Thursday, December 4, 10 a.m.

$30.00 Includes lecture, Show, Show magazine

Renny Reynolds
A Gardener's Dream

Renowned entertaining, gardening and lifestyle expert Renny Reynolds is the founder of Renny & Reed and Hortulus Farms Nursery & Gardens, His recently reissued book, The Art of the Party is widely known as the party planners' bible. Architectural Digest, W, House & Garden, House Beautiful, New York Magazine, Manhattan, Inc., Horticulture Magazine, Town & Country, and Garden Design have featured the Elle Decor columnist's work. Clients include Presidents Ford, Nixon, Reagan and Clinton with events in the White House, luminaries of stage and screen, countless brides and the country's largest corporations and non-profits. Whether planning a party or garden. Reynolds makes dreams a reality.)

Friday, December 5, 10 a.m.

$30.00 Includes lecture, Show, Show magazine

Charles Faudree
Charles Faudree's Interiors

For over 35 years. Charles Faudree has been synonymous with French Country style. The noted interior designer's work often appears in Veranda, House Beautiful, Southern Living, Tradtiional Home, Southern Accents, Renovation Style, Country Living and House & Garden. Faudree's style can be further explored in his books Country French Florals & Interiors, Country French Living, French Country Signature and his latest, due out in September 2008, Charles Faudree Interiors. He will share his principles of design that make a house a Country French home. Faudree is a friend of the Art & Antiques Show having spoken here in 2004.()

Friday, December 5, 1 p.m.
$30.00 Includes lecture, Show, Show magazine

Myrna Schkolne
Mirth & Mayhem: Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835

Myrna Schkolne has been passionate about English pottery since childhood. Travel back in time as she shares her fascination and extensive knowledge of Staffordshire figures at the 2008 Art & Antiques Show. These beautiful enamel-painted earthenware figures, made in Staffordshire from 1810 to 1835, each have a tale to tell about life nearly two centuries ago. These remarkably detailed vignettes of everyday life are a true folk art and uniquely English in style. For those also captivated by Staffordshire, Schkolne offers a meticulously researched book complete with stunning photography. People, Passions, Pastimes and Pleasures.

Friday, December 5, 5:30 p.m.
Corporate Night
This event has been reserved by SunTrust
Jennifer Lemmer Posey

Bombast, Bally & Big Business: A History of the Circus in America
Jennifer Lemmer Posey, Assistant Curator of the Circus Museum at The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art will amaze us with the history of the traveling show at this evening hosted by SunTrust. Posey has been with Ringling since 2002 and was part of the team that developed exhibitions for the Circus Museum's Tibbals Learning Center, a new building dedicated to the history of the circus in America. She earned her B.A. from New College of Florida, Sarasota, and M.A. from Florida State University where her studies focused on American art history with an emphasis on folk and untrained artists.

Saturday, December 6, 10 a.m.

$30.00 Includes lecture, Show, Show magazine

P. Allen Smith
Living in the Garden Home - Holiday Tips and Projects

P. Allen Smith. a certified Fellow of the Royal Horticulture Society, is one of the best-known garden designers in the United States today. He hosts the weekly syndicated television show, P. Allen Smith Gardens, the public television show, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home and gardening reports for The Weather Channel. Smith is a regular on the Today Show. His books are as beautiful as they are informative and include: Colors for the Garden, Container Gardens, Garden Home and his latest, Living in the Garden Home. He will share his joy of gardening at the December 6 lecture.)