Eli Wilner and Company News and Events: Past Lectures

2008

The Transforming Power of the Frame: Makers, Marriages, and Materials the fifth conference on frames by Initiatives in Art and Culture, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton (exact date to be determined). www.artinitiatives.com September 18th-20th, 2008

Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, a PowerPoint presentation on American frames by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information see www.mintmuseum.org Programs and Events. Sunday, June 15th, 3:00 PM

Initiatives In Art and Culture American Icons, a conference on American painting, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames. www.artinitiatives.com Thursday-Friday, May 15th-17th, 2008

Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames. www.cartermuseum.org Saturday, May 10th, 2008, 11:00 AM

International Society of Appraisers annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on appraising American frames. www.isa-appraisers.org Friday, April 25, 2008

CASETA (Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art), annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on framing early Texas art. Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Detroit Institute of Arts, Revisioning the Ashcan: Frames and the Artist, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton in conjunction with the symposium 'Circa 1900' that features the exhibition Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush With Leisure, 1895-1925. www.artinitiatives.com Friday, March 28th, 2008

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on 19th century American frames in conjunction with the exhibition At Home and Abroad The Transcendental Landscapes of Christopher Pearse Cranch. Reception at 3:00 PM. www.lymanallyn.org Sunday, February 24th, 2008, 2:00 PM

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, a PowerPoint presentation by Gallery Director Suzanne Smeaton on frames for the Friends of the American Wing. www.artbma.org Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

2007

Tour of the Wilner frame studio in Long Island City for Sotheby’s American Arts Course students. Thursday, December 6th, 2007

A gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton at the Eli Wilner & Company gallery for Sotheby’s American Arts Course students. Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

New-York Historical Society, ‘Embracing Realism: Frames of the Ashcan Painters, 1895-1925’, a PowerPoint presentation by Suzanne Smeaton at the half-day symposium in conjunction with the exhibition Life’s Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists’ Brush With Leisure, 1895-1925. www.nyhistory.org Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Factory-to-Arts tour at the Eli Wilner & Company frame studio in Long Island City in conjunction with the Fisher Landau Center. www.flcart.org Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Initiatives In Art and Culture, The Perpetual New: Avant-Gardes in American Painting, 1790 to the Present, a conference held at the National Academy Museum and The New York Historical Society May 17-19. Suzanne Smeaton will give a PowerPoint presentation A Context for the Avant-Garde: The Changing Face of American Frames, 1910-1950. For further information call 646 485-1952, info@artinitiatives.com or www.artinitiatives.com Friday, May 18th, 2007

Royal Oak Foundation, New York, New York. A look at the evolution of American frame design 1750-1920 with attention to the connections between British and American frame designs. The lecture will be held at the Grolier Club 47 East 60th Street. For further information, visit The Royal Oak Foundation website at www.royal-oak.org or call Robert Dennis at The Royal Oak office at (212) 480-2889 Ext. 201 to register by phone. Monday, March 19th, 2007, 6:00 PM

Appraiser's Association of America, National Arts Club, New York, a frame lecture by Suzanne Smeaton as part of the Association's 'First Monday' series offered to members. For AAA Members Only. Monday, March 5th, 2007, 6:00 PM

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. A PowerPoint presentation for the Friends of the American Wing discussing the history of American frames, followed by a question and answer session. By invitation only. Visit The Baltimore Museum of Art website at www.artbma.org. Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Docents for the Lehman Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, a tour of the Eli Wilner & Company restoration studio. By invitation only. Monday, February 5th, 2007, 10:00 AM

2006

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino California, a frame lecture by Suzanne Smeaton exploring the original frame designs of Hudson River Landscape painter, Frederic E. Church. The talk will include the story of how Eli Wilner & Company was able to faithfully replicate the original frame Church designed for the Huntington's Chimborazo. Offered in conjunction with the exhibition, Treasures From Olana: Landscapes, by Frederic Edwin Church on view October 14th, 2006 through January 3rd, 2007. For further information contact The Huntington at (626) 405-2100 or visit their website at www.huntington.org. Monday, October 30th, 2006, 7:00 PM

