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Tuesday, December 6th Slide Lecture by Angelo Luerti The Art Deco Society of New York proudly invites you to attend a slide lecture by Angelo Luerti, who is flying in from Italy to make this memorable presentation for our membership … Read the rest of this entry
A Lecture by John Tauranac
The Art Deco Society of New York presents to its members a slide presentation by John Tauranac. John Tauranac knows architectural New York, but even he was stumped by some of the subjects that the great aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand shot for their newest book. Tauranac takes it all with a sense of humor and more than a dash of humility as he discusses some of the mysteries with which he was presented. He will share the stories with you, and he’ll show some of his favorite photographs and tell the tales behind them.
John Tauranac is on ADSNY’s Advisory Board and is an expert on New York’s architectural history and has written three books on the subject. This fabulous new book features phenomenal aerial views of New York and John has written all the historical text. His presentation will focus on New York’s important Art Deco landmarks.
This gorgeous book will be on sale for $60 and if purchased at the event, will be available to ADSNY members for $50.
LOCATION: Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street
DATE: Sunday, November 13th
TIME: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
ADMISSION: $20 members, $30 guests
RSVP: Reservations required. 212-679-3326
The Art Deco Society of New York has arranged a private docent-led tour of this extensive exhibit of 138 paintings, sculptures, and photographs by 67 of the greatest artists of their time. This is the first wide- ranging exploration of American art from the decade between the end of World War I and the onset of the Great Depression.
LOCATION: Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
DATE: Thursday, November 10th
TIME: 6:30 – 7:30 PM. Check in by 6:15 please
ADMISSION: $25 members, $30 guests
RSVP: Reservations required. 212-679-3326
Presented by the ART DECO SOCIETY of NEW YORK
A Lecture by David Garrard Lowe
ADSNY is partnering with the Beaux-Arts Alliance to present an illustrated lecture by David Garrard Lowe. This lively program will focus on that astonishing array of Americans who ventured to Parisian quarters and found inspiration and freedom. Among the fascinating personalities examined will be Richard Morris Hunt, the first American architect to attend the École des Beaux-Arts; painters such as Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent; and writers such as Henry James. Also featured will be those Americans in Paris during the 1920s at the time of the cultural revolution which gave birth to the movement known as Art Deco: Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Josephine Baker and F. Scott Fitzgerald. A reception will follow.
LOCATION: Church of the Resurrection, 115 East 74th Street
DATE: Monday, October 17th, 2011
TIME: Monday, October 17th, 2011 6:30 PM
ADMISSION: $30 members, $35 non-members
RSVP: Reservations required. 212-679-3326
Presented by theYou are cordially invited to the first Art Deco event of the Fall. Dr. Lourdes Montinola, editor and contributor of the newly published book Art Deco in the Philippines, is coming to New York to present to us a slide lecture of Art Deco architectural landmarks in the Philippines.
Art Deco in the Philippines brings into new focus an array of outstanding buildings created during the Commonwealth years when the nation was experiencing a flowering of political, economic, and artistic life.
American- and European-educated Filipino architects such as Pablo Antonio, Juan Arellano, Tomas Mapua, Juan Nakpil, and Fernando Ocampo led the pace in modernizing and rebuilding the Filipino architectural landscape with Art Deco-inspired residences and public buildings across the country. Among the Philippine Art Deco structures featured in this book are the Metropolitan Theater, the Far Eastern University, the Tomas Mapua house, movie theatres and residences in the cities of Manila, Sariaya, and Iloilo.
To enhance the flavor of the evening, as ADSNY often does when honoring new global Deco books, we are hosting this fun event at a wonderful Filipino restaurant accompanied by a bountiful selection of 5 different hors d’oeuvres and open bar.
DATE: Wednesday, September 7th
TIME: 6:30 – 9:00
LOCATION: Krystal’s Cafe 81 – 81 East 7th Street, NYC
COST: $40 for ADSNY members, $50 for guests
RSVP: 212/679-3326 Prepaid reservations required
Hope to see you there!
An evening of tasteful burlesque, cocktails, and enchantment
Thursday July 28, 2011 6:30 – 8:30 pm
You are cordially invited to a walking tour of notable Art Moderne and Art Deco buildings in Lower Manhattan. JOHN TAURANAC, who writes on New York’s architectural history and is on the advisory board of the Art Deco Society will lead a specialized tour prepared for ADSNY members.
Our journey begins at the former Custom House at the foot of Broadway and Bowling Green, which is a building in the Beaux Arts style. On our adventure, you will find out why we are meeting there, when this tour is billed as an Art Moderne tour of Lower Manhattan. It’s not a teaser, you will discover why the title makes sense.
Then we will go on to Sloan & Robertson’s 29 Broadway on the northwest corner of Morris Street (Sloan & Robertson also designed the Chanin Building), and then on to more Art Deco glories such as the Bank of New York, né Irving Trust, at One Wall Street, with Hildreth Meiere’s wonderful mosaic-lined banking hall (unfortunately, today’s bankers have closed the hall to the public, but we can glimpse the hall through windows), and on to City Bank Farmers’ Trust and the Citgo Building, aka the AIGA Building.
The tour will be followed by an optional get together of participants at a local venue for salutations and Deco cheers and thanks to John Tauranac.
TIME: 6:30, 6:15 check-in
LOCATION: Former Custom House at 1 Bowling Green
COST: $15 ADSNY Members; $25 Guests
RSVP: 212/679-3326 Reservations Required
SUBWAY: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green; 1 to Rector Street or South Ferry; R to Rector Street or Whitehall Street
Art Deco Society of New York annual meeting:
Honoring the works of HILDRETH MEIERE
Monday June 20th, 2011
St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery / Parish Hall
131 East 10th Street (@2nd avenue)
6:30-8:45pm
Reservations required / R.S.V.P 212-679-DECO
Members: complimentary
Guests: $25
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Slide lecture by Louise Meiere Dunn (Hildreth’s daughter)
The most exciting event of the season is almost here! The Jazz Age Lawn Picnic on June 25th and 26th on Governor’s Island, NY.
Bring a packed picnic basket and a parasol and listen to Michael Arenella + his Dreamland Orchestra under the trees while dolled up flappers and dapper gents dance, dine, dash and dilly dally about!
Wear your best vintage threads and bring a camera to catch all the whoopee!
We’ll be recruiting the masses to join the Art Deco Society of NY, so stop by our table to say hello. Anyone who’d like to volunteer, call ADSNY at 212/679-3326