Spring 2010
College of Design events

Exhibitions

Goldstein Museum Gallery (GMD) -- McNeal Hall

How Secretaries Changed the 20th Century Office: Design, Image, and Culture
February 6-May 23, 2010
Opening event, Friday, February 5, 6-8 p.m.

Exploring women's impact on office culture from 1900 to the 1970s, reflecting the largest occupational group of women in the 20th century.

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Curators' Talk: Shaping Office Culture: Secretaries and Design, from Miss Remington to Mad Men
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Kate Solomonson and Prelinger Fellow and Ph.D. candidate Midori Green
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 6 p.m., 33 McNeal
Explore changes in office design, technology, and visual representation through the lens of women clerical workers who contributed to the radical transformation of the workplace.

Secretaries' Summit
CANCELLED
March 27, all day, 33 McNeal Hall
An innovative symposium featuring the stories of women and men who were or are part of the community of office workers, with a focus on how their experiences affected the contemporary office.

Coffee Break Series: The Office on Film
All films at 6:30 p.m., 33 McNeal Hall
April 20, 2010 Skyscraper Souls (1932)
April 21, 2010 The Best of Everything (1959)
April 22, 2010 Nine to Five (1980)

Flights of Fancy: Feather in Fashion
June 12-September 12, 2010
Historical and contemporary use of feathers in Western fashion, including the origins of feathers commonly used in clothing, the international feather trade, activism and laws designed to protect endangered bird populations, and the psychological appeal of wearing feathers.

HGA Gallery -- Rapson Hall

Andrea Palladio -- 500 Years
January 16-March 7, 2010
Opening reception and lecture by Professor Leon Satkowski
Saturday, January 16, 6-9 p.m., HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall

Organized in conjunction with the 500th anniversary of the birth of "the most imitated architect in history," whose influence on the development of English and American architecture arguably has been greater than that of all Renaissance architects combined. Photographs display Palladio's architectural projects for private residences in the Veneto Region, provided by the Istituto Regionale Ville Venete and highlights the stylistic evolution of the architect's more than 40 years of activity.

The exhibition is cosponsored by the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul, and is made available through the generosity of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Chicago and the Istituto Ville Venete.

Architecture and Vision
March 14-May 2, 2010

Architecture and Vision (AV) is an architecture and design practice established by the Italian and Swiss architects Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler. Based in Rome, Toulouse, and Munich, the company specializes in aerospace technologies applied to architecture and design. Extensive research and development contributes to AV's objectives in ecology, functionality, beauty, and quality.

Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library -- Rapson Hall

Native Viewpoints: Paintings and Drawings by John Koepke
February 12-May 14, 2010
Informed by design principles and his unique blending of Western analytical and native viewpoints, landscape architecture faculty and alumnus Koepke’s (BLA '81) work challenges us to ask new questions about the past.
Library hours.

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