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MaterialMaking–Media–MaterialExhibitions On View February 14–July 7, 2019

Jan Tschichold and the New Typography Graphic Design Between the World Wars

The Story Box Franz Boas, George Hunt and the Making of Anthropology

A View from the Jeweler’s BenchAncient Treasures, Contemporary Statements

Image credits, left to rightMary Hallam Pearse. Rock On, 2014. Gold, silver. Courtesy of the artist.; Lion-type Mask, unknown Kwakwaka’wakw maker, 1820–70. Painted (?), carved wood. © Trustees of the British Museum, Am +.436.; Jan Tschichold. Die Frau ohne Namen (The Woman Without a Name), Phoebus Palast poster, 1927. Printed by Gebrüder Obpacher AG, Munich. Photolithograph. The Museum of Modern Art, Peter Stone Poster Fund. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.

The Story Box: Franz Boas, George Hunt and the Making of AnthropologyThis exhibition explores the complex legacy of anthropologist Franz Boas’s The Social Organization and the Secret Societies of the Kwakiutl Indians (1897) and his work among the Kwakw_ak_a’wakw people of British Columbia with his Indigenous co-author George Hunt. Featuring designs by Corrine Hunt, Hunt’s great-granddaughter, it includes ceremonial objects, rare

archival photographs, manuscripts, and drawings that shed new light on the book and the ongoing cultural traditions it documents.The Story Box: Franz Boas, George Hunt and the Making of Anthropology has been organized by Bard Graduate Center and U’mista Cultural Centre, Alert Bay, BC, Canada. Support for this exhibition has been provided by generous donors to Bard Graduate Center.

Special thanks to The Audain Foundation, Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Artisan Fund, and Donald Ellis for their support of the exhibition at the U’mista Cultural Centre.

Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World WarsGraphic designer Jan Tschichold (1902–1974) helped define the “New Typography” movement in Weimar Germany that aimed to make printed text and imagery more dynamic, vital, and modern. This exhibition features works Tschichold collected from the movement’s foremost practitioners,

including designs by El Lissitzky, Kurt Schwitters, László Moholy-Nagy, and Herbert Bayer, on loan from the Museum of Modern Art and displayed together for the first time.Support for this exhibition has been provided by generous donors to Bard Graduate Center.

A View from the Jeweler’s Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary Statements

How do jewelry artists create the final form of a piece? This exhibition highlights ancient Etruscan goldwork and depictions of jewelry being worn in antiquity, masterworks like the Kul Oba brooch of the Castellani firm and the Wade

necklace by Tiffany & Co., and contemporary jewelry by Ashley Buchanan, Jeanette Caines, Lin Cheung, Giovanni Corvaja,

Mary Lee Hu, Gabriella Kiss, Otto Kunzli, emiko oye, Mary Hallam Pearse, Nicole Jacquard, Anya Kivarkis, and Kiff Slemmons.

Support for A View from the Jeweler’s Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary Statements has been provided by Gus Davis - Camilla Dietz Bergeron Ltd. and donors to Bard Graduate Center.

Special thanks to the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) and their Emerging Curators Grant Program.

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On view in the Gallery through July 7, 2019

Image credits, left to rightKwakiutl Transformation Mask (opened) from the Berlin Collection, IV A 1242. Paper, ink, paint (watercolor). Courtesy of the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Z/43.; Max Burchartz. Tanzfestspiele zum 2. Deutschen tänzerkongress Essen 1928 (Dance Festival at the Second German Dance Congress) poster, 1928. Printed by F. W. Rohden, Essen. Photolithograph. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection, 326.1937. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. © 2018 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.; Ring with cameo glass portrait of the Emperor Augustus, early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, 1st half of the 1st century. Gold with glass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Roger Haber and The Artemis Group, 1995, 1995.85.1.

FebruaryFriday, February 15 1:30–5:30 pm

Symposium

Field/Fair/Museum: Franz Boas, George Hunt and the Making of Anthropology38 West 86th Street Free with RSVP

Saturday, February 16 12–1 pm

Curator’s Spotlight Tour

The Story Box: Franz Boas, George Hunt and the Making of AnthropologyWith curator Aaron Glass and artist Corrine Hunt

18 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

Wednesday, February 20 6:30–8 pm

Talks & Conversations

Creative Practice in Indigenous CommunitiesOrganized by Corrine Hunt


MarchSaturday, March 2 12–1 pm


Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World WarsWith curator Paul Stirton


Wednesday, March 6 6–8 pm

First Wednesdays

Live Jazz and Conversation in the Gallery 18 West 86th Street Free

Friday, March 8 6:30–8 pm

Film Screening

In the Land of the Head Hunters (dir. Edward S. Curtis) Live Scored by Laura Ortman

38 West 86th Street $15 Adults / $10 Students and Seniors / $8 for members

Thursday, March 14 6:30–8 pm


Critical Conversations About Manifestos and Design18 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

Saturday, March 16 12–1 pm


A View from the Jeweler’s Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary StatementsWith curator Sasha Nixon


Saturday, March 16 12–4 pm

Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon38 West 86th Street Free with RSVP


Evening for Educators18 West 86th Street Free with RSVP

Friday, March 22 1:30–5:30 pm

Symposium

The New Typography: Graphic Design in Weimar Germany 1919–193338 West 86th Street Free with RSVP



Artist Perspectives: Contemporary Jewelry and Ancient Technique18 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

AprilMonday, April 1 7–9 pm

Public Education Course

Highlights in the History of Graphic DesignWeek 1: The Wiener Werkstätte

18 West 86th Street Full course: $450 Adults / $375 Students / $350 for members

Wednesday, April 3 6–8 pm

First Wednesdays

Live Jazz and Conversation in the Gallery18 West 86th Street Free

Monday, April 8 7–9 pm


Highlights in the History of Graphic DesignWeek 2: The Bauhaus


Wednesday, April 10 6:30–8 pm


Indigenous Experiences at World’s Fairs18 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

Monday, April 15 Tour times: 11 am, 12:30 pm, 2 pm

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Highlights in the History of Graphic DesignWeek 3: American Corporate Graphics and Counterculture


Thursday, April 16 6:30–8:30 pm

Workshop

Why Handmade MattersLed by Jeanette K Caines at Jewelry Arts Inc

22 East 49th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017 $110 Adults; $95 for members



Highlights in the History of Graphic DesignWeek 4: Latin American Graphic Design: Political and Cultural Expression




Highlights in the History of Graphic DesignWeek 5: Computer as Tool, Computer as Medium: Design After 1980


MayWednesday, May 1 6–8 pm

First Wednesdays


Wednesday, May 8 6:30–8 pm


The New Typography and 21st Century Design18 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

Wednesday, May 22 6:30–8 pm


Graphics, Design, and Weimar Cinema38 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

JuneWednesday, June 5 6–8 pm

First Wednesdays


Wednesday, June 12 6:30–8 pm


Designing Nationalism 18 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

Saturday, June 22 12–4 pm

Ice Cream Social18 West 86th Street Free

Saturday, June 22 1–3 pm

Kids Workshop18 West 86th Street $10 Per child

Wednesday, June 26 6:30–8 pm


The Charisma of Gemstones and Jewelry 18 West 86th Street $8 Adults / $5 Students and Seniors / Free for members

JulyWednesday, July 3 6–8 pm

First Wednesdays


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