2008 Programs

TuesdayJan 8
Samuel McIntire: Carving an American StyleDean Lahikainen, Peabody Essex Museum
TuesdayFeb 12
Connecticut Furniture: Quirky Delights from the Land of Steady HabitsSusan Schoelwer, Director of Museum Collections, Connecticut Historical Society Museum
TuesdayMar 18
From Furnishing to Collecting: The What, Why and How of a Federal CollectionSusan Doherty, San Francisco, CA
TuesdayApr 8
Sophistication in Central Massachusetts: the Inlaid Furniture of Nathan LombardClark Pearce, Essex, MA
TuesdayMay 13
Timothy Pflueger: San Francisco’s Art Deco Renaissance ManMicheal F Crowe, San Francisco, CA
TuesdayJun 10
Was Gustav Stickley a Modernist? New Views in Early Experimental MasterworksJoseph Cunningham, ADA 1900 Foundation Collection
TuesdayJul 8
From Rooftops to the Stratosphere: “Appreciating” American WeathervanesDavid Schorsch, Woodbury, CT
TuesdayAug 12
When Surface is Everything: Judging the PaintPeter Deen, Nottingham, PA
TuesdaySep 9
Out of this World: Shaker Design Past, Present and FutureJean M Burks, Shelburne Museum
TuesdayNov 11
From Empress Eugenie to the Prince of Chintz: a Short History of Furnishing with AntiquesJared Goss, Metropolitan Museum of Art
TuesdayDec 9
Pets in America: Their History Through Portraits and PossessionsKatherine C Grier, Winterthur Museum