MEDIA RELEASE
Hyde’s Summer Lecture Series Begins
with Tiffany Glass Expert
Glens Falls, NY – On Sunday, June 17, 2012, The Hyde Collection is pleased to present Lindsy R. Parrott, director and curator of The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, New York City. Beginning at 2pm in the Froehlich Auditorium, Ms. Parrott will speak about The Hyde’s new exhibition, Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light, which was organized by the Neustadt Collection. Admission to the lecture is free with Museum admission. For this lecture, and others throughout the “Summer of Light” Lecture Series, open captioning for the hearing impaired will be provided, in part, by TDF and TAP Plus, which is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light is part of the Museum’s “Summer of Light” which also includes Stephen Knapp: New Light in the Wood Gallery. Both exhibitions open June 17, 2012 and run through September 16, 2012.
Ms. Parrott is a graduate faculty member in the History of Decorative Arts Program offered jointly through the Smithsonian and George Mason University. Prior to joining the Neustadt Collection in 2003, Ms. Parrott served as Collections Assistant and Mobile Museum Manager at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, which boasts the most comprehensive collection of Tiffany works in the world.
Holding a B.A. in Art History from the University of Central Florida, Ms. Parrott received her M.A. in the History of Decorative Arts from Parsons School of Design/Smithsonian Institution where she focused on late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century ceramics and glass, with a specialization in the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. She has also studied architecture and decorative arts through the Attingham Summer School in England and the Victorian Society Summer School in Newport.
Among her current projects, Ms. Parrott is a co-curator and co-author of the upcoming exhibition and accompanying catalog Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion. The show, which presents the first scholarly look at Tiffany’s significant artistic contributions to religious interiors, is organized by the Museum of Biblical Art in New York City and opens this October. Ms. Parrott has written and lectured extensively on various aspects of Tiffany's career.
For more information, call 518-792-1761 or go to www.hydecollection.org.
The Hyde Collection is a historic house and art museum complex with a distinguished collection consisting of works by American and European artists such as Botticelli, Rubens, Rembrandt, Picasso, Homer and Eakins, as well as important decorative arts and antique furnishings. The Museum provides changing exhibitions in two gallery spaces, lectures, concerts, family activities and school programming, as well as a Museum Store.
New Hours for 2012: Open year-round January 1–May 31: Wednesday-Saturday:10 am-5pm; Sunday:12noon-5 pm; closed Monday, Tuesday and most national holidays. June 1-December 31: Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm; Sunday: 12noon-5pm; closed Monday and most national holidays. The Hyde Collection is a non-profit institution located at 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, New York. Also please note The Hyde Collection has a new paid admission policy. For information, visit www.hydecollection.org or call 518-792-1761.
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THE HYDE COLLECTION
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Summer of Light - Stephen Knapp: New Light and Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light, June 17 - September 16, 2012
From Process to Print: Graphic Works of Romare Bearden, October 6, 2012 - January 6, 2013
January 1-May 31: Wed-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun Noon-5pm. Closed Mon, Tues & most national holidays
June 1-December 31: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun Noon-5pm. Closed Mon & most national holidays
