MAD’s travel program is dedicated to exploring the diversity, brilliance, and cosmopolitan nature of the burgeoning contemporary craft, art, and design world. There is also the added benefit of experiencing locales internationally and domestically via MAD’s curatorial vision and expertise. MAD’s travel program is open to members of the Collectors Circle and above.
2010 TRIPS: To be announced.
For more information contact Patron Programs:
patrons@madmuseum.org
212.299.7731
PAST TRIPS
Modern Architecture of Madrid and Barcelona with an extension to Alhambra in Granada
October 2-10 2009 (extension October 10-12)
Sign-up for this trip by May 1! Madrid and Barcelona boldly burst onto the map as a cosmopolitan travel destination with their resurgence in contemporary architecture, art, and cuisine and yet each maintain the vigor, heritage, and culture of traditional European centers. We’ll visit artists, galleries, private homes, and tour the Prado, Caixa Forum Art Space designed by Swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron, Reina Sofia Contemporary Art Museum, Palau d’Esports Sant Jordi, designed by Arata Isozaki, Communications Tower, one of Santiago Calatrava’s finest works, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art by Richard Meier, and much more. With Spain in the spotlight of contemporary world cuisine and wine, we’ll take time to enjoy both, as well as have ample time to relax and enjoy the energy of these cities. Our trip will offer an extension to Alhambra.
Contemporary Pittsburgh and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water
June 11-14 2009
Registration accepted until April 13 (hotel availability permitting). Pittsburgh is not the dim industrial city you might think, but rather it is a beacon of contemporary art and culture. In this growing cosmopolitan city, we’ll find great restaurants, excellent shopping, and world-class galleries and renowned art institutions, such as the Mattress Factory, Society of Contemporary Craft, Carnegie Museum of Art, and Andy Warhol Museum, and enjoy access to the private homes and collections in the area. We’ll also spend the day enjoying two very different residences by Frank Lloyd Wright, Kentuck Knob, commissioned by I.N. Hagan in 1953 and situated on 79 acres punctuated by a world-class sculpture collection, and, Falling Water, designed as a summer retreat for Pittsburgh businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann.
Seattle
June 5-8, 2008
MAD’s excursion to Seattle, a mecca for glass and contemporary art and architecture was an exciting journey. Our group privately toured Philchuck with a glass blowing demonstration by Thom McMahon, took curator led tours of the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Olympic Sculpture Park and Bellevue Art Museum, visited the William Traver Gallery’s exhibition of glass artists Nancy Callan and Amy Rueffert and the Foster/White Gallery, spent time with artists Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora C. Mace, Dale Chihuly, Dante Marioni and Janusz Pozniak at their homes/studios/workshops and stopped at the Rem Koolhaas designed Seattle Public Library. The special invitations obtained by MAD to visit the private homes of the most renowned collectors in the US, including, Anne Gould Hauberg, Jon and Mary Shirley, and Susan and Jeff Brotman, were outstanding highlights of the trip.
Loas and Vietnam with an optional extension to Cambodia
March 1-17, 2008
MAD’s mini-grand tour of the Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia was a terrific success. The group experienced first-hand Vietnam’s thriving contemporary art and traditional craft scene. In Laos, the group enjoyed a private tour of American designer Carol Cassidy’s studio, where more than 50 enterprising artisans, mostly women, created shimmering wraps, ikat (fabrics woven with resist-dyed thread) scarves, and brocade wall hangings using centuries–old patterns with modern colors. Those who continued on to Cambodia saw the ruins of the ancient Khmer Empire at Angkor, considered one of the wonders of the world, and visited Les Artisans D’Angkor, a workshop where young Cambodians learn the crafts of wood and stone carving, lacquering, and silk weaving.
Miami
December 5-9, 2007