The third edition of Spring Show NYC promises not only a banquet of treasures to enthrall the eye but also a feast of thought-provoking events to edify the brain. Here is a rundown of tours, lectures and panel discussions that kick off May 2, the day the Spring Show opens to the public:

Thursday, May 2
2 pm Book Signing
Flowers by Carolyne Roehm

One of America's leading tastemakers and lifestyle experts, Carolyne Roehm signs copies her latest book, Flowers. With a gardener's understanding and a designer's eye, Roehm shares her personal journey: sumptuous, surprising, and as revealing of the sensibility behind the camera as the species that stand before it. Carlton Hobbs LLC, Booth 101

Carolyne Roehm has built her distinguished career using her talents to teach others about flowers, lifestyle, decorating, and entertaining. A successful author and featured designer, both in print and on television, she has been featured in numerous publications including Town and Country, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, and NewYork Magazine. For more information: http://carolyneroehm.com

3 pm Tour

Clive Kandel: A Curator's Perspective
 Clive Kandel, Curator of Fine Jewelry for and Consultant to 1stdibs. com, leads visitors on a tour of the Spring Show highlighting the extraordinary jewelry on offer. Meet at Show Entrance.

Born in London, England, Clive Kandel began collecting Cartier jewels when he was just 18 - building on his family's rich history in the Amsterdam and London-based diamond trading business and leading to his own shop on Grafton Street, London in the 1970's. While working with Romain de Tirtoff in the design and creation of the Erté Jewelry Collection, Kandel realized the importance of and elevated the presentation of pre-war American costume jewelry. Recognized for his contributions to African-American development, Kandel is the principal of Reville & Rossiter, exhibiting in booth 407, and Magnificent Costume Jewels.

Friday, May 3
12 pm Lecture & Book Signing

Infinite Resources: The Dawn of the Interactive Design Book
and STUFF

Interior designer and author Carey Maloney brings the design book into the information age with STUFF: The M(Group) Interactive Guide to Collecting, Decorating with, and Learning about Beautiful and Unusual Things. STUFF invites readers into M(Group)'s extraordinary interiors and then transports them into cyberspace using digital recognition software linking the reader to over 500 curated "Topic" links. Using state of the art presentation software, Maloney explores the myriad of processes and countless research options STUFF utilized to bring beautiful and informative printed content into the Digital Age. Presented by Pointed Leaf Press.

Booksigning of STUFF: The M(Group) Interactive Guide to Collecting, Decorating with, and Learning about Beautiful and Unusual Things to follow in Pointed Leaf Press,
booth 417.

Carey Maloney, a Texan by birth and a New Yorker by choice, founded the architecture and interior design firm M(Group) with his partner, architect Hermes Mallea, in 1984. Maloney and Mallea divide their time between Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley. For more information: http://www.mgrouponline.com

3 pm Tour

Vyna St. Phard: A Designer's Perspective

Noted interior designer and luxury trends expert Vyna St. Phard guides visitors through the fair highlighting her favorite decorative and fine art pieces. Meet at the Show Entrance.

Drawing inspiration from art, fashion, nature and her extensive travels, Vyna St. Phard's distinctive aesthetic is influenced by the Art Deco style and the Bauhaus movement. Vyna serves as the principal of VSP Design, Inc.: a full-service, high-end interior design company providing art advisory services to guide clients in the purchase of museum-quality art and furniture. Vyna is also the founder of the wildly popular lifestyle blog, High End Weekly™. For more information:http://www.highendweekly.com/

4 pm Lecture & Book Signing

Landscape Design in Northern and Southern Climates

Renowned landscape architect Mario Nievera discusses landscape design in northern and southern climates, featured in his book Forever Green. Nievera presents an illustrated tour of gardens throughout the world, and how they have influenced his work. The extraordinary range of designs he has created for civic spaces, parks, and residential estates will be sure to inspire both the novice and professional gardener. This is a unique opportunity to see how a landscape architect draws on history and precedence for a variety of projects, both exclusive and accessible! Presented by Pointed Leaf Press

Booksigning of Forever Green to follow in Pointed Leaf Press, booth 417.

