IFDA to sponsor art collecting seminar

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 8/2/2006 11:34:00 AM

New York – The International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA) will present New Directions in Collecting: 20^th Century Decorative Art and Design, an insider’s view into the art world today and the principles of building a private collection.

Presenter Daniella Ohad Smith is on the faculty of Parsons School of Design and serves on the acquisitions committees of several New York City Museums.

The session will be held Tuesday, August 22, 2006 with networking & cocktails at 6:00 p.m. and the presentation at 7:00 p.m. in the showroom of Country Home and Comfort, 43 West 22^nd Street (between 5^th and 6^th Avenues).

Admission: IFDA members & student members free; guests $15 and student guests $5. For information, callNisha Shah (212) 686-6020 or email: ifdanyny@worldnet.att.net.