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Early Registration Rate ($250 in lieu of $350) thru March 1, 2012
Student ($125) and One-Day Rates Available
Gold
Vision, Value, and Values
A Conference in
New York City
April 12 – 13, 2012
For more information, contact:
Initiatives in Art and Culture
646-485-1952
info@artinitiatives.com
The World Gold Council is the Premier Sponsor of the event.
Barrick Gold Corporation and Newmont Mining Corporation are sponsors at the Partner Level; Kinross Gold Corporation and SPDR Gold Trust are sponsors at the Donor Level. We are also grateful for sponsorship from Tocqueville Asset Management and support from Fragments.
The Society of North American Goldsmiths and Metalsmith magazine are media sponsors.
Gold has been a principal store of wealth and unsurpassed as an object of desire for the entirety of recorded history. A central focus of this conference is gold’s unique place in cultures and economies.
The conference showcases contemporary artists who make jewelry and beautiful objects with gold, as well as historical work and techniques. We address challenges and opportunities faced by artists as the price of gold continues near record levels. An additional focus is the rising consumption in the rapidly developing economies of the BRIC countries ( Brazil , Russia , India , China ), as well as cultures in which the significance of gold is deeply embedded. Innovative approaches to minimize mining’s ecological footprint and social impact are a central concern. Issues pertaining to sustainability, fair trade, and legislation addressing chain of custody are key. Gold is also considered as an investment and asset in its many forms and relative to other precious materials.
Among confirmed speakers to date are: master goldsmiths: Michael Good and Giovanni Corvaja; David Lamb, managing director, Jewellery, World Gold Council; jewelers Temple St. Clair, Heather Moore, Rebecca Koven, George Sawyer, and Toby Pomeroy; Benjamin Zucker, internationally recognized authority on jewels and gems; Jack Ogden, chief executive, Gemological Association of Great Britain; Robert B. Headley, COO , Jewelers of America; Gregory Kwiat, CEO, Fred Leighton; Patti J. Geolat, founder and CEO, Geolat Companies; George Harlow, curator of Minerals and Gems, American Museum of Natural History; Mark Mauthner, geologist, photographer and museum consultant; Ed Opitz, VP, Corporate Responsibility, Kinross Gold Corporation; William R. Williams, VP, Environment, Barrick Gold; David A. Baker, senior VP and chief sustainability officer, Newmont Mining Corporation; and Jennifer Krill, executive director, Earthworks; Michael Berry, CEO, Discovery Investing; Juan Carlos Artigas investment research manager, World Gold Council; Douglas Groh, portfolio manager, Tocqueville Gold Fund (as of 1/18/2012).
An evening event at Fragments complements sessions at CUNY Graduate Center (Fifth Avenue @ 34th Street).
"SPDR"
is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor's Financial Services
LLC ("S&P") and has been licensed for use by State Street
Corporation. No financial product offered by State Street Corporation or
its affiliates is sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P or
its affiliates, and S&P and its affiliates make no representation,
warranty or condition regarding the advisability of buying, selling or
holding units/shares in such products. Further limitations that could
affect investors' rights may be found in the SPDR Gold Shares
prospectus. Read the GLD prospectus here.
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December 1–3, 2011 |
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Discounted early registration $250
(in lieu of $350) through November 7, 2011
Student ($150) and One-Day Rates Available
To register on line: www.acteva.com/go/red
Book sales and signings are a feature of the conference
RED
The 13th Annual New York Fashion Conference
New York, NY
Evening of
December 1 – 3, 2011
From Dior to Valentino, from Yves Saint Laurent to Lanvin, red is an expression of joy, of jubilation, of passion. In the hands of others it is—among many other things—the color of authority, of courage, and of liturgy. It is also a pre-eminent color of body ornament: red lipstick and nail polish are never out of style.
The 13th Annual New York Fashion Conference, RED, will explore the innumerable facets of this color without peer. We will consider the history of this color, and that of the materials from which it has been derived, as well as its symbolism, both as a color in and of itself and integral to patterns such as paisley and tartan. Vintage is a lens through we study this vibrant hue and the important roles it has played at all times and in all cultures; we trace these roles as well as their evolution over time. Not least, we explore the legacies of Diana Vreeland and others, for whom red was not just a color, but a signature.
