MAD invites you to a Professional Development for Teachers lecture and tour of our newest exhibition, Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design.
Focusing on the dynamic relationship between craft and design, the exhibition showcases the bold new directions taken in media and aesthetics in the postwar years. Featuring the work of iconic figures such as Wendell Castle, Charles and Ray Eames, Sheila Hicks, and Peter Voulkos, Crafting Modernism underscores—through furniture, textiles, tableware, ceramics, glass, jewelry, sculpture, and painting—the growth and transformation of American life in the period between 1945 and 1969.
Reservations are honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is limited.
RSVP required.
Schedule
Registration - sign in: 9:00 am Coffee and pastries provided.
Gallery Discussion: 9:30 am - 10:30 am Tour the exhibition Crafting Modernism on two floors of the Museum.
Seminar: 10:45 am - 11:45 am Jennifer Scanlan, Associate Curator, will discuss the themes of the exhibition.
Lunch Break: 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Teachers should plan on eating lunch outside the Museum.
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Afternoon Workshop and wrap up: Using metal, shears and rivets, Jim Hunter featured artist in MAD's Open Studios will lead the afternoon workshop "Kinetic Sculptures and Mobiles," focusing on play, movement and proportion.
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.
