Mark Letzer, former President and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Afternoon tea will be served after the lecture.

Guests Welcome: Guest Fee $30
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Cream Jug - Mark Letzer Family Collection

Stephen Harrison, Director and Chief Curator at the Munson Museum of Art in Utica, New York

Picture: US Rolls Royce

This lecture will be on zoom

Victoria Kastner, Author and Lecturer

This lecture will be on zoom.

Beth Wees, Curator Emerita, The American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Afternoon tea will be served after the lecture.

Guests Welcome: Guest Fee $30
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Picture: Brooch, Marcus & Co., ca. 1906
(2016.107)
Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Willliam Hosley, Principal, Terra Firma Northeast - Cultural Resource Development Consultant

Guests Welcome: Guest Fee $30
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Afternoon tea will be served after the lecture.

PIcture: Hatfield 10-31-2022, Morton House c1760 CRV door 2

Charles Burns is an Independent Curator and Newport Historian and a guest speaker at Sotheby’s Education in New York City.  

Please note lecture is in the morning followed by lunch. Invitations will be sent out over the Summer.
We expect this lecture to be fully subscribed so it will be for members only.

Photograph: Doris Duke by Cecil Beaton, circa 1933

Holly Salmon, John L. and Susan K. Gardner Director of Conservation, Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum

Holly Salmon
Images: Courtesy of the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum

Guests Welcome: Guest Fee $25
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William Coleman, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, The Olana Partnership

Picture: Olana on the Hudson River
Images Courtesy of The Olana Partnership

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Alison Cariens, Conservation Coordinator, Harvard Art Museums

Picture: Pigment samples in the Forbes Pigment Collection
Image Credits: Caitlin Cunningham Photography

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Lucien Simmons, Vice Chairman; Restitution Department, Sotheby’s, New York

THIS LECTURE IS ON ZOOM ONLY. IT IS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONNECTICUT CERAMICS CIRCLE

PLEASE NOTE DATE: MONDAY MARCH 13TH AND TIME 2PM

GUESTS WELCOME: FREE

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Picture: Meissen purple-ground cream pot, cover and stand, Circa 1730-35. Courtesy Southebys

Francis Morrone, Architectural Historian and Author

Picture: Payne-Whitney House

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Levi Higgs, Head of Archives and Brand Heritage, David Webb, New York

PIcture: David Webb Jewelry Courtesy, David Webb Jewelry

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Colin B. Bailey, Director, Morgan Library and Museum, New York

Picture: The Fragonard Room in the Frick Collection, New York (originally opened 1916) Courtesy of the Frick Museum

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Elaine Rice Bachmann, State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents, Secretary, State House Trust, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

Please note lecture is in the morning followed by lunch. Invitations will be sent out over the Summer.
We expect this lecture to be fully subscribed so it will be for members only.

Picture: Jacqueline Kennedy on the Montmorenci Staircase at Winterthur May 8, 1961, Courtesy of Winterthur Archives

Jennifer Gracie, Creative Director, Gracie Wallpaper

Reservations: greenwichdecorativearts@gmail.com - Guests welcome - $25.00

Picture: Ming GardenWallpaper - Conde Nast Replica Architectural Dining Room
Courtesy Gracie Wallpaper

Elizabeth Way, Assistant Curator, and Melissa Marra-Alvarez, Co-Curator, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

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Picture: Christian Louboutin, High-heeled Bar Shoes, Circa 1994
Courtesy of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

John R. Tschirch, Visiting Curator of Urban History, Newport Historical Society; Architectural Historian, Author, and Photographer

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Thames Street. Newport. Photo: Katrina Benner

Joseph M. Siry, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the Humanities Department of Art and Art History, Wesleyan University

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Picture: Frank Lloyd Wright, Dana-Thomas House, Springfield, Illinois, 1902–04; Restored 1987–1990; Gallery looking East. Photo Courtesy of Dana Thomas House Foundation

Francis Morrone, Architectural Historian and Author

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Lesley Klingner, Curator of Interpretation, Biltmore Estate

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Picture: Banquet Hall Tree
Photo courtesy Biltmore Estate

Jason Busch, Chief Executive Officer and Director, American Folk Art Museum

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Spangenberg Bible, Pennsylvania German Fraktur

Photos courtesy of the American Folk Art Museum.

Joyce Hill Stoner, Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Material Culture Studies; Professor and Paintings Conservator, Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation and Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware; Director, Preservation Studies Doctoral Program, UD

Photographs courtesy of Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation

Thomas Savage, Director of Museum Affairs, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

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Image: Peter Manegault and Friends; Courtesy of WinterthurMuseum, Garden and Library

Paul Fisher, Professor of American Studies, Wellesley College

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Image: John Singer Sergent in his Boulevard Berthier Studio, 1885

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

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Library Table: Herter Brothers (Active New York, 1864–1906)

Lance Esplund, Art Critic, Wall Street Journal

Image: Composition With Blue (Schilderij No. 1: Lozenge With 2 Lines and Blue) (1926). Piet Mondrian, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Alan Fausel, Executive Director, American Kennel Club Museum of the Dogs

Image: Haunt of the woodcock: Sensation and Bang Bang, John Martin Tracy, Private Collection

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