Delve into the world of American Illustration at this daylong symposium, sponsored by Heritage Auctions. This event will feature curators, catalogue authors, and scholars as they explore the legacy of Jazz Age illustration and beyond. Experts will cover a range of topics, from advertising and children’s books to Egyptomania, fashion, the Harlem Renaissance, and sheet music. Highlighted illustrators include Jay Jackson, Loïs Mailou Jones, J.C. Leyendecker, May Wilson Preston, Albert Alexander Smith, and Laura Wheeler Waring.
Your ticket includes general Museum admission as well as access to the Jazz Age illustration exhibition. Pre-ordered lunches will be available for purchase to registrants (lunch is not included in the ticket price).
Image: Cover for The Saturday Evening Post (detail), October 2, 1920. C. Coles Phillips (1880–1927). Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on illustration board, 20 × 16 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Acquisition Fund, 1988.
This event is sponsored by Heritage Auctions. The symposium is also supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art, and PNC Arts Alive. This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.