Sotheby's Institute, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton for students of the American Arts Course. Wednesday, October 11th, 2006, 10:00-11:00 AM

New Britain Museum of American Art, frame lecture by Suzanne Smeaton as part of the museum series, The Art of Craft, with an in depth view of how 19th and early 20th century frames were made. For further information contact the New Britain Museum of American Art at (860) 229-0257 or visit their website at www.nbmaa.org. Thursday, September 21st, 2006, 6:00 PM

STUDIO TOUR at the Eli Wilner & Company Frame Restoration Workshop for The American Art Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Saturday, May 20th, 2006.

Initiatives In Art and Culture, What Lies Beyond: America's Involvement With Frontier, Boundary and Horizon, A Conference on American Painting, PowerPoint presentation at The Dahesh Museum by Suzanne Smeaton on Moving Edges: How Modernist Artists and Ideas Frame Our View. Saturday, May 13th, 2006.

The National Academy, New York, a frame lecture at 6:30 PM presented by Suzanne Smeaton focusing on 19th century American frames for Hudson River landscape paintings and highlighting examples from two concurrent exhibitions at the National Academy Museum: For Spacious Skies: Hudson River School Paintings From the Henry and Sharon Martin Collection and Treasures From Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church. For further information contact the Museum at (212) 369-4880 ext. 225 or go online to www.nationalacademy.org. Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, a frame lecture at 11:00 AM by Suzanne Smeaton followed by a frame clinic at 2:00 PM, also conducted by Ms. Smeaton. For further information contact the museum Education Department at (901) 544-6200. Saturday, January 21st, 2006

2005

Sotheby's American Art Series Conserving, Framing, and Insuring: What Every Collector Should Know, a slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on appropriate framing. For further information contact Sotheby's Institute of Art at (212) 894-1111 or at publicprograms@sothebys.com. Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Lower Hudson Conference meeting at the Salmagundi Club, a slide lecture presentation in the afternoon by Suzanne Smeaton on the framing of fine art. Monday, November 7th, 2005

Dahesh Museum 'First Thursday' lecture series at 6:30 PM, a slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on framing 19th century painting in conjunction with the exhibition The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. For further information contact the Dahesh Museum at (212) 759-0606. Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

NYU conference, Frames: The Northern European Tradition - A Conference in Dresden, October 20-22, 2005, a slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton in conjunction with the NYU conference. For further information please contact the NYU at (212) 998-7130 or go to www.scps.nyu.edu/dresdenframes. Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

New York University, New York, Encounters With the Land: American Depictions from the 17th Century to the Present, May 13-15, 2005, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton in conjunction with the NYU conference. For further information please contact NYU at (212) 998-7130 or go to www.scps.nyu.edu/americanart. Sunday, May 15th, 2005

STUDIO TOUR at Eli Wilner & Company Frame Restoration Workshop in conjunction with the NYU conference Encounters With the Land: American Depictions from the 17th Century to the Present, May 13-15, 2005. For further information please contact Eli Wilner & Company directly or NYU at (212) 998-7130 or go to www.scps.nyu.edu/americanart. Saturday, May 14th, 2005, 6:00-8:00 PM

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, slide lecture by Eli Wilner hosted by UBS Financial Services. For further information contact sandra.zarraga@ubs.com or phone (561) 367-1816. Thursday, April 28th, 2005, 6:00 PM

Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton for the docents. For further information please contact the museum at (205) 254-2565. Monday, March 14th, 2005, 9:30 AM

Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama, slide lecture and frame clinic by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information please contact the museum at (205) 254-2565. Sunday, March 13th, 2005, 2:30 PM

Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames to the members. For further information please contact the museum at (205) 343-4540. Friday, March 11th, 2005

Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames to the docents. For further information please contact the museum at (205) 343-4540. Friday, March 11th, 2005, 10:00 AM

Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on frames to the docents. Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005

