Alumni News, January 2012
PhD, Class of 2010
Michelle Tolini Finamore (BGC PhD '10) curated Cocktail Culture at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, an exhibition that explores the social ritual of cocktail drinking through fashion, accessories, barware, imagery, and film from the 1920s through the present day (on view through March 18, 2012). She also published "'A Triumph in Culinary Art: Epicurean Displays at the Copley Plaza" in the Winter 2011 issue of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture.
MA, Class of 2006
This past December, Kathryn Hall gave a presentation on "Neoclassical Taste in Louisiana, 1790-1840" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de l’Océan Indien on Reunion Island, an overseas department of France. The symposium focused on neoclassicism in the European colonies in the eighteenth and ninetheen centuries. Katie is the curator of decorative arts at the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans.
MA, Class of 2005
Marcella Ruble presented the exhibition Condition of the Waters: Recent Work by Ann Troutman at her gallery Harris & Ruble in November. She recently co-authored Beverly Hills' First Estate, The House and Gardens of Virginia & Harry Robinson (Friends of Robinson Gardens, 2011) with Timothy Lindsay and Evelyn Carlson.
MA, Class of 2004
Emily Wheat Maynard's jewelry company, Elva Fields, based in Kentucky, introduced a capsule jewelry collection as a collaboration with new retailer C. Wonder. The designs debuted at C. Wonder's SoHo flagship in October and are available in their growing retail outlets.
MA, Class of 2000
Anne Eschapasse was recently appointed head of exhibitions and scientific publications at the National Fine Arts Museums of Quebec, in Quebec City. She looks forward to working with other BGC professionals on innovative exhibitions.
Curator turned jewelry designer Stephanie Lake (BGC PhD ’09) was recently the subject of a PBS / TPT feature on her work. She was also named "Best Jewelry Designer" in the Twin Cities by lifestyle publication Minnesota Monthly.
MA, Class of 1999
Judith Gura organized and moderated successful programs this past season in cooperation with the Museum of the City of New York and the Museum of Arts and Design, on behalf of the New York School of Interior Design, where she heads the design history program. Her next book, Design After Modernism: Furniture and Interiors, 1970-2010 (WW Norton) will be available on February 20, 2012.
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