So it's now my pleasure to bring Emily up to the podium, and she will introduce our speakers and the rest of the program. Aside from being the author of Almost Lost Arts, she's also the author of The Art of Beatrix Potter, which I love Beatrix Potter, and works by day in book publishing when she's not doing all that other stuff. Her background is in art history, archeology, and museology, which inform her approach to modern and contemporary art, illustration, design, folk art, craft, and what it means to be an artist today, like the other people on our program. She is a researcher, author, and art lover based in Seattle. Presented on 10/16/19 by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology.Īlmost Lost Arts: Traditional Crafts and the Artisans Keeping Them Alive They also co-founded the Pre-Vinylite Society, a loose network of sign enthusiasts and advocates for a renewed interest in the aesthetic-built environment. In addition to designing and painting, founders Josh Luke and Meredith Kasabian also curate and participate in gallery art shows, conduct sign painting demonstrations, and give lectures on historical and cultural contexts of sign painting. Dedicated to the craft of hand-painted signs, custom lettering, logo design, gold leaf, and mural painting, Best Dressed Signs offers quality and attractive hand-crafted signage and design. The Art of the Handwritten Note continues to inspire people today, more than fifteen years after she was told: “that’s a dying art.”īest Dressed Signs is an all-by-hand sign painting company located in Boston, Massachusetts. Building on the revival of interest in pen and ink, Shepherd has also written three books about communication in general. She has taught workshops in Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Finland. She takes special interest in encouraging beginners and nonartists to try calligraphy and learn about its history. She has participated in many exhibitions and lectured about topics related to her field. Her basic book Learn Calligraphy is now a classic in the field. Today, she lives in Boston with her husband, David Friend, and has not only authored but also hand-lettered fourteen books about calligraphy. She studied brush painting in prewar Saigon before graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 1969. Margaret Shepherd was born in Ames, Iowa. He has a long-standing interest in the materials and techniques of artists and is an author on over sixty publications. He has worked at the Hamilton Kerr Institute of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University Melbourne University Gallery and the Museum Research Laboratory of the Getty Conservation Institute. in organic chemistry from the University of Melbourne, followed by a postgraduate diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He received a first-class honors degree and Ph.D. Narayan Khandekar is the director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies and the director of the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art at the Harvard Art Museums. She is also the author of The Art of Beatrix Potter (for Chronicle Books, 2016, as Emily Zach), and works by day in book publishing. Her background in art history, archaeology, and museology informs her approach to modern and contemporary art, illustration, design, folk art, craft, and what it means to be an artist today. Narayan Khandekar, Director, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, and Senior Conservation Scientist, Harvard Art MuseumsĮmily Freidenrich is a researcher, author, and art lover living in Seattle with her creative director husband and energetic Corgi. Margaret Shepherd, Calligrapher and Author Josh Luke and Meredith Kasabian, Founders, Best Dressed Signs Three Boston-based artists who specialize in calligraphy and handmade signs engaged in a conversation with Freidenrich and museum curator Narayan Khandekar to discuss the rewards and challenges of using slow, intentional processes in a fast-paced digital world, and to explore the significance of the human presence in objects or artwork. What does it mean to be a maker, artist, or artisan in the twenty-first century? In her new book, Almost Lost Arts (Chronicle Books, 2019), Emily Freidenrich explores the work of twenty artisans from points worldwide who practice their craft using traditional techniques and analog technologies. See also: Public Lectures, History, North America
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