Interior Designer Carleton Varney at the Art Museum

Huntsville Museum of Art to bring renowned

interior designer to Huntsville on Valentine’s Day

WHO:                   The Huntsville Museum of Art, along with event Co-chairs Judy Howard and Melissa Rowe, will welcome renowned Interior Designer Carleton Varney to Huntsville and the museum this Thursday.

Varney is president and owner of Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc., located in New York City. His company is one of the oldest established interior design firms in the U.S. and is named after its founder Dorothy Draper, a pioneer in interior design from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Local support for the program was provided by SEA Wire & Cable, Inline Lighting and Electrical, and Signa Read.

WHAT:                 Varney is the first presenter in the second annual Voices of Our Times lecture series presented by the Huntsville Museum of Art.

                                Voices of Our Times brings people of note in the arts, academia, publishing and politics to the Huntsville Museum of Art for candid, in-depth discussions and presentations.

WHEN:                 Thursday, February 14

11:30 a.m. – Champagne Reception

11:45 a.m. – Presentation

12:45 p.m. – Lunch

Book signing immediately following.

WHERE:               Museum Great Hall

300 Church Street South – Church St. entrance

           

WHY:                    The Museum’s Executive Director Christopher J. Madkour brought the popular lecture series to Huntsville last year with speakers including Col. Matthew Bogdanos, Gloria Vanderbilt, and former chief curator to the White House Betty Monkman. Madkour, former director of the Southern Vermont Arts Center (SVAC), experienced great success with the series as director of SVAC.