2026 Programs

Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788), The Blue Boy,
Harry and Arabella Huntington and the Gilded Age in Los AngelesDennis Carr, Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Garden
SaturdayApr 25
Useful and Beautiful: Modernism, Dorothy Liebes and the Decorative Arts at the 1939 Golden Gate International ExpositionElizabeth Schott, Scholar, Author, and Educator
Unnamed Figures Gallery Installation: Remembering, Misremembering, and Forgetting. Photo by Eva Cruz, Every Story.
Unnamed Figures: Black Presence in the Early American NorthEmelie Gevalt, American Folk Art Museum
SaturdayJul 18
Silver at the 250th: Craft, Commerce, and the Making of a NationRichard Dietrich
SaturdayJul 18
America 250 and the Art of a New Nation: Philadelphia, Independence, and the WorldRichard Dietrich
TuesdaySep 15
The Golden Age of Illustration and the American DreamCurt DiCamillo, American Ancestors
Dish with Strainer, 
Jingdezhen, China, ca. 1823
Virginians and Their Dishes: Ceramic Highlights from the Greater Williamsburg Area and the People Who Owned ThemAngelika Keutner, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Sweetmeat Stand
, England, 1760-65
Colorless lead glass; gilded base metal (ormolu)
Sparkling Reflections: Stories from Colonial Williamsburg’s Glass CollectionAngelika Keutner, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Great House, showing Casino and Allee, north side.
Castle HillSusan Hill Dolan, Ipswitch, MA