Monthly
meetings are held at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Ave and
McKinley St NW in Washington DC. Participants are invited for snacks at 7:00
PM. Programs start at 7:30 PM. Check the individual program listing for
variations on venue and time. Scheduled meetings and programs are canceled when
DC or Montgomery County schools are closed due to inclement weather.
Museum Lectures are usually held at the Bead Museum,
400 7th St NW in Washington, DC, and usually begin at 6 pm.
Please see individual listings for each lecture. The lectures are usually free
and open to the public, but because of limited seating capacity at the Museum,
advance reservations are required. Please call 202-624-4500.
Topics of Museum Lectures are generally more narrowly focused than our Bead
Society Meeting programs and offer the opportunity to meet and chat with a
variety of bead researchers and specialists.
For additional information, program description, venue, time and fees, click on the titles below:
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October 30
Dr. Aviva Klein-Franke will give a slide-lecture on Yemenite Jewelry. A prominent expert on Yemen, Dr. Klein-Franke currently teaches at the University of Cologne in Germany. She lectured most recently on Yemenite Jewelry at the British Museum, in conjunction with the Queen of Sheba exhibit,and is working on a book on Yemenite Jewelry. In 2000, she participated in an Ethnographic Symposium in Sanaa at the invitation of the Yemeni government.
Location: The Bead Museum
400 7th St. NW
Washington DC
Time: 6:30 pm
Free
November 2
ADORNING STORIES - Women's Stories Through Jewelry
Sarah Einstein, collector and jewelry artist from Jerusalem, will display and talk about beads, amulets and adornments from the Middle East, and about the women who wore them.
Location: Bead Museum
400 7th St. NW
Washington DC
Time 5:30 pm.
Free
Bead Society Monthly Meeting
November 14
SILVER SPEAKS: Traditional Middle Eastern Jewelry
Marjorie Ransom, whose collection is on display at the Bead Museum from October 27, 2002 to May 31, 2003, will tell the story of this disappearing art through slides and live models. Marjorie, who lived for twenty years in Arab countries and devoted her Foreign Service Career to public and cultural diplomacy, became an ardent collector over a period of almost 40 years.
Location: Chevy Chase Community Center
Time 7pm
December 2
Dr. Shelagh Weir will speak about Middle Eastern Jewelry. Currently a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Dr. Weir was previously Curator for the Middle East at the Museum of Mankind, theEthnography Department of the British Museum, where she curated several exhibits, including Nomad and City (on the Bedouin of Jordan and the city of Sanaa, Yemen), Palestinian Costume and Textiles of Palestine. Dr. Weir has authored Palestinian Embroidery, Palestinian Costume and Qat in Yemen: Consumption and Social Change. Forthcoming is A Tribal Order: Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen. Dr. Weir is the author of the Introduction to the catalogue for Silver Speaks: Traditional Jewelry of the Middle East.
Location: Bead Museum
Time 6:30 pm
Free.
Bead Society Monthly Meeting
December 12
Beads on Silver Ornaments For the Qing Dynasty
Margaret Duda, a professional writer and photographer, came to her current passion for Chinese jewelry and silver when she researched some silver needlecases she wanted to use in her own jewelry. Her book, FOUR CENTURIES OF SILVER: PERSONAL ADORNMENT IN THE QING DYNASTY AND AFTER will be published at the end of November. Her work on this topic was partially supported by a grant from The Bead Society of Greater Washington.
Location: Chevy Chase Community Center
Time 7pm
Free.
December 14
On Saturday, Margaret Duda will sign copies of her book at the Bead Museum from 2 to 4 PM (check time with Christine--2 is the start time) She will also be happy to identify any Chinese ornaments that you bring.
Location: Bead Museum
400 7th St. NW
Washington, DC
Time 2:00 pm
Free
January 9
Bead Society Monthly Meeting
Members and visitors bring their own collected or created works to show and discuss. Theme will be silver jewelry and adornment. There will also be demonstrations of cord-making and making adjustable necklace rings .
Location:
Chevy Chase Community Center
Time: 7:00 pm.
Free
February 13
Bead Society Monthly Meeting
Native American Glass Paste Pendants in North America
Archeologist William Billeck , Program Manager of the Repatriation Office at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, will speak on "Native American Glass Paste Pendants in North America". While most glass trade beads obtained by Native Americans from Euro-American traders were used directly as objects of decoration and adornment, occasionally the beads were crushed and manipulated in ways similar to the Ghanian powder-glass beads. The types of objects made and their manufacture are discussed based on accounts by early traders and explorers and through observation of the glass objects themselves.
Location: Chevy Chase Community Center
Time 7:00 pm
Free