The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
invites you to join us during Charleston’s celebrated “Antiques Week” in March 2010.
E Pluribus Unum: Thirteen Colonies, One New Nation
March 17 – 21, 2010
Charleston, South Carolina
In forming this great nation, each colony and geographic region was distinguished by unique characteristics interwoven with various influences brought by our forebears from Europe and Africa to the New World. We will explore this rich diversity in lectures by nationally-recognized scholars and an in-depth visit to Middleton Place. Optional tours will explore sites within Charleston’s old walled city.
Take advantage of the opportunity to hear lectures by prominent experts from major museums, historic properties and private collections. View extraordinary paintings, furniture, glassware, and metals, plus landmark properties. Meet connoisseurs, scholars, and friends from across the United States.
Connie Baldwin and Betsy Fernald just before the picnic at Drayton Hall 2009
The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
opens Antiques Week in Charleston with our Keynote Address by Carrie Rebora Barratt on March 17, 2010. The Forum offers a full program of fascinating lectures, interesting tours and beautiful receptions, including:
- Keynote Address and Reception with Carrie Rebora Barratt
Dr. Barratt’s lecture is entitled Facing of the New World: American Portraiture in the Thirteen Original Colonies. This prolific author and superb lecturer was recently named Associate Director of Collections and Administration at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, having previously served as the museum’s Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture.
You are invited to meet Carrie Rebora Barratt at the Opening Night Reception following her address.
- “Opening Day” Tours
Each tour will be small to enhance the experience. Choose one of three fascinating topics to learn more sites within Charleston’s old walled city:
- Private Houses from the Period of George II with Ralph Harvard III, Antiquarian and Designer, Ralph Harvard, Inc.
- Who Were the Huguenots?: A Visit to The French Protestant (Huguenot) Church with Robert M. Prioleau, President, The Huguenot Society of South Carolina
- Walking the Walls of Charles Towne’s Walled City with Katherine A. Saunders, Associate Director of Preservation, Historic Charleston Foundation and Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Walled City Task Force
- Sunday Private Visit to the Charleston International Antiques Show with J. Thomas Savage
Join Forum Moderator J. Thomas Savage and other experts for a private tour and an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of the nation’s preeminent antiques shows.
Purchase our “Connoisseur Package” to take advantage of all Forum lectures including an afternoon at Middleton Place with Plantation Supper, the 2010 Keynote Address and Reception, plus an exclusive evening reception in one of Charleston’s private homes. As a package holder, you will realize considerable savings and have the opportunity to purchase this year’s outstanding optional tours on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Single tickets, if available, will go on sale February 1, 2009. Please note the capacity at all Forum events is extremely limited.
Proceeds of the Forum
benefit arts education and preservation programs in Charleston, South Carolina. The 2010 Forum proceeds are supporting the College of Charleston School of the Arts and the Gibbes Museum of Art.
The following links provide additional information on our 2010 speakers’ institutions:
Callaway and Associates, Inc.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The Corning Museum of Glass
Historic Charleston Foundation
The Huguenot Society of South Carolina
Middleton Place Foundation
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ralph Harvard, Inc.
Robert Mussey Associates, Inc.
Sotheby’s New York
Winterthur Museum and Country Estate