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The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
Terra Incognita:
New Discoveries and Influences on the South
March 12 – 16, 2008
Charleston, South Carolina
Castle Hill, a Palladian Jewel in an Arcadian Landscape
Keynote Address and Reception with The Countess of Arran
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
12:00~ |
Registration Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street |
2:00~ |
Optional Tours:
Leaving from the Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street |
6:00~7:00 pm |
Registration |
| 7:00pm |
Lady Arran’s family has lived in Castle Hill for almost 300 years, the spectacular country house having been built by her ancestor Hugh Fortescue in 1730. Since receiving the estate eighteen years ago, Lady Arran and her husband, the 9th Earl of Arran, have enhanced Castle Hill and its vast landscape with additions including their Millennium Garden. Introduction: J. Thomas Savage, Director of Museum Affairs, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate Evening Reception following the Keynote Address |
Thursday, March 13, 2008 | |
9:00 a.m. |
Registration Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street March 13, 14, & 15 lectures are in the Rotunda at the Gibbes |
9:30~ |
 Portraits and Other Paintings for Southern Patrons Carolyn J. Weekley, Juli Grainger Director of Museums, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation |
10:45~ |
Sensing the Sacred: Anglican Chapels of Ease Louis P. Nelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia |
2:00~ |
Duncan Phyfe’s Clients and Furniture in the American South Peter M. Kenny, Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts and Administrator of the American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
3:15~ |
 Travels through the Old South: Frances Benjamin Johnston and the Vernacular Architecture of VirginiaElizabeth M. Gushee, Image Librarian, Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia |
| Evening at leisure | For information on the Charleston International Antiques Show Preview Party Gala, contact Historic Charleston Foundation at 843-722-3405 or go to www.historiccharleston.org |
Friday, March 14, 2008 | |
9:00 a.m. |
Registration Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street March 13, 14, & 15 lectures are in the Rotunda at the Gibbes |
9:30~ |
 Re-Visioning a Low Country Plantation: A New Look at Drayton Hall Matthew Webster, Director of Preservation, Drayton Hall |
10:45~ |
 Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art Angela D. Mack, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, Gibbes Museum of Art |
| noon | Book Signing: Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art Angela D. Mack |
2:00~ |
 The Restoration of a Charleston Greek Revival:Yes, Classical Houses Can Still be Great Places to Live Gilbert P. Schafer III, Principal, G. P. Schafer Architect, PLLC, New York, New York |
| 3:15~ 4:15pm |
 Quilts in a Material WorldLinda Eaton, Curator of Textiles, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate |
7:00~ |
Reception in Private Home on Legare Street Remarks by Gilbert P. Schafer III on the home’s restoration |
| Evening at leisure | Enjoy one of Charleston’s many fine restaurants |
Castle Hill, a Palladian Jewel in an Arcadian LandscapeSaturday, March 15, 2008 |
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| 9:00 am | Registration Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street March 13, 14, & 15 lectures are in the Rotunda at the Gibbes |
9:30~ |
Elegant Emigrés: Charleston Decorative Arts in the MESDA Collection Robert A. Leath, Vice President of Collections and Research, Old Salem Museums and Gardens |
10:45~ |
 Collecting American Furniture on a Shoestring or With a Pot of GoldRonald Bourgeault, President, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
2:00~ |
 Passionate Pursuits: Collectors Round Table Moderator: J. Thomas Savage, Director of Museum Affairs, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate Participants: Ronald Bourgeault, President, Northeast Auctions; Louis D. Wright, Jr., MD, Collector; John M. Rivers, Jr., Collector |
5:00~ |
Farewell Cocktails in Private Home |
| Evening at leisure | Enjoy one of Charleston’s many fine restaurants |
Sunday, March 16, 2008 | |
9:00 am~ |
Tour to Millford Plantation with Lunch [Optional Tour], Millford Plantation, built 1839-41, is arguably the finest extant example of Greek revival residential architecture in the United States. Located northwest of Charleston in “The High Hills of the Santee,” the monumental house and grounds have been restored by its present owner, Richard Hampton Jenrette, who labels it his “Taj Mahal”. Bus will depart promptly from the Renaissance Charleston Hotel, 68 Wentworth Street (City Parking Garage is located across from the hotel) |
 Millford Plantation |
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Please note schedule changes may occur due to unforeseen circumstances.
ORDER YOUR TICKETS TODAY
Order the “Connoisseur Package” now to take maximum advantage of the Forum offerings, including the Keynote Address and Reception with The Countess of Arran and two parties in private homes. Additionally, package buyers will be able to purchase the optional tours on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets to individual lectures, if available, will go on sale on February 1, 2008.
Order your tickets securely online, or you may download our order form and mail us your order to:
The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
c/o Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
You may also order by phone:
843-722-2706, ext. 25
Please contact us if you should have any questions!
Parking: three parking garages and one parking lot are located a short distance from
the Gibbes Museum of Art.
Wheelchair access is available at the Gibbes Museum of Art and South Carolina Society Hall.