Nievera Williams Design is one of the top landscape architectural firms in the country. Mario Nievera and his partner Keith Williams plan and develop diverse projects for residential estates, community parks, and corporate and institutional properties, both nationally and abroad. The work has been recognized in many national and international design publications, and his firm has earned numerous awards and recognitions for their superlative work. For more information: http://nieverawilliams.com

Saturday, May 4

2 pm Lecture

DESIGNING THE ARTFUL INTERIOR: Rooms to Look At and Live In 
The New York School of Interior Design hosts a lively and informative show-and-tell session with three of New York's most prominent interior designers. Amy Lau, Juan Montoya and Ronald Bricke present some of their favorite recent projects, and reveal their tricks of the trade for creating beautiful spaces that are not only showcases for art and antiques, but flattering backgrounds for collections and comfortable, livable homes as well. Moderated by NYSID faculty member and author Judith Gura. Presented by the New York School of Interior Design

Known for her outstanding contributions to interior design, Amy Lau's exuberance and expertise have made her a highly sought-after authority on 20th Century decorative arts. Her prestigious background with Sotheby's New York and as a co-founder of Design Miami, she is celebrated for her carefully refined, personally curated, modern interiors. A published author with an award-winning collection of wallpapers, textiles and rugs, Lau's distinct eye and deep passion for design rightfully establish her as one of New York Magazine's "Next Garde". For more information: http://amylaudesign.com

A member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame and a recent recipient of the Legends Award from Pratt Institute, Juan Montoya is one of the most acclaimed and prolific interior designers in the world today. His international firm specializes in interiors that exude refinement and elegant simplicity: exquisite juxtapositions of texture, color and volume, together with thoughtful attention to shadows, scale and spatial quality. A truly original thinker with diverse interests, it is possible to trace elements that constitute his distinctive style in all his interiors. For more information: http://www.juanmontoyadesign.com.

A New York native, internationally renowned interior designer Ronald Bricke is known for the direct emotional appeal of the spaces he designs. Using the client's personal taste, style and needs as his inspiration, Bricke's work fuses contemporary sophistication and glamor with the hallmarks of his work: use of the relationships between light, balance, proportion, and color to design spaces described by Interior Design as "This is the stuff of which dreams are made." Bricke is one of the rare honorary members of the American Society of Interior Designers, has served as the President of the Isabel O'Neil Foundation and President and CEO of Ronald Bricke & Associates, NY. For more information: http://www.ronaldbricke.com

Judith Gura heads the Design History and Theory program at the New York School of Interior Design. She is the author of several books, notably Design After Modernism: Furniture and Interiors, 1970-2010, and has worked on design exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She is a contributing editor for Art+Auction and lectures frequently on interior design and furniture styles. For more information: http://www.judithgura.com.

3 pm Tour

Ronald Bricke: A Designer's Perspective

Acclaimed New York interior designer Ronald Bricke, president and CEO of Ronald Bricke & Associates, guides visitors on an insightful tour of his top picks from the important works on view. Meet at the Show Entrance.

Known for his distinctive eye, Ronald Bricke creates beautiful spaces that serve as showcases for art and antiques: fusing sophistication and glamour with inspirations from Art-Deco, Louis XIV, Mid-Century Modern and Contemporary styles.

4 pm Lecture & Book Signing

Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman

Eero Saarinen's career as a furniture designer began when he was a teenager and spanned the remainder of his short life. From his earliest furniture, done for the master bedroom at the family's residence at Cranbrook in 1929, to his final series for Knoll Associates almost thirty years later, Saarinen's furniture can be described as progressive, reaching beyond the design trends of the day, expanding on them with unprecedented innovations in style and technique, and leading furniture design thinking in new directions. He was one of the first generation of American modernist furniture designers, and as such helped shape the American contract furniture industry that emerged after the Second World War. Brian Lutz, the author of Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman, covers the full scope of Saarinen's furniture design career. Presented by Pointed Leaf Press

Booksigning of Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman to follow in Pointed Leaf Press, booth 417.

Brian Lutz is a former Knoll associate and the author of Knoll: A Modernist Universe. He also contributed to the exhibition catalog for Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future.

Sunday, May 5

1 pm Tour

Peter Trippi: An Editor's Perspective

Peter Trippi, editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, guides visitors through
the show highlighting his personal favorites from the significant pieces
on view.

