Hildreth Meière Documentary Series - Watch Trailer
Hildreth Meière Documentary Series - Watch Trailer
October 1, 2022 | 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET
The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Enter the event through the South Wing, located near the Museum parking lot.
Doors will open 30 minutes before the event.
What do Byzantine mosaics, Egyptian wall paintings, and classical Greek vase paintings all have in common? They were the inspirations behind Hildreth Meière's incredible artistic career. Working with leading architects of her day, Meière designed approximately 100 commissions. The Newark Museum of Art has proudly displayed the Pillars of Hercules since 2013. This beautiful marble mosaic panel was originally commissioned in 1960 for the Prudential Plaza lobby.
Join us for two short documentaries and a panel discussion. The panel discussion will include the mosaic’s designer and restorer Anthony David Schiavo, mosaic’s restorer Steve Miotto, architect Richard Williams, and author and independent curator Catherine Coleman Brawer. The panel will be moderated by award-winning broadcaster and consultant Steve Orr.
Moderator
An award-winning broadcaster turned consultant. He founded Steve Orr Media to help clients become more effective speakers, as well as create and produce podcasts. He’s the author of the forthcoming book Podcasting for Small Business. Steve’s career also included a long run at the MarketWatch Radio Network. As a business anchor/reporter, he was regularly heard on some of the country’s biggest news stations, including 1010 WINS in New York, WBBM in Chicago and WTOP in Washington, DC.
A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she received an MA in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. An independent curator, she has curated exhibitions with accompanying catalogue on such varied topics as Chinese export porcelain, Native Americans of the Lower Hudson Valley, and contemporary American women artists. In 2009, Catherine curated the exhibition and wrote the catalogue Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière. In 2014, she co-authored the book The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière. Most recently, Catherine conceived and wrote the content of the website for the International Hildreth Meière Association.
A graduate from NYC’s Lehman College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and Education and a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking. In addition, he attended Scuola Mosaico di Spilimbergo in Italy. Steve is the founder and President of Miotto Mosaic Art Studios Inc. With a studio in New York State, and an associate studio in Spilimbergo, Italy - Travisanutto, Giovanni SRL. They have fabricated and installed numerous mosaics for the MTA Arts & Design, numerous airports throughout the country, and numerous American Embassies throughout the world. Steve is sought after for his old world craftsmanship and his technical expertise to bring the artist’s, designer’s, and architect’s design visions to life through mosaic creation and restoring mosaic masterpieces, such as with Hildreth Meière’s Prudential Panels.
A native of Monreale, Sicily, a town famous for its 11th century cathedral featuring breathtaking Byzantine mosaics. Inspired by his environment, his formal education in mosaics started at the age of 13, at the Institute of Santa Maria Nuova. In 1954, he moved to the US and worked as head designer/mosaicist working for Foscato Studio. Tony opened his own studio in 1965, Renaisart Mosaic Company. He has completed many mosaic commissions with various artists in the NY Tri-State area, TN, and DC for office buildings, schools, hospitals, churches, and synagogues. Tony was the head designer and mosaicist for the execution of Hildreth Meière’s Prudential Panels in 1960. Fifty-three years later he restored the panels. At 86 years old, Schiavo continues to work and live in SUMMIT, N.J. with his wife Ada.
Richard Williams Architects’ buildings are noted for their formal rigor, aesthetic refinement and an ethos of restraint. Recipient of many local and national awards, his firm’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Architectural Digest, and DWELL. A native of Washington, DC, Richard received his BA in history and literature from Harvard College, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia with highest honors. Named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2010, he has served on numerous design juries and governing boards, including two terms on the US Commission of Fine Arts’ Old Georgetown Board from 2014-2020. He is married to Kimberly Prothro Williams, an architectural historian and author.
