August 2011

fall: upcoming events

Willcox House, courtesy of Amanda Murray


There are several upcoming a2modern events that we want everyone to know about. Mark your calendars and continue to check back for new details!

8.30: summer series walking tour: regent drive. 6:30 This tour is now full. Please let Tracy Aris (tracy@a2modern.org) know if you would like to be put on the waiting list for next spring.

9.12-13: National Preservation Institute: Modernism Identification and Evaluation Seminar, Ann Arbor, for more details see: http://www.npi.org/sem-20th.html

9.12: Ann Arbor Hills walking tour. There are spaces available for this tour. $10 adult, $8 student. Contact Tracy Aris to be put on the list!

10.8-9: we are doing two events this weekend!
• Self-guided tour of Ann Arbor Hills residential structures (location for map pick-up to be announced)

• “Growing Up Modern” Bentley Library Friends event in partnership with a2modern. Location: Bentley Historical Library, 1150 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor. Time: 4:00. Peter Osler and others will reflect on growing up modern in Ann Arbor. Architectural drawings from the modern period will be on display for viewing. Mark your calendar now!

This is weekend is docomomo’s (International working party for the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods of the modern movement) tour day weekend. a2modern was asked to participate in this important weekend– see: http://www.docomomo-us.org/tour_day_2011 for more information on what is happening across the nation on tour day 2011.

11.5: road trip to the Alden B. Dow House + Studio. This trip will include an extensive tour of Dow’s house, studio and archives and a tour of the exhibit “Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller” that will be on display this fall at the Midland Center for the Arts.

Cost for the trip $55/person which includes a box lunch. Let Nancy Deromedi at nancy@a2modern.org or Tracy Aris at tracy@a2modern.org know if you are interested in attending. RSVP deadline October 1.
We also need volunteers to be drivers to the Dow House—please let us know if you can drive a group to Midland!

questions about a2modern?
See our website at www.a2modern.org , email Nancy Deromedi at nancy@a2modern.org 734.255.3959 or Tracy Aris at tracy@a2modern.org 734.277.5722

summer series: walking tour

Dr.and Mrs. Joseph Morris house by Alden B. Dow

a2modern: summer 2011

what: a2modern walking tour
where: mid-century architecture on Regent Drive
when: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:30 pm
duration: One hour
cost: $10 donation to a2modern for future programming, $8 students

join us for a new walking tour of another pocket of mid-century architecture in Ann Arbor!

learn who designed what and for who from a period of 1963 – 1968

architects featured include Alden Dow, Robert Metcalf and David Osler.

this tour will be an exterior housewalk with one brief interior viewing opportunity.

Space is limited although you can place your name on a waiting list for the next tour which will be in the Spring of 2012.

please rsvp to Tracy Aris at tracy@a2modern.org

details on meeting place will follow with rsvp confirmation!

question about a2modern?
contact Nancy Deromedi (nancy@a2modern.org) or Tracy Aris (tracy@a2modern.org) or check out www.a2modern.org