: Webinar
On Point: New Research into Vermont Needlework
Elmina Clarinda Walker, Memorial Sampler, 1818. Silk on silk ground, 20 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. Garthwaite Family Collection. Photography by Andy Duback.
Join Shelburne Museum curator Katie Wood Kirchhoff in conversation with the Vermont Sampler Initiative’s Project Manager Ellen Thompson to explore extraordinary examples of schoolgirl artworks made in Vermont, ranging from traditional samplers and silk-on-silk embroideries to memorials, family registers, and more. This webinar will preview some of the remarkable items that will be on display as part of Shelburne Museum’s 2026 exhibition On Point: Needlework from the Garthwaite Family Collection.