about Virtual Rappaport Prize Lecture: Sonya Clark
Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:30pm
FREE
DeCordova presents a virtual talk by acclaimed artist Sonya Clark, recipient of the 2020 Rappaport Prize. Clark (b. 1967, Washington, D.C.) is Professor of Art at Amherst College and best known as a fiber artist whose powerful work addresses issues of race, history, and culture. In her artwork, Clark turns everyday items such as hair combs and flags into aesthetic objects. Across all mediums, Clark challenges viewers to make connections between past and present, probing the roots of racial and national identities, and highlighting links between the founding of the United States, the institution of slavery, and contemporary practices of policing and incarceration.
Created in 2000 and endowed in 2010, the Rappaport Prize is an annual art award presented by deCordova through the generosity of the Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation.
Please pre-register by emailing the deCordova—event is free Starts at 6:30pm
Image Credit: Carlos Avedaño
VIRTUAL EVENT: Book Talk:Broken Glass: Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist Masterpiece
Thursday, December 10
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Boston Athenaeum
This event is open to the public.
Registration is required.
More info here
A Conversation with photographer Mark Römisch and Peter McMahon, founding director of Cape Cod Modern House Trust
Thursday, June 25, 6 PM
Via Zoom Webinar (please RSVP)
Within the context of the exhibition Form and Landscape: Bauhaus in New England at the Goethe-Institut Boston, postponed due to the Corona virus, Mark Römisch and Peter McMahon explore the special connection between the Bauhaus, New England and nature with a particular focus on Cape Cod.
Cocktail Part to follow!
Join us with your favorite drink for an informal virtual gathering and share your favorite Bauhaus stories. We will also use the occasion to thank the many people who generously offered their time and access to their properties to help make this project a success. Please RSVP separately.
See link to website, here for more info.
Online Exhibition at https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/art/bhs/sca.html
Brown’s Wood Additions to Lincoln Historic District
At its March 2019 town meeting, the town of Lincoln voted to accept the generous offers of two Lincoln homeowners to join the Brown’s Wood Historic District. The two new houses in the district are the 1959 Rawson House and the 1959 Wales House.
Ann and Ranulf Gras, the latter a research engineer at MIT, began organizing the Brown’s Wood neighborhood in 1953. The neighborhood expressed the idea and the ideal that a house should be part of a way of life and of a community based on shared values. The Brown’s Wood community expressed its values through a consensually-derived charter. The charter emphasized Modern design principles, prizing individual expression within that rubric. In recognition of its fifty-year anniversary in 2013, the neighborhood voted to renew its founding charter. At its March 2018 town meeting, Lincoln approved formation of the Brown’s Wood Historic District.
Both Edward and Nancy Rawson and Ruth and Langdon Wales chose highly-regarded Lincoln Modern architect Henry B. Hoover to design their homes in Brown’s Wood. Known for sensitive siting of houses and impeccable design skills, Hoover took pride in finding architectural solutions that met multiple needs in an efficient manner. The single-floor designs of the Rawson and Wales Houses epitomizes Hoover’s approach to design. The open floor plans allow for both flow between spaces and privacy, and provide a strong sense of connection to the surrounding landscape. Carefully designed ancillary buildings help blend the volumes of the houses into the natural environment. The addition of the Rawson and Wales Houses brings the total number of homes in the Brown’s Wood Historic District to 13 and the total number of Modern homes in Lincoln’s two historic districts to 37.
Rawson House and Wales House, henry b. Hoover, 1959
Skinner
20th Century Design
Auction 3325B
December 13, 2019 10:00AM
63 Park Plaza, Boston
Preview Times
December 11, 12PM – 8PM
December 12, 12PM – 7PM
This sale features furniture and decorative objects spanning the 20th century. More info here
Author Reading and Discussion - Blue Print (Blaupause)
Theresia Enzensberger
Thursday, November 21, 7 pm
Presented by the Goethe Institute at Boston University, Pardee School of Global Studies
121 Bay State Road (1st floor), Boston Massachusetts
Admission: free and open to the public.
More info here
