TALKS CLUB - JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS - HER LIFE & HER JEWELS
Talks Club: Jackie Kennedy Onassis—Her Life & Her Jewels
Two talks exploring the life, style, jewels & legacy of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
Elegant, influential and endlessly fascinating, Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis remains one of the twentieth century’s most enduring cultural icons. Join Adrian Dickens of Circa AD Jewels (personal jeweller and ArtsNational lecturer) and Kenneth Park (historian, art curator, ArtsNational lecturer and cultural ambassador) for two complementary talks exploring the extraordinary life, style and jewellery of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Adrian Dickens reveals a remarkable collection of jewels associated with the former First Lady, examining how jewellery helped shape one of history’s most recognisable public images.Kenneth Park takes audiences through the life and times of Jackie herself—First Lady, fashion icon, cultural figure and private individual navigating fame, politics and reinvention. Ideal for lovers of jewellery, history, fashion, design and twentieth-century culture.
Ideal for lovers of jewellery, history, fashion, design and twentieth-century culture.
Majorca Room, City Library, Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD.
Doors open 10:30am. Cafés and refreshments are located nearby.
Two talks exploring the life, style, jewels & legacy of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
Elegant, influential and endlessly fascinating, Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis remains one of the twentieth century’s most enduring cultural icons. Join Adrian Dickens of Circa AD Jewels (personal jeweller and ArtsNational lecturer) and Kenneth Park (historian, art curator, ArtsNational lecturer and cultural ambassador) for two complementary talks exploring the extraordinary life, style and jewellery of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Adrian Dickens reveals a remarkable collection of jewels associated with the former First Lady, examining how jewellery helped shape one of history’s most recognisable public images.Kenneth Park takes audiences through the life and times of Jackie herself—First Lady, fashion icon, cultural figure and private individual navigating fame, politics and reinvention. Ideal for lovers of jewellery, history, fashion, design and twentieth-century culture.
Ideal for lovers of jewellery, history, fashion, design and twentieth-century culture.
Majorca Room, City Library, Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD.
Doors open 10:30am. Cafés and refreshments are located nearby.
Tuesday 28 July 2026 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (UTC+10)
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Majorca Room , City Library
253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Vic 3000
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