posted 01-15-2008 02:35 PM            

Museum of Fine Arts: Boston
Seminar-Silver in America: The International Context
Friday, May 2 - Remis Auditorium
Boston, MA

An all day seminar on the production, use and consumption of silver in North, Central, and South America will be held at Remis Auditorium at the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston. Topics that will be discussed include Silver from Central and South America, An exploration of twentieth century silver, and Silver at the World's Fairs. Speakers set to present are Carolyn Kelly from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carla Aymes from the Museo Franz Mayer of Mexico City, Kevin Tucker of The Dallas Museum of Art, Gerald W. R. Ward of The Museum of Fine Arts, and Anne Woodhouse from The Missouri History Museum. This is just a few of the twelve speakers set to present at this symposium.

In conjunction with this symposium will be the publication of Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000, which is an updated catalogue of The Museum of Fine Arts silver collection. To register, please contact Jessica Roscio at 617-369-3383 or jroscio@mfa.org. Early registration is recommended.

posted 01-15-2008 03:24 PM            

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SILVER IN THE AMERICAS: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
Friday, May 2, 2008
8:30 to 5:00 pm, Remis Auditorium
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Take part in a day-long symposium devoted to new scholarly research on the production, use, and consumption of silver in North, Central and South America at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The day's sessions will address silver from Central and South America, the incorporation of international influences into the work of early nineteenth-century silversmiths, including the role of St. Louis as a cultural crossroads, and an exploration of the international context of twentieth-century silver, with examinations of silver at the World's Fairs and the Danish style in America.

This symposium will coincide with the publication of Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000, an updated catalogue of the silver collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which includes key works from colonial Massachusetts and the Spanish American colonies in Central and South America to modern works of the twentieth century. The day will conclude with a panel discussion by the book's authors, and will allow time for audience questions and discussion.

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:

Mari-Tere Alvarez, J. Paul Getty Museum and Mendoza Research Project, University of Southern California
Carla Aymes, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City
Graham C. Boettcher, Birmingham Museum of Art
Jeannine Falino, Independent Curator and Consultant
Carolyn Kelly, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Christina L. Keyser, George Washington's Mount Vernon
Cristina Esteras Martin, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
Jane L. Port, Independent Scholar and Curator
Rebecca Reynolds, Independent Scholar
Kevin Tucker, Dallas Museum of Art
Gerald W.R. Ward, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Anne Woodhouse, Missouri History Museum

SYMPOSIUM FEES:

$35 general admission
$20 MFA members and students

For registration information please visit www.mfa.org, or e-mail jroscio@mfa.org.

This symposium is presented in conjunction with the publication of Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000, American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is made possible with funds provided by The Carter-Wallace Fund for Emerging Scholars in American Decorative Arts & Sculpture.

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