Red has also become the emblem of social responsibility, and commitment to the support of various causes among which are the HIV / AIDS awareness, women's health, and social sustainability. No exploration of this color would be complete without considering this intertwining. We will consider red (and black) as metaphor and, in so doing, examine the intellectual property and financial concerns of the fashion industry. We will also consider red stones, from diamonds and rubies to spinel, tourmalines, and garnets, addressing the aesthetics and metaphoric implications of their use in jewelry.
An opening event at Fred Leighton (December 1)and a reception and book signing at What Goes Around Comes Around (December 2complement the talks and panels which take place at CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue @ 34th Street
Presenters and panelists
(as of October 3, 2011)
- Matt Tyrnauer, director of “Valentino: The Last
Emperor”
- Hal Rubenstein, creative director of InStyle
Magazine
- Designers Norma Kamali, Jeffrey Banks, Anna
Sui, Zandra Rhodes, Vicky Tiel, Margot Rozanska, & Sophia
Edstrand
- Lisa Immordino Vreeland, author of the book & director
of the film, “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel”
- Leatrice Eiseman, head of the Pantone & Eiseman
color institutes
- Marilyn F. Cooperman, noted jewelry designer
- Poppy King (“the Lipstick Queen”)
- Susan Scafidi, founder, Fashion Law Institute at
Fordham & author of the blog Counterfeit Chic
- Beverley Birks, fashion historian, vintage
collector, and private dealer
- Dilys Blum, costume curator, Philadelphia Museum of
Art
- Jan Glier Reeder, curator, Costume Institute, The
Metropolitan Museum
- Lesley M. M. Blume, journalist, cultural observer
& author, Let’s Bring Back
- Lisa Padovani, Emmy-nominated co-costume designer “Boardwalk
Empire”
- Pamela Keogh, cultural commentator &
author, Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?
- Gerard Maione, cofounder/creative director, What
Goes Around Comes Around
- Anya Strzemien and April Long, style
commentators, HuffPost and ELLE
- Cesar Padilla, co-owner, Cherry, vintage boutique
and archive
- Stephen Hannock, acclaimed artist who memorializes
his friendship to the late Frank Moore (who devised the red ribbon as a symbol
for AIDS awareness) by embedding it in some of his signal canvases
- Caroline Weber author, What Marie Antoinette
Wore to the Revolution, who writes for Vogue and The New
York Times
- Douglas Kazanjian, Kazanjian Bros., owners
of one of only three red diamonds over 5 carats in weight
- Jack Ogden, chief executive, Gemmological
Association of Great Britain
- Gregory Kwiat, CEO, Fred Leighton
- Benjamin Zucker, Scholar, author, and gem merchant
- Christopher P. Smith, president, American
Gemological Laboratories (AGL)
- Douglas Hucker, chief executive, American Gem Trade
Association (AGTA)
- Antoinette Matlins, gem and jewelry expert
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September 21–25, 2011 |
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Student rate and single-day registrations available.
At the Frontier’s Edge: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Denver and Environs
The 13th Annual Arts & Crafts Conference
Denver, Colorado
September 21 – 25, 2011
Van Briggle Pottery Lamp, 1903, by Anne Van Briggle (1868 –1929); shade probably by R. Ito, early 1904. Promised gift to Kirkland Museum of Pam McClary and Robert Rust. Photo: David Foxhoven.
Through an exploration of the Arts & Crafts movement in Denver and environs, “At the Frontier’s Edge,” challenges a notion that was advanced at the end of the 19th century: that the American frontier was closed.
- While from the limited perspectives of map making and census taking, perhaps, a geographic frontier of settlement no longer existed, the energizing quality of frontier life persisted. The frontier, according to Frederick Jackson Turner in a paper delivered in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition, created freedom by “breaking the bonds of custom, offering new experiences, and calling out new institutions and activities”; the nascent Arts & Crafts movement in the Mountain States did just that.
- We identify factors that shaped this regional expression, among them the rail lines.
- We challenge the generally accepted dates for the Movement (ca. 1876 – 1917).
- We also explore ongoing manifestations of the Arts & Crafts movement: while not mimetic in expression, the influence of the Movement can be seen in the work of contemporary jeweler Todd Reed, among others.