Accomplished author Peter Trippi has served as editor of the magazine Fine Art Connoisseur since 2006 in addition to curating exhibitions, lecturing widely and operating his own firm, Projects in 19th-Century Art. Trippi previously directed New York's Dahesh Museum of Art, as well as holding senior posts at the Brooklyn Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Trippi is currently editing a book on contemporary American realist paintings, a rapidly expanding field. For more information about Fine Art Connoisseur: http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com

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ABOUT THE SPRING SHOW NYC
The Spring Show NYC spotlights the very best in English, Continental and American furniture, paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, glass and decorative arts; Asian works of art; folk art; 20th-century decorative arts; aesthetic movement and Arts & Crafts furniture; prints, photographs, maps, posters and wallpaper; antiquities and ancient objects; silver and metalwork; nautical art and objects; jewelry; garden ornaments; books, manuscripts and autographs; Chinese export porcelain and decorative arts; Native American and tribal art; carpets and rugs; tapestries; textiles and needlework; and clocks.

ABOUT ARTS’ NIGHT OUT
On Friday, May 3, Arts Night Out, co-chaired by Emily Collins, Abigail Starliper, Maggie Moore, and Lydia Melamed Johnson, will also benefit the ASCPA.  Sponsored by Apollo Magazine and Broken Shed Vodka, over 30 prominent young patron groups from New York’s top cultural institutions will be in attendance.

The Spring Show NYC is a vetted show—every item in each booth is examined by panels of experts for authenticity. The panels also ensure that comprehensive, accurate labeling is attached to every piece. Vetted shows are the standard for all quality art and antiques fairs.

The AADLA Spring Show Opening Night, by-invitation-only Preview Party will be on Wednesday, May 1. Sponsored by 1stdibs.com, the premier online marketplace for purveyors for luxury goods, and the Manhattan Art and Antique Center, the Preview will benefit the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).

This year’s Honorary Co-chairs include Amy Fine Collins, Somers and Jonathan Farkas and Carolyne Roehm. The Connoisseur Committee Co-chairs are Brett Beldock, Michael Bruno, Mario Buatta, Dara Caponigro, David Patrick Columbia, Robert Couturier, Celerie Kemble, Edward Lobrano, Brian McCarthy, Miles Redd, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Michael Smith, Bunny Williams and Vicente Wolf.

ABOUT AADLA
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc., is the oldest and principal antiques and fine arts organization in America. The purpose for organizing the league was to bring the various members of the art and antiques trade closer together to promote a greater understanding among themselves and with the public, and generally to devote itself to the best interest of dealers and collectors of antiques and works of art.

ABOUT 1STDIBS
Founded in 2001 by Michael Bruno, 1stdibs is the world’s premier online marketplace presenting a curated selection of coveted items from 1,700 of the most prestigious dealers across the globe.   Visitors to the site enjoy instant access to items immediately available for purchase including high-end antiques, 20th and 21st century design, fine art, estate jewelry, vintage couture and fine homes, with the emphasis always on quality.  Nearly $650 million in sales were reported by 1stdibs dealers in 2012 with over 9,000 items reported sold by the site’s dealers each month. Over 3,000 rare and beautiful items are catalogued each week. 1stdibs attracts more than two million visits a month and over the past 11 years has become the ultimate destination for collectors and affluent consumers to purchase immediately available rare and desirable objects. www.1stdibs.com

ABOUT THE MANHATTAN ART AND ANTIQUES CENTER
The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center is New York’s oldest established emporium for antiques, housing nearly 100 galleries on three levels with a wide variety of collections from six continents. They offer silver, jewelry, tapestries, furniture, porcelain, clocks, paintings, sculpture and many other objects of art. Linked by elevators and a spiral staircase, The Center has been an important resource for collectors, interior designers and antique buffs for the past thirty-eight years. www.the-maac.com

ABOUT ASPCA®
Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the first humane organization established in the Americas and serves as the nation’s leading voice for animal welfare. One million supporters strong, the ASPCA’s® mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA® is a national leader in the areas of anti-cruelty, community outreach and animal health services. The ASPCA®, which is headquartered in New York City, offers a wide range of programs, including a mobile clinic outreach initiative, its own humane law enforcement team, and a groundbreaking veterinary forensics team and mobile animal CSI unit. For more information, please visit www.aspca.org. To become a fan of the ASPCA® on Facebook, go to www.facebook.com/aspca. To follow the ASPCA® on Twitter, go to www.twitter.com/aspca.

For more information about the AADLA Spring Show—taking place May 1-5, 2013 at the Park Avenue Armory at Park Avenue and 67th Street, NYC, please visit www.springshownyc.com.  For questions about the VIP program, please email info@springshownyc.com