Sotheby's of Palm Beach, Florida, featured The Art of The Frame, lecture by Eli Wilner, owner of Eli Wilner & Company. Friday, February 18th, 2005, 10:30 AM

2004

Appraisers Association of America Behind-the-Scenes tour of Eli Wilner & Company restoration studio in conjunction with their national conference in New York, December 4th-6th. For further information contact the AAA at (212) 889-5404 or e-mail aaa@appraisersassoc.org. Monday, December 6th, 2004

Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on frames for the docents. Monday, December 6th, 2004

Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on frames. For further information contact Jennifer Williams in the Education Department at the Detroit Institute of Arts (313) 833-7977. Sunday, December 5th, 2004, 3:00 PM

Sotheby's American Arts Course, tour of the Eli Wilner & Company restoration studio by Suzanne Smeaton in Long Island City for the students. Friday, December 3rd, 2004

Sotheby's American Art Series Conserving, Framing, and Insuring: What Every Collector Should Know, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on appropriate framing. For further information contact Sotheby's Institute of Art at (212) 894-1111 or at publicprograms@sothebys.com. Tuesday, November 9th, 2004

New York University SCPS Appraisal Studies Program, Two-day intensive Appraising 19th and Early 20th Century Frames by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information contact NYU at (212) 998-7130. Friday and Saturday, November 5th and 6th, 2004

Smithsonian American Art Museum's annual Director's Circle Dinner, slide lecture by Eli Wilner. Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida, slide lecture by Dr. Carrie Barratt, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, on the evolving field of American frame scholarship in conjunction with The Art of the Frame: Gems From the Simoni Collection. Thursday, June 17th, 2004

Pensacola Museum of Art, three special events in conjunction with The Art of the Frame: Gems From the Simoni Collection.
1:00 PM - Slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames
2:00 PM - Carving and gilding demonstration by Eli Wilner & Company craftsmen
3:00 PM - Frame clinic: Bring your old frames or photos of old frames and have the experts tell you about them - age, quality, and rarity.
For further information regarding any of these events contact the Pensacola Museum of Art at (850) 432-6247. Saturday, May 22nd, 2004

The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on artworks from the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, focusing on the recent reframing of many of these pieces. For further information go to www.americanart.si.edu. Saturday, April 3rd, 2004, 3:00 PM

From Classicism to Expressionism: A Synthetic Approach to the Frame - A Conference. This third NYU frame conference examined the spectrum of frame design: the dialectical tendency to veer from ordered, symmetrical, classical and restrained forms to more exuberant, asymmetrically embellished, and dramatic expressions. Click here for more details. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 18-20, 2004 - SPECIAL CONFERENCE

American Renaissances: The Enduring Italian Inspiration, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton in conjunction with the New York University conference on frames From Classicism to Expressionism: A Synthetic Approach to the Frame, March 18th-20th. For further info or to register contact NYU Programs in the Arts at (212) 998-7130 or log on to www.scps.nyu.edu/frames. Saturday, March 20th, 2004, 9:15 AM

Friends of American Art group, Newark Museum, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton. A walk-through and discussion of American frames on paintings in the museum collection. (This was a Private event.) Thursday, February 26th, 2004

Palm Beach Classic International Fine Art & Antique Fair, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton. The Fair ran Thursday, January 29th through Sunday, February 8th, 2004 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. For further information go to www.ifae.com or call (561) 209-1300. Saturday, February 7th, 2004

2003

Sotheby's American Arts Course, Eli Wilner & Company restoration studio tour by Suzanne Smeaton for the students. Monday, November 3rd, 2003

American Decorative Arts Visiting Committee at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, slide lecture and hands-on demonstration by Suzanne Smeaton about American period frames. A special event as part of the 2003 Collector's Circle Symposium - by invitation only. Friday, September 19th, 2003

New York University conference In Full Flower: The Arts and Crafts Movement in the San Francisco Bay Area, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton, June 26th-29th, Oakland, California. For further information contact NYU SCPS at (212) 998-7130. Saturday, June 21st, 2003

