GIA Alumni Association Speakers Bureau

Please contact the speaker directly for additional information and to make all speaking arrangements.

Elyse Z. Karlin
Editor and publisher
Adornment, The Newsletter of Jewelry & Related Arts
1333A North Avenue, #122
New Rochelle, New York  10804

Work phone: 914-636-3784
Fax: 
E-mail: ekarlin@usa.net
Associations: 

Area(s) of expertise: Jewelry of the Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau jewelry, early 20th century jewelry, Chinese Kingfisher feather ornaments, charm bracelets and jewelry of the American first ladies.

Presentation topic(s): I present slide lectures with the background and history of these subjects, important designers and clues to identification. I do my best to give prices in the marketplace today.

Location and date of past presentation(s):

Presentation outline: I am happy to speak on any of the subjects listed here.  I have lectured for GIA Alumni in NYC and Washington, DC. I am the past president of The American Society of Jewelry Historians and author of Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition. 

Will speaker offer items for sale? 

Does speaker ask for an honorarium? $200.

Will speaker travel? I will travel in the New York tri-state area.  For other locations I would need travel reimbursement.

AV equipment needed? Either carousel slide projector or digital projector.