February Issue 2001
College of Charleston Hosts 2001 Charleston Antiques Symposium
Mark your calendar for the 2001 Charleston Antiques Symposium! Scholars, collectors, and other experts will join connoisseurs and novices from Thurs., Mar. 1, through Sun., Mar. 4, for the annual event. In 1949, H. R. Sass wrote of Charleston, saying that "we look to the future, but we shall keep the past, and this most fortunately we can do because it is here before our eyes." With sessions taking place in the classroom, at historic sites, and in private homes and studios, the 2001 Charleston Antiques Symposium will be linked strongly to such sentiments through its theme of "Preservation and Restoration."
Keynote Speaker Robert A. Leath, noted curator of historic homes, will present a lecture entitled Restoring Historic Houses: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on Fri., Mar. 2. He will present a second lecture, Conspicuous Consumption: Ceramics and Silver in the Lowcountry, 1700 -1820, the following day. Approaching the theme in different manners, Frances MacDougall, Southern Accents Arts and Antiques Editor, will lecture about Living with Antiques, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Ronald Hurst will address the restoration of the Peyton Randolph House.
Other speakers on the Symposium roster include Jean Dunbar, author and expert on historic interiors; Russell Buskirk, a Charleston restorer of antiques; Lee Winborne, author and collector; Chris Ohrstrom, author and authority on historic interiors; and interior designer Karen Pruitt. Concluding the Symposium with splendor, a special tour of the Robert William Roper House, followed by a reception at a private home, will be available for a limited number of participants on Sun., Mar. 4.
The Gibbes Museum of Art is offering free entry to its collections to those persons who purchase admission to Symposium events. In particular, Symposium participants may view the exhibition Love and Loss: American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures, which will be on display during the Symposium. Charleston Place and the Holiday Inn Historic District are offering special accommodation rates to Symposium participants. Other business partners include Montblanc, Charleston Travel, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and the Historic Charleston Foundation.
Admission prices for the Symposium range from $35.00 to $75.00 for individual sessions, but packages will be available at significantly reduced rates for those who wish to participate in the Symposium more comprehensively. All proceeds from the Charleston Antiques Symposium benefit the College of Charleston's School of the Arts and its programs.
For more information about the scholarly sessions,
receptions, Sunday tour, and other events, please telephone Michael
W. Haga at 843/953-7766 or send an e-mail message to him at (HAGAM@COFC.EDU).
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