Thanks to the recommendation of Dr. Jones, I had the great pleasure of attending the as a scholarship recipient earlier this month. The symposium, hosted by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), was held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a region rich in ceramic history that can be traced back to the pottery production of 18th century Moravian settlers. The symposium was a two-and-a-half-day event consisting of a series of lectures with topics ranging from Err