SPEAKERS

William Cooke Huff • Michael McCue • Kelli Shaw

Heirloom Evaluations by Ivey Auctions
Decorative Arts Gallery Talk by Glen Boggs
Identifying Porcelain by Nancy Carlisle

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2012 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

		Thursday, February 23 6:30 Black Tie (optional)
		Benefactor’s Gala: Under the Sea The party will include gourmet cuisine by Cribb’s Catering, live Music, and more importantly the first opportunity to view and purchase extraordinary art and antiques. Valet Parking will be provided - please follow signage.

		Friday, February 24 10am- 6pm
1 pm		speaker: William Cooke Huff Integrating Antiques with Interior Design purchase speaker tickets in advance online or at the door the day of the event in the David Reid Theatre: $5.00
3 pm		Name That Item: Heirloom Evaluations by Ivey Auctions John & Patty Ivy, Frazer Pajak & Martin Meek of Ivey Auctions will be available to evaluate and identify guests' personal family heirlooms and treasures. Martin Meek will also share techniques for researching items yourself. Free Admission • where: upstairs in the Spartanburg Regional History Museum
4 – 6 pm		Complimentary Happy Hour

		Saturday, February 25 10am – 6pm
11 am		Decorative Arts Gallery Talk by Glen Boggs Glen Boggs will share the formation and highlights of the History Museum's Decorative Arts Collection.  Glen Boggs is an architect and Chair of the Preservation & Collections Committee of the Historical Association. He will point out the interesting details of the furniture in our permanent Decorative Arts collection. Free Admission • where: upstairs in the Spartanburg Regional History Museum

12 – 1:30 pm		Lunches will be sold under the tent $8.00
12 – 3 pm		The Science Center will be providing an educational camp for children 5 and older. Please bring your children for this fun experience while you shop or join in to hear our speakers. Pizza is provided for the children's lunch. Please call the Science Center 583-2777 to register your children.
1:30 pm		speaker: Michael McCue The Tryon Colony and its Cultural History with the Upstate purchase speaker tickets in advance online or at the door the day of the event in the David Reid Theatre: $5.00
3 pm		Identifying Porcelain Nancy Carlisle, Interior Designer, will be identifying porcelain in this informative and fun interactive discussion on describing and defining porcelain.  You will learn tips and tricks for identifying different kinds of porcelain. Free Admission• where: upstairs in the Spartanburg Regional History Museum
4 – 6 pm		Complimentary Happy Hour

		Sunday, February 26 12-5pm
		Lowcountry Brunch Catered by Tom Buice. Includes complimentary Bloody Marys and wine: $20.00
1:30 pm		speaker: Kelli Shaw Floral Designs for your Home purchase speaker tickets in advance online or at the door the day of the event in the David Reid Theatre: $5.00

SPEAKERS

Friday, February 24, 1:00

William Cooke Huff
Integrating Antiques with Interior Design

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Bill Huff was born in Columbus, Georgia and continues to live there with his wife Maudie. He graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy and later the University of Georgia, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. Upon graduation he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He was promoted to Captain and spent thirteen and a half months in Vietnam.

After leaving the military he attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, studying investment banking and stayed in that field for a year. In 1969 he was asked to join the established interior designer, Jack Collins of Columbus and later formed Collins and Huff. Bill and Jack were business partners for the next forty-two years.

In 1990 Bill formed William Huff Interiors and began buying antiques in England. Using a combination of upholstered pieces and antique furniture he developed a comfortable, yet enduring traditional style. Bill’s passion is working with the architect at the beginning of a job, whether it is a residence, an office, or an historic building.

Over the years, he has had many clients throughout the Southeast, and as faraway as Texas and New Jersey Bill has been very involved in the community and served on many boards. Bill and Maudie love to travel and enjoy museums, architecture and gardens. Sailing and quail hunting are also two of his favorite pastimes.

Bill has three children and four grand-children. His daughter Maggie Dimino and her husband Steve live in Marietta, Will Huff and his wife Claire Marie live in Atlanta, where Will is an established Interior Designer and Martin Huff, who is a Senior at Wofford College.

Saturday, February 25, 2:00

Michael McCue
The Tryon Colony and its
Cultural History with the Upstate

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A resident of North Carolina since 1983, McCue is known for his historical research, publications, and public lectures about the nationally significant Tryon colony of artists and writers in the Western North Carolina mountains.

In 2000 he authored the exhibition catalog for a survey of the oeuvre of Tryon modernist Homer Ellertson at Tryon Fine Arts Center, the first monograph on that artist. In 2001 McCue was guest curator at Asheville Art Museum for Lawrence Mazzanovich: Impressionist Paintings of Tryon which brought 16 landscapes from private collections, galleries, and museums for the first retrospective at that institution of a Tryon painter. His publication for that exhibition (available from Asheville Art Museum) is the only monograph about Lawrence Mazzanovich (1871-1959) as well.

His books include Paris & Tryon: George C. Aid (1872-1938) and his Artistic Circles in France and North Carolina; The Tryon Toy Makers and Wood Carvers 1915 - 1940; Tryon Artists: 1892-1942; and a volume on the architecture and landscape of Tryon.

McCue has served on many nonprofit boards in Polk and Buncombe counties, on grants panels in Washington for the National Endowment for the Arts and has chaired the jury for the Newman Book Award in the field of American historical prints.

He has written eight historical articles about significant Tryon artists for the forthcoming New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture to be published by University of North Carolina Press.

Sunday, February 26, 1:30 pm

Kelli Shaw
Floral Designs for your Home

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Kelli Shaw of Kelli Shaw Designs is a color and texture artist. She finds creative and innovative ways to bring the beauty and the wonder of nature into your home. She has been in garden and floral design business for 13 years. She does floral arrangements for special events and weddings.

A frequent designer for the Charleston Horticultural Society, Kelli does container gardening, small courtyards, hanging baskets and window boxes in many of the homes throughout the Charleston area. She specializes in seasonal color in your garden.

2012 DEALERS

TICKET PRICING

1 Day Admission Ticket
$10.00 each
Tickets are good for general admission – does not include speakers.
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Weekend Show Ticket
$20.00
(Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
Tickets are good for general admission – does not include speakers.
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Speaker Tickets
$5.00 per speaker
(in addition to one day general admission fee of $10)
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Lunches will be sold under the tent
$8.00
(Saturday)

Sunday Lowcountry Brunch
$20.00
Catered by Tom Buice
Includes complimentary Bloody Marys and wine.

Free, Unlimited Parking for all days