American Decorative Arts Forum2005 lectures

The American Decorative Arts Forum has just released its lecture schedule for the coming year. Admission is free for ADAF members and $15 for non-members. The price of admission can be counted toward a $50 individual membership for 12 lectures a year. Further information is available at www.adafca.org.

11 January	Art Pottery, Bungalows and Atascadero: E.G. Lewis and the American Women’s League Anne Woodhouse, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO Mini-exhibit: Arts & Crafts pottery and tiles
8 February	Duncan Phyfe: Legendary Cabinetmaker Peter Kenny, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Mini-exhibit: Classical designs: anthemia to urns
1 March	American Sampler: Silver and Other Treasures from the Ruth Nutt Collection Julie Emerson, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Mini-exhibit: Silver vessels, trays and trophies
5 April	Victorian Glory: Victorian Interiors and All the Stuff They Contained Paul Duchscherer, San Francisco Mini-exhibit: Victorian textiles: antimacassars to shawls
10 May	American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts 1790–1840 Sumpter T. Priddy III, Alexandria, VA Mini-exhibit: Fancy ceramics, chairs, coverlets, quilts, tole
14 June	Collecting Country Arts: Nina Fletcher Little and the Connoisseurship of Anonymity Philip Zea, Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA Mini-exhibit: Folk, outsider and tramp art
12 July	The American Potter: Redware, Stoneware and Porcelain 1700–1900 Amanda Lange, Historic Deerfirld, Deerfield, MA Mini-exhibit: American, Asian and European ceramics
16 August	The East India Marine Society and Early Maritime Collecting in Salem Daniel Finamore, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA Mini-exhibit: Maritime art and artifacts
13 September	Golden Gate Park: Gallery of Victorian Style, Culture and Custom Christopher Pollock, San Francisco, CA Mini-exhibit: San Francisco scenes and memorabilia
11 October	Benjamin Franklin at Home Page Talbott, Bala-Cynwyd, PA Mini-exhibit: Founding fathers and mothers
8 November	California Paintings of the Hudson River School and the Barbizon Period Alfred C. Harrison, Jr., Northpoint Gallery, San Francisco, CA Mini-exhibit: Landscapes
13 December	To the Table: Food Preparation, Presentation and Pleasurable Partaking Elizabeth Garrett, Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH Mini-exhibit: Place settings