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Frame historian Suzanne Smeaton was a smash hit at the PPFA 2013 Convention – and she’s back by popular demand for PPFA 2015, running concurrent with the West Coast Art & Frame Expo/The National Conference, Jan. 25-28, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.
Suzanne will present Sunday’s PPFA Luncheon Keynote address, '”If Frames Could Talk,” sponsored by Larson Juhl.
“As picture framers we’re often privileged to go behind the scenes – I’ve been especially fortunate to have done so at many museums and collections, both public and private, over the past several decades,” she says.
“My talk will draw from those experiences to share little-known stories about original frames designed by the artist, frame choices made by artists, curators and collectors, and many incidences when artworks have been reframed to more sensitively and appropriately display the artwork. We'll learn what drove the choice of a frame or its removal.”
Suzanne’s look at American and European frames will span several centuries. Attendees will be intrigued to hear answers to these questions:
“These stories and more will illuminate the lives of frames and the value of a talented framer,” Suzanne says.
For more information, visit the PPFA 2015 website – and remember, Early Bird pricing ends Dec. 20!
Suzanne will present Sunday’s PPFA Luncheon Keynote address, '”If Frames Could Talk,” sponsored by Larson Juhl.
“As picture framers we’re often privileged to go behind the scenes – I’ve been especially fortunate to have done so at many museums and collections, both public and private, over the past several decades,” she says.
“My talk will draw from those experiences to share little-known stories about original frames designed by the artist, frame choices made by artists, curators and collectors, and many incidences when artworks have been reframed to more sensitively and appropriately display the artwork. We'll learn what drove the choice of a frame or its removal.”
Suzanne’s look at American and European frames will span several centuries. Attendees will be intrigued to hear answers to these questions:
- How did a Renaissance frame find a perfect home several centuries later and half a world away?
- What wealthy, socialite artist designed many unique and whimsical frames for her paintings?
- What masterpiece hung for years in the mere fragment of a frame in a major museum and why?
- What frame helped to accurately date a Hudson River landscape?
“These stories and more will illuminate the lives of frames and the value of a talented framer,” Suzanne says.
For more information, visit the PPFA 2015 website – and remember, Early Bird pricing ends Dec. 20!
