Programs
The American Decorative Arts Forum is proud to have brought over 25 years of outstanding lectures by scholars and experts in American decorative arts to Northern California.
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2012
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Jan
10
Modernizing the Traditional: Furnishing the Sophisticated Garden in the 1920s and 30s
Maggie Lidz, Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE
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Feb
21
Youthquake: High Style in the Swinging Sixties
Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, New York, NY
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Mar
13
Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns
Cynthia Amneus, Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
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Apr
10
Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design
Jeannine Falino, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
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May
08
Carved, Curved, Classical: Baroque Furniture and Architecture in Eastern Virginia, 1710–60
Sumpter T. Priddy, Alexandria, VA
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Jun
09
The Cult of Beauty: British and Japanese Influences on the American Aesthetic Movement
Hannah Sigur, Berkeley, CA
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Jul
10
Panorama of the American Campus over the Centuries
Paul V. Turner, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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Aug
14
Thomas Chambers, American Marine and Landscape Painter
Kathleen A. Foster, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
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Sep
11
Bringing the Outdoors In: Cottage and Wicker Furniture for House and Garden
Brock Jobe, Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE
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Oct
09
Black and White All Mixed Together: The Hidden Legacy of Enslaved Craftsmen
Daniel Ackerman, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
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Nov
13
Kenneth Jay Lane: American Jeweler to the World
Curt DiCamillo, DiCamillo Companion, Boston, MA
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Dec
11
The Glamour of Glory: War of 1812 Commemorations
Ann Wagner, Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE
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Jan
10