CULTURE CLUB

MOVES TO ADAC!

 

Deadwyler Antiques & ADAC have invited CULTURE CLUB to enjoy ADAC's state-of-the-art facilities for CULTURE CLUB's meetings.

 

Spalding Nix founded CULTURE CLUB in 2003 upon returning to his native Atlanta after working at Sotheby’s in New York.   Mr. Nix established CULTURE CLUB to give Atlantans the opportunity to experience presentations by world class experts on all things cultural on a regular basis.

 

Deadwyler Antiques & ADAC will host CULTURE CLUB in 2010, offering a sterling roster or speakers & topics.

 

CULTURE CLUB - Wednesday, August 18th 

 

Classical

Name Dropping:

American Silver &

its English & Continental Roots

 

 

an exclusive presentation by

 

JOSEPH P. BRADY

 

Wednesday, August 18th, 6:30 p.m.

 

RSVP to Jeffrey@deadwylerantiques.com or (404) 351-3941

 

Please join us for name dropping presentation on the history of American Neoclassical silver by silver expert Joseph P. Brady.  Mr. Brady will use the silver & dining habits of famous Americans like Washington & Jefferson to explore American Neoclassical silver.  Mr. Brady is a silver historian, appraiser, independent scholar, lecturer & a consultant to private collectors & museums.  His interest in silver began in his youth, exploring the museums & antique shops of Savannah, Georgia, &, later, working for his mother’s antiques business.  Mr. Brady is an occasional contributor to Silver Magazine, & has made more than a dozen appearances on Public Television.
 

Memberships include:

Appraisers Association of America
International Appraisers Association
International Society of Appraisers, Georgia Chapter
The New York Silver Society
The Silver Society of London

To RSVP, please contact Deadwyler's Managing Director, Jeffrey Baker, at (404) 351-3941 or jeffrey@deadwylerantiques.com.  Because of space limitations, RSVP is required.

 

Culture Club meets the third Wednesday of every other month at ADAC.  The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. & the presentation begins at 7:00 p.m in ADAC's Presentation Room on the ground floor.  A $10 donation will be accepted at the door to benefit Mr. Brady's favorite nonprofit.  

 

Spalding Nix is an Associate of the American Society of Appraisers, & is available by appointment to appraise fine art, antiques or collectibles for clients who would like to establish values for insurance, estate & divorce settlements, possible purchase or re-sale.  Spalding Nix Fine Art & Antiques specializes in the sale of fine 17th & 18th century Paintings & important 18th century French Furniture.  

 

Deadwyler Antiques (ADAC, Suite 322) offers an exceptional collection of period furniture from several continents and many centuries - all with Deadwyler's hallmarks of quality & style.  Deadwyler's collection is especially strong in Irish, English and Continental neo-classical & chinoiserie furniture & mirrors as well as examples of Raj Indian & Mid-Century Modern furnishings.  

 

CULTURE CLUB - Wednesday, June 16th 

 

The American Home: Past, Present & Future

an exclusive presentation by

 

David Easton

 

Wednesday, June 16th, 6:30 p.m.

Deadwyler Antiques, ADAC, Suite 322

 

RSVP to Jeffrey@deadwylerantiques.com or (404) 351-3941

 

 

"It's necessary to move forward," says David Easton.  "I see a desire to simplify life & for less complicated interiors.”   With over 30 years in the international spotlight of architecture & interior design, Easton is uniquely qualified to make such a prediction.  Easton's presentation will share highlights from & insights into his past & present design projects, & will discuss what he believes the future holds for residential architecture & design. 

 

Easton made his name primarily as a neo-classicist.  After receiving his architecture degree from Pratt Institute in 1963, Easton worked with design icons Edward Wormley & Parish-Hadley.  In 1972, he founded his own firm, & quickly gained recognition for his classically inspired, traditional designs.  In the 1980s, his English-style interiors became emblems of the age.  Today, Mr. Easton is more likely to be designing a scaled-down, fresh & modern environment than he is the grander, more layered rooms of his earlier years.  Looking forward once more, Easton says, “I think the future will be about a more intelligent use of resources & a more intelligent support of lifestyles." 

 

In addition to his residential work, David Easton has designed collections for Henredon Furniture Inc., Lee Jofa, Walters Wicker, Beauvais Carpets, Cole & Son Ltd. (wallpaper), & Robert Abbey Inc. (lighting) – many of which are represented at ADAC.   Among his many honors, Easton was named to the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1992, has twice been presented with Classical America's Arthur Ross Award, &, most recently, was honored by his peers with the "Lifetime Achievement" award at London's Design & Decoration Awards.  In January 2010, Easton was named in Architectural Digest's AD 100 for the ninth time.

 

CULTURE CLUB - Wednesday, April 21st

 

INSPIRED BY GEORGIA:

Paintings IN & OF Georgia

From the 18th & 19th Centuries

A presentation by Spalding Nix

 

Beginning with the earliest surviving works of art about Georgia by Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck from the 1730s & finishing with arguably America's premier African American artist at the turn of the century, Georgia based Henry Ossawa Tanner,  Mr. Nix will discuss the history of painting IN & OF Georgia during the 18th & 19th centuries.

 

Culture Club meets the third Wednesday of every other month at ADAC.  The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. & the presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.  A $10 donation will be accepted at the door to benefit The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.

  

 

 

Shown above is George Cooke's Tallulah Falls (1841). The painting features elements typical of the Hudson River School of landscape painting, particularly in its depiction of the picturesque and sublime. Tallulah Falls, located in the northeast Georgia mountains, comprises four waterfalls, three of which Cooke captures in his painting. Oil on canvas (35 3/4" x 28 3/4").

 

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia

 

CULTURE CLUB - Wednesday, February 17th

 

Our first meeting is Wednesday, February 17th, featuring Brandy S. Culp, Curator of Historic Charleston Foundation (HCF).  Ms. Culp will be discussing the history of the Carolina Lowcountry’s rich material culture as well as current efforts to preserve that culture’s architecture & art. 

 

 

Established in 1947, HCF works to preserve & protect buildings, landscapes & cultural resources that make up Charleston's rich & irreplaceable heritage.  Ms. Culp co-authored the book, Grandeur Preserved: The House Museums of Historic Charleston Foundation.   After Ms. Culp's presentation, there will be a book signing of Grandeur Preserved at Deadwyler Antiques (suite 322).

 

 

 

 Emily Amy Gallery - June 20th at 1:00 p.m.

 

The ART of The Steal

A presentation by Spalding Nix

Please join Atlanta native Spalding Nix, Associate of the American Society of Appraisers, & proprietor of Spalding Nix Fine Art & Antiques, for a presentation on art theft.  Using international case studies of high profile heists filled with a cast of international playboys, vicious mobsters, extremist terrorists & small time hoods, Mr. Nix will reveal how this criminal enterprise has become a global multi-billion dollar industry, third only to drug & arms trafficking.

 

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Please contact the Emily Amy Gallery to RSVP:

 

Emily Amy Gallery

1000 Marietta Street, Suite 208

Atlanta, GA 30318

T: (404) 877-5626