- Last, we consider whether the “frontier spirit” continues to affect the art, broadly defined that is regionally welcomed, and whether the reception accorded the work of architects like Daniel Liebeskind and Brad Cloepfil, positioned on the frontier of their discipline, has historic roots.
Vintage postcard, copyright, 1908, by Celia Doerner, Denver, CO.
Among the locations for formal sessions and visits are: the Denver Art Museum [DAM] (established in 1893 the Denver Artists Club had by 1918 become DAM which by 1948 DAM purchased a building on Acoma and 14th St; additions include the 1954 South Wing, Gio Ponti; local architect James Sudlers’ 1971 North Building; the Duncan Pavilion; and the 2006 Frederic C. Hamilton building, by Studio Daniel Liebeskind and Denver firm Davis Partnership Architects); Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art (the oldest commercial art building in Denver, local artist Vance Kirkland's historic Arts & Crafts style studio which houses a display of over 3,300 examples of decorative arts [1860s -1980] and a major survey of regional art), St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1907, Ralph Adams Cram); the Boettcher Mansion (Lorraine Lodge, Fisher & Fisher, 1917, a National Register Site); the Colorado Spring's Pioneers Museum (representing the cultural history of El Paso county); Hiwan Homestead (a 1890-1930 log lodge illustrating early mountain summer home living, a National Register Site); Van Briggle Memorial Art Pottery (Nicholas Van den Arend, 1908) and the Pottery's contemporary studio, , the Boulder studio of jeweler and metalsmith Todd Reed; and the David Cook Gallery of American Art and David Cook Gallery of Fine Art. and We also visit Denver Mountain Parks and Boulder's Chautauqua National Historic Landmark District; tour downtown architecture; and visit several private homes and sites, among them Anne Evans Cabin and the Chiddix residence "Hiawatha," both in Evergreen.
Nicolaas van den Arend, Van Briggle Pottery shown in a vintage photo, ca. 1908.
The speakers are: Nancy J. Blomberg, senior curator and head, Native Arts Department, Denver Art Museum (DAM); Anita J. Ellis, deputy director, Curatorial Affairs, Cincinnati Art Museum and an authority on Cincinnati decorative arts, especially ceramics; Laura F. Fry, curatorial assistant, specializing in American turn-of-the-century western art at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming with an emphasis on American art pottery; Katie Davis Gardner, career museum curator, and an authority on Van Briggle pottery; Hugh Grant, founder, director and curator, Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art and adjunct curator, Kirkland Collection, DAM; Scott Nelson, collector of Van Briggle Pottery; Thomas Jacob Noel, professor of History, University of Colorado, Denver and the author of 40 books, many dealing with art, architecture and culture; Liam O'Neill, chairman and founder, The Archibald Knox Society; Todd Reed, jeweler, whose acclaimed work is hand fabricated in his Boulder, Colorado studio; Cheryl Robertson, independent scholar, curator, and museum consultant, and authority on the period; Robert C. Rust, national Arts and Crafts design consultant, who with P. McClary, has co-authored articles on the Colorado Arts & Crafts Movement; Thomas Brent Smith, director, Petrie Institute of Western American Art, DAM; Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History, University of Virginia. We are also grateful for the participation of Christoph Heinrich, Frederick and Jan Mayer Director, DAM, and Cynthia Shaw McLaughlin, Director, Boettcher Mansion and a founding member of the Colorado Arts & Crafts Society. The conference is organized by Lisa Koenigsberg, president and founder of Initiatives in Art and Culture who established the Arts & Crafts conference series in 1999.
Buffalo Bill seated in a striking chair made from Texas steer horns and goat skin, in front of his tent on the Wild West show backlot,
London, England, 1892. Photo, courtesy, Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Support for this project has been provided by Tom Bird and Joan Albin, James Dicke II, The Felicia Fund, Barbara N. Fuldner, and Style 1900. Anonymous donors have also contributed to this effort (as of 8/04/2011).
Hotels
Special nightly rates have been arranged at the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa and the affiliated Comfort Inn Downtown Denver to those identifying themselves as Arts & Crafts participants or with Initiatives in Art and Culture. The room blocks will be held until August 22, 2011 (Brown Palace) and September 5, 2011 (Comfort Inn). Reservations must be made via phone.