Two-day seminar Maurice Brazil Prendergast, May 29-30th, New York University, New York, New York, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information contact NYU SCPS at (212) 998-7130. Friday, May 30th, 2003

Marching Toward Modernism: American Post-Impressionism and Early Modernism in Context conference, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton, May 16th-18th, New York University, New York, New York. For further informnation contact NYU SCPS at (212) 998-7130. Sunday, May 18th, 2003

The Art of the Frame: The Successful Marriage of Painting and Frame, National Academy of Design in New York, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton to the students on factors and choices that create an effective overall presentation. Thursday, February 13th, 2003

2002

Friends of the Mint Museum, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on picture frames. Friday, December 13th, 2002

James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames. For further information contact the museum at (215) 340-9800. Tuesday, November 5th, 2002

Appraising 19th and Early 20th Century Frames for the New York University Appraisal Studies curriculum, Two-day intensive by Suzanne Smeaton. For further info contact New York University at (212) 998-7130. Friday and Saturday, October 4th and 5th, 2002

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on frames for the Fine Arts Collectors group at the private residence of a member of the Fine Art Collectors group. Thursday, September 26th, 2002

Arts and Crafts Frames: Foster Brothers, Carrig Rohane, Thulin and Other Boston Makers for the NYU conference Sources and Inspiration: Boston as a Beacon for the Arts and Crafts Movement, Boston, Massachusetts, June 19th-23rd, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton. For further info contact NYU at (212) 998-7130. Saturday, June 22nd, 2002

New York University three-day conference on World Impressionism, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on American Impressionist frames. For further information contact the NYU SCPS Arts & Humanities office at (212) 998-7130. Sunday, May 19th, 2002

FIT Restoration program, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton for the students at the Eli Wilner & Company gallery. Thursday, May 9th, 2002

The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, tour of picture frames by Suzanne Smeaton. The presentation on frames was part of the museum's Behind the Scenes lecture series that focused on 'The Genuine Article.' Sunday, May 4th, 2002

Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York City, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames with a special emphasis on gilding processes. For further information contact the Salmagundi Club at (212) 255-7740. Wednesday, March 20th, 2002

Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Exhibition dates: February 17th-April 14th, 2002), Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, slide lecture presentation on picture frames by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information contact the museum at (413) 263-6800. Sunday, February 17th, 2002

2001

Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian Museum of American Art (Exhibition dates: June 20th-October 21st, 2001), Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, slide lecture presentation on picture frames by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information contact the Portland Museum of Art at (207) 775-6148. Thursday, September 6th, 2001

Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, slide lecture presentation on picture frames by Suzanne Smeaton for the summer interns. Monday, June 25th, 2001

Keys to a Successful Marriage: Case Studies in Frame Selection for Works on Paper, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton in conjunction with the New York University conference on American pastels, drawings, and watercolors, May 16th-19th, 2001. For further information contact NYU at (212) 998-7130. Sunday, May 20th, 2001

Bucks County Framemakers 1890-1970 (Exhibition dates: December 16th, 2000 to March 18th, 2001), James A. Michener Art Museum, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information contact the Michener Museum at (215) 340-9800. Tuesday, January 16th, 2001

2000

Appraising 19th and Early 20th Century Period Frames, New York University SCPS Appraisal Studies Program, Two-day frame intensive taught by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information contact NYU SCPS office at 998-7130 (Reference course number X03.9666). Friday & Saturday, October 27th-28th, 2000

Sotheby's American Arts Course, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton for the students. Thursday, October 19th, 2000

A Distant Muse: Orientalist Works from the Dahesh Museum of Art exhibition, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton on 19th and early 20th century picture frames. For further info please contact the Dahesh Museum in New York City at (212) 759-0606, Wednesday, October 18th, 2000

Friends of Painting and Sculpture, Denver Art Museum, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames. Friday, October 13th, 2000.

