Programs 2026-2027

 

October 5, 2026 - The Firestone French Silver Collection and the “French Salon” Period Room at the MFA

Courtney Harris, Associate Curator, Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Arts of Europe, Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston


November 2, 2026 The Scandalous Stories Behind the Mansions of the Gilded Age

Philip Dodd, Author and Founder of Bespoke Residential Design LLC


November 9, 2026 Clay in Conversation: Taxile Doat and Kate Malone

Bonus lecture courtesy of CT Ceramics Circle

Linda Roth, Charles C. and Eleanor Lamont Cunningham Curator, European Decorative Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford


December 7, 2026 Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic

Genevieve Wheeler Brown, Decorative Art Advisor and Writer


January 2027 - No Lecture


February 1, 2027 Weaving Histories into Futures: Reimagining the Oceania Collection at the Met

Maia Nuku, Evelyn A.J. Hall and John A. Friede Curator for Oceanic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art


March 1, 2027 Cartier: the Jeweler of Kings and the King of Jewelers

Zoom : Helen Molesworth, Senior Curator of Jewelry, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London


April 5, 2027 Luminous Garden: Agnes Northrup and the Women of Tiffany Studios                  

Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art


April 12, 2027 Imagining the World: Allegories of the Four Continents

Bonus lecture courtesy of CT Ceramics Circle

Kathleen Morris, Former Curator of Decorative Arts (2005-2025), Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA.


May 3, 2027 The Golden Age of American Gardens: 1880-1940

Barbara Israel, Owner, Barbara Israel Garden Antiques


June 7, 2027 Fashion’s Fierce Creatures: The Girl of the Year from 1964 Until Now

Jessica Glasscock, Fashion Historian and Professor, Parsons School  of Design


2026-27 Meetings

Meetings are held at the Bruce Museum unless otherwise noted.

Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings a year. You can reserve and pay on our Guest Page

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