Thank you Bill Moore and Lisa Maguire and many others for tuning into Emma - Journeys into Genealogy’s live preview of her Emma Explores program next week highlighting the “Artists Hiding in my Tree.”
It always means a great deal to us to see you join us live or in the comments from across the planet. Your ❤️s, thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue that holds this global community together. Were you there? Did I miss you? The chat isn’t captured, but you can add them in the comments below.
A Sneak Peek into Emma’s Tree
Though we try to be very disciplined in the formal Emma Explores program each month, these previews allow us to be a little more exploratory. Today was no exception as our conversation lingered over cultural differences in our Anglophone world.
As with any artistic expression, we can expect more of this in next week’s talk as Emma takes us on a journey through the artists, sculptors, and painters among her ancestors. A diversion into fairy paintings took us from children’s art to the darker worlds of adult fantasies. John Anster Fitzgerald (1819-1906) is an example.
As you’ll quickly see in the recording, a conversation about fairies quickly led to remembrances of beloved childhood stories and characters. Emma shared a story about her involvement with a BBC Two film crew preparing a documentary series, “Secrets of the Museum” for the Victoria & Albert Museum.
As an American, I’d not even known who “Pumpie the Elephant” was. Clearly, my childhood was lacking. In our conversation we also talked about quilts and Emma mentioned her interview with Barbara Caver for the Journeys Into Genealogy podcast. Here’s that episode:
Join us, Thursday, March 19
You won’t want to miss next week’s program. Our Emma Explores programs are held via Zoom, which allows you to join in on the conversation that follows each presentation. Zoom requires you to register to get your personal link:
I’m able to offer these programs for free because of the generous support of our Projectkin Patrons. Learn more about each of them, their publications, and their work at Projectkin.org/patrons.
Finally, a quick programming note. Emma has a holiday planned next month, so we’ll be skipping the April episodes for Emma Explores. She’ll return in May for a preview on Friday, May 15th, and the main program on Thursday, May 21st. Please see your local times on the linked event pages.
