home. and she is the author of jefferson on display. attire, etiquette, and the art of presentation. the smithsonian and associates hosted this program. it is an hour and a half. i want to thank you for coming out to listen to me talk about my book, jefferson on display, which is what you see on the screen here. and i m going to go right to the jacket of the image you see here of the jacket to help me explain a little of what i was trying to do with this particular study, this particular work. now, i had absolutely nothing to do with the design of the jacket. in fact, just one evening it arrived on my cell phone and i go whoa. there was a little taken aback i think. i do not know exactly what i expected, what did i want. but i began to study it and i thought, you know what, i think the designer may have done me a favor here. in that yes, trenton is there, i think you can make out the profile. but it is not may be the first thing you look at. he is not coming out of you know
i was taken aback. i do not know what i expected, but i began to study it and i thought, i think the designer may have done me a favor in that yes, jefferson is there. i think you can make out the profile. but it s not the first thing you look at. he s not coming out full faced in color. the saturated color you see is in the clothing. doesught, you know, that encapsulate what i am trying to do. this is about jefferson. but it s not the usual biography. we begin with the birth. we had the high points and end with his death. what i am looking at is more about the person and i do use the clothing a lot in this study. i thought, ok, this is leading into a very well. this does work. about thethen, is jefferson image and how he went about putting this particular image together. as research often does, it began with questions. as a way of explaining, why was i then looking at his clothing? historian early american historian, this is my second career. i began in theater art as a co
think. i do not know what i expected or what i wanted, but i began to study at and i thought, i think the designer may have done me a favor in that yes, jefferson is there. i think you can make out the profile. but it s not the first thing you look at. he is not coming at us full faced, straight on in living, visit color. the saturated color you see is in the clothing. i thought, you know, that does encapsulate what i am trying to do. yes, this is about jefferson. but it s not the usual biography. you know, we begin with the birth. we hit all the high points and end with his death. when i am looking at really is more about the person and i do use the clothing a lot in this study. i thought, ok, this is leading into it very well. so i thought this does work. this is what i need here. the book, then, is about the jefferson image and how he went about putting this particular image together. and as research often does, it began with questions. as a way of explaining, why was i th
festival of the book presenting reading under the influence a. woman s place is in the brewhouse with tarot. neuron. i m sarah lawson associate director of the virginia center for the book a program of virginia humanities. thanks for joining us. a couple notes before we begin please share your questions for the author using the q&a tab on zoom. also, this event has optional closed captioning which you can turn on and customize at any time with the tab at the bottom of your window. if you haven t already read today s book, we hope you will for details about how to buy it from a local bookseller. visit vabook.org where you can also explore the schedule of upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our co
upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our community partner for this event devil s backbone brewing company and our bookseller fountain bookstore in richmond, virginia. now and please to introduce our speakers tara nouren author of a woman s place is in the brewhouse is passionate about promoting women s challenges and achievements and the history of women and beer kara is also a veteran freelance journalist and beer and spirits contributor for forbes an educator and a marketing consultant. and libby rother is innovation brewmaster at devil s backbone brewing company. she discovered brewing while studying operations at miami university and then the vlb in berlin, germany. going on to work at five