8:30–9:30 a.m.

Registration

9:30–9:45 a.m.

Welcome

Priscilla Lawrence, Executive Director

Jack Pruitt Jr., Director of Development & External Affairs

The Historic New Orleans Collection

9:45–10:00 a.m.

Moderator's Opening Remarks:

Among the First French: The Early Huguenot Experience in the Carolina Lowcountry
Tom Savage, moderator
Director, Museum Affairs
Wintherthur Museum, Garden & Library (Delaware)

10:00–10:30 a.m.

Following the Trail of (French) Bread Crumbs in the Coastal South
John H. Lawrence
Director of Museum Programs
The Historic New Orleans Collection

10:30–10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Cartes Très Curieuses: French Mapmakers and the New World              
Jason Wiese
Assistant Director, Williams Research Center
The Historic New Orleans Collection

11:45 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Lunch on your own

2:00–3:00 p.m.

Paris on the Bayou: The French Artistic Presence on the Gulf Coast
Graham C. Boettcher, PhD
William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

3:00–3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15–4:15 p.m.

French Tapestries and Carpets: From Royal Palaces to Resplendent Residences
Alice M. Zrebiec, PhD
Independent Curator and Consultant based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Consulting Curator of Textile Art, Denver Art Museum

4:30–6:30 p.m.

Evening Reception

The Historic New Orleans Collection

533 Royal Street

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration

9:00–10:00 a.m.

“Received from different factories in France”: 19th–century Paris Porcelain in the American South
Donna Corbin
Associate Curator, European Decorative Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art

10:00–11:00 a.m.

American Silver with a French Accent
Janine Skerry
Curator of Metals
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

11:00–11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Opulence and Intrigue: Odiot, Rihouët, and the Diplomatic Service of Alabama’s William Rufus King
Daniel F. Brooks
Director (Retired), Arlington Historic House and Gardens, Birmingham, Alabama
Adjunct Instructor, Samford University, Alabama

12:15–1:45 p.m.

Lunch on your own

1:45 pm.–2:45 p.m.

From Panniers to Bustles: French Influence on the Fashion of the Gulf Coast South
John T. Magill
Curator/Historian, The Historic New Orleans Collection

9:45–10:00 a.m.

New Treasures at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Priscilla Lawrence

10:00–11:00 a.m.

Louisiana Garden Design—Early French Influence: People—Plans—Plants—Embellishments
Neil G. Odenwald, PhD, FASLA
Professor Emeritus and Former Director, School of Landscape Architecture
Louisiana State University

11:00a.m.–12:00 p.m.

The French Empire Style and its Influence in the American South
Madeleine Deschamps, PhD
Adjunct Instructor
New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies

12:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Priscilla Lawrence and Jack Pruitt Jr.

12:30 p.m.

Brunch with the speakers (optional/additional charge)

Antoine's Restaurant

713 St. Louis Street