Join The Studio Museum in Harlem and MAD for a special Professional Development Day for Teachers
Thu, Jun 9 / 8:30 pm
The Museum of Arts and Design, in partnership with The Studio Museum in Harlem, will host a special Teacher’s Professional Development seminar and workshop on June 9, in conjunction with the exhibitions, respectively: Stephen Burks| Are You a Hybrid? and Stephen Burks: Man Made. The program will begin at the Studio Museum and conclude at MAD, with free shuttle service provided between the two museums
Stephen Burks | Are You A Hybrid?, presented by The Museum of Arts & Design, will showcase the work of Stephen Burks and over 20 international designers, artists and photographers, both historical and contemporary, whose influential projects have developing world influences and promote a pluralistic vision of design.
‘Are You A Hybrid?’ will share with viewers the furniture, accessories and lighting of designers working at the height of the contemporary design industry whose formal influences or DIY conceptual strategies favor the spirit of immediacy and craftsmanship readily found in cultures of the African diaspora and beyond.
Stephen Burks: Man Made, presented by the Studio Museum in Harlem, is a unique project that furthers industrial designer Stephen Burks’s ongoing exploration of the global economy of artisanal craft. Inspired by Burks’s collaboration with Senegalese basket weavers based in New York and Dakar, as well as projects with artisans in South Africa, Peru and India, Man Made starts with the traditional basket-weaving process as its core concept.
Schedule of Events
8:30 am at The Studio Museum in Harlem: Registration & Sign-In, coffee and danish provided
9:00 am – 9:45 am at The Studio Museum: Gallery Discussion of Man Made
10:00 am – 11:00 am at The Studio Museum: Lauren Haynes, Assistant Curator will provide an overview of Stephen Burks’ design practice, and discuss his ongoing collaborations with artisans in Senegal and other countries.
11:00 am - 11:30 am: Lunch Break
11:30 am - 12:15 pm: Shuttle ride to MAD
12:25 pm - 1:10 pm at MAD: Gallery Discussion of Are You a Hybrid?
1:15 pm - 3:30 pm at MAD: Artist educators will lead hands-on workshops and synthesize the ideas and the materials and processes discussed in the morning seminar and gallery walks.
Additional Information
Click here to read more about Teacher Training at MAD, and to read what other teachers have said about the program. You can find special resources for teachers here.
Read more about teacher training at The Studio Museum here.
Please review our health and safety protocols before you arrive. MAD strongly recommends all visitors six months and older are vaccinated against Covid-19 and visitors ages two and up wear face coverings, even if vaccinated. Thank you for your cooperation.