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Renowned designer, Oscar-winning filmmaker and author, Arnold Schwartzman presents his tenth book on design and architecture, London Art Deco. Schwartzman received the Pacific Design Center's Stars of Design Life Achievement Award for Graphic Design in 2000. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in 2000, and conferred the distinction of Royal Designer for Industry RDI by Great Britain's Royal Society of Arts in 2006.
Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069
We are hoping to tap into the expertise of our past guests and the larger Art Deco community - - by inviting you to participate as a program lecturer. Have you been studying a particular area of the Art Deco movement? Then what could be better than sharing this knowledge with the perfect audience: informed, interested - - and captive!
Please take a look at the guidelines and submit your proposal today. Proposals are due Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
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A pre-congress is planned for Toronto and a post-congress in Quebec City. Also a day trip to Ottawa is being arranged.
Information is being developed, but go to Art Deco Society of Montreal website for more information as it becomes available.
]]>$40 for ADSLA members (membership must be current)
$50 non-members.
Have questions? Click for answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions about the Avalon Ball.
Ticket Policy
Please note that all ticket sales are final. We are a non-profit 501c3 organization and the Avalon Ball is our major fundraiser for the year. This event helps support our ongoing preservation efforts in and around the Los Angeles area. We cannot offer refunds or accept cancellations, as we have already turned people away because of the spot you were taking. You are, however, free to sell or give your ticket to someone else, though we will not serve as an agent or go-between to help you do it. If we sell out (and we have the last three years), please note that we do not maintain a waiting list, and we absolutely discourage people coming to the door hoping to take advantage of a last minute cancellation.
Also on the schedule, The Catalina Island Museum's 21st Annual Silent Film Benefit
Please join the Catalina Island Museum for their 21st Annual Silent Film Benefit In the historic Avalon Theatre with accompaniment by Robert D. Salisbury on the Page Theater Organ. This year the featured film is full of glorious Art Deco sets - - METROPOLIS by Fritz Lang, 1927.
May 17, 2008, 1 p.m.
Vintage 1920s attire encouraged, but not required.
Tickets for the film are $15 or $13 for Museum members. Information and film tickets available at the Catalina Island Museum.
Glamour is as glamour does, and the former Brock's Jewelry Emporium downtown, once known as the "Tiffany & Co. of the West," has been refurbished and reborn as Seven Grand. The original jewelry cabinets are now used to display the bar's impressive collection of whiskey - - more than 200 different kinds. The inviting decor is an imaginative and strangely elegant mix of plaid and antlers, but it's the real, old-fashioned cocktails that are the draw. Look for the neon stag.
Come straight from work or slip into something more Deco - - either way, plan to join us for no-host cocktails and on May 30th for an evening with like-minded people. Reservations not required. Cocktails in Historic Places is open to members and non-members allike.
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Join Heritage Square and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles as they mark the 75th Anniversary of the end of Prohibition with 1930's-style festivity. Bring your picnic and blanket, dress in your daytime Deco finest and celebrate the beginning of summer on the gorgeous grounds of Heritage Square. Dancing to live music provided by the Bilgewater Rats, prizes for picnic presentation, and other surprises are part of the celebration.
Included in the ticket price of $62 is one-year membership in both organizations! (Special price is for new members only.) For those who are already members of either HSM or ADSLA, a ticket price of $47 includes membership in the other organization. Ticket price includes a $2.00 service charge. Proceeds from this important fundraiser benefit preservation activities and tickets are tax-deductible.
Tickets are available by PayPal
or
By calling Heritage Square at 323-/225-2700 ext. 223 or by mailing a check to Heritage Square, 3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles, California 90031.
Program development is underway, so please watch this site for more information.
Join us for the fourth annual Queen Mary Art Deco Festival, presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, in association with the Queen Mary, on Labor Day Weekend aboard the beautiful Art Deco Queen Mary in Long Beach. This weekend is filled with lectures, social events, a grand Art Deco Ball, and so much more. The proceeds from all activities will benefit conservation and restoration of the original art aboard the 1936 ocean liner.
We are also hoping to tap into the expertise of our past guests and the larger Art Deco community - - by inviting you to participate as a program lecturer. Have you been studying a particular area of the Art Deco movement? Then what could be better than sharing this knowledge with the perfect audience: informed, interested - - and captive! We need your proposal by April 18, 2008. Click here for the ADSLA's official Call for Papers.
Program development is underway, more information to follow.
From time to time the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles is alerted to the possible destruction of important Art Deco edifices around the world. Just as we must demonstrate to those in our city who would like to destroy our built environment that we are watching, other countries have similar needs. We need to lend our support to those
who seek it to save Art Deco architecture so that future generations can learn of the importance of early 20th Century design.
Please join me to help the cause of global recognition of Art Deco as an important movement in art, architecture and culture. Send your comments in support of saving this building to both of these addresses:
adoxiadis@notos.biz
nrouse@tee.gr
Sincerely,
Rory Cunningham
President , Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
Art Deco Buidling In Danger in Athens
No. 17 Dionyssiou Areopagitou St. built by Vassilis Kouremenos.
ATHENS, GREECE.- Two listed buildings are in danger of being torn down in Athens to provide a better view of the Parthenon from the new museum. One of the buildings is an Art Deco gem designated a monument in its own right at No. 17 Dionyssiou Areopagitou St. was built by Vassilis Kouremenos, a graduate of Paris' Ecole des Beaux Arts and reportedly a friend of Pablo Picasso. The other building is owned by Oscar-winning composer Vangelis Papathanassiou of Chariots of Fire fame.
Kostas Stamatopoulos of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage said, “It is probably the most impressive example of its kind."
The building has a pink marbled exterior, a mosaic of Oedipus and the Sphinx adorning the top story and marble statues of women in traditional dress flanking the wrought iron door.
These two buildings stand between the new museum and the Acropolis. A visitor looking out from the museum towards the Parthenon would see the two buildings' rear facade of plain, charmless walls.
Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis announced in May that the two buildings would be removed. Greece's archaeological council voted in early July to revoke the listed status of the more significant Art Deco building and allow its demolition. An e-mail campaign was launched by outraged residents and architects to save the two
buildings. An internet blog has also been set up at http://www.areopagitou17.blogspot.com/
“We can't do things like that at the expense of other monuments and
works of art.”
Following is a copy of the letter which I have sent to add my voice to the other international letters decrying the decision to demolish a historically listed building:
Dear Sirs and Madams:
As the President of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and a member
of the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies, I am saddened
that such a fine example of Greek Art Deco Architecture could be torn
down. Especially since the Ministry of Culture deemed the structure
at 17 Dionysiou Areopagitou Str. to be of great significance in
1988. To think that people from around the globe would have to tell
the Athenian Government that preserving their built environment was
important is unbelievable. This is especially unfortunate given that
the beautiful Art Deco edifice is not even obstructing the view of
the Acropolis. It is my hope that the Museum reconsiders, and
realizes that the preservation of history is the primary function of
museums.
Most Sincerely,
Rory Cunningham,
President, Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
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The former Murphy Oldsmobile dealership on La Brea at Wilshire Boulevard is being considered for demolition. The auto dealer is long gone but the historic facade and tower has been preserved as part of the Metro Plaza mini-mall which sits on the edge of the famed Miracle Mile district. Cal-Coast Homes, the developer, is planning to clear the entire block to construct a Herb Nadel-designed high-rise containing 336 condominiums, 16 town-homes and 32,000-square feet of retail. As soon as we have more information, we'll post it.
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