VAF 2024 Annual Meeting North of the NorthwoodsFrom Mines to Motels on Michigan’s Lake SuperiorJune 12-15 June 12-16, 2024 Houghton, Michigan Technical University Keweenaw, Michigan Upper Peninsula Future Conferences June 4-8, 2025 Delaware May 20-23, 2026 Walla Walla, Washington Columbia Plateau Past ConferencesEach year in May or June, hundreds of VAF members assemble for our annual conference. We spend at least two days touring the area to learn first-hand about its architectural and landscape heritage. On Saturday, a juried paper session provides attendees a forum to share their scholarship and field work. In addition, workshops, board and committee meetings, special events, and excursions create an enjoyable and memorable event. Heavily illustrated and details guide books and other publications from past conferences can be found here. Past meetings have been held throughout North America. For first-time paper presenters assistance may be available through Simpson Presenter's Fellowship For student groups assistance to cover expenses of attending the conference is available through the Ambassadors Award Texas Border Tour La Frontera Chica: San Ygnacio and Laredo VAF 2022 San Antonio, Texas May 18-22, 2022 VAF 2018 Alexandria, Virginia May 2-5, 2018 VAF 2017 Salt Lake City, Utah May 31 to June 3, 2017 VAF 2016 Durham, North Carolina June 1-4, 2016
VAF 2015 Chicago, Illinois June 3-7, 2015
Down Jersey: From Bayshore to Seashore VAF 2014 Galloway Township, New Jersey May 7-10, 2014
The Ebb and Flow of Religion and Economy in Gaspe Cultural Landscapes VAF 2013 Gaspé-Percé, Quebec, Canada June 11-15, 2013 VAF 2009 Butte and Southwest Montana June 10-13, 2009 VAF 2006 New York, New York June 14-17, 2006 Making Urban and Rural Landscapes on the Prairie Plains VAF 1996 Lawrence, Kansas May 23-24, 1996 The Vernacular Architecture of Charleston and the Lowcountry, 1670-1990 VAF 1994 Charleston, South Carolina 1994 The Natchez District: Architecture and Cultural Landscape VAF 1993 Natchez, Mississippi May 12-15, 1993 Tours of Portsmouth and the Piscataqua 19th & 20th Century Landscapes of Work, Pleasure and the Industrial Home An "Old Town by the Sea:" Urban Landscapes and Vernacular Building in Portsmouth First Period Architecture in Newbury and Salem, Massachusetts VAF 1992 Portsmouth, Massachusetts May 13-16, 1992 The Architecture and Cultural Landscape of North Central New Mexico VAF 1991 Santa Fe, New Mexico May 15-18, 1991 VAF 1990 Franfurt, Kentucky May 10-11, 1990 |