Summer Furniture Lecture Series

June 29 | July 20 | August 17
5:30 pm refreshments
6:00 pm lecture

Individual lectures:
$12 CHS/SAPFM members
$15 non-members

Series subscription:
$30 CHS/SAPFM members
$40 non-members

Join us Friday evenings this summer for a series of three lectures in conjunction with the exhibition, A Tradition of Craft: Current Works by the Society of American Period Furniture Makers. Each program will conclude with an open discussion and questions and time to visit the exhibition. Space is limited, and reservations are recommended. For more information or reservations, please call (860) 236-5621 x209 or email Mary Muller. To book single or series tickets in advance, visit our online store. These lectures are made possible through the generous support of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers and the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking.

NEXT WEEK!
Friday, June 29
"Eliphalet Chapin: A Leading Force behind Connecticut Valley Furniture"
Lecture/Demonstration by Will Neptune

The furniture in the Chapin group is well known and widely admired as a regional interpretation of Rococo design. Ball-and-claw feet, vine-carved drawer fronts, and the "rooster" cartouche are characteristic features. In this unique lecture/demonstration furniture maker Will Neptune will look at these iconic designs and explain and demonstrate the interaction of materials, patterns, tools and methods of work. Will Neptune is a graduate of the North Bennet Street School, a furniture maker, teacher, and author of numerous articles for Fine Woodworking Magazine.

Friday, July 20
"Compete, Leave or Change: The Challenges of Connecticut Craftsmen, 1800-1820", Lecture by Alyce Perry Englund

Friday, August 17
"New England Furniture Ornamentation in the Federal Period", Lecture/Demonstration by Steve Latta