Art Deco in Decorative Arts and Design The 2017 ICOM/ICDAD Annual Meeting
Deadline Extended: Aug 1, 2017

The 2017 Annual Meeting of ICOM's International Committee for Museums and Collections of Decorative Arts and Design will take place at the Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach, Florida from 29 November to 1 December. The theme for the conference is " Art Deco in Decorative Arts and Design". ICOM Members are invited to submit papers around the following topics or other topics related to the conference theme:

- New accessions/ New research: Art Deco objects in your museum collection
- Nationalism and Art Deco
- Regionalism and Art Deco
- Graphic Design and Art Deco
- Cross cultural influences in Art Deco Silver (or other media, e.g., glass, ceramics)
- Egyptomania and Art Deco
- The Persistence of Art Deco aesthetics in Contemporary Design Practice
- Architecture and Interiors

Power Point Presentations of 20 minutes will comprise the main sessions of the conference. Shorter papers of 10 minutes to discuss current exhibition projects, international exchanges, or other topics unrelated to the conference theme, will comprise the Marketplace session.

Please send an abstract of 250-300 words, including your name, title, and affiliation by August 1 to: Emily Pazar, Curatorial Assistant for Craft, Design, & Fashion, The Mint Museum Emily.Pazarmintmuseum.org