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December Issue 2006
The Charleston (SC) Art & Antiques Forum Announces 2007 Program
The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum announces the program for its tenth season, taking place from Mar. 14 - 18, 2007, with ticket packages now on sale. Presented in partnership with the Gibbes Museum of Art, the 2007 Forum is entitled Celebrating American Masterpieces: 18th and 19th Century Fine and Decorative Arts and launches Charleston's Antiques Week. This project is funded in part by The Humanities Council of SC, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Forum opens Mar. 14 with the Keynote Address by Wendell D. Garrett, Editor-at-Large of The Magazine Antiques and Senior Vice President at Sotheby's New York. The schedule continues with a fascinating series of lectures by prominent experts from major museums, historic properties and private collections; the opportunity to view extraordinary paintings, furniture, silver, porcelain, and memorabilia; beautiful receptions in landmark buildings; and, to conclude on Mar. 18, a special tour of the Lowcountry and brunch in a historic home.
Jean Y. Helms, Chair of The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum, states: "Charleston, one of America's most historic and vibrant cities, is the perfect venue to present nationally recognized experts in the fine and decorative arts fields. The best in scholarship, coupled with warm Southern hospitality and other Antiques Week offerings, makes Charleston "the place to be" for collectors, scholars and all who are interested in learning."
The upcoming Forum program, Celebrating American Masterpieces, complements two special exhibitions on view at the Gibbes Museum of Art: Southern Masterpieces: Charleston before 1835 showcases Charleston furniture, paintings and objects from private and public collections, while Grandeur Saved: Photographs of the Aiken-Rhett House by Michael Eastman highlights the importance of historic preservation through large-scale photographs of the Aiken-Rhett House, the most intact antebellum townhouse complex in Charleston.
"As partnering organizations, the Gibbes and the Art & Antiques Forum are able to reinforce each other's programming," according to Todd Smith, Gibbes Executive Director. "Objects exhibited in the museum are illuminated by the newest research into their historical and cultural context, which then deepens appreciation for these wonderful works, their makers and their provenance."
Featured presenters on the 2007 Forum schedule are Carrie Rebora Barratt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Luke Beckerdite, Editor, American Furniture, Williamsburg, VA; Michael K. Brown, Bayou Bend Collection, Houston, TX; Charles H. P. Duell, Middleton Place Foundation, Charleston, SC; Michael Eastman, photographer, St. Louis, MO; Stuart P. Feld, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, NY; Ralph Harvard III, antiquarian, New York, NY; Eleanor Harvey, The National Museum of Art, Washington, DC; Carol Huber, Stephen & Carol Huber Antiques Samplers, Old Saybrook, CT; Dr. Henry C. Landon III, collector, North Wilkesboro, NC; J. Thomas Savage, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Winterthur, DE; Todd D. Smith, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; and Stephanie E. Yuhl, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.
A dedicated group of volunteers organizes the Charleston Art & Antiques Forum. In keeping with its focus on scholarship, the Forum is designating all 2007 proceeds to benefit education and outreach programs at the Gibbes Museum of Art.
The Charleston Art & Antiques 2007 Forum Schedule includes:
Mar. 14, 7pm - "Old World Dreams, New
World Realities: The Arts of Provincial American Culture"
- Keynote Address and Reception with Wendell D. Garrett, Senior
Vice President, American Decorative Arts, Sotheby's New York;
Editor-at-Large, The Magazine Antiques. The Keynote Address and
Evening Reception take place at Ashley Hall.
Mar. 15 - Lectures at the Gibbes Museum of Art
9:30 - 10:30am - "Cricketeers, Grand Tourists and Peacocks: Masterpieces of American Portraiture and Their Lively Subjects - Carrie Rebora Barratt, Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, Manager of The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
10:45 - 11:45am - "Making an Uncollectible Collectible: American Silver 1810 to 1835 - Stuart P. Feld, President and Director, Department of American Decorative Arts, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
1:30 - 2:30pm - "A Man of Genius: Reconsidering Washington Allston" - Todd D. Smith, Executive Director, Gibbes Museum of Art.
2:45 - 3:45pm - "Adventure of Finding Family Treasures to Complete a Family Collection" - Charles H.P. Duell, President, Middleton Place Foundation.
Mar. 16 - Lectures at the Gibbes Museum of Art
9:30 - 10:30am - "American Furniture in the Chipstone Collection" - Luke Beckerdite, Scholar; Author; Editor, American Furniture.
10:45 - 11:45am - "Reinventing the Smithsonian American Art Museum" - Eleanor Harvey, Chief Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
1:30 - 2:30pm - "A Bridge to America's Past: Ima Hogg's Bayou Bend Collection" - Michael K. Brown, Curator, Bayou Bend Collection.
2:45 - 3:45pm - "All that Glitters is not Gold: Needlework Pictures for the Parlor" - Carol Huber, Co-owner, Stephen & Carol Huber Antique Samplers, Old Saybrook, CT.
Mar. 17 - Lectures at the Gibbes Museum of Art
9:30 - 10:30am - "Furnishing the Great Mansions of the South: Documented Furnishings from Southern Colonial Homes" - Ralph Harvard III, Antiquarian; Founder, Ralph Harvard Inc., New York.
10:45 - 11:45am - "Master's Piece: The
Making of Historic Charleston" - Stephanie E. Yuhl, Professor
of History, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.
12 noon - "Book Signing: A Golden Haze of Memory: The Making
of Historic Charleston" - with author Stephanie E. Yuhl.
2 - 3:30pm - "Thrill of the Search: Collectors'
Round Table" - Moderator: J. Thomas Savage, Director of Museum
Affairs, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate.
Participants: Charles H. P. Duell, President, Middleton Place
Foundation; Stuart P. Feld, President, Hirschl & Adler Galleries,
Inc.; and Dr. Henry C. Landon III, Collector of Fine and Decorative
Art.
5 -7pm - "Candlelight Reception and Tour of the Aiken-Rhett
House" - Michael Eastman, Photographer with covers for Time
and Life; represented in major US museums; Gibbes Museum
of Art featured artist.
Mar. 18
9:30am - 3:30pm - Tour of the Lowcountry and Brunch in an Historic Beaufort Home with J. Thomas Savage, Director of Museum Affairs Winterthur Museum and Country Estate.
Ticket packages are now available. To receive
the 2007 program brochure, write The Charleston Art & Antiques
Forum; c/o Gibbes Museum of Art; 135 Meeting Street; Charleston,
SC 29401; call 843/722-2706, extension 25; or visit (www.charlestonantiquesforum.org).
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