New Narratives for "Living in a Modern Way": California Design at Mid-century

Event:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Bing Theater

Friday, February 24 | 10 am-5 pm with keynote panel at 7 pm

Saturday, February 25 | 9:30 am-5 pm

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

California Modernism North and South: Two Regions, One Reality

  Pierluigi Serraino

Modernism at the Beaux-Arts Ball: The Architecture of the San Francisco

World's Fair of 1939

  Andrew Shanken, UC Berkeley

The Arts of Daily Living: Modern Design at the Los Angeles County Fair,

1954

  Monica Penick, University of Wisconsin-Madison

College Art Association (CAA) Centennial Session: Connections:

Architecture and Design in Los Angeles at Mid-century

Changing Taste: LA Architects Promote Modernism

  Wim de Wit, Getty Research Institute

Panel Discussion

Louis Danziger, graphic designer

Ray Kappe, architect

Gere Kavanaugh, designer

Ruth Weisberg, moderator

Bobbye Tigerman, discussant

Keynote Panel Discussion: Blurring the Boundaries: California Design and

Contemporary Art

Jim Iserman, artist

Jorge Pardo, artist

Pae White, artist

Frances Anderton, moderator

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Scandinavian Design Comes To California: Humanism, Art and Technology

  Nina Stritzler-Levine, Bard Graduate Center

Richard Neutra: Mystery and Realities of the Site

  Marc Treib, UC Berkeley

Warren McArthur in Los Angeles

  Donald Albrecht, Museum of the City of New York

Beyond (and Before) Eames: The Reinvention of Plywood

  Christopher Wilk, Victoria & Albert Museum

"We Live a Normal, Natural Life": Aliso Village, Los Angeles and the

Promise of Racially Integrated, Modern Living

  Elizabeth St. George, Bard Graduate Center

Crossing Paths: African-American Designers and Craftspeople in Los

Angeles

  Staci Steinberger, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Wake Up Call: California Design after 1965

  Glenn Adamson, Victoria & Albert Museum

Two-day pass: $25 general admission; $15 LACMA members; free to students

with ID and College Art Association members

One-day pass: $15 general admission; $10 LACMA members; free to students

with ID and College Art Association members

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symposium tickets include museum general admission

For the complete program and more information, visit

http://www.lacma.org/event/california-design-mid-century.

This symposium was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and

made possible by --the Karsh Family Foundation and the Boardman Family

Foundation.