Lecture – Gilded Age Lighting: Transforming The Frick Collection
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About the Event
The New York Landmarks Conservancy in partnership with The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York cordially invites you to a Landmark Lecture
Gilded Age Lighting: Transforming The Frick Collection’s Historic Fixtures for the 21st Century
With Barbara Livar, Senior Project Manager at Aurora Lampworks, and Jenna Nugent, Head of Curatorial and Exhibition Projects at The Frick Collection
Tuesday, October 28th, 6:00 PM
General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of The City of New York
20 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Manhattan
Barbara Livar, Senior Project Manager at Aurora Lampworks, and Jenna Nugent, Head of Curatorial and Exhibition Projects at The Frick Collection, will present on the recent restoration of hundreds of historic light fixtures for the museum. They will discuss the genesis of Aurora’s collaboration with the Frick within the context of the museum’s large-scale renovation project, the different levels of treatment that were undertaken, and how some fixtures were carefully adapted to accept mini LED spotlights, improving the illumination of master artworks without compromising their distinctive Gilded Age character and design. This lecture is presented in Partnership with the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
This will be an in-person and online lecture on Tuesday, October 28th, 6:00 pm at The General Society of Mechanics. Advance registration is required.
General Admission: $15
General Society Members, New York Landmarks Conservancy Members, and Senior Citizens: $10
Students: $5