SEPTEMBER
Thursday, September 11, 2008
"Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House"
by Richard Guy Wilson
Lecture and Book-Signing
7:30 p.m., Sanctuary of Trinity Episcopal Church, 1579 Northern Blvd.
Reception and book-signing following in the Parish House.
Free Admission but please call 516-621-7925 to reserve a space
Please join us for this very special event, a in-depth look at the fascinating and definite story of Long Island's (and one of our nation's) greatest country estates.... a story of old versus new wealth; love matches and separations, religious differences and the commissioning of churches; of the architects, builders, and workers to the servants and staff who ran the house and gardens.
About the Author: Richard Guy Wilson holds the Commonwealth Professor's Chair in Architectural History at the University of Virginia. A frequent lecturer and a television commentator, he has also published many articles and books on different aspects of American architecture, including The American Renaissance, McKim, Mead and White, Architects, and The Colonial Revival House. He is guest commentator on the highly popular series America's Castles on the Arts and Entertainment channel and author of Harbor Hill:Portrait of a House by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities and W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monthly Membership Meeting
"Louis Comfort Tiffany and His Quest of Beauty"
by Lindsy Parrott
6:00 p.m. drinks, 7:00 p.m. dinner, 8:15 program
Sterling Glen of Roslyn
Reservations for dinner ($20 each) are required. Lecture is free and open to the general public. Feel free to bring a friend.
Louis Comfort Tiffany's life was dominated by a self-proclaimed "quest of beauty." Captivated by color and transfixed by Nature's splendor, Tiffany spent his career translating the beauty of the natural world into spectacular works of art. This lecture will provide an overview of Tiffany's career and artistic works, with a special look at his personal collections houses at Laurelton Hall, his grand country estate overlooking Oyster Bay that was destroyed by fire in 1957.
About the presenter: Lindsy Parrott is the director/curator of The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York City. Her most recent exhibition, Tiffany Lamps: Articles of Utility, Objects of Art is on view at the Nassau County Museum of Art through January 4, 2009. Ms. Parrott earned her Master's degree in History of Decorative Arts from Parson School of Design/The Smithsonian Institution, focusing on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ceramics and glass, with a specialization in the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Prior to joining the Neustadt Collection, she spent three years in the Collections Department at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida. Ms. Parrott is an authority on Tiffany's Favrile potter and has lectured and written extensively on this same topic.
