Category Archives: Exhibits & Collections
East Lansing Modern, 1940 – 1970
East Lansing Modern, 1940 – 1970 MSU Museum Ground Floor, April 28 – August 18, 2013 Opening Reception: Sunday, April 28, 2-4 PM. Gallery Talk at 3PM download a postcard for the exhibit East Lansing itself is on exhibit at … Continue reading
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Tagged Bandes, East Lansing, Goetsch-Winckler, Michigan, Michigan State University, Modern, Modernism, Museum
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Registration Now Open for MICHIGAN MODERN: Design that Shaped America, A Symposium, June 13-16, 2013
MICHIGAN MODERN: Design that Shaped America Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, June 13-16, 2013 To learn more about the event, download the symposium registration brochure. For a printer-friendly copy of the symposium brochure, click here. To request a hard … Continue reading
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America UPDATE
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America UPDATE An Exhibition and Symposium at the Cranbrook Educational Community June 2013 Michigan’s industry and design intertwined creating an epicenter of modern design. Michigan visionaries touched nearly every aspect of American life. Detroit’s automobile … Continue reading
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George Nelson Exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum
Exhibition opens Saturday, June 16, and runs through Sunday, October 14, 2012 “Organized by the Vitra Design Museum, this exhibition is the first comprehensive retrospective of one of the most influential figures in American design. It includes over 120 three-dimensional … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Cranbrook, Design, George Nelson, Herman Miller, Michigan, Modernism, Vitra
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Detroit Area Art Deco Society Michigan Modernism Preview Party
It’s preview party time for the Detroit Area Art Deco Society (DAADS) as the mid-century enthusiasts open up the Michigan Modernism Exposition on April 27, 7:00 pm - 10:00 p.m. The annual art deco affair offers you and your guests first … Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit, Detroit Area Art Deco Society, Michigan, Modernism
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Architectural Exhibition Curator Michigan Modern Exhibition RFP
The Michigan State Housing Development Authority, State Historic Preservation Office (“Authority”) is seeking an individual or firm that is authorized to do business in Michigan to curate a Michigan Modern museum exhibition that will showcase Michigan’s architectural and design heritage, … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Cranbrook, Curator, Design, Exhibition, Michigan, Michigan Modern, Modernism, Museum, RFP
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John Lautner Exhibition at Northern Michigan University’s DeVos Art Museum
Beginning on August 19, 2011, the DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University (NMU) will be holding an exhibition of the work of John Lautner, a Michigan native and NMU alumnus. After graduating from NMU Lautner studied with Frank Lloyd … Continue reading
George Nelson Exhibit at the McNay Art Museum
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, will be featuring a “comprehensive retrospective” of the work of George Nelson from June 8 until September 11, 2011. As the San Antonio Current points out, Nelson had “one of the largest … Continue reading
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Affleck House 70th Anniversary Exhibition
You are cordially invited to an exhibit of photographs, design studies of landscape restorations, interiors and furnishings, drawings and sketches, digital images, models, and illustrations of the home owned by LTU since 1978. The Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home, designed … Continue reading
Modernism at Risk/Michigan Matters Exhibit Opening & Reception
Exhibit opening reception March 16, 2011 at 5:00 – 7:00 PM Liberty Annex, 305 W. Liberty St. Ann Arbor, MI (map) Modernism at Risk / Michigan Matters, an exhibition organized by University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban … Continue reading
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