Project Team

Catherine Amidon, Project Manager. Director of the Karl Drerup Art Gallery and Exhibitions Program.
Dr. Amidon hold a doctorate from the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, France, in the art and politics of Europe in the 1930s. She has also worked as an independent curator, including two shows that toured internationally. She worked at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris in the 1980s, prior to her return to the U.S.

 

Jane L. Port, Independent Scholar and Curator of Collections, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MA.
Ms. Port received her M.A. in Art History from Boston University. Since 1991, she has worked on numerous projects and grants at the Museum of Fine Arts, recently as a contributor to Silver of the Americas, 1600-2001, American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Vol. 3 (forthcoming). She has published articles on the 20th-century silversmith Margaret Craver and Karl Drerup.

 

Jeannine Falino, Project Consultant. Independent Scholar.
Ms. Faliano holds an M.A. in Art History from Boston University. She spent 15 years as curator of decorative arts and sculpture in the Art of Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.. During that time, she published and developed the museum's collection of 20th-century American crafts. Among numerous publications on American metalworks and contemporary crafts, she is co-author of Tiffany Jewels (forthcoming) and Silver of the Americas, 1600-2001, Vol 3 (forthcoming).