2019 Lecture Videos
Available below are the videos from the Volunteer Continuing Education Program. Lectures are about an hour each. To begin viewing videos, click on the play button in the middle of the video image.
January 14, 2019: A Garden for All Seasons by Kate Markert (part of the 2019 garden docent training program)
*From approximately 36:30 to 39:30, Kate steps away from the podium to point out details in the images. The audio during this time is lower than the rest of the video.
January 22, 2019: Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Biography by Estella Chung (part of the 2019 garden docent training program)
January 28, 2019: Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post by Estella Chung (part of the 2019 garden docent training program)
January 31, 2019: Annual Volunteer Business Meeting
February 4, 2019: “Orchids and Hillwood” by Drew Asbury | Day of Horticulture part 1
February 4, 2019: “Floral Representation in Art: A Brief History” by Ami Wilber | Day of Horticulture part 2
February 4, 2019: “Vermicomposting” by Matt Doyle | Day of Horticulture part 3
February 11, 2019: Motor Court & French Parterre by Jessica Bonilla (part of the 2019 garden docent training program)
February 12, 2019: Henri Samuel: Master of the French Interior by Emily Eerdsman
February 19, 2019: Vista Terrace & Japanese-style Garden by Frances Vandenbroucke (part of the 2019 garden docent training program)
February 25, 2019: Perfume & Seduction Volunteer Education Presentation by Rebecca Tilles
February 28, 2019: Havana Living Today by Hermes Mallea
March 4, 2019: “Interesting Facts about Trees” by Marshall Paquin | Day of Horticulture part 1
March 4, 2019: “Continuity in the Japanese-style Garden” by Frances Vandenbroucke | Day of Horticulture part 2
March 4, 2019: “Mathematics and Horticulture” by Kevin Beamer | Day of Horticulture part 3
March 4, 2019: “Winter Recap and What’s Coming Up Next in the Gardens” by Jessica Bonilla | Day of Horticulture part 4
March 7, 2019: The Gardens of Bunny Mellon by Linda Jane Holden
March 12, 2019: The Photographer in the Gardens by Sarah Anne McNear
March 25, 2019: Cutting Garden and Greenhouse by Drew Asbury and Ami Wilber (part of the 2019 garden docent training program)
March 28, 2019: Style and Scent in the 18th Century by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell and Rebecca Tilles
April 17, 2019: Art and Passion: A Cultural History of Fragrance by Richard Stamelman
April 30, 2019: Lightness and Luxury: Historic Scents and Containers by Martine Uzan
May 15, 2019: Rene Lalique and the Art of Perfume by Nick Dawes
June 10, 2019: Mid-Century Master: The Photography of Alfred Eisenstaedt Volunteer Education Presentation by Megan Martinelli
September 9, 2019: War and Pieces and Hillwood’s Fallout Shelters Volunteer Education Presentation by Dr. Wilfried Zeisler, Estella Chung, and Lisa Horvath
*After this presentation was recorded, there was a change made to the times of the public fallout shelter tours. They will now be offered at 2:30 and 3:15 p.m. on select Wednesday afternoons during the display of War and Pieces.
September 24, 2019: War and Pieces Member Opening Event Presentation by Bouke de Vries
October 3, 2019: Women Looking at Women in LIFE by Alissa Schapiro
October 10, 2019: Mid-Century Muses: Looking at Fashion in the Photography of Alfred Eisenstaedt by Megan Martinelli
October 16, 2019: Ultimate Insiders: White House Photographers and How They Shaped History by Kenneth T. Walsh
October 24, 2019: Life Magazine and the Art World by Melissa Renn
October 29, 2019: Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Life Behind the Luxury by Estella Chung
November 20, 2019: The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin by Douglas Smith
December 9, 2019: Volunteer Education: Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Life Behind the Luxury by Estella Chung
December 10, 2019: The Cartiers: The Untold Story by Francesca Cartier Brickell