Celebrating America 250

Cleveland Decorative Arts 2026 Program Schedule
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SPRING SERIES

Friday February 13, 2026, 4:30PM  Museum of American Porcelain Art. Tour with Hors d'oeuvres followed by Lecture by Richard Barone, founder and collector.  Annual meeting and reports. Click here for a printable version.


Friday, March 20, 2026
, Mayfield Country Club. 6:00 PM cocktails, 6:30PM lecture by Amy Miller Dehan, Curator Cincinnati Museum of Art, on Cincinnati furniture.

Saturday, May 16, 2026
, Gather at the Rowfant Club at 11:30AM, Luncheon at Noon, followed by Rowfant member, Doctor Jim Vendeland, discussing his new book, An Atlas of Antique Kaleidoscopic Treasures: From the Jim Vendeland Kaleidoscope Collection

FALL SERIES

Friday, August 14, 2026,  Gather at the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club for cocktails at 6:00PM, 6:30PM lecture by Randy, Kelly, and KImberly Schrimsher on the recent book, American Classical Furniture, 1810-40: Regional Identities in the Schrimsher Collection and on their new museum in Charlestown SC.  We hope to have the book available for sale.

Friday September 18 2026
, 6:00 PM cocktails, 6:30PM lecture on Tiffany Lamps by Lindsy Parrott, Executive Director and Curator of the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany's Glass.  Lindsy is returning to Cleveland by popular demand after her program on Tiffanys' customers in Cleveland in 2024.

Friday or Saturday November 6 or 7,
Time and date TBD.  Program by Holly Witchy, Ph D Executive Director of ICA-Art Conservation. ICA is a laboratory handling all facets of conservation of decorative arts.  Visit the workshop to see projects in process.

Sunday December 6, 2026,
CDA Holiday Gathering MEMBERS ONLY.  Time and place TBD.