • On April 25, Lucinda Spurling of Afflare Films in Bermuda will show from the Swem Library, a painting in Charlottesville. portions of her production company’s new documentary, The Lion and the depicting a Civil War blockade runner The popularity of both Virginia Mouse … the Story of America and Bermuda, and discuss the making of the film. from The Mariners’ Museum in New- and Bermuda as travel destinations will • On June 13, University of Tennessee Professor of History Lorri Glover, port News, Virginia, and a World War be illustrated with a display of posters co-author of The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways II flyer from the Bermuda National and other promotional materials. and the Fate of America, will provide an overview of the 2008 book, “the tale Archives will be exhibited. Located in Jamestown Settle- of one of the greatest rescue stories in American history,” one that became A late-19th-century watercolor ment’s special exhibition gallery, the inspiration for Shakespeare’s last play The Tempest and ensured England’s painting by Princess Louise, daugh- “Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia continued commitment to colonization in the West. ter of Queen Victoria, loaned for the Company Colonies” is funded by • On July 11, University of Rochester Associate Professor of History exhibition by the National Gallery of grants of $25,000 or more from James Michael Jarvis, who received his Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary Canada, depicts Bermuda’s Hamil- City County, the Bank of Bermuda and has written about Bermuda and Virginia history in several publications, ton Harbour. This painting brought Foundation and the Jamestown 400th will present “Sister Colonies: Virginia, Bermuda, and the Beginnings of Bermuda’s unique character to the Commemoration Commission, and English America.” He will discuss how cross-cultural influences shaped a dis- attention of other artists, whose work other donations. tinctly new culture and, through characterizations of Bermuda as a “finite” influenced the development of Ber- The St. George’s Foundation space and Virginia as an “infinite” space, consider how these qualities shaped muda as a travel destination. A selec- worked with the Jamestown-Yorktown settlement pace and patterns into the 1620s. tion of paintings by leading American, Foundation to facilitate artifact loans • On August 8, Founder and Creative Director Tom Butterfield of the Canadian and British artists depicting from Bermuda institutions. n Masterworks Foundation and Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, will explain why artists like Winslow Homer and Georgia O’Keeffe have been drawn to Bermuda and provide an overview of Bermudian art. His quest to identify and recognize Bermudian artists – famous as well as lesser known – led to the creation of the Masterworks Foundation and the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art. All of the lectures begin at 7 p.m., and admission is free. Advance reser- vations are required at (757) 253-4415 or [email protected]. n Ferguson Enterprises Recognized as Leadership Donor Map of Bermuda, Willem Blaeu, 1633. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation collection. “Banyan Tree Trunk,” Georgia O’Keeffe, graphite on paper. The Masterworks Foundation and Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art. Generous Gifts Support Education Initiatives continued from page 1 of Richmond will bring outreach Carr supported the exhibition with a education programs to students
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