‘CELEBRATING AMERICAN MASTERPIECES’ ANNOUNCES MARCH 14–18 SCHEDULE

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum schedule for its forum, “Celebrating American Masterpieces: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Fine and Decorative Arts,” March 14–18, is as follows:

On Wednesday, March 14, the event kicks off at 7 pm at Ashley Hall, 172 Rutledge Avenue, with a keynote address, “Old World Dreams, New World Realities: The Arts of Provincial American Culture,” given by Wendell D. Garrett, senior vice president, American Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s New York and editor-at-large, The Magazine Antique; a reception will follow.

Thursday’s events offers three lectures (all lectures take place at the Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting Street): “Cricketeers, Grand Tourists and Peacocks: Masterpieces of American Portraiture and Their Lively Subjects,” “Making an Uncollectible Collectible: American Silver 1810 to 1835,” and “A Man of Genius, Reconsidering Washington Allston” and “Adventure of Finding Family Treasures to Complete a Family Collection.”

Friday’s lectures include: “American Furniture in the Chipstone Collection,” “Reinventing the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” “A Bridge to America’s Past: Ima Hogg’s Bayou Bend Collection” and “All that Glitters is not Gold: Needlework Pictures for the Parlor.”

Saturday’s programs include two lectures: “Furnishing the Great Mansions of the South: Documented Furnishings from Southern Colonial Homes” and “Master’s Piece: The Making of Historic Charleston” a book signing, a “Thrill of the Search: Collectors’ Round Table” and candlelight reception and tour of the Aiken-Rhett House.

Sunday will conclude the forum with a tour of the Low Country and brunch in a historic Beaufort home.

For more information, www.charlestonantiquesforum.org or 843-722-2706, extension 25.