Event Schedule 2011

The Association for the Study of Jewelry and Related Arts (AJSRA) Fall 2011
event will take place in Boston from Friday-Sunday, October 14-16.

Instead of having our usual all-day conference and additional study day we
will offer a special three-day event limited to only 50 attendees.

The event will be held in Boston in conjunction with the exhibition, "Gems,
Jewelry and Treasures" to be curated by ASJRA co-director and Rita J. Kaplan
and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry Yvonne Markowitz at the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston. This will be the first exhibition in the museum's new
permanent Kaplan Jewelry Gallery.

The event will run through Friday morning until early afternoon on Sunday and
will include the following:

• A curator's tour of the exhibition with Yvonne Markowitz.
• A tour of the jewelry in the museum's new American wing, including
selections from the Daphne Farago Collection of studio jewelry.
• A visit to the jewelry archives of the MFA with Yvonne.
• A tour of the Christian Science Mother Church including the famed Maparium
and its pipe organ.
• A tour of the historic Otis House, the last surviving Colonial mansion on
Beacon Hill and a lecture on the relationship between the writer and
playwright Mercy Otis Warren and Abigail Adams as told through related
jewelry.
• A lecture by award-winning gem carver Helen-Serras Herman.
• A visit to a private collection of early 20th century art jewelry with after dinner drinks served.
• A tour of the 19th century Ayer Mansion, decorated by L.C. Tiffany and not
regularly open to the public.
• Lunch on Friday and Saturday and brunch on Sunday at upscale restaurants
are included.
• We will organize a group dinner on Friday night for those who wish to attned at a well-known Boston restaurant (dinner not included in fee). We are invited as guests to a buffet dinner on Saturday night.

• A few other surprises are in store!

If you are interested in attending we urge you to reserve your space now as we
have room for only a few more people.

This promises to be one of our most exciting events. Come see beautiful
jewelry, visit historic places in Boston, see the friends you have made at
previous ASJRA events, and make some new ones as well.