The CONNOISSEURS Series

This year's Show House features the premiere of a unique special event – The CONNOISSEURS Series. The CONNOISSEURS Series is a six part lecture series that will highlight connoisseurship in six disciplines – antiques, silver, porcelain, rugs, architecture & landscape design. The goal of The CONNOISSEURS Series is to assist aspiring or experienced connoisseurs in becoming better acquainted with a wide variety of fields of study relevant to the decorative arts.

Season Passes

Season Passes are available at $100 each.
These can be purchased by phone or in person at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office.
Please call (404) 733-5000 to purchase or for more information.

American Silver: Focusing Your Collection to Enhance Enjoyment and Value

Thursday, April 28

Joseph P. Brady will present an overview of American silver stylistic periods and discuss the pluses and minuses of each period for today’s serious collector. His discussion will focus on the silver objects, their makers, and the social and historical atmospheres of which they are a product. Mr. Brady is a silver historian, appraiser, independent scholar, lecturer and a consultant to private collectors and museums.
www.silverappraisal.com

Timeless Landscape Design: The Four Part Master Plan

Tuesday, May 3

Offering useful landscape tips for any size property, any style of home or age group or income bracket, Mary Palmer is know for animated lectures on landscape design. Tonight she will discuss the language of the land and how man has traditionally divided his home landscape into four parts: the approach and arrival sequence, hub, perimeter and destinations, and passages.

Tips include how to enhance your property value...forever...by working out the seamless relationships between the classic four parts. Dargan Landscape Architects has specialized in the fine art of landscape design since 1973.
Book signing to follow.
www.Dargan.com