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Causes: Arts & Culture, Humanities
Mission: Further the appreciation and understanding of antiques and decorative arts by providing to the public educational programs, seminars, trips and exhibitions as related to these subjects.
Programs: Lectures: 10/6/14 - speaker, meryle secrest, "joseph duveen: the man who brought art to america"; 11/10/14 - speaker, jeffrey collins, "william kent: designing georgian britain"; 12/1/14 - speaker, janet zapata, "the allure of jewelry: the best is always desirable"; 1/5/15 - speaker, jane adlin, "metropolitan vanities: the history of the dressing table"; 3/2/15 - speaker, brock jobe, "four centuries of massachusetts furniture"; 4/6/15 - speaker, kathleen eagan johnson, "historic houses in the hudson river valley: colonial and federal era architecture and daily life"; 5/4/15 - speaker, donald albrecht, "doris duke's shangrai la:architecture, landscape and islmaic art"; 6/1/15 - speaker, a cassandra albinson, "think pink! The creation of the color pink in the 18th century"trips: 10/22/14 - litchfield, ct: 11/12/14 - hartford, ct; 12/6/14 - antiquarius & greenwich country club; 3/17/15 - newark museum & lecture