American Impressionism-Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition, gallery walk-through by Eli Wilner of noteworthy picture frames on paintings at the Guild Hall Museum in Easthampton, New York. Friday, July 21st, 2000

From Sea to Shining Sea: Regions, Regionalism, and Nationalism in American Painting, NYU Three-day conference, May 17th-20th, 2000, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton. Saturday, May 20th, 2000

Friends of Painting and Sculpture, Denver Art Museum, gallery talk and restoration studio tour by Suzanne Smeaton. Wednesday, May 10th, 2000

Fashion Institute of Technology restoration course of Hugh Crean, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton for the students. Thursday, May 4th, 2000

Morris Museum of Southern Painting in Augusta, Georgia, slide lecture presentation by Suzanne Smeaton. Thursday, April 27th, 2000

Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on frames. For further information contact Donna Climehage at the museum at (407) 645-5311. Wednesday, April 26th, 2000

Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, frame survey. Tuesday, April 25th, 2000

Friends of Painting and Sculpture, Denver Art Museum, gallery talk and restoration studio tour by Suzanne Smeaton. Wednesday, April 5th, 2000

Seattle Art Museum, slide lecture by Eli Wilner. Thursday, March 16th, 2000

Council of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, slide lecture by Eli Wilner. Wednesday, March 15th, 2000

Fine and Decorative Arts Society of New Jersey, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton. Thursday, March 2nd, 2000

Personal Property Annual Conference, American Society of Appraisers, New York City, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on American frames. Saturday, January 22nd, 2000

1999

New York School of Interior Design, Hugh Crean's class, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton for students. Wednesday, December 8th, 1999

Nelson-Atkins Museum, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton for the patrons group. Friday, November 12th, 1999

NYU SCPS Appraisal Studies Course, Two-day intensive on 19th & Early 20th Century Frames taught by Suzanne Smeaton. For further information contact NYU SCPS at (212) 988-7130. Friday and Saturday, October 22nd-23rd, 1999

Sotheby's American Arts Course, gallery talk by Suzanne Smeaton at Eli Wilner & Company for the students. For further information please contact Sotheby's Institute at (212) 606-7822. Thursday, September 23rd, 1999

The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, NYU SCPS Conference, June 9th-12th, 1999, slide lecture by Eli Wilner & Company Gallery Director Suzanne Smeaton on American frames of the Arts & Crafts movement. For further information contact NYU SCPS at (212) 998-7130.

The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, NYU SCPS Conference, June 9th-12th, 1999, reception, studio tour and presentation on American frames of the Arts & Crafts Period at the Eli Wilner & Company Restoration Studio as the inaugural event. For further information contact NYU SCPS at (212) 998-7130.

Delval Chapter of PPFA, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton on the stylistic evolution of American frames 1820-1920. For further information contact Lynne Rubin Karr at 215 663-9211. Monday, May 10, 1999

Cumberland County Historical Society Two-day Antiques Forum, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton. Saturday, April 17th, 1999

Sotheby's Beverly Hills galleries, Special Three-day exhibition of fine antique frames and hand-crafted replica frames from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company (Exhibition dates: April 6th-8th, 1999), slide lecture by Eli Wilner and an informal walk-through of the exhibition with a reception. Click here to view images from this event. Wednesday, April 7th, 1999

Trout Gallery at Dickinson University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, slide lecture by Suzanne Smeaton. Friday, March 26th, 1999

1998

19th & Early 20th Century Frames, NYU, Appraisal Studies - Two-day frame intensive. Friday-Saturday, October 30th-31st, 1998

Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, slide lecture and frame clinic.

Guild Hall Museum, Easthampton, New York, in conjunction with exhibtion on EH painters.

Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Symposium on Pennsylvania Impressionist Painters.

Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, slide lecture and frame workshop.

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, slide lecture presentation in conjunction with the exhibition 'Thomas Moran.'

Roslyn Historical Society, Roslyn, New York.

New York Historical Society Staff, New York, New York, talk at Eli Wilner & Company gallery.

