You are invited to attend the "Augustus Saint-Gaudens Centenary Symposium and Film Premiere" on Friday, September 7, 2007 from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW, McEvoy Auditorium. This symposium will re-examine the influence and importance of one of America’s greatest sculptors, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907). A series of lectures will begin at 1:30 p.m. followed at 5 p.m. by the Washington premiere of the new film “Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture” (2007), directed by Paul Sanderson and produced by the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site and the Trustees of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial. A reception will follow the film at 6:30 p.m. No registration is required for this event. For more information, visit our web page at AmericanArt.si.edu/2007_symposium or contact [log in to unmask]; (202) 633-8353. 

Individual presentations include:
 
“An Introduction to Smithsonian Collections” by George Gurney, deputy chief curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
 
“Voices from Across the Sea: The European Associates of Augustus Saint-Gaudens” by Henry J.  Duffy, curator and chief of cultural resources, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
 
 “Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the Angels of Grief” by Cynthia Mills, historian, Smithsonian American Art Museum
 
“After Saint-Gaudens: Casts, Memories and Legacies” by Thayer Tolles, associate curator of American paintings and sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
 “Conservation of the Shaw Memorial: The Long Journey” by Shelley Sturman, head of object conservation, National Gallery of Art
 
Erika Doss, chair of the American studies department at the University of Notre Dame, will moderate a panel discussion following the presentations. 
 
The public is encouraged to take time before or after the symposium to explore the 13 sculptures by Saint-Gaudens on display in the museum’s permanent collection galleries on the second floor and in the Luce Foundation Center. 

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