Thursday, March 14, 2002

1:00-7:00 Registration- First Floor Lobby, Albert Simons Center for the Arts

2:00-3:30 Afternoon Sessions -Round One

Blacklock House
Antiques and Estate Planning
Session Speakers:
Allison Gregory & Alice Patrick

3:45-5:15 Afternoon Sessions -Round Two

The Secret Language of Conservation: How to Talk to Your Conservator
Session Speaker: Joanne Barry

7:00-8:30 Opening Night Session

The Development of Early Georgian Decorative Arts:Historical Demographics as a Basis of Style
Session Speaker: Dale Couch

8:30-10:00 Opening Night Reception

211 King Street
Hosted by: Saks Fifth Avenue, Charleston

Friday, March 15, 2002

10:30-7:30 Registration- First Floor Lobby, Albert Simons Center for the Arts

11:00-12:30 Morning Session

6 Glebe Street, President's Home
Considering a Private Collection of 19th Century American Paintings
Session Speaker: Diane Chalmers Johnson

2:00-3:30 Afternoon Sessions -Round One

`From 1770 it Took a Spring'The Furniture Tradition of Late 18th and Early 19th Century Baltimore
Session Speaker: Alexandra Kirtley

3:45-5:15 Afternoon Sessions - Round Two

Studies on Lowcountry Architecture
Session Speakers: Ralph Muldrow and Students from the School of the Arts' Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program

7:00-8:30 Keynote Session

Discoveries and Surprises: Recent Acquisitions and New Research in the Decorative Arts of Early Philadelphia
Keynote Speaker: Jack L. Lindsey

8:30-10:00 Keynote Reception

6 Glebe Street, President's Home
Hosted by: President & Mrs. Leo I. Higdon and Mr. & Mrs. Bennett Helms

8:30-4:00 Registration - First Floor Lobby, Albert Simons Center for the Arts

9:15-10:45 Morning Sessions - Round One

Early Louisiana Furniture: the Acculturation Process: 1735-1835
Session Speaker: H. Parrott Bacot

11:00-12:30 Morning Sessions - Round Two

Treatment of Historic Furniture: Philosophy and Technique
Session Speaker: Gregory J. Landrey

2:00-3:00 Afternoon Sessions - Round One

High Style in the Lowcountry: Classical Savannah 1800-1840
Session Speaker: Olivia Alison

3:45-5:15 Afternoon Sessions - Round Two

Savannah Style: Elegance, Eclecticism, and Eccentricity
Session Speaker: Susan Sully

7:00-9:00 Reception for Benefactors

205 Meeting Street
Hosted by: Palmetto Cafe, Charleston Place

Sunday, March 17, 2002

9:30-10:30 Registration- First Floor Lobby, Albert Simons Center for the Arts

10:30-5:00 Historic Architecture Session

Room 309, Albert Simons Center for the Arts & Middleton Place
We will learn about Middleton Place in the classroom and thentravel to the plantation via motorcoach for a Lowcountry buffetlunch and curatorial tours of the house and collection withCurator Mary Edna Sullivan.
Session Speaker: Mary Edna Sullivan