By Friends | Published:
December 10, 2009
Rick Kendall will begin work as Superintendent of Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire at the beginning of 2010. He will replace BJ Dunn, who assumed duties as deputy superintendent at Independence National Historical Park in October.
Kendall is currently completing the NPS Bevinetto Congressional Fellowship in the Washington Office. As part of this fellowship, he spent 2008 working as a member of the legislative staff on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources. This year, he has served as the liaison between the Director and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, working on national issues for the NPS and the Department of the Interior.
By Friends | Published:
September 26, 2009
An article by Stephen May on Saint-Gaudens was featured in the August 14, 2009 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly in Newton, Connecticut.
The article serves as a comprehensive outline of the life and works of Saint-Gaudens and provides an overview of both the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire and the current exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
To read the article online click here
By Friends | Published:
September 22, 2009
The Coinage of America Conference theme this year is “Augustus Saint-Gaudens and His Numismatic Legacy” . The conference will be held at the American Numismatic Society in New York on October 10, 2009 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The lecture series will be followed by a guided tour of the Saint-Gaudens exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of art at 6:00 pm.
The Schedule will be as follows:
- “The Lion’s Pride: Collecting America’s Best Sculptor”- Roger Burdette, Author of Renaissance of American Coinage
- “From Imagination to Image: Saint-Gaudens’ Palaster Studies for Coins”- Dr. Henry Duffy, Curator at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
- “Saint-Gaudens at the American Numismatic Society: A Collection Survey” -Robert W. Hoge, American Numismatic Society
- “Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Charles Barber: Unbounded Egos-Unbounded Conflict”- Michael Moran, Author of Striking Change: The Great Artistic Collaboration of Theodore roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens
- Collection Viewing: Participants’ “Show and Tell” and items from the ANS (American Numismatic Society) Museum
- Optional: 6:oo p.m. guided tour of Augustus Saint-Gauderns in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition with Saint-Gaudens experts
Pricing Information:
ANS Member Price: $125
Non-member Price: $160
Registration and pre-payment are required. Payment by PayPal available at the ANS website or checks can be made payable to the American Numismatic Society and sent to:
Membership Office
American Numismatic Society
75 Varick St. Sloor 11
New York, NY 10013
By Friends | Published:
August 31, 2009
The new hour-long documentary, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture is scheduled for national broadcast on December 27, 2009. There will also be a special showing on WNET PBS television (New York/ New Jersey) on September 13, 2009 at 1:45 p.m.
To view a clip of the film click here.
By Friends | Published:
August 31, 2009
Peter Schjeldahl celebrates the works of Saint-Gaudens in his article, “High and Low Relief: Saint-Gaudens at the Met”, featured in The New Yorker on August 24, 2009. You can link to the article here.
