[center]
The Honourable Cordwainers’ Company
31st Annual General Meeting
October 23-25, 2015
In cooperation with the
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia[/center]
Friday, October 23
11:00 p.m. & 2:00PM
Savannah College of Art and Design – HCC tour of SCAD campus / Tour begins and ends at SCAD Poetter Hall, 342 Bull Street – visits to fashion, accessory, industrial design, jewelry, and fibers facilities
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Registration – Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, 5711 Abercorn Street
4:00 – 6:30pm
Open studios of Accessory Design faculty:
145 Bull St - Damion Le Cappelain
2201 Bull St - Marcell Mrsan, Michelle Quick
7:00 p.m.
Annual “Feasting & Drinking” Welcome Dinner at Johnny Harris Restaurant, 1651 E Victory Drive
Saturday, October 24
Programs at the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center, 207 W. York Street
8:15 a.m.
AGM for dues paid members
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Coffee and Donuts
HCC Keynote Presentations – Jepson Center Auditorium
9:00 a.m.
Michelle Quick, Accessory Design Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design
Lecture - The Benefits of Traditional Shoemaking Skills in Footwear Design Education
9:40 a.m.
Brett Walker, Journeyman Shoemaker, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Reinventing the Shoe? The Historical DNA of Modern Shoemaking
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m.
Anne Marika Verploegh Chasse, Kika Bespoke, Instructor at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) in the Accessories Department and Instructor at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) in Apparel and Industrial Design for Footwear and Special Topic Courses - Collaboration in the workshop - a practical approach: Ideas, Materials, Techniques - Exploring past and current projects in the collaboration pipeline at Brooklyn Bespoke - a closer look
11:10 a.m.
D.A. Saguto, Master Boot & Shoemaker, Department of Historic Trades, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Consulting Curator, Archaeological Footwear, Jamestown Rediscovery Project/Historic Jamestowne - Vanishing Footprints on the Past: The Archeological Footwear of Jamestown Island, Virginia 1607-1665
11:50 – 1:00 Lunch Boxes to Go on Telfair Square
1:00 p.m.
Sarah Woodyard, Apprentice, Milliner and Mantuamaker, Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Martha Washington: The First Lady of Fashionable Footwear
1:40 p.m.
Marcell Mrsan, Master Shoemaker, Accessory Design Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design
2:20 p.m.
Edward Maeder, Costume & Textile Consultant, former Curator of Costumes and Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, former director of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto - Asleep on your feet – A sheep on your feet: The Use of Wool for Fashionable Footwear 1700-2000
3:00 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m.
Dan Freeman, Freeman’s Leatherworks - Last Fitting: Art or Science?
4:00 p.m.
Zoe Rios, BOCPD, Prescription for Shoes - Pedorthics and Traditional Shoemaking
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Footwear Exhibition and Meet and Greet with SCAD Accessory Students
SCAD Eckburg Hall, 115 W Henry St
7:30 p.m
Dinner – Florence Restaurant, 1 B West Victory Drive
TBD p.m.
Show, Tool Swap and Trade – Members’ work on show – Hilton Garden Midtown
Sunday, October 25
8:00 a.m. Breakfast – Foxy Loxy Café, 1919 Bull Street
9:00–12:00 p.m.
Hands on Workshops and Lectures in Accessory Design Studios, SCAD Eckburg Hall, 115 West Henry Street
Michelle Quick, Accessory Design Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design
Demonstration - Tassels and Kilties: Pattern, Cutting, and Assembly
Marcell Mrsan – Master Shoemaker, Accessory Design Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design - Footwear Patterning
Candance Parton – Accessory Design Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design -
Leather Rendering Techniques
Michelle Quick – Accessory Design Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design
Tassel and Kiltie Design and Execution
Damion Le Cappelain – Accessory Design Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design
Upper Making Techniques
Grad student presentations TBA
12:30 p.m. Lunch – Crystal Beer Parlor, 301 West Jones Street
2:00 p.m.. SCAD Museum Tour – TBD
6:00 p.m. Late-Owl Dinner – Blue Moon Brewery, 21 W. Bay Street
HOTEL AND TRAVEL
The nearest airport is the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, eight miles from Savannah’s downtown.
Hotel:
There are plenty of hotel options in Savannah:
http://www.savannah.com/accommodation-options-savannah/
For your convenience, here are a few additional options:
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Savannah Gateway
866-790-9629
16 Gateway Boulevard East, Savannah, GA 31419
http://www.countryinns.com/savannah-hot ... 19/usasgga
Oglethorpe Inn & Suites
7110 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Savannah, GA 31406-2532
http://www.oglethorpeinn.com/
Wingate by Wyndham Savannah Airport
50 Sylvester C. Formey Drive, Savannah, GA 31408
http://www.wingatehotels.com/hotels/geo ... l-overview
PRE-EVENT REGISTRATION
Please fill out the Pre-Event Registration Form available on the Our Annual Meeting page at
http://www.thehcc.org For those pre-registering, registration fees are $30.00 for members and $15.00 for spouses, $10 for students. Registration at the door, for those who have not RSVP'd, will be $40/$20 for spouses.