Join us for a Craft Research Talks with furniture makers Robell Awake & Charlie Ryland on Thursday, February 22, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm ET.Join us for a special Craft Research Talks with furniture makers, educators, and 2022 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellows Robell Awake & Charlie Ryland on Thursday, February 22, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm ET. Awake and Ryland have researched ladderback chairs created by the Poynors, a multigenerational family of free and enslaved craftspeople working in central Tennessee between the early nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tune in for an intriguing presentation with Awake and Ryland as they discuss the Poynors's legacy and the objects they created from their research, with students at Berea College Student Craft. Followed by an audience Q&A. This program will be live streamed as a webinar by Zoom for audiences to attend remotely and held at the Berea College Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education. Free and open to the public. A link to the live stream will be made available closer to the program date. This event is presented in partnership with the Center for Craft, Berea College Student Craft, and Berea College’s Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education