The Medal Collectors of America and the Massachusetts Historical Society held a joint conference at the MHS called "Art & Memory" in November 2018. The series of presentations was recorded and was just made available online. Below is a link to the YouTube playlist and a list of topics. Well worth watching!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...iclcC1_dOPnG"MHS Numismatic Collection"MHS Curator of Art & Artifacts, documents the Society's numismatic collection beginning in 1791 with the donation of a copper Columbia and Washington medal from the Boston merchants who financed the venture and touches on our curators and highlights of the MHS collection.
"Why Collect Medals"John Sallay, Stephen Scher, Robert Rodriguez, Q. David Bowers: Four prominent collectors ruminate on their colleting careers and what initially drew them to medals. With an afterward by John Adams.
"Medallic Art Company"Uta Wartenberg recounts the
American Numismatic Society's efforts to save America's medallic heritage by securing the archives of the Medallic Art Company from the auction block.
"Books & Medals"MHS President Catherine Allgor's welcome / Len Augsburger surveys numismatic literature, printed and electronic, in relation to medals.
"Medallic America"Alan Stahl documents the allegorical representation of America on medals through the ages.
"Their Secrets Revealed!"John Sallay exposes the history of early American college secret societies and their medals.
"Early Work of Victor David Brenner"Patrick McMahon on the earliest part of Brenner's career as a "medalleur" in the 1890s.
"So-Called Dollars"Jonathan Brecher introduces the world of So-Called Dollars, medals roughly the size of a one dollar coin. The term derives from Bryan Money of the 1890s and encompasses a wide range of subjects to the present day.
"Art of the Medal"Ira Rezak, Robert Hoge, Scott Miller, Cory Gilliland : Four experts discuss the concept of art in relation to the medal, and various medallic styles from those commissioned to project power and identity through contemporary medals reflecting an artist's creative impulse, no longer bound by shape or medium.
Posted 10/10/2019 3:38 pm
