Decorative Arts curator talk & reception
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$5 | Salmagundi members – drinks a la carte on consumption
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About the Event
Join us for a talk and reception with Adrienne Spinozzi, Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday, September 18, at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. Ms. Spinozzi will speak on ceramics in the late 19th century on the occasion of an exhibition on the artist and china painter Emily Cole (1843-1913). Emily Cole’s botanical paintings on porcelain and watercolors on paper are featured in the exhibition “EMILY COLE: Flora, Ceramics & Contemporary Responses” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site on view in the Hudson Valley through November 2.
About the Speaker
Adrienne Spinozzi is Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She joined the American Wing in 2007 and oversees the museum’s American redware, stoneware, and art pottery collections. She recently curated “Shapes from out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection” (2021), an exhibition of 20th- and 21st-century ceramics and “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina,” (2022), a presentation of 19th-century stoneware with a focus on the contributions of enslaved potters. She is a graduate of Hartwick College and the Bard Graduate Center in decorative arts, design history, and material culture.
Dine with Us
For this special occasion, all event ticket buyers will have the opportunity to dine at the usually members-only Salmagundi Club dining room after the event ends at 7:30 PM. Dinner reservations contingent on availability. Please make dinner reservations in advance via our Reservations page. Last call is 8:30 PM.