MoMA Talks: Panel Discussions and Symposia

Part 5 of 8 Christina Olsen, Director of Education & Public Programs, Portland Art Museum

Part 5 of 8 Christina Olsen, Director of Education & Public Programs, Portland Art Museum

Part 7 of 9 Elliott Kai-Kee, Education Specialist, J. Paul Getty Museum

Part 7 of 9 Elliott Kai-Kee, Education Specialist, J. Paul Getty Museum

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:30 P.M. Presented by the Modern Women’s Project, this program features Matilda McQuaid, Deputy Curatorial Director, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, who prioritizes Reich’s work and experience at the Bauhaus and external projects undertaken during Mies Van Der Rohe’s tenure as Director. Following this talk, Maria Makela, Professor, Visual Studies, California College of the Arts, speaks about the emergence and significance of artificial fabrics in Germany during this period, and Despina Stratigakos, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, addresses the educational and professional structures available to aspiring female architects before the War, when Reich came of age. Adrian Sudhalter, Assistant Research Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, moderates the conversation.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:30 P.M. Presented by the Modern Women’s Project, this program features Matilda McQuaid, Deputy Curatorial Director, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, who prioritizes Reich’s work and experience at the Bauhaus and external projects undertaken during Mies Van Der Rohe’s tenure as Director. Following this talk, Maria Makela, Professor, Visual Studies, California College of the Arts, speaks about the emergence and significance of artificial fabrics in Germany during this period, and Despina Stratigakos, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, addresses the educational and professional structures available to aspiring female architects before the War, when Reich came of age. Adrian Sudhalter, Assistant Research Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, moderates the conversation.

November 18, 2009, 6:30 P.M. The Museum presents a series, made possible by the Modern Women’s Fund, of four discussions on female members of the Bauhaus whose important contributions have often been overlooked in earlier histories of the school. Tonight’s program, the first in the series, features Nicholas Fox Weber, Executive Director, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, as he spotlights Anni Albers’s works and experience at the Bauhaus, including her pivotal role in the weaving workshop. Adrian Sudhalter, Assistant Research Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, introduces the program. Following the program, Mr. Weber signs copies of his new book The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism (Knopf).

December 01, 2009, 6:30 PM The interdisciplinary innovations in design, movement, and performance that were characteristic of the Bauhaus had a great impact on the era’s musical vanguard. Several significant composers had ties to the Bauhaus and many others were represented in Bauhaus performances, forging an entirely new musical language that incorporated the school’s unique ethos. In this concert, which accompanies the exhibition Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity, Maria Tegzes, soprano, and Geoffrey Burleson, pianist and Director of Performance Studies and Coordinator of Piano Studies, Music Department, Hunter College, City University of New York, perform selected Bauhaus musical compositions. The program includes pieces by George Antheil, Ferruccio Busoni, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Arnold Schoenberg, and Oskar Schlemmer. Burleson also offers introductory commentary, setting the historical context for music at the Bauhaus.

November 18, 2009, 6:30 P.M. The Museum presents a series, made possible by the Modern Women’s Fund, of four discussions on female members of the Bauhaus whose important contributions have often been overlooked in earlier histories of the school. Tonight’s program, the first in the series, features Nicholas Fox Weber, Executive Director, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, as he spotlights Anni Albers’s works and experience at the Bauhaus, including her pivotal role in the weaving workshop. Adrian Sudhalter, Assistant Research Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, introduces the program. Following the program, Mr. Weber signs copies of his new book The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism (Knopf).

December 01, 2009, 6:30 PM The interdisciplinary innovations in design, movement, and performance that were characteristic of the Bauhaus had a great impact on the era’s musical vanguard. Several significant composers had ties to the Bauhaus and many others were represented in Bauhaus performances, forging an entirely new musical language that incorporated the school’s unique ethos. In this concert, which accompanies the exhibition Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity, Maria Tegzes, soprano, and Geoffrey Burleson, pianist and Director of Performance Studies and Coordinator of Piano Studies, Music Department, Hunter College, City University of New York, perform selected Bauhaus musical compositions. The program includes pieces by George Antheil, Ferruccio Busoni, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Arnold Schoenberg, and Oskar Schlemmer. Burleson also offers introductory commentary, setting the historical context for music at the Bauhaus.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 6:30 PM The Modern Women’s Project presents a series of four discussions on female members of the Bauhaus whose important contributions have often been overlooked in earlier histories of the school. Tonight’s program, the second in the series, features Elizabeth Otto, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, as she discusses Marianne Brandt’s work in the metal workshop as well as in other mediums such as collage, photography, and photomontage. Either Leah Dickerman, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, and co-organizer of Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity, or Adrian Sudhalter, Assistant Research Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, will moderate the conversation.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 6:30 PM The Modern Women’s Project presents a series of four discussions on female members of the Bauhaus whose important contributions have often been overlooked in earlier histories of the school. Tonight’s program, the second in the series, features Elizabeth Otto, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, as she discusses Marianne Brandt’s work in the metal workshop as well as in other mediums such as collage, photography, and photomontage. Either Leah Dickerman, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, and co-organizer of Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity, or Adrian Sudhalter, Assistant Research Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, will moderate the conversation.

Part 5 of 9 Katharine Kuh and the Evolution of Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago Robert Eskridge, Woman’s Board Endowed Executive Director of Museum Education, Art Institute of Chicago

Part 5 of 9 Katharine Kuh and the Evolution of Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago Robert Eskridge, Woman’s Board Endowed Executive Director of Museum Education, Art Institute of Chicago

Part 6 of 9 Jessica Gogan, museum education consultant and former Director of Education, The Andy Warhol Museum