5:00 to 7:00 PM
Join Michael Diaz-Griffith, Executive Director and CEO of the Design Leadership Network; Kyle Marshall, Head of Design for Ralph Lauren Home; and our own Lauren Brincat, Chief Curator and Director of Collections, as they share fresh perspectives on the future of collecting and the enduring relevance of old places and things.
We are pleased to welcome guest blogger, Lauren Gotard, PLI’s 2024 Gardiner Young Scholar, who researched the personal papers and LGBTQ+ history of our founder, Howard Sherwood.
Available for purchase now, this new book based on original research by decorative arts specialist Dean Failey, explores the life and work of Elias Pelletreau (1726-1810), Long Island’s leading early American silversmith.
Dedicated to the late Huyler Held, a Preservation Long Island past president, this exhibition featured many of our most significant acquisitions, ranging from eighteenth-century masterworks of Long Island decorative arts to 20th-century ephemera.