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

The National Hotel

Reservations Cutoff Date: Monday – March 27, 2017

The National Hotel

Reservations Cutoff Date: Monday – March 27, 2017