Feb. 28 2013: Lecture by MacArthur Fellow Ubaldo Vitali

The Italian Artistic Legacy in Contemporary Silversmithing

Thursday February 28, 2013 at 6 PM

University Hall Conference Center, 7^th Floor, Montclair State University

Ubaldo Vitali, the first New Jerseyan and Italian as well as the first silversmith to win the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, will be the centerpiece of a lecture on the relationship between art history and technology as well as the influence of Italian art on his own work.

The conversation will also feature Ulysses Grant Dietz, the Senior Curator of Decorative Arts at the Newark Museum, and a display of selected pieces from Vitali’s personal silverwork collection.

RSVP required by Mon February 25th: http://tinyurl.com/a6do8wm

Light refreshments will be served

For more information click here or contact Dr. Teresa Fiore at inserra@montclair.edu

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Sponsored and organized by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies (Department of Spanish and Italian)

Co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Design (Art History and Metalwork Programs) at Montclair State University and the Consulate of Italy in Newark, NJ