The Cultural Facilities Committee is a forum to explore and exchange ideas and to meet the challenges Arthur M. Among his many accomplishments, Mr.
Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture for Excellence in Museum Design
In 2006, the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee developed an annual lecture series to honor the work and memory of their founding Committee chair, Arthur Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt was the Vice President for Architecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 19 years during its period of great expansion, the founding Director of the United S
tates Holocaust Memorial Museum, as well as a highly regarded Museum design consultant. He was an enthusiastic promoter of the architectural profession through his long involvement with the AIA, a generous friend to countless colleagues, and passionate about the role of art in our everyday lives.The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture is a highlight of Archtober, the AIANY’s annual month-long festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions held each October.
This Thursday, January 19th, at 5:30pm at the AIA New York | Center for Architecture, join the AIANY CFC for the launch of Building HueSpaces, a 5-part series of workshops, panel discussions, and resources to empower POC-led arts entities to dream, plan, and establish stable homes in NYC. A series coproduced by CFC member Peter Zuspan, a partnership between Museum Hue and the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee. For tickets and further information, see link below.
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/video/16th-annual-arthur-m-rosenblatt-lecture-nieto-sobejano-arquitectos/
Speakers:
Fuensanta Nieto
Enrique Sobejano
Moderator:
David van der Leer, Principal, DVDL
The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture on Museum Design is a signature event organized each year by the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee. This year, the committee is honored to host Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos at the Center for Architecture to present the...
Please join the AIANY CFC, Friday, 9/23, 4pm - 5:30pm
Location: Battery Park City Esplanade and North Esplanade (40.718651, -74.016654)
Experience Bird’s Eye View, an augmented reality (AR) artwork by NYC-based artist Shuli Sadé. Bird’s Eye View, is inspired by studies of bird migration and human immigration along the lower Hudson River. Located at various sites along Battery Park City’s riverfront, Bird’s-Eye View is a tem...
The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture on Museum Design is a signature event organized each year by the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee. This year, the committee is honored to host Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos at the Center for Architecture to present their work.
Thursday, 10/6, 6pm - 8pm
The Arthur M. Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture on Museum Design is a signature event organized each year by the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee. This year, the committee is honored to host Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos at the Center for Architecture to present the...
Building Tour of the St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee invites you to join us for a special tour of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center.
Social (In)Justice and Spatial Practice: Architecture & the Cultural Institution is a series of panel discussions that investigates the cultural institution’s role in social justice as it relates to architecture, design, and urbanism.
Tuesday, 2/15, 6pm - 8pm
Social (In)Justice and Spatial Practice: Architecture & the Cultural Institution is a series of panel discussions that investigates the cultural institution’s role in social justice as it relates to architecture, design, and urbanism.
Thursday, 2/3, 6pm - 7:30pm via Zoom
Dia Chelsea: Engaging Architecture and Art
The recently reopened Dia Art Foundation in Chelsea honors the institution’s architectural legacy, re-establishes its New York presence, and foregrounds the artist’s vision. Continuing Dia’s history of revitalizing buildings for contemporary art, the design honors the industrial vernacular of each structure and of the neighborhood itself, presenting the now-contiguous three adjacent buildings within a unified composition. The renewed Dia Chelsea creates a seamless experience for visitors, allowing the public to fully engage with and experience the art within the spaces.
Join the client, architects, and an artist for a conversation on the project’s origins, collaborative design process, the new space’s impact on artists, and Dia Chelsea’s resonance since reopening in 2021.
Speakers:
Brandon Cook, LEED AP, Studio Director, Storyn Studio for Architecture
Alexis Lowry, Curator, Dia Art Foundation
Jessica Morgan, Nathalie de Gunzburg Director, Dia Art Foundation
Lucy Raven, Artist
Kim Yao, AIA, Principal, Architecture Research Office
Adam Yarinsky, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal, Architecture Research Office
The recently reopened Dia Art Foundation in Chelsea honors the institution’s architectural legacy, re-establishes its New York presence, and foregrounds the artist’s vision. Continuing Dia’s history of revitalizing buildings for contemporary art, the design honors the industrial vernacular of ...
We have two spots left and the weather is going to be wonderful for a day trip.
If you would like a hint to know the abstract artist we will be visiting. His last name means Star in Italian.
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee invites you to join us for a creative and inspiring tour of Urban Art Projects New York‘s (UAP) workshop in the Hudson Valley. The program will also include a tour of the working studio of an abstract painter and sculptor.
11/17/2021 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Incredible things don’t just happen; they’re created, nurtured, and believed in. Arts, culture, and creativity have always played a vital role in bringing people together. UAP continues this tradition with an enduring belief that creativity can inspire incredible possibilities. Through this workshop tour, participants will explore the latest UAP projects, delving into modern methods of art-making and the integration between art, architecture, and design.
Registration HERE: https://lnkd.in/drfDDNWD
Photo credits: Chris Roque and UAP
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee invites you to join us for a creative and inspiring tour of Urban Art Projects New York‘s (UAP) workshop in the Hudson Valley. The program will also include a tour of the working studio of an abstract painter and sculptor.
11/17/2021 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Incredible things don’t just happen; they’re created, nurtured, and believed in. Arts, culture, and creativity have always played a vital role in bringing people together. UAP continues this tradition with an enduring belief that creativity can inspire incredible possibilities. Through this workshop tour, participants will explore the latest UAP projects, delving into modern methods of art-making and the integration between art, architecture, and design.
Registration HERE: https://lnkd.in/drfDDNWD
Photo credits: Chris Roque and UAP
If you missed the AIANY CFC 15th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture with Álvaro Siza conversation, please see the Vimeo below.
You will not be disappointed.
Moderatored by Hana Kassem, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in museum design, this year featuring Portuguese architect and educator Álvaro…
The New Art Depot - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture
The new art depot is an unprecedented building typology that responds to the desire of museums around the world to expand public access to their collections. At any given time, major institutions display around six percent of their permanent collections, keeping the vast majority of works concealed....
Timeline photos
Our galleries reopen October 1 with the launch of Cairo Modern, an exhibition curated by Mohamed Elshahed and featuring 20 demolished, extant, and proposed projects from Cairo dating from the 1930s to the 1970s: https://bit.ly/3ELl4CQ
The Coolest Museums in NYC - Untapped New York
Check out these 22 under-the-radar, obscure, and strange museums in New York City, including historic homes and antique galleries.
A reminder of the 15th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture, Tuesday, September 14th at 2:00 pm.
Here is the direct link to register: https://aiany-community.force.com/community/evt__QuickEvent?id=a0b4N0000339nKN
Contact the event organizer in advance for a refund. Registration fees less than $100 are nonrefundable, as are merchant processing fees.
15th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Álvaro Siza
The AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee presents its annual lecture on excellence in museum design, this year featuring Portuguese architect and educator Álvaro Siza Vieira.
Tuesday, 9/14, 2pm - 3:30pm
We are honored to host Álvaro Siza Vieira on Sept. 14 for the 15th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture, when he will discuss Brazil's Ibere Camargo Museum with Hana Kassem of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates: https://bit.ly/3fXWzb8
(Photo: Eduardo Aigner/Creative Commons)
Jerry Saltz terrific article on David Hammon’s Days End.
With his new public sculpture, the almost-invisible, enormously influential “art gangster” has made it impossible to overlook him.
The Future of Cultural Centers: Gabriel Kogan on SESC Pompéia - ESC Pompéia is a remarkable adaptive reuse project by one of Modernism’s best-known female architects, Lina Bo Bardi.
If you missed this program in April, here is the replay.
In this installment, Van der Leer was joined in conversation by architect, critic, and professor Gabriel Kogan, who will discuss São Paulo’s SESC Pompéia.
Originally a drum factory, Bo Bardi transformed the structure in 1982 into a highly successful, multi-purpose building by adding two concrete towers connected by diagonal walkways. She stripped the factory back to its original concrete and brick to show the structural tectonics while also allowing the program to drive the design in a socially utopic vision that reflects Modernism’s highest ideals. The building continues to thrive to this day, fascinating lovers of Modern architecture around the world.
Speakers:
Gabriel Kogan, Architect, critic, and professor (São Paulo, Brazil)
David van der Leer, Principal, DVDL
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/video/the-future-of-cultural-centers-gabriel-kogan-on-sesc-pompeia/
As the world rapidly changes around us, old frameworks for the development of cultural centers look less and less relevant. Continuing the success of the series from 2020, this year AIA New York will look at cultural institutions that take a mixed-use approach to programming and space and a more hol...
The Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series (_)
The Future of Cultural Centers: Pieternel Thijssen, LocHal Library
Tuesday, 5/11, 12pm - 1pm
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
As the world rapidly changes around us, old frameworks for the development of cultural centers look less and less relevant. Continuing the success of the 2020 “Future of Cultural Centers” dialogue series, this year AIA New York will look at cultural institutions that take a mixed-use approach to programming and space and a more holistic view of the human experience. We will touch on opportunities and challenges around these hybrid organizations, questioning what would happen if we were to take this unprecedented time to explore new missions, visions, and models to help address existing institutional deficits. What will 21st-century arts and community spaces be like? Join us for this Spring line-up of conversations as cultural forecaster and museum expert David van der Leer, Principal of DVDL, speaks with professionals from around the US and beyond.
In this week’s installment, Van der Leer will be joined in conversation by Pieternel Thijssen, Manager of Social Programming for Lochal. LocHal is a world-class urban living room designed by Amsterdam-based studio Civic Architects. Occupying a former glass and steel locomotive shed of the Dutch National Railways in Tilburg, the Netherlands, LocHal houses the Central Brabant Province Library, the nonprofit arts organization Kunstloc Brabant, a co-working startup called Seats2Meet, Brabant C, a regional investment fund for culture and the creative industry, a number of labs, and more. LocHal is a space for both young and old to read, learn, study, meet, gather, and learn new skills. It is a place for testing, creating, exhibiting, and presenting the latest innovations.
Speakers:
Pieternel Thijssen, Manager of Social Programming, LocHal Public Library of Midden-Brabant (Tilburg, Netherlands)
David van der Leer, Principal, DVDL
Pieternel Thijssen is the Manager of Social Programming for the Public Library of Midden-Brabant, the Netherlands. The library of Midden-Brabant plays an essential role in connecting people to their local community and in supporting and facilitating people in their personal growth. The LocHal Library, the city library of Tilburg, has made a huge step toward fulfilling the role of the social library. Thijssen was project manager for the LocHal and Manager of Innovation. She is both a librarian with a master’s degree in business information and a visionary when it comes to public libraries and the added value they should have in society.
David van der Leer is a consultant, curator, educator, moderator, researcher, strategist, and writer. He is the principal of DVDL, a consulting and forecasting agency,where he advises institutions, government agencies, corporations, and individuals in reinventing the institutions of yesterday and building the most inspirational institutions of tomorrow. Along with his consulting work, David van der Leer is a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation where he teaches a course called (Re)Programming Museums.
Explore all events in the series and register for upcoming programs here: https://www.aiany.org/committees/cultural-facilities/?topic=the-future-of-cultural-centers-dialogue-series
Organized by
AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee and DVDL
The Future of Cultural Centers: Melanie Keen, Wellcome Collection
Tuesday, 4/20, 12pm - 1pm
THIS EVENT IS FREE.
As the world rapidly changes around us, old frameworks for the development of cultural centers look less and less relevant. Continuing the success of the 2020 “Future of Cultural Centers” dialogue series, this year AIA New York will look at cultural institutions that take a mixed-use approach to programming and space and a more holistic view at the human experience. We will touch on opportunities and challenges around these hybrid organizations, questioning what would happen if we were to take this unprecedented time to explore new missions, visions, and models to help address existing institutional deficits. What will 21st-century arts and community spaces be like? Join us for this Spring line-up of conversations as cultural forecaster and museum expert David van der Leer, Principal of DVDL, speaks with professionals from around the US and beyond.
In this week’s installment, Van der Leer will be joined in conversation by Melanie Keen, Director of Wellcome Collection. The Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library based in London, UK, that aims to challenge how we all think and feel about health. Through exhibitions, collections, live programming, digital broadcast, and publishing, Wellcome Collection creates opportunities for people to explore connections between science, medicine, life, and art. The venue offers contemporary and historic exhibitions and collections, the Wellcome Library, an events space (The Studio), a research area (The Hub), a café, a reading room, a bookshop, and conference facilities. The Wellcome Collection is part of the Wellcome Trust. The space bridges the gap between a museum, a world-class Library, a meeting place, and a research space where academics, artists, and other creative minds can collaborate on interdisciplinary projects exploring medicine, health, and well-being.
Speakers:
Melanie Keen, Director, Wellcome Collection (London, UK)
David van der Leer, Principal, DVDL
Melanie Keen is Director of Wellcome Collection. She was previously Director and Chief Curator at the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva), where she was instrumental in the revitalization of its mission and vision. Keen is an independent advisor to the Government Art Collection, sits on the British Council’s Visual Arts Advisory Group, and was on the selection committee for the British Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2019. She was one of the judges for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020 and has recently been appointed to the Board of Visitors of Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.
David van der Leer is a consultant, curator, educator, moderator, researcher, strategist, and writer. He is the principal of DVDL, a consulting and forecasting agency, where he advises institutions, government agencies, corporations, and individuals in reinventing the institutions of yesterday and building the most inspirational institutions of tomorrow. Along with his consulting work, David van der Leer is a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation where he teaches a course called (Re)Programming Museums.
Organized by
AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee and DVDL
Link to Register:
https://aiany-community.force.com/community/evt__QuickEvent?id=a0b4N000032LKOd
Contact the event organizer in advance for a refund. Registration fees less than $100 are nonrefundable, as are merchant processing fees.
Monday, 3/22, 6pm - 7:30pm
The venerable Frick Collection is moving to a temporary new home while its 5th Avenue facility expands and upgrades. For the next two years, the Frick will operate a new venue, the Frick Madison, within the Breuer Building on 78th and Madison, previous home to the Met Breuer and the Whitney Museum. This new venue will mark a departure from the institution’s customary residential presentation. Join us for a lively, illuminating discussion about the challenges of displaying and installing an international, world-class collection in a temporary facility. Directors of the Frick and their design team will discuss the strategy and design to juxtapose their collection of Old Masters, such as Bellini, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, within the confines of a Brutalist 20th-century landmark building.
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.*
Monday, 3/22, 6pm - 7:30pm
The venerable Frick Collection is moving to a temporary new home while its 5th Avenue facility expands and upgrades. For the next two years, the Frick will operate a new venue, the Frick Madison, within the Breuer Building on 78th and Madison, previous home to the Met Breuer and the Whitney Museum. This new venue will mark a departure from the institution’s customary residential presentation. Join us for a lively, illuminating discussion about the challenges of displaying and installing an international, world-class collection in a temporary facility. Directors of the Frick and their design team will discuss the strategy and design to juxtapose their collection of Old Masters, such as Bellini, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, within the confines of a Brutalist 20th-century landmark building.
*This event is occurring as a live webinar. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the program; please continue to register.*
TONIGHT.
Join us Tue 2/23 as Juan Herreros of Madrid's estudioHerreros details the process behind the design and construction of the new Munch Museum in Oslo. Herreros will be joined in conversation by Karla Rothstein of Columbia GSAPP: https://bit.ly/2M5ywLs
Facing Challenges Ahead: How Will Cultural Facilities Survive?
Moderator:
Joseph Auld, Project Executive, Landair Inc. Project Managers and Owner’s Reps
Panelists:
Candace Jackson, Principal, CJAM Consulting, LLC
Pamela Lopez, Director of Programming and Audiences, GAM Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
Ariel Fausto, Principal, H3
This event is the third in a series of panels exploring inclusion and accessibility of our cultural resources. Seven months into the pandemic, many cultural institutions remain closed, while some have opened under difficult limitations. How will cultural institutions adapt if the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of abating, vaccine production is elayed, and hear immunity is not achieved? How will they respond to continued unemployment and layoffs, particularly for working class people, and for the rise in homelessness? What is the future of museums as the economy continues to weaken and real estate vacancies continue to skyrocket, and as protestors rightfully demand the end of systemic racism? What then?
As experts in or users of the built environment, what can we do to preserve and cultivate arts and culture with equity and inclusion as priorities? What type of support is needed if the current status of the arts and the cultural community worsens? Our esteemed panel will share their experiences, discuss how they have mandated diversity at their institutions, and explore what changes they would need to see if our current situation indeed takes a turn for the worst. We will examine examples of how, in the past, the built environment has nurtured and cultivated the arts and the artist, and improved the surrounding community.
If you missed or want to register for upcoming
Future of Cultural Centers Dialogue Series
virtual events at the
AIA New York | Center for Architecture,
you can find the recordings here!
https://www.aiany.org/committees/cultural-facilities/?topic=the-future-of-cultural-centers-dialogue-series
As the world rapidly changes around us, old frameworks for