Design Calendar: March 2–22, 2012
Walk in the footsteps of an artist of many talents, learn landscaping that keeps your secrets and much more
Whether architecture, film or books are your thing, this roundup of upcoming events across the country has something for you. Read on for our 5 top picks.
TOUR — March 18, 2012, 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
Millard Sheets: A Legacy of Art and Architecture
Pomona, Claremont, CA
Join the Los Angeles Conservancy and its Modern Committee as they take you on a one-time-only docent-led tour exploring the art and architecture of Millard Sheets. You'll visit the following six sites: the former Millard Sheets design and mosaic studio in Claremont (photo); Garrison Theatre, Scripps College, where Sheets led the art department for 19 years; Pomona First Federal, now the American Museum of Ceramic Art; Pomona First Federal, now U.S. Bank; Pomona Mall, the first pedestrian mall in America west of the Mississippi; and Home Savings Tower, now Chase Bank.
From 5:00 to 6:15 p.m., participate in a panel discussion with artists Betty Davenport Ford and John Svenson, mosaicist Brian Worley, architect Rufus Turner and Millard's daughter, Carolyn Sheets Owen-Towle. Read more details here.
Sheets was a nationally renowned and highly influential artist with the California School of painting who helped found the Otis Art Institute. Although he was never a licensed architect, Sheets' work endures today, marking the Southern California architectural landscape. This tour is part of Pacific Standard Time, a collaboration of cultural institutions.
Cost: $30 general public, $25 L.A. Conservancy members, $15 students, $10 kids 12 and younger. Purchase tickets here.
Millard Sheets: A Legacy of Art and Architecture
Pomona, Claremont, CA
Join the Los Angeles Conservancy and its Modern Committee as they take you on a one-time-only docent-led tour exploring the art and architecture of Millard Sheets. You'll visit the following six sites: the former Millard Sheets design and mosaic studio in Claremont (photo); Garrison Theatre, Scripps College, where Sheets led the art department for 19 years; Pomona First Federal, now the American Museum of Ceramic Art; Pomona First Federal, now U.S. Bank; Pomona Mall, the first pedestrian mall in America west of the Mississippi; and Home Savings Tower, now Chase Bank.
From 5:00 to 6:15 p.m., participate in a panel discussion with artists Betty Davenport Ford and John Svenson, mosaicist Brian Worley, architect Rufus Turner and Millard's daughter, Carolyn Sheets Owen-Towle. Read more details here.
Sheets was a nationally renowned and highly influential artist with the California School of painting who helped found the Otis Art Institute. Although he was never a licensed architect, Sheets' work endures today, marking the Southern California architectural landscape. This tour is part of Pacific Standard Time, a collaboration of cultural institutions.
Cost: $30 general public, $25 L.A. Conservancy members, $15 students, $10 kids 12 and younger. Purchase tickets here.
DISCUSSION — March 8, 2012, 7 p.m.
Of the book Project Japan: Metabolism Talks
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum
Fifth Ave. at 42nd St., New York, NY
Hear from architect Rem Koolhaas, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and New York Public Library Director of Public Programs Paul Holdengraber as they discuss Koolhaas and Obrist’s new book, Project Japan. Part oral history and part documentation, the book captures Japan’s radical postwar mode of nation building, exploring the comradery among architects that would be unthinkable among today's competitive professionals.
Some of the topics Koolhaas, Obrist and Holdengraber will cover include how an activist state mobilized its best talents and meticulously planned the future of its cities, how the media adopted the architect as a serious agent of social change (think anti-"starchitect"), and how the disciplines of architecture, art, sociology and technology collaborated to produce something new.
Cost: $25 general admission, $15 Friends of the New York Public Library. Purchase tickets here.
