Chicago Botanic Garden

Antiques & Garden Fair

Lectures

PHOTO: Michael S. Smith

Michael S. Smith

Friday, 11 a.m.

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PHOTO: Charles Stick

Charles Stick

Saturday, 11 a.m.

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PHOTO: Style Blogger Panel

The Style Blogger Panel

Saturday, 2 p.m.

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PHOTO: Jeanne Pinsof Nolan

Jeanne Pinsof Nolan

Sunday, 11 a.m.

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Lecture by Michael S. Smith

"Building Beauty"
Friday, April 19
11 a.m.
Alsdorf Auditorium, Regenstein Center

Followed by a book signing in the Lenhardt Library – be the first to purchase his May 2013 new release (limited quantity available).

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Advance (purchased on or before April 18) member/nonmember: $60/$65
Fair weekend (purchased after April 18) member/nonmember: $65/$70
Combination (Smith/Stick lectures) member/nonmember: $100/$105 nonmembers
This lecture ticket includes a three-day Fair pass.

Honorary chair and guest speaker Michael S. Smith is one of the most original and respected talents in the design industry today. His style is a seamless blend of European classicism and American modernism. Smith’s historical knowledge and appreciation for the past were nurtured by both his studies at the Victoria and Albert Museum and his antiques work. His design firm, Michael S. Smith, Inc., was launched in 1990, expanding from projects solely for private clients to his Jasper line of fine furniture and fabrics sold exclusively in multi-line showrooms around the world. Whether designing his own collection or interiors for his residential, hospitality, and commercial clients, Smith maintains a deep respect for tradition as viewed through a modern eye.

Smith has received many prestigious awards. He has been named three times to Architectural Digest’s The AD 100, and is the recipient of the Pacific Design Center's West Week Stars of Design. His designs are often featured in major publications including Architectural Digest. In 2010, he was appointed by President Obama to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.

Generously supported by The Scout Guide, Chicago

Lecture by Charles Stick

"Looking at Gardens"
Saturday, April 20
11 a.m.
Alsdorf Auditorium, Regenstein Center

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Special guest lecturer Charles Stick is a renowned landscape designer and one of the country’s leading classicists. Stick, who grew up in Western Springs, Illinois, studied Thomas Jefferson’s principles of landscape architecture at the University of Virginia. In 1994, Stick opened his office in Charlottesville, Virginia, where his work focuses on residential landscape architecture throughout North America. He designs gardens on a human scale with the integration of the house and garden into a harmonious whole as the dominant theme and emphasis of his work. Jefferson’s ideal of a livable, functional, and beautiful landscape in harmony with its architecture is a constant theme throughout Stick’s work.

Stick has received recognition in numerous national publications. In 2003, he was awarded the Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America.

The Style Blogger Panel Discussion

"Living with Color: Style Bloggers’ Musings on Super-Chic Living"
Saturday, April 20
2 p.m.
Alsdorf Auditorium, Regenstein Center

Followed by a book signing in the Lenhardt Library with Julia Reed and Emily Evans Eerdmans.

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Advance (purchased on or before April 18) member/nonmember: $30/$35
Fair weekend (purchased after April 18) member/nonmember: $35/$40
This lecture ticket includes a same-day Fair pass.

Meet the talent behind the type as these well-known style bloggers muse on super-chic living! Listen to a lively conversation between The Peak of Chic’s Jennifer Boles, Stylebeat’s Marisa Marcantonio, and design historian Emily Evans Eerdmans. The moderator of this discussion will be the delightful Julia Reed, a contributing editor at Garden & Gun and Elle Decor and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal. She is author of four books, including the upcoming But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria: Adventures in Eating, Drinking, and Making Merry. The dialogue is sure to inspire your design senses as each of these women discusses her unique viewpoint on living and entertaining with style, including favorite finds for the home.

Style Blogger Panel

Generously supported by The Scout Guide, Chicago, and space519

Lecture by Jeanne Pinsof Nolan

"From the Ground Up"
Sunday, April 21
11 a.m.
Alsdorf Auditorium, Regenstein Center

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Advance (purchased on or before April 18) member/nonmember: $30/$35
Fair weekend (purchased after April 18) member/nonmember: $35/$40
This lecture ticket includes a same-day Fair pass.

Jeanne Pinsof Nolan is the founder of The Organic Gardener Ltd. and a well-known educator, author, and consultant. She has been growing food organically for more than 20 years. Not only has she helped hundreds of families develop gardens that are beautiful, productive, and uniquely suited to their homes and lifestyles, but she has also worked with schools, restaurants, not-for-profit organizations, and other institutions. In 2005, Jeanne began her partnership with Green City Market in Chicago, under whose auspices she designed, installed, and maintains the Edible Gardens, a 5,000-square-foot vegetable garden for children at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

She has been featured national publications, and frequently lectures on the key steps to success in organic vegetable gardening, inspiring both novice and experienced gardeners.