The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa
321 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 297-3111 or (800) 321-2599
A special nightly rate of $219, plus taxes
The Comfort Inn Downtown Denver
401 17th Street. Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 296-0400 or (800) 237-7431
The Comfort Inn is offering special nightly rates of $119,
plus taxes, for standard rooms and $139, plus taxes, for deluxe corner rooms
For further informationPlease contact: Lisa Koenigsberg at lisa.koenigsberg@artinitiatives.com;
telephone: (646) 485-1952 or fax: (212) 935-6911.
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May 20 – 21, 2011 |
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Early Registration Discount $275 in lieu of $350 through May 1
Educators/Museum Professional $160 & Student $100
Discounts Available with ID
Turning Points
The 16th Annual American Art Conference
May 20 – 21, 2011
New York, NY
Location: Graduate Center City
University of New York
This year’s conference considers pivotal events, individuals, stylistic shifts, and advances in materials and technology across three centuries of artistic production. Individually and collectively, these turning points transformed American Art.
Among the presenters:
- William C. Agee
- Mark D. Mitchell
- David Anfam
- Kimberly Orcutt
- David Park Curry
- Lincoln Schatz
- James F. Dicke, II
- Paul Staiti
- Stephen Hannock
- Joyce Hill Stoner
- Peter Hassrick
- Robert Farris Thompson
- Valerie Ann Leeds
- James W. Tottis
- Barbara Buhler Lynes
- Eli Wilner
For further information, contact:
Initiatives in Art and Culture
info@artinitiatives.com
Tel. 646-485-1952
Fax. 212-935-6911
Leadership funding has been provided by The Louis and Lena Minkoff Foundation. We also express our gratitude to The Dangremond Family Foundation for its support of student attendance. Funding at the Partner Level has been provided by Babcock Galleries and Jonathan Boos. We gratefully acknowledge funding received from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci, Peter H. Tillou, and anonymous donors, as well as support received from Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Conner Rosenkranz, Sotheby’s, and Shannon’s. (as of 3/20/2011)
From
top to bottom: Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (Lansdowne
portrait) (detail), 1796, oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution. Acquired as a gift to the Nation through the
generosity of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. John Singer Sargent, Madame
X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883 – 1884, oil on canvas, 82 1/8 x
43 1/4 in (208.6 x 109.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur
Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916, accession number16.53. Marcel Duchamp, Nude
Descending a Staircase (No. 2), 1912, oil on canvas, 57 7/8 x 35 1/8
inches (147 x 89.2 cm). Framed: 59 3/4 x 36 3/4 x 2 inches (151.8 x 93.3 x
5.1 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg
Collection, 1950 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP,
Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp.
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April 7 – 9, 2011 |
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Early Registration Discount ($275 in lieu of $350)
Through March 1, 2011
Student ($150) and One-Day Rates Available
(for the latter contact the organizer)
Gold
Substance,
Significance,
and Symbol
A 2-day conference in New York City
Friday and Saturday
April 8 & 9, 2011
Peter Schmid for Atelier Zobel, Brooch / Pendant, 279.906.PS, 18 K Karat, tourmaline 12,59 cts, diamonds champagne colored vsi 0,27 cts, diamonds pink 0,12 cts, 73 mm.
To Register
On-line: go to: www.acteva.com/go/gold
By e-mail: Fill in the registration form and send to: lisa.koenigsberg@artinitiatives.com
Fax: Fill in the registration form, including credit card information, and dial (212) 935-6911.
By mail: Return form with a check or money order payable to Initiatives in Art and Culture or complete the credit card information on the form, and mail to Initiatives in Art and Culture, 333 East 57th Street, Suite 13B, New York, NY 10022
By phone: Using American Express®, Visa® Card, or MasterCard®, or Discover® call (646) 485-1952.
Fee: A discounted registration of $275 is available through March 1, 2011. A discounted rate of $150 is available for full-time students with ID.
Withdrawal and refunds: Notice of withdrawal must be made in writing to: Initiatives in Art and Culture, 333 East 57th Street, 13B, New York, NY 10022 or via email to lisa.koenigsberg@artinitiatives.com. No refunds after April 1, 2010.
Registration confirmations are sent via e-mail.
Location
The Graduate Center City University of New York (Fifth Ave. @ 34th Street).
Program subject to change.
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Mary Lee Hu, Choker, 1991, 18 Karat and 22 Karat Gold. Photo courtesy: Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery (Seattle).
