"The Art of Revolutions" Conference Program
October 26–28, 2017

Times are subject to change

Thursday, October 26

6:00 p.m.: Reception and Keynote, Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South Third Street
Salon-style discussion about the politics of art in revolutionary times with Catherine E. Kelly, a historian of the early American republic and author of Republic of Taste: Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America, and Cordula Grewe, a specialist in 19th-century European art and most recently author of The Nazarenes: Romantic Avant-garde and the Art of the Concept. Michael Quinn, President and CEO of the Museum of the American Revolution, will moderate the conversation.

Friday, October 27

8:30–9:00 a.m.: Conference registration, light breakfast and coffee at APS

9:00–9:30 a.m.: Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Patrick Spero, APS

9:30–10:30 a.m.: Panel 1: Prints, Performance, and Patriots in the Garden
“The Visual Culture of Commemorative Summerhouses in the Age of Revolutions”
Kerry Dean Carso, State University of New York at New Paltz
“Charles Willson Peale, Nancy Hallam, and Shakespeare’s Cymbeline on the Revolutionary Stage”
Amy M. E. Morris, Cambridge University
“The Printer and the Painter: Portraying Print Culture in an Age of Revolution”
Martha J. King, Princeton University
Comment by: Carol Soltis, Philadelphia Museum of Art

10:30–11:00 a.m.: Coffee break

11:00 a.m–12:00 p.m.: Panel 2: Art in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
“Independentistas: Francis Drexel’s Trans-American Gallery of Latin American Revolutionaries”
Katherine Manthorne, City University of New York
“The Materiality of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World”
Ashli White, University of Miami
“The Art of Freedom: Camille Pissarro and the Age of Emancipation”
Jon Sensbach, University of Florida
Comment by: Gregory Nobles, Georgia Institute of Technology

12:00–12:15 p.m.: Curious Revolutionaries: The Peales of Philadelphia
Diana Marsh, Smithsonian Institution

12:15–1:30 p.m.: Lunch, APS

1:30–2:30 p.m.: Panel 3: Iconoclasts and Vandals
“Kill the King: Revolutionary Iconoclasm in New York and London”
Wendy Bellion, University of Delaware
“Revolutionary Vandalism Assessed: Destruction and Creation in a Drawing by Hubert Robert”
Frédérique Baumgartner, Columbia University
“Vandalisme Révolutionnaire and Art Policy during the French Revolution”
Nausikaä El-Mecky, Heidelberg School of Education
Comment by: Anna Marley, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2:30–3:00 p.m.: Coffee break

3:00–4:00 p.m.: Panel 4: The Revolutionary Politics of Everyday Art
“Paper Chiefs: Sayer & Bennett’s Portraits of American Revolutionaries”
Amy Torbert, Harvard Art Museums
“Printerly Protest in Revolutionary America”
Jennifer Chuong, Harvard University
“American Idols: Fashions à l’Americaine in Pre-Revolutionary France”
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Comment by: Brendan McConville, Boston University

4:00–5:00 p.m.: Reception, APS
Dinner on one’s own

Saturday, October 28

9:00–9:30 a.m.: Light breakfast and coffee, APS

9:30-10:30am: Panel 5: Remembering Revolution in Material Culture
“’Cruelly Murdered’: Gravestones and American Innocence, 1775–6”
Caitlin Galante-DeAngelis Hopkins, Harvard University
“Diamonds and Democracy: Winterhalter’s Royal Portraits after the Revolutions of 1848”
John Webley, Columbia University
“’Revolutionary Penelopes”: Patriotic Seamstresses in 19th century Italian Art”
Isabella Campagnol, Istituto Marangoni, Milan
Comment by: Zara Anishanslin, University of Delaware

10:30-11:00am: Coffee Break

11:00-12:00pm: Panel 6: Performance and Public Displays of Revolution
“Parade as Persuasion: Re-Thinking New York’s Federal Procession”
Laura Auricchio, The New School
“’What Have We to Do with Rome': The Politics of Art, Spectacle, and Peale’s Triumphal Arch”
Amy Ellison, APS
“Visualizing Permanence: Materiality and Politics in Depictions of Public Architecture during the French Revolution, 1789–1794”
Camille S. Mathieu, University of Exeter
Comment by: Anne Verplanck, Penn State University, Harrisburg

12:00–12:30: Wrap-up Discussion

Catherine Kelly, University of Oklahoma
Cordula Grewe, Indiana University
Patrick Spero, American Philosophical Society

12:30-1:30 p.m.: Lunch, APS
Departures

Conference papers can be found through the link to the left. You will be required to enter a password provided by conference organizers to access them. Please contact Abigail Shelton at [email protected] if you are attending the conference but have not yet received the password.

Papers are not to be cited or circulated without the written permission of the author.

Old City Hotels:

There are several hotels within walking distance as well as many within a short ride by public transit, taxi, or Uber. Addresses and contact information are below. The hotels listed here represent accommodations in Old City, Philadelphia. There are many additional options in other areas of the city including Center City and Rittenhouse Square. Philadelphia is also served by Airbnb and other accommodation sharing sites.

The Franklin Hotel at Independence Park (Marriott)
401 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Reservations: 215-925-0000

Hotel Monaco (Kimpton)
433 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Reservations: 855-295-BELL
Hotel: 215-925-2111

Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District
400 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-923-8660

Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel
1 Dock Street (Between 2nd and Walnut Streets)
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-238-6000

Best Western The Independence Park Hotel
235 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-922-4443

Holiday Inn Express Philadelphia-E.Penns Landing
100 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19106
1-800-405-4329

APS Addresses: The bulk of the conference will take place in the APS’s Franklin Hall, located at 427 Chestnut Street. The Library is located at 105 South Fifth Street, and the APS Museum is housed across the street from the Library, in Philosophical Hall at 104 South Fifth Street. See below for a map of the APS buildings.

The Museum of the American Revolution will host the keynote presentation on Thursday, October 26. They are located at 101 South Third Street, a few blocks from the APS.

Planes: The Philadelphia International Airport is 12 miles from the American Philosophical Society and is served by most major domestic and many international airlines. Philadelphia is a regional hub for American Airlines.

Ground Transportation from Airport: The airport is connected to Philadelphia through a network of public transit, rental cars, taxis, and private car services. In addition, Uber services can be booked for transport to and from the airport. More information on specific modes of transport can be found on the airport’s website.

Trains: Philadelphia has an Amtrak station and is on the busy Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. Both Northeast Regional and Acela trains stop at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. In addition, the Keystone, an east-west Amtrak route, stops several times a day in Philadelphia.

Automobiles: The American Philosophical Society is easily reached by I-95, 676, and the 76/Schuylkill Expressway.

Parking: There are several parking garages within a convenient distance from the APS. The Bourse Garage is the closest facility, at 4th and Ranstead Streets. Additionally, there are garages at the Independence Visitor Center and the National Constitution Center.

Buses: Many bus companies in the Northeast serve the Philadelphia area including Bolt Bus, Mega Bus, and Greyhound. Bolt Bus and Mega Bus arrive at 30th Street Station, which is a short ride away from the APS. The Greyhound station is between 12th and 13th Streets, just behind the Jefferson Station SEPTA stop.

Public Transportation in Philadelphia: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is the major public transportation provider in the Philadelphia region. SEPTA runs Regional Rail lines through the city to the outlying suburbs and the airport. The Market-Frankford Line stops every couple of streets in Center City and runs out to West Philadelphia, by the University of Pennsylvania. SEPTA also runs trolley lines and buses throughout the city. Schedules, maps, fares, and additional information about the public transit system in Philadelphia can be found on their website.