NMAA Forum, Long Island City, New York, Eli Wilner & Company Studio.

Radical Departures: Aspects of the Modern in American Painting 1876-1939, NYU Modernist Painting Conference, Container Becoming Content: Frames for American Modernist Paintings at NYU, New York, New York.

1997

Sotheby's Institute, New York, New York, slide lecture presentation on framing for Modern art in conjunction with The Evelyn Sharp Collection of Modern Art symposium.

Dallas Antiques and Fine Art Society, Dallas, Texas, slide lecture.

New York University, Appraisal Studies Course, New York, New York, Two-day intensive course on 19th century frames.

National Academy of Design, New York, New York, slide lecture and frame workshop in conjunction with The Tenth Street Studio Building exhibition.

The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, slide lecture presentation to the Mowbray Arch Patrons group.

Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, frame connoisseurship workshop in conjunction with The Tenth Street Studio Building exhibition.

The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, slide lecture and frame workshop in conjunction with the exhibition In The Picture: American Frames 1870-1920.

Professional Picture Framers Association, New York City Conference, New York, New York, slide lecture and workshop.

Fashion Institute of Technology, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk for students of Restoration Studies Program.

New York University, American Frame Conference, The Centrality of the Edge: American Frames, 1740-1940, New York, New York, slide lecture and panel discussion.

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, slide lecture.

Parsons School of Design, New York, New York, slide lecture and panel discussion.

1996

New York University, Appraisal Studies Course, New York, New York, Two-day intensive course on 19th Century frames.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, Paintings Council & Decorative Arts Council joint presentation, slide lecture.

Pennsylvania Academy of Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Collector's Circle presentation, slide lecture and gallery talk.

Maier Museum of Art, Randolph Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, slide lecture.

New York University, New York, New York, Expanding Horizons: American Painting 1865-1950, conference on 19th Century American painting, slide lecture.

Society of Gilders, Annual Conference, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Sotheby's Auction House, 19th Century European Paintings Department, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, slide lecture and gallery talk.

Florence Griswold Museum, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, docents gallery talk.

National Arts Club, New York, New York, slide lecture and book night.

Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, slide lecture and gallery talk.

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Director's Circle, Washington, D.C., gallery talk.

The American Art Council at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, gallery talk.

Sotheby's Institute: Regional Study Program at Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, slide lecture.

The Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, Opening lecture for the exhibition The Art of the Frame, American Period Frames 1870-1920.

1995

New York University, Appraisal Studies Course, New York, New York, Two-day intensive course on 19th Century frames.

University of Art College at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, slide lecture in conjunction with an exhibit of American period frames from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

Antiquarian and Landmark Society, Hartford, Connecticut, slide lecture.

Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama, slide lecture.

Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, slide lecture.

Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, slide lecture and gallery talk.

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas, slide lecture.

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, slide lecture.

Sotheby's American Art Course, at Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk for students, (annually since 1988).

Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, slide lecture.

1994

New York University, Appraisal Studies Course, New York, New York, Two-day intensive course on 19th Century frames.

Appraisers Association of America, Inc., New York, New York, special presentation at National Conference.

Detroit Institute of Arts, Collectors Group, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas, slide lecture.

Decorative Arts Society of the Wadsworth Atheneum, at the Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, slide lecture.

Citibank Art Advisory Staff, at Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, slide lecture.

The Equitable Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk in conjunction with the exhibition 19th Century Masterworks from the New-York Historical Society.

Christies East, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, slide lecture.

American Decorative Arts Forum of San Francisco, M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California, slide lecture.

Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa, slide lecture.

The New York Academy of Art, New York, New York, slide lecture.

The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, slide lecture in conjunction with exhibition of American period frames from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, slide lecture and gallery talk in conjunction with exhibition of American period frames from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, slide lecture and gallery talk and a period frame workshop.

Sotheby's American Arts Course, gallery talk for students, (annually since 1988).

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon, slide lecture in conjunction with Masterworks of American Impressionism from the Pfeil Collection.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, slide lecture.

