Programming 2024

JANUARY ​

Stuart Slavid, Senior Vice President and Director of European Decorative Arts and Silver at Bonhams Skinner

Wedgwood’s Fairyland Lustre

Sunday, January 21, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. pst

In person at the Gunn Theater and virtual via Zoom.

February

Iris Moon, Associate Curator European Sculpture and Decorative Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sèvres Déjeuner Culture et récolte du cacao and Fantasizing Conquest in Nineteenth-Century France

Sunday, February 18, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. pst

In person at the Gunn Theater and virtual via Zoom.

March

Jack Hinton, Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Art of German Stoneware: Meanings and Mysteries

Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. pst

Virtual via Zoom.

April

Vanessa Sigalas, Associate Curator of Collections Research, Wadsworth Atheneum

All Walks of Life: Meissen Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century

Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. pst

Virtual via Zoom.

May

Tony Natsoulas, ceramicist, Sacramento, California

Larger than Life: The Artwork of Tony Natsoulas

Sunday, May 12, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. pst

In person at the Gunn Theater and virtual via Zoom.

September

Avril Angevine, arts lecturer and California pottery specialist

Castles and Clay: Decorative Tiles in California Architecture

Virtual via Zoom. Cosponsored with the American Decorative Arts Forum 6:00 p.m. pst

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 6:00 p.m. pst

October

Abi Lua, Assistant Curator, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA

The Lies of ‘Truthful James’: Racial Politics in Ceramics

Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 11:00 a.m. pst

Virtual via Zoom. 11:00 a.m. pst