Gold has been a principal store of wealth and unsurpassed as an object of desire for the entirety of recorded history. One could argue that much of the history of mankind can be written as the history of gold, or at least the history of man’s attempt to acquire and hold onto it, at whatever human and material cost and in whatever form.
This conference takes an all-embracing look at this precious metal, considering it in all its physical manifestations—from mineral, to ingot, to coinage, to jewelry—and at all stages of its production and use. We explore contemporary approaches to mining, with close attention paid to sustainable and socially and environmentally conscious extraction and the related subjects of the increasing use of reclaimed metal and corporate social responsibility. We look at gold throughout history, and collectors and collections of gold. And extending beyond gold’s role as a repository of value, we consider its symbolism and how that has evolved over time. Last, we look at contemporary work in gold, be it by large firms or individual artisans who continue to shape this intensely coveted metal into objects of beauty and utility.
An evening reception at Aaron Faber Gallery and a screening of the award-winning film, Red Gold complement formal sessions.
We are grateful for funding from ABN AMRO, Barrick Gold Corporation, Kinross Gold Corporation, Tiffany & Co., and Tocqueville Asset Management, as well as for a media sponsorship provided by Metalsmith Magazine published by the Society of North American Goldsmiths, and to Aaron Faber Gallery, the American Society of Jewelry Historians, and the New York Silver Society, and Temple St Clair (as of 2/20/2011).
Participants to date: Atelier Zobel, the German firm, represented by owner Peter Schmid, former apprentice of the firm's founder,
Michael Zobel, and art historian Susan D. Barry; Juan Carlos Artigas, Investment Research Manager, World Gold Council (WGC); jewelers Marilyn Cooperman and Temple St. Clair; Steve D'Esposito, president of RESOLVE and an architect of the No Dirty Gold Campaign; Patti J. Geolat, founder and CEO, Geolat, Dallas TX, an authority on the appraisal and sale of fine jewelry; Bonnie Gestring, Earthworks, where she is responsible for spearheading the effort to prevent mining of Bristol Bay; Géza von Habsburg, art historian, who has
served as chairman of two auction houses and whose numerous publications include Princely Treasures (1997) and several definitive volumes on
Fabergé; Robert D. Headley, COO, Jewelers of America; Mary Lee Hu, goldsmith whose work is in major public and private collections; Tolling Jennings, mint master, Lasqueti Mint; Sheila Khama, former CEO DeBeers Botswana and member, Board of Directors for implementation
of the Brand Botswana Management Organisation (BBMO); Victor van der Kwast, CEO, International Diamond and Jewelry Group corporate executive
vice president, ABN-AMRO; David Lamb, Managing Director, Jewelry, World Gold Council Jewelry with responsibility for the strategic development
of the worldwide gold jewelry market and.a member of the WGC's Leadership Team; Mary McFadden, a major collector of gold and (and iconic fashion
and jewelry designer); Jack Ogden, chief executive, Gemmological Association of Great Britain and eminent jewelry historian; Ed Opitz,
Vice President, Kinross Gold Corporation; John Pettersen, Senior Vice President for Operations, Tiffany & Co., where is responsible for gold
manufacturing; John Rakovan, professor, Mineralogy / Geochemistry, Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH; Jon Rudolph, CEO
and founder, Mammoth Tusk Gold; Paul Song, director of rare coins, gold bullion and bank notes, Bonhams; Humphrey Valenbreder, Country
Representative, Regional Head Americas and Canada, International Diamond and Jewelry Group, ABN–AMRO; James D. Webster, curator, and chairman,
Division of Physical Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, and curator, Earth and Planetary Sciences who organized the major exhibition,
“Gold”; Bill Williams, Vice President, Barrick Gold Corporation; Joe Zock and Doug Groh, Tocqueville Gold Fund and Asset
Management; Benjamin Zucker, scholar, author, gem merchant, and collector who has been assembled The Zucker Family Ring Collection (as of
2/20/2011).
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Initiatives in Arts and Culture (IAC) is an organization committed to educating diverse audiences in the fine, decorative, and visual arts as well as architecture. IAC's primary activities are conferences, publications, and exhibitions. These take an interdisciplinary approach, considering issues related to fabrication, connoisseurship, cultural patrimony, cultural preservation, and the future of culture.
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