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, lecture.

1993

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, slide lecture and gallery talk in conjunction with the exhibition Masterworks of American Impressionism from the Pfeil Collection.

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, slide lecture and gallery talk.

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, two slide lectures.

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, slide lecture.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, slide lecture.

New York Academy of Art, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Appraisers' Association of America, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Center for the Gilding Arts, New York, New York, slide lecture, gallery talk, and all-day workshop on American period frames.

Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, slide lecture in conjunction with the exhibition Masterworks of American Impression from the Pfeil Collection.

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., slide lecture.

The American Society of Appraisers, Hudson Valley Chapter, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida, slide lecture on the connoisseurship of the American period frame as part of the symposium Frameworks: The Art of Knowing Art.

Center for Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, slide lecture in conjunction with the exhibition Masterworks of Impressionism from the Pfeil Collection.

Telfair Academy, Savannah, Georgia slide lecture in conjunction with opening of American.

period frames exhibition from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

Art Museum of the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, slide lecture for 10th anniversary celebration of the docent program.

Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Massachusetts, slide lecture.

Sotheby's American Arts Course, gallery talk for students.

American Friends of the Israel Museum, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk.

Young Entrepreneurs Organization, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk.

1992

National Arts Club, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Denver Museum of Art Collectors Group, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk.

National Association for Corporate Art Management, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk.

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, slide lecture.

Fashion Institute of Technology, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk with students of Restoration Studies Program.

Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, slide lecture in conjunction with the exhibition Masterworks of Impressionism from the Pfeil Collection.

Christies's Auctiontalk Series, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Fine Arts Club, Baltimore, Maryland, slide lecture.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, In Pursuit of Quality, slide lecture at the Decorative Arts Symposium.

Decorators Club, New York, New York, slide lecture.

Sotheby's American Arts Course, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York , gallery talk.

1991

The Equitable Center, New York, New York, Gilded Edges, slide lecture in conjunction with symposium on American period frames.

Fashion Institute of Technology, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk with students of Restoration Studies Program.

Detroit Institute of the Arts, Associates of the American Wing, Detroit, Michigan, slide lecture.

The Fine Arts Club of the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, slide lecture.

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Members Monday, slide lecture in conjunction with the Maurice Prendergast exhibition.

New York School of Interior Design, New York, New York, slide lecture.

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., slide lecture in conjunction with symposium on American period frames.

Sotheby's American Arts Course, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk for students.

1990

Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, gallery talk in conjunction with opening of exhibition on American period frames, including frames from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

New York University Appraisal Studies Course, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, Two-day intensive course on 19th Century frames.

Abigail Adams Smith Museum, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, gallery talk with museum docents.

Fashion Institute of Technology, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk with students.

Sotheby's World Impressionism Seminar, New York, New York, gallery talk.

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, gallery talk in conjunction with exhibition of American period from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, gallery talk in conjunction with exhibition of American period frames.

Florence Griswold Museum of Art, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Collectors Group slide lecture.

Sotheby's American Arts Course, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk for students.

1989

Greenwich Antiques Show, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, slide lecture.

New York University Appraisal Studies Course, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk.

Design Studio of Southampton, Southampton, New York, slide lecture.

Fashion Institute of Technology, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk with students of Restoration Studies Courses.

Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, Massachusetts, gallery talk in conjunction with opening of exhibition of American period frames from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

Art Market Report, on camera interview on American period frames for TV program on the Financial News Network.

Sotheby's American Arts Course, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk for students.

1988

The Chicago International Antiques Show, The Toledo Museum Group, Chicago, Illinois, slide lecture.

Fashion Institute of Technology, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk for students of Restoration Studies Program.

The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, gallery talk in conjunction with an exhibition of American period frames from the collection of Eli Wilner & Company.

Fairfield University Division of Continuing Education, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, gallery talk with students.

Sotheby's American Arts Course, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, New York, New York, gallery talk with students.

The New School, New York, New York, Eli Wilner & Company Gallery, gallery talk with students.

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