Of the book Project Japan: Metabolism Talks
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum
Fifth Ave. at 42nd St., New York, NY
Hear from architect Rem Koolhaas, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and New York Public Library Director of Public Programs Paul Holdengraber as they discuss Koolhaas and Obrist’s new book, Project Japan. Part oral history and part documentation, the book captures Japan’s radical postwar mode of nation building, exploring the comradery among architects that would be unthinkable among today's competitive professionals.
Some of the topics Koolhaas, Obrist and Holdengraber will cover include how an activist state mobilized its best talents and meticulously planned the future of its cities, how the media adopted the architect as a serious agent of social change (think anti-"starchitect"), and how the disciplines of architecture, art, sociology and technology collaborated to produce something new.
Cost: $25 general admission, $15 Friends of the New York Public Library. Purchase tickets here.
LECTURE — March 9, 2012, 1–2 p.m.
Based on the book Landscaping for Privacy, by Marty Wingate
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Rd., Linnaeus Room, Glencoe, IL
Join garden and travel author Marty Wingate as she discusses her latest book, Landscaping for Privacy, at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She'll discuss how to thoughtfully design a peaceful retreat even in the most urban environment. She'll share practical tips on plant choices, hedges, buying screens and methods for making the most visually satisfying use of space. The lecture will be followed by a book signing.
Cost: $10
Based on the book Landscaping for Privacy, by Marty Wingate
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Rd., Linnaeus Room, Glencoe, IL
Join garden and travel author Marty Wingate as she discusses her latest book, Landscaping for Privacy, at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She'll discuss how to thoughtfully design a peaceful retreat even in the most urban environment. She'll share practical tips on plant choices, hedges, buying screens and methods for making the most visually satisfying use of space. The lecture will be followed by a book signing.
Cost: $10
CONFERENCE — March 19–22, 2012
2012 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) annual conference
Hyatt Regency Baltimore, 300 Light St., Baltimore, MD
With the theme "Celebrating Our Past, Shaping our Future," this conference celebrates the Interior Design Educators Council's 50th year as the leading organization for interior design educators. The conference includes programming and keynotes that reflect on past accomplishments and look to the future of the profession, and provides an engaging forum for interior design educators at every level. Keynotes will be by Jo Heinz, interior designer and managing principle of Staffelbach; and Rosalyn Cama, president and principal interior designer of CAMA.
More 2012 design events: Feb. 6–March 2, 2012, Feb. 17–March 9, 2012
What's on your calendar? Let us know in the Comments.
2012 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) annual conference
Hyatt Regency Baltimore, 300 Light St., Baltimore, MD
With the theme "Celebrating Our Past, Shaping our Future," this conference celebrates the Interior Design Educators Council's 50th year as the leading organization for interior design educators. The conference includes programming and keynotes that reflect on past accomplishments and look to the future of the profession, and provides an engaging forum for interior design educators at every level. Keynotes will be by Jo Heinz, interior designer and managing principle of Staffelbach; and Rosalyn Cama, president and principal interior designer of CAMA.
More 2012 design events: Feb. 6–March 2, 2012, Feb. 17–March 9, 2012
What's on your calendar? Let us know in the Comments.
Cinequest Film Festival
Unfinished Spaces, directed by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray
Showings: March 2, 1:45 p.m.; March 7, 6:30 p.m.; March 10, 4:15 p.m.
Camera 12, 201 S. Second St., San Jose, CA
As part of the Cinequest Film Festival, watch a documentary film telling the story of three visionary architects revealing a different kind of Cuban revolution. In 1961, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara commissioned three visionary architects, Roberto Gottardi, Ricardo Porro and Vittorio Garatti, to design an innovative art school campus on the grounds of a Havana golf course. Construction commenced for the National Art Schools, but as Castro's political priorities changed, the project was brought to a halt, and dancers, musicians, and artists were forced to learn in half-completed classrooms. The architectural wonder was neglected and nearly forgotten in the wake of Castro's revolution. Four decades later, the exiled architects were invited back by Castro to finish their unrealized architectural dreams, and Unfinished Spaces documents their passionate journey.
Purchase tickets here.