Laura Speers (MA 2013) gave a paper on “Farming, Cooking and Eating by the Book: English Household Mannuals in Colonial Virginia” at the Winterthur conference “Consuming Objects: Negotiating Relationships with the Material World” at the Winterthur Museum on April 12.

Craig Lee (MA 2012) is currently a PhD candidate in the University of Delaware American Civilization program. He recently presented a paper at the Society of Architectural Historians’ conference entitled “Denise Scott Brown, Las Vegas, and Learning from South Africa.”

Anna Kaplan (MA 2011) recently gave birth to a daughter, Oona Jean Kaplan Malczewski.

Colleen Germain (MA 2010) has moved to Los Angeles to work at One Kings’s Lane, where she will be assistant category manager, vintage and market finds. Her area of specialty will be the company’s rug and textile merchandise online.

Vicky Esterlis Motlin (MA 2008) is currently production manager of the decorative arts price database at Artnet. She recently returned from maternity leave. Her daughter Talia was born last July

Sarah Archer (MA 2006), a writer and curator living living in Philadelphia, recently wrote on “The Meaning of Clay at the Whitney Biennial” for Hyperallergic.

Edina Deme (MA 2001) is working at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, where she is the deputy head and docent programme director.

Emily Wheat Maynard (MA 2004) lives in Louisville, Kentucky, where she continues to expand the jewelry business she founded ten year ago. Emily designs and creates one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry under the brand Elva Fields. She notes that it has been fun to pursue a creative career that combines her interest in the academic side of design as well.

Judith Gura (MA 1999) is working on two books for 2015 — A Guide to Period Styles and a book on New York’s interior landmarks.