MIAMIWedgwood International Seminar
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WEDGWOOD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR 2016Miami, Florida
April 26-29, 2017
Wedgwood International Seminar 2017
Speaker Line Up
Margaret Burnham, Objects Conservator, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL –
Wedgwood Undercover. The Rights and Wrongs of Wedgwood Covers
Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, Chief Curator, The Marguerite Jones Harbert and
John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL –
Chats on Harry Barnard
Lucy Lead, Archivist, The Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, England –
1st Lecturer: Wedgwood and the First World War /
2nd Lecture: Wedgwood’s Crested Armorial Wares
Joseph Bothwell, Collector and Independent Scholar, Washington, D.C.
Wedgwood and Egyptology: Josiah Wedgwood, 18th-Century Scholars,
and the Role Antiquity Played
Louise Irvine, Executive Director, Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts, Miami, FL
The Wiener Collection of British Ceramics at the WMODA
Peggy Kerner, Collector and Independent Scholar, Pound Ridge, NY
Seeing the World With Wedgwood Eyes
Robert Wedgwood, Collector and Independent Scholar, Palm Springs, CA
Groovy: Wedgwood in the Age of Aquarius
Robert Hunter, Archaeologist and Independent Scholar, Editor of Ceramics in America,
Williamsburg, VA – The Legacy of Josiah Wedgwood’s Shell-Edge Pattern
Dr. Mary Watt, Associate Professor of Italian Studies, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
What Mrs. Flaxman Saw…A Firsthand Perspective on the Grand Tour
Wedgwood International SeminarProgram April 26-29, 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
3:00 PM-5:00 PM Registration
6:00pm Opening reception at the hotel followed by dinner
Sally’s Room
Thursday, April 27, 2017
9:00am Welcome – Mickey Hightower, WIS President
9:15am Lucy Lead – Wedgwood and the First World War
10:00am Coffee Break
10:30am Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch – Chats on Harry Barnard
11:15am Louise Irvine – The Wiener Collection of British Ceramics at the WMODA
12:00pm LUNCH
1:30pm Robert Hunter – The Legacy of Josiah Wedgwood’s Shell-Edge Pattern
2:15pm Peggy Kerner – Seeing the World with Wedgwood Eyes
3:00pm Free afternoon
Dinner on your own or dinner at the hotel
Wedgwood International SeminarProgram April 26-29, 2017
Friday, April 28, 2017
Day trip to see the collections at the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts and Florida International University, Miami, with a buffet lunch at the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts
Board Meeting
Dinner on your own
Sally’s Room or not
Saturday, April 29, 2017
9:30am Lucy Lead – Wedgwood’s Crested Armorial Wares
10:15am Coffee Break
10:45am Robert Wedgwood – Groovy: Wedgwood in the Age of Aquarius
11:30am Joseph Bothwell – Wedgwood and Egyptology: Josiah Wedgwood, 18th-Century Scholars, and the Role Antiquity Played
12:15pm LUNCH
1:30pm Dr. Mary Watt – What Mrs. Flaxman Saw…A Firsthand Perspective on the Grand Tour
2:15pm Margaret Burnham – Wedgwood Undercover: The Rights and Wrongs of Wedgwood Covers
3:00pm Free afternoon
6:00pm Cocktail reception and annual dinner including our annual general meeting and individual regional reports, with a special presentation by Stuart Slavid, Wedgwood – A New Perspective
Sally’s Room
The National Hotel1677 Collins Avenue / Miami, FL 33139
(855) 516-1090
Additional Charges:Room Taxes 14%Resort Fee: $12.50 + tax (reduced from $25.00)Valet Parking: $40 + tax per day (Valet parking is the only off street parking available)Transportation to & from airports
Reservations Cutoff Date: Monday – March 27, 2017