The Adele and Leonard Leight Series: Art, Design and Innovation presents Lindsy Parrott

The Adele and Leonard Leight Series: Art, Design and Innovation Lecture series Free, registration required Featuring: Dr. Lindsy Parrott, Director of the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Tiffany Lamps: Innovation, Desire, and Imitation REGISTER American artist Louis C. Tiffany’s colorful lamps debuted in 1898 and were an immediate sensation: the artistic glass shades and elaborate bronze bases elevated these lighting fixtures to illuminated works of art. This lecture will trace the rise, fall, and revival of public interest in Tiffany lamps across the 20th century and consider the reproductions and forgeries that sprang up as the value of the lamps increased. It’s a fascinating story of innovation, desire, and imitation that casts a new light on these beloved lamps. About Lindsy R. Parrott: Lindsy R. Parrott is the Executive Director and Curator at The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass based in Queens, New York. During her 23 years at The Neustadt, her research has centered on Tiffany’s lamps, windows, and mosaics. Working with The Neustadt’s one-of-a-kind Tiffany Glass Archive, which includes approximately a half a million examples of opalescent sheet glass and glass jewels, she investigates how American artists used these pioneering materials to revolutionize the centuries-old art form of stained glass. Lindsy has co-curated significant Tiffany exhibitions, including Tiffany’s Glass Mosaics (2017), organized in partnership with the Corning Museum of Glass, and Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion (2012, Museum of Biblical Art, NYC). The accompanying publications for both exhibitions received excellence awards from the Victorian Society. Lindsy’s current projects include co-curating the The Neustadt’s traveling exhibition Tiffany or Ti-phony? A Story of Desire, which examines the rise, fall, and revival of Tiffany lamps and the forgeries they inspired. She is also a member of a stained-glass team surveying some 1,200 windows at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York—the largest survey of stained glass ever undertaken in America. Lindsy earned her MA in the History of Decorative Arts through Parsons School of Design/The Smithsonian in Washington, DC. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Art Glass Forum | New York. Early in her career, she worked at the Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, an institution renowned for their comprehensive Tiffany collection. Lindsy has lectured and published widely on Louis C. Tiffany. Thank you to our radio partner