Collectors at Home, Zoom Series Canadian Society of Decorative Arts First Session: “From Utility to Life: Sculptural Decorative Arts” June 20, 2020 17:00 - 18:00 p.m., ET Vertu Founder, Jennifer Franks, has curated a zoom series, Collectors at Home, for the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts / Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs (CSDA/CCAD) The first session is titled: “From Utility to Life: Sculptural Decorative Arts” Utility and beauty are two main concepts of the class

“There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” - Shakespeare, Hamlet J. Franks, Vertu Art + Design, Founder This very personal “momento mori” is my own. I was taking a stroll in Geneva, Switzerland, when a baby sparrow fell directly from the sky with a thud at the crown of my feet. The rest is now history, but the story came to my mind, when a sparrow flew into my library through the window yesterday, as I was reading object stories for #collectorsathome, a zoom ser

Created and Curated by Jennifer Franks for the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts https://csda-ccad.org/Events During the pandemic, most of us are spending more time at home. Collected objects of art and design may provide a comforting reminder of a missed friend or travels. In this spirit of public engagement, I created the Zoom series: “Collectors at Home” on behalf of the Canadian Soceity of Decorative Art / Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs (CSDA-CCAD). For this s