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The Newport Symposium
The Newport Symposium was initiated in 1993 as a forum for the study and discussion of a diverse range of arts and historical issues. The audience consists of academics, collectors, major donors to and trustees of museums and arts foundations, museum directors and curators, and professional furniture appraisers and art dealers.
Monday, April 26 through Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Presented by U.S. Trust/Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and Christie's, New York
A visionary and talented designer can determine the style and spirit of an entire era. The 18th annual Newport Symposium will examine the great personalities and impresarios of taste who directed the course of design history. From grand interiors to masterpieces of furniture, the Symposium lectures will consider the artistic inspiration, technical virtuosity, and cultural forces that shape designers and their work through the ages.
Click on the Symposium logo below to see the preliminary Symposium schedule.
You may register for the Symposium online, or call (401) 847-1000 ext. 154.
Note: The 2010 Newport Symposium will be headquartered in the Hotel Viking at One Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Morning lectures and lunches will take place at the Hotel Viking. Afternoon lectures, tours, receptions and dinners will be held in various historic buildings in Newport.
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The Newport Symposium Scholarship Fund has been established to assist museum staff and graduate students interested in attending the Symposium. Scholarships are for $500.
Send a letter of interest (1 page maximum) stating your professional or academic status and the reasons why attendance at the Symposium would benefit your work to the address below NO LATER THAN MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2010. Include two academic or professional letters of recommendation. Letters will be reviewed by the Symposium Committee, and notification of scholarships will be made by Wednesday, March 31, 2010.
Arts and Humanities Professionals
A limited number of Symposium admissions are available free of charge for arts and humanities professionals. Submit a letter of interest indicating your professional interests, affiliations, and how the Symposium would benefit your work.
Send all letters to:
John Tschirch, Symposium Director
The Preservation Society of Newport County
424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Or e-mail Patricia Toomey at ptoomey@NewportMansions.org.
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