Saint-Gaudens Symposium and Film Premiere.

A series of lectures on Gilded Age sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens are
scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
Friday, September 7

Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

They are followed by the Washington premiere at 5 p.m. of a film about the
artist, which will be introduced by director Paul Sanderson. A reception
will follow.

All events will take place in the Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Reynolds
Center for American Art and Portraiture, 8th and G Sts. NW.

For more information, go to
www.AmericanArt.si.edu/2007_symposium.

The schedule is as follows:

George Gurney
Deputy Chief Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
"An Introduction to Smithsonian Collections"

Henry J. Duffy
Curator and Chief of Cultural Resources, Saint-Gaudens National Historic
Site
"Voices From Across the Sea: The European Associates of Augustus
Saint-Gaudens"

Cynthia Mills
Historian, Smithsonian American Art Museum
"Saint-Gaudens Lost Angels"

Thayer Tolles
Associate Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
"After Saint-Gaudens: Casts, Memories, and Legacies"

Shelley Sturman
Head of Object Conservation, National Gallery of Art
"Conservation of the Shaw Memorial: The Long Journey"

Discussion moderated by Erika Doss

Chair, American Studies Department, University of Notre Dame

Film Premiere, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
"Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture"
Director, Paul Sanderson