Conference on forgeries

Forging Modernities: California Metals in Context
A Conference in Oakland and the Bay Area
November 12-14, 2004

You are invited to "Forging Modernities: California Metals in
Context}. To examine and place modernity in California silver and
metalwork in context, we hear from scholars, metalsmiths, and others
who contribute significantly to this field of inquiry.

Among the speakers are Cynthia Adler, Susan Cummins, Marilyn da
Silva, Jack da Silva, Mary Douglas, Jeannine Falino, Mary Lee Hu,
Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, and Christina Y. Smith. Formal sessions are
complemented by events, among them evenings at the Oakland Museum of
California, Argentum--The Leopard's Head, and Shreve's and events at
Gump's and the California College of the Arts--Oakland Campus.

To view the program in its entirety, please go to
<URL:http://www.scps.nyu.edu/silver>, and register by following the
instructions. You may also register by calling 212-998-7130.

Please note that there is also a special student rate of $160.
Please call the number below to register for this option. Proof of
student status is required.

Lisa Koenigsberg
Advisor to the Dean for Arts Initiatives
NYU - School of Continuing and Professional Studies
212-998-7130


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