
#121A ARTSNATIONAL Gold Coast
August 2026 Lecture and Morning Tea
'The Fascination of Jewellery'
Looking at the collections of four very different women and their approaches to jewellery, how their backgrounds influenced their choices, and the messages jewellery can send in respect of status, wealth and politics. Marjorie Merriweather Post, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Madeleine Albright and Elizabeth Taylor are the subject of this richly illustrated talk

Biography: Clare Blatherwick is an independent jewellery consultant based in Scotland. She has over twenty years of experience in the jewellery business, ten of which were spent as Head of Jewellery for Bonhams in Scotland, a role which saw her travel internationally searching for wonderful jewels to be internationally on her subject as well as having appeared on various TV programmes in the UK and US as a jewellery expert. She is a member of The Society of Jewellery Historians.
"The Fascination of Jewellery".
Our speaker from The Arts Society (UK) is Clare Blatherwick.
Morning Tea included.
Date
Saturday 12 September 2026 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM (UTC+10)Location
The Lakeside Room, HOTA
135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise Qld 4217