LECTURE BY RONALD STREET - Monday, March 22, 2010 at 6 p.m.

Gil de Siloé's Saint James: The Making of a Facsimile
Ronald Street, Supervisor of 3-Dimensional Imaging, Prototypes and Molding Studio, Metropolitan Museum of Art

An illumination of the process of replicating the famed sculpture for return to Spain after its exhibition in Tesoros, currently on display in the galleries of Queen Sofia Spanish Institute.

Ronald Street has been with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, since 1980 as Supervisor of 3-Dimensional Imaging, Prototypes and Molding Studio. A trained sculptor and glass-artist, he worked in art foundries in the eastern United States, taught studio glass-blowing arts in Australia, studied traditional crafts in Iran and worked in collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg before joining the Met.

His current projects include monumental "one of a kind" facsimiles for cultural exchange on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as commissions from the World Monuments Fund, the Kimbell Museum in collaboration with the archaeological site of El Peru-Waka, Guatemala, The Harvard Art Museums and Conseil Général of France. Mr. Street's current research is focused on the practical use of Finite Element Analysis and Geometric Deviation Studies in the museum context. His personal work is represented in various museums and private collections.

Please R.S.V.P. to 212-628-0420 or rsvp@queensofiasi.org

TREASURES ALONG THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO IN CASTILLA Y LEÓN

TESOROS: TREASURES ALONG THE ROUTE OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA IN CASTILLA Y LEÓN
Feb. 24 – April 12, 2010

For centuries, pilgrims traveling the Camino de Santiago have enjoyed and enriched the cultural legacy of Spain's largest geographical region, Castilla y León. In addition to multimedia explorations of the Aqueduct of Segovia, La Colegiata de Toro, and La Cartuja de Miraflores, this engaging celebration of the major monuments of Castilla y León features a replication of the famed figure of Santiago el Mayor (St. James the Greater), originally sculpted by Gil de Siloé for the Tomb of the Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal at La Cartuja de Miraflores, and now a part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The World Monuments Fund is proud, on the occasion of the 2010 Holy Year of St. James, to unveil this important work at Queen Sofía Spanish Institute. In cooperation with the Junta de Castilla y León, the World Monuments Fund, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
More information available in the complete press release.

Gallery Hours:
Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission:
Free to the general public.