Sponsored by Adornment, The Newsletter of Jewelry & Related Arts October 6-7, 2007
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York October
Conference Schedule
Saturday, October 6
Morning
8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. Ulysses Grant Dietz (Curator of Decorative Arts, Newark
Museum)—Keynote Speaker: Putting Jewelry in its Place: Reclaiming Jewelry
for the Decorative Arts 10:00 a. m. Yvonne Markowitz (Rita J Kaplan and
Susan B Kaplan Curator of Jewelry, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)—Then and
Now: Egyptian Revival in Jewelry & the Decorative Arts 11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 Elyse Zorn Karlin (Publisher of Adornment and author)—The Historic Use
of the Medusa Image in Jewelry & the Decorative Arts
12:15 Lunch in faculty dining room
Afternoon
1:30 Nezka Pfeifer (Curator, Everhart Museum)—Sandwich Glass & The Designs
of Hazel Blake French: Crafting Cullet into Jewels
2: 30 Andrea DiNoto (author)—I Have One Word for You…”Plastic”
3:30 Break
3:45 Christie Romero (Director, Center for Jewelry Studies)—From Antler to
Xylonite—Unusual Materials in Victorian Jewelry and Objects
4:45 End of Day Remarks
Sunday October 7
Morning
8:45 a.m. opening remarks
9:00 a.m. Aimee Newell (Curator, National Heritage Museum) The Symbols of
Brotherhood: Understanding Masonic and Fraternal Motifs on Jewelry and the
Decorative Arts 10:00 a.m. Carol Dickson (Professor, University of Hawaii)—
Passions in
Paradise: Historic Hawaiian Jewelry & Decorative Arts 11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Ruthie Ellen Katzenstein (family historian)—Meyer D. Rothschild: A
Passion for American Pearls
12:15 p.m. Lunch in Faculty dining room
Afternoon
1:30 p.m Meghan Malvin (Research Assistant, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston)—Jewelry and Decorative Arts at The Darmstadt Colony 2:30 p.m. Ursula
Ilse-Neuman/Jennifer Scanlon (Museum of Art and Design, NYC)— The Last
Decade - Contemporary Jewelry and the Decorative Arts 3:30 Break
3:45 Jeannine Falino (independent curator)—Exquisite Detail: The Art of
Daniel Brush
4:45 Closing Remarks
Optional:
Two Special Study Days: (limited to 25 people each day on a first come,
first served basis; at least one vegetarian entrée will be offered for
lunch)
Friday, October 5
Morning: Guided Tour—Metropolitan Museum, Guided Tour of the Ancient Jewelry
Halls Lunch—private lunch at Bruno Jamais Dining Club (restaurant closed to
the
public)
Afternoon: Guided Tour: Behind the Scenes of the Metropolitan Opera
Monday, October 8
Morning: Guided tour–History of 47th St.
Lunch—Alfredo’s of New York/private room
Afternoon: Visit to a jewelry artist’s studio and discussion with the artist
Marilyn Cooperman
FEES:
Conference Fee—Both days with breakfast and buffet lunch included $350 per
person
Optional Days: $150 each
Early Bird Discount: Payment for conference received by August 1 and save
$25 on conference; no discounts on optional days
Contact:
Elyse Zorn Karlin, Adornment (same address as above),
news-adornment@usa.net
(914) 286-7685
Website address: www.jewelryconference.com. Registration forms can be
downloaded from the website.