exhibits: modern in the museums

exhibits: modern in the museums

At the Los Angeles County Art Museum:  California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design

• Now through January 12, 2012 at Museum of Art and Design, New York

• Crafting Modernism travels to University of Rochester February 16-May 20, 2012
  Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester,New York
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workshop: free MHPN event 12/2-3, 2011

HISTORIC PRESERVATION WORKSHOP
YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN
December 2-3, 2011

The Michigan Historic Preservation Network invites you to attend a FREE 2-Day workshop on the historic preservation of homes and small commercial buildings.

Most owners of older and historic homes and small commercial buildings want to maintain and preserve their properties’ historic character, but often don’t know how. Additionally, these same owners want to boost their energy conservation and need to understand lead-based paint hazards. If you are such an owner, come and meet with preservation professionals who will discuss these challenges and offer information and demonstrations to help you on your way. This primer to historic preservation will give you the basics and a framework from which to begin your projects that will result in a well maintained property that showcases its historic character.

Who Should Attend?
Homeowners, Small Commercial Building Owners, and Building Managers

Topics Covered:

Day One: Friday, Dec. 2nd 8:30AM-5:00PM
• Historic Preservation Overview
• Building Assessments
• Weatherization/Conservation
• Lead-Based Paint considerations
• Selecting a Preservation Contractor
• Historic Preservation Tax Credits
Day Two: Saturday, Dec 3rd 8:30AM-5:00PM
Preservation Trades Demonstrations:
• Masonry Cleaning and Restoration
• Window Repair and Weatherization
• Plaster Repair / Paint Finishes
• Ask the Professionals Panel

Location:

Day One: Ladies Literary Club
218 N. Washington St.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Day Two: Eastern Michigan University
Strong Hall Room 239
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Morning and afternoon refreshments will be served each day. Lunch will be on your own. Enjoy one of Ypsilanti’s downtown restaurants.

RSVP:
We hope you can join us for this important event. Admission is free but space is limited, and participants must register in advance. For questions or to RSVP, contact MHPN at admin@mhpn.org or by calling 517-371-8080.

Talk: Celia Bertoia talks about her father, Harry Bertoia, and his legacy

Hear Celia Bertoia talk about her father, Harry Bertoia, and his legacy

Wednesday, November 2, at 5:00 p.m. at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. Admission is free and open to the public.

I invite you to hear Celia Bertoia describe Harry Bertoia’s work and life in layman’s terms. Experience the sounds, view the monoprints, and feel the power of the man as Celia guides you to experience the world through a great man’s eyes.

Her lecture will include historical facts about Harry Bertoia’s childhood and early artistic talent while growing up in Italy; his move to Detroit and admittance to Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills; making monoprints; his relationship with furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames, and architect like Eero Saarinen; and his energy and passion.

Harry Bertoia died in 1978 but left an enormous legacy of sculptures and drawings. He expressed his love as a jeweler, printmaker, furniture designer, sculptor, and philosopher. Bertoia designed modern chairs, crafted over 50 public sculptures, etched hundreds of monoprints, and welded thousands of art pieces. Bertoia pushed the wave of modern art into an expansive period of exploration of not only visual, but practical and auditory and tactile art.

From delicate jewelry to massive fountains, from an asymmetrical chaise lounge to petite children’s chairs, from detailed graphics to thunderous gongs; this artist took what he infused from Nature’s beauty and transformed it into uplifting experiential pieces.

Celia Bertoia grew up in Pennsylvania, lived in Boulder, CO and Reserve, NM for many years, and settled in Bozeman, MT with her husband in 1996. She has been a competitive runner for 15 years. and placed in the top ten of numerous Ultra Runs (runs longer than a marathon). She has published articles in national magazines and is currently working on a biography of Harry Bertoia. Today she promotes Harry Bertoia’s artwork via the internet and lectures.

Marilyn L. Wheaton
Director
Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Click here for more information on the lecture.

lecture series: Detroit Architecture Between the Wars

Before Yamasaki | Detroit Architecture Between the Wars
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 7:00–8:30 pm Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium Room 146 (1st floor)
5203 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48202

The lecture is free and open to the public; registration is requested.
To register, please visit http://events.wayne.edu/2011/10/11/wsu-yamasaki-legacy-lecture-series-35026/

Parking is available at the WSU Parking Structure #1 (corner of Cass and Palmer)
The Yamasaki Lecture Series is supported by the WSU Office of the Vice-President for Research
John Gallagher
The guest speaker for the lecture is John Gallagher. He is a veteran journalist and author whose latest book, Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City, was named by the Huffington Post as among the best social and political books of 2010. John is a native of New York City. He joined the Detroit Free Press in 1987 to cover urban and economic redevelopment efforts in Detroit and Michigan, a post which he still holds. His other books include Great Architecture of Michigan and, as co-author, AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. John and his wife, Sheu-Jane, live along Detroit’s east riverfront.
This lecture looks at the transition from historical styles to mid-century modernism that took place in the 1920s and 1930s through buildings as diverse as the Detroit Yacht Club, the Fox Theatre, and the Elwood Bar & Grill that serve as examples of styles prominent during this period. These varying styles led to the emergence of a mid-century modernism in buildings like Cranbrook’s Museum and Library, which ultimately paved the way for Yamasaki’s distinct work.

See also poster for the event YamaLectureGallagher11x17

Historic Preservation Workshop: 10/8/11

Historic Preservation Workshop:
Preparing Nominations for the National Register of Historic Places
and the National Historic Landmarks Program

Saturday, October 8, 2011
10 am to 12 noon
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
1150 Beal Avenue (for directions, see http://bentley.umich.edu/general/visiting/)

Interested in learning about the nomination process for the National Register of Historic Places and the National Historic Landmarks Program? Come to this workshop with Alexandra M. Lord, Branch Chief of the National Historic Landmarks Program of the National Park Service. Lord will explain how properties are determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NR) and for designation as a National Historic Landmark (NHL), how the programs’ criteria are applied, and how to assess the historical significance and integrity of a property. She will discuss the steps involved in researching and writing a nomination, and describe what information should be provided to State Historic Preservation Offices and the National Park Service as part of the nomination process.

This workshop is free and open to the public. Please register by sending an email to Shelly Rettell, Events and Administrative Assistant at the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University of Michigan at rrettell@umich.edu (or call 734-615-7400).

This workshop is sponsored by the Public History Initiative of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University of Michigan; the Washtenaw County Historical Society; and the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

Detroit Area Art Deco Society: wine stroll

The Detroit Area Art Deco Society will be hosting a Wine stroll at 14 Detroit venues.

October 8, noon – 4:00 p.m.

The theme is Art, Architecture and Great Wines!

The wine stroll will provide attendees several architecturally significant buildings, art and select wines paired with each unique venue.

Advanced tickets are $30.00 / $40.00 at the door

See flyer for more information: CRUSH_art_F.pdf