Symposium at Colonial Williamsburg Speaker Nancy Rosier

American Folk Artist Nancy Rosier of Williamsburg Virginia was one of the guest speaker at Colonial Williamsburg Symposium entitled "Remember me when this you see" Embroidered and Painted Arts of the New Republic.  Colonial Williamsburg has asked Nancy to lecture and demonstrate the art of theorem painting at a four day symposium that was held October 28-31, 2007.

The Symposium was titled entitled: "Remember me when this you see" Embroidered and Painted Arts of the New Republic.

Symposium Presentation

Traditional Theorem Artist Nancy Rosier visually demonstrated the art of theorem painting to over 250 at the Colonial Williamsburg auditorium.  Theorem painting (meaning painting with the aid of stencils) is considered traditional folk art. It was popular in the 1800s. Theorem painting is most often done on white velvet fabric, which gives the painting a soft, lovely depth. Fruit and floral arrangements are the most popular subjects, but scenes were sometimes done.  Each painting is mounted in a handcrafted false grained frame, or historic gold frames.