Exhibition Explores Notable Architecture and Design Along Norwegian
Tourist Routes
December 4, 2009 – January 19, 2010
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Parsons The New School for Design
66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street
www.newschool.edu/johnsondesigncenter
Lecture + Reception:Symposium, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum:DetourDetour
In timing with the opening, there will be a panel discussion featuring participating architects on December 4 at 6 pm at The New School’s Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, followed by an opening reception in the galleries, which is free and open to the public. The event will feature Karl Otto Ellefsen, an architect and principal of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, who chaired the Quality Council for Concept and National Considerations, which oversaw the development of the National Tourist Routes Project. Also participating are the Norwegian architects Marthe Melbye of PUSHAK and Ellen Hellsten of Ghilardi+Hellsten Arkitekter. For more information, visit http://www.newschool.edu/events
On Tuesday, January 19, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will host Detour: Art, Architecture, Cities and Landscapes, a symposium featuring an afternoon panel at 4:30 pm with architects and artists from Europe and the United States moderated by David van der Leer, Assistant Curator for Architecture and Design as well as two keynote lectures in the evening. Book signing and reception follows. For information, call the Guggenheim Box Office, 212-423-3587, Mon-Fri, 1-5 pm. At noon, symposium participants can join a curatorial and artist walkthrough of the Detour exhibition. RSVP at [email protected] or 212-310-1509.
Through the Architectural League of New York, AIA and New York State continuing education credits are available for both of these events. For more information, contact [email protected]
The exhibition Detour is a collaboration between the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norsk Form – The Foundation for Design and Architecture in Norway with generous support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Innovation Norway. Detour has been exhibited in London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Brussels, Bologna, Bratislava, Caen, the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, and the Center for Architecture in Philadelphia.
General Information:
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design
Location: 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street, New York
Gallery hours: Open daily 12-6 pm and Thursday until 8 p.m.; closed all major holidays and holiday eves.
Admission: Free
Info: Please contact 212.229.8919 or visit http://www.newschool.edu/johnsondesigncenter
