Greenwich Decorative Arts Society Lecture – Killer Heels: The Art and History of the High-Heeled Shoe

On Monday Febrary 6th from the Greenwich Decorative Arts Society will hold their mothly lecture at the Bruce Museum.  This month’s lecture will be:

Killer Heels: The Art and History of the High-Heeled Shoe, a lecture by Lisa Small, Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
Admission for non-members of the Greenwich Decorative Arts Society is $25. Space is limited.  Reservations required for members and guests by January 30th.  For reservations and information: greenwichdecorativearts@gmail.com or 203-322-2967.
Refreshments immediately following the lecture.
As fashion statement, fetish object, instrument of power, and outlet of artistic expression for both the designer and the wearer, throughout the ages the high-heeled shoe has gone through many shifts in style and symbolism. This lecture explores the history of high heeled shoes, fashion’s most provocative accessory. From the platform chopines of 16th-century Italy to the glamorous stilettos on today’s runways and red carpets, the exhibition looks at the high-heeled shoe’s rich and varied history and its enduring place in our popular imagination.
Lisa Small has been Curator of Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum since 2011. Most recently, she organized and edited the catalogue for Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe (2014) and coordinated our presentations of The Rise of Sneaker Culture (2015), The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk (2013), and Jean-Michel Othoniel: My Way (2012). She is also co-curator, with Richard Aste, Curator of European Art, of the upcoming traveling exhibition French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 (2017). Previously, she was Curator of Exhibitions at the American Federation of Arts, where she coordinated traveling exhibitions including Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales and Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Prior to joining the AFA, Small was a curator at the Dahesh Museum of Art, where she organized and contributed to catalogues for numerous exhibitions, including Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt and Fantasy & Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré. Small has taught art history and the history of photography at Hunter College, Brooklyn College, and the School of Visual Arts. She received a B.A. from Colgate University, an M.A. in Arts Administration from New York University, and an M.A. and M.Phil in Art History from CUNY.