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2024 Programs
Saturday
Feb 3
11:00 am
A Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and her Imperial Legacy
Alexandra Deutsch, Winterthur Museum
Saturday
Feb 3
1:30 pm
Ann Lowe: American Couturier
Alexandra Deutsch, Winterthur Museum
Saturday
Mar 9
11:00 am
Palm Springs Modern: Architecture and Design in the Sun
Sidney Williams, Palm Springs Art Museum
Saturday
Mar 9
1:30 pm
Women, Moguls, and Movie Stars: Adventurous Clients and Their Architects
Sidney Williams, Palm Springs Art Museum
Tuesday
Apr 23
6:00 pm
Gold in America
John Stuart Gordon, Yale University Art Gallery
Tuesday
May 21
6:00 pm
Forging a New Vernacular: the Transformation and Triumph of a French Ebeniste in Federal New York
Peter Kenny, Classical American Homes
Saturday
Jul 20
11:00 am
The Enduring Legacy of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Laura Barry, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Saturday
Jul 20
1:30 pm
We the People: Is it Fine or Folk Art?
Laura Barry, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Tuesday
Sep 17
6:00 pm
Castles and Clay: Decorative Tiles in California Architecture
Avril Angevine, UC Berkeley
Tuesday
Oct 29
6:00 pm
Hunt Slonem's Spirited Houses: Victorian Maximalism Meets Modern Art and Design
Brian Coleman
Saturday
Nov 23
11:00 am
Sargent Claude Johnson: Bay Area African American Modernist
Dennis Carr, Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Garden
Saturday
Nov 23
1:30 pm
Fancy Furniture and Painted Architecture from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
Dennis Carr, Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Garden