Alena Buis presents House and Home: The Making and Meaning of Domestic Interiors in New Netherland

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 5:00 p.m., Stockade Building 101. Free. This talk explores how the Dutch concept of “home” was reconfigured within the differing physical, social and cultural circumstances of the colonies. Alena Buis is a Ph.D. candidate in the Art Department of Queen’s University in Canada. She has been published in Material Culture Review, Professional Practices: Canadian Women Artists and Depicting Canada's Children (2009).