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Paul Revere Memorial Association

Paul Revere, Silversmith: Assessing his Craft and Legacy

September 14

6:30pm - 7:45pm

Suffolk University and on YouTube

Smith Commons, 5th floor, 120 Tremont Street

Speakers
Jeannine Falino
Janine E. Skerry
Nina Zannieri

Join Paul Revere Memorial Association’s Executive Director Nina Zannieri and two noted silver experts for a thoughtful discussion of Revere as perhaps America’s best-known silversmith. Is this status warranted by his talent, a result of his “Midnight Ride” fame, or a little of both? How does his work inform our notion of craft, craftsmanship, business, and entrepreneurship?

This lecture is presented as a part of the Paul Revere Memorial Association’s 2026 Lowell Lecture Series, “Engrave, Paint, Sew, Weave: Craft and Craftspeople in Massachusetts.”

Jeannine Falino. Jeannine Falino is an independent curator working in craft, design, and American culture. Formerly the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Jeannine co-published the museum’s American silver collection (2007), which is rich in works by Paul Revere, Sr. and Jr. In 2017, she curated New York Silver, Then and Now, a dialogue between contemporary artists and the historic silver collection of Museum of the City of New York.
Janine E. Skerry. Janine E. Skerry, PhD, has curated exhibitions, lectured, and written widely on the topics of silver, ceramics, and dining in England and America. She has been employed at the Yale University Art Gallery, Historic Deerfield, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where she served as curator of ceramics and glass (1993–2009), curator of metals (2009–2016), and senior curator of metals (2016–2022). She is currently transcribing the silver shop daybooks of Paul Revere.
Nina Zannieri. Since 1986, Nina Zannieri has been the Executive Director of the Paul Revere Memorial Association in Boston, MA, which owns and operates a now fully accessible complex of three historic buildings that includes the Paul Revere House. Ms. Zannieri has held leadership positions in several national and regional professional museum organizations including American Alliance of Museum, New England Museum Association, and the American Association for State and Local History.
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