Fall Exhibitions Preview, Curators Talk, and Reception
Fri, Oct 3 / 5:30–8 pm
MAD Members are invited to an exclusive preview and curators talk to mark the opening of the Museum’s fall exhibitions:
Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuturetells the inspiring story of Fletcher’s evolution from self-taught metalsmith to an influential designer whose handmade adornments have shaped memorable aesthetics in contemporary cinema, most notably Marvel Studios’ Black Panther film franchise.
Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Birthsexamines the arc of human reproduction through a design lens. Through more than 250 manufactured products, speculative design projects, medical devices and tools, graphic materials, and contemporary artworks, the exhibition invites audiences to consider how design has shaped reproductive health and family well-being over the last 150 years.
5:30 pm: Talk with the exhibition curators in The Theater at MAD
6–8 pm: Exhibitions preview on floors 3 and 4
Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births is generously sponsored by Ruth Ann Harnisch and the Harnisch Foundation.
Generous funding for Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births and Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture was received by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Image—Photo of Douriean Fletcher jewelry (left): BJ the Photographer/Brittany Houston-Johnson; courtesy of artist. Fisher-Price Nursery Monitor, 1983 (right). Photo: Erik Gould. Image courtesy Designing Motherhood.
