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Friday, August 2
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres St.
8:30-9:30 a.m.	Registration
9:30-9:45 a.m.	Welcome
Priscilla Lawrence, executive director, THNOC
Jack Pruitt Jr., director of development and external affairs, THNOC
9:45-10 a.m.	Opening	Remarks
Fantasies of Opulence: An Introduction to Exoticism
Tom Savage (moderator), director of museum affairs, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
10-10:30 a.m.
Everyday Exotic: No Passport Required
John H. Lawrence, director of museum programs, THNOC
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Visions of Cathay
Donald A. Wood, the Virginia and William Spencer III Curator of Asian Art, Birmingham Museum of Art
11:45 a.m.—2 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
2-3 p.m.
The 19th-Century Southern Garden: Influences and Inspirations
Holly H. Shimizu, executive director,
US Botanic Garden
3:15—4:15 p.m.
Exotic and Colorful: Orientalism in American Architecture and Design, 1850-1910
Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professors Chair in Architectural History, University of Virginia
4:30—6:30 p.m.	Reception
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St.
Saturday, August 3
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres St.
8-9	a.m.	Registration
9-10	a.m.
Empress Eugenie and Orientalism
Alison McQueen, professor of art history, McMaster University
10-11	a.m.
Long Ago and Far Away: Looking for the Exotic in Victorian Jewelry
Ulysses Grant Dietz, curator of decorative arts, Newark Museum
11:15 a.m.—12:15 p.m.
The Orientalist Bible: 19th-Century American Artists and the Holy Land
John Davis, Alice Pratt Brown Professor of Art, Smith College
12:15—1:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:45-2:45 p.m.
Bedazzled by Another Realm: Exoticism and Carnival in Late 19th-Century New Orleans John Magill, curator/historian, THNOC
Sunday, August 4
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres St.
9:45-10 a.m.
New Treasures at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Priscilla Lawrence, executive director, THNOC
10-11 a.m.
Exotica, Esoterica, and the Gulf South in 19th-Century Ceramic Art
Nicholas M. Dawes, vice president of special collections, Heritage Auctions
11	a.m.-noon
Inventing the Modern World: Furniture and Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939
Jason T. Busch, chief curator and Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Carnegie Museum of Art
Noon-12:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
Priscilla Lawrence and Jack Pruitt Jr.
12:30—2 p.m.
Brunch with the Speakers (optional)
Antoine’s Restaurant, 713 St. Louis St.
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