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| Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond NEWS
Our Next Event
Saturday, September 8
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
CBB Members Paul Young & Margaret Fox invite us to a special event for Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond members and guests only.
The exhibit is beautifully displayed in their home, the 1951 Irving Levin House, a mid-century modern residence by architect Carter H. Manny Jr. Manny was a graduate of Harvard University, apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West in 1946 and received his architecture degree from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1948. He practiced architecture with C.F. Murphy Associates, Chicago (now Murphy/Jahn) from 1948 to 1983. His projects included Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the FBI Building in Washington, D.C., and the First National Bank of Chicago. Mr. Manny has been associated with the Graham Foundation since its inception, first as a trustee, 1956 to 1974, then the Acting Director, 1971 to 1974, and finally the Director, 1974 to 1993.
The Levin house features walls of glass and brick, several courtyards, and was originally landscaped by Alfred Caldwell. Paul and Margaret have taken on the challenge to restore the home and landscape to the original design.
Paul and Margaret will be on hand to give a short informal talk and answer questions.
Refreshments will be served.
YOUNG FOX GALLERY
101 Orchard Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
Saturday, September 8 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
BAUHAUS TO CHICAGO
An exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints,
Photographs, Publications, Decorative Arts, Furniture
Works by Teachers and Students
Bauhaus / New Bauhaus / Institute of Design
Architecture Department IIT
Chicago Artists and Architects
Plan a great weekend getaway and visit the antique malls along the way looking for mid-century treasures. Fox and Young have also mentioned that there are other beautiful mid-century homes in the area that we will be able to drive by after the event. Attendees must be members (with dues paid for 2007) and their guests. FREE to members and $10 for guests at the doorSpace is limited - PLEASE RSVP BY EMAIL to Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond (reply) or
CALL 847-446-6008 and leave a message with the names of attendees
Contact the gallery at 219.872.5498 or YoungFoxGallery@comcast.net
Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond group
reaches to Los Angeles in their new DVD
  
A DVD is now available of the keynote presentation last February at our third annual meeting. Allen Porter, a founding member of CBB and a former student of the New Bauhaus/Institute of Design, was one of a group of designers from Chicago who moved to Los Angeles in 1950, and was a participant and keen observer in the creative fervor that marked the 50s and 60s in the city. At the forefront of the modernist design movement, he knew and worked with many of the prominent architects, designers, photographers, publishers, filmmakers and business people. In the Bauhaus tradition, he worked in most every creative discipline and covers many of them in this personal, verbal/visual survey of the period.
An internationally known designer and photographer, Porter documented many of the cultural and artistic activities and brought them together in his lecture, Los Angeles: Modernism and the Creative Fervor of the 50s/60s, at the group’s annual meeting at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The DVD, the first produced by our organization, features rare photos of people, places, architecture and designs that characterized the vitality of the period and includes some of its Chicago connections.
The DVD will be available through the Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond web site at $19.99, plus $5 shipping and handling (payment by paypal). To order and pay by check, please send a check for $25.00 to the Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond P.O. Box below, with the address of where to send the DVD. It will also be available at the Fox Young Gallery during our event on Sept. 8. for check or cash.
Joan Gand Vice-President Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond P.O. Box 364 Flossmoor IL 60422 www.chicagobauhausbeyond.org Office phone: 847-446-6008 Gand Music and Sound Musical Instruments and Equipment www.gand.com | |
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