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Michael Connors has over thirty years of experience in writing, consultation, appraisals and teaching in fine and decorative arts fields. An antiquarian in the true sense of the word, Dr. Connors is a recognized Caribbean author and has kept a home in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands since the early 1970s. He received a Master of Fine Arts from Universidad de las Americas and a Ph.D. in Decorative Arts from New York University. For fifteen years, Dr. Connors was an adjunct professor of arts at New York University where he moderated, as a conference director, three symposia including most recently “300 Years of New York Furniture.” He also taught decorative arts and appraisal methodology at New York University and furniture courses at The Metr Michael Connors has over thirty years of experience in writing, consultation, appraisals and teaching in fine and decorative arts fields. An antiquarian in the true sense of the word, Dr. Connors is a recognized Caribbean author and has kept a home in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands since the early 1970s. He received a Master of Fine Arts from Universidad de las Americas and a Ph.D. in Decorative Arts from New York University. For fifteen years, Dr. Connors was an adjunct professor of arts at New York University where he moderated, as a conference director, three symposia including most recently “300 Years of New York Furniture.” He also taught decorative arts and appraisal methodology at New York University and furniture courses at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
An expert on the authenticity and evaluation of investment quality period furniture, Dr. Connors has been a Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers as well as a key resource to dealers, designers, private collectors and museums looking for absolute integrity in Colonial West Indian, European and American furniture. He has appraised furniture and decorative arts in the United States Supreme Court Collection and the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.
As a liaison to Baker Furniture, he has consulted on the design of two furniture lines: The West Indies Collection, introduced in 1993, and Colonial Legends, introduced in 1998. For both projects, he researched and applied technique, style and craftsmanship of the Colonial trade esthetic. In 2011, he designed and introduced the Michael Connors Caribbean Collection at the High Point, N.C. furniture market. He served on the board of trustees of the Whim Museum in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for fifteen years, and was Chairman of Collections during which time he was responsible, and is credited, for having brought colonial West Indian furniture forward as an independent collecting field. Presently he is on the board of directors of Fundación Amistad, a non-profit foundation dedicated to fostering mutual cultural and educational exchanges between the United States and Cuba.
In 1987, Dr. Connors established his own company, Michael Connors International, and has since developed a diverse group of trade and private clients. His showrooms have been featured three times in Architectural Digest and in numerous other shelter, style and trade magazines. He is a consultant for an international list of interior designers and architects, and a frequent lecturer at museums, educational and retail institutions.
Dr. Connors is regarded as the exponent and arbiter of Caribbean architecture and decorative arts. His first three books on colonial West Indian architecture, interiors and furniture, entitled Caribbean Elegance, Cuban Elegance, and French Island Elegance, were published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Maisons des Antilles was published by French Publisher Flammarion. Caribbean Houses: History, Style, and Architecture, British West Indies Style: Antigua, Jamaica, Barbados and Beyond and most recently The Splendor of Cuba: 450 Years of Architecture and Interiors were all published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.. Dr. Connors is a contributor to numerous trade journals, including: The Magazine Antiques, Art & Antiques, Antiques & Fine Art, Furniture History: The Journal of The Furniture History Society and Maine Antique Digest.
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SPLENDOR OF CUBA PRESENTATION

Havana, Cuba

Friday, October 19, 2012

2:30 PM

La Casa de Las Tejas Verdes
(The House of Green Tiles)
2, no. 318, Miramar
Havana, Cuba

Cuban Culture Day Celebration at:
Center for the Promotion of Modern and Contemporary Architecture, Urbanism and Interior Design

Lecture and presentation featuring:

The Splendor of Cuba:
450 Years of Architecture and Interiors
by
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	Caribbean Elegance by Michael Connors (Goodreads Author), Bruce Buck 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Splendor of Cuba: 450 Years of Architecture and Interiors by Michael Connors (Goodreads Author), Brent Winebrenner 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caribbean Houses: History, Style, and Architecture 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	French Island Elegance by Michael Connors (Goodreads Author), Bruce Buck (Photographer) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	British West Indies Style: Antigua, Jamaica, Barbados, and Beyond 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Continuing the Legacy: St. Croix Landmarks Society 60th Aniversary 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Michael ConnorsHavana Modern: Twentieth-Century Architecture and Interiors[Hardcover] October 7, 2014 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuban Elegance by CSC Connors Michael (26-Apr-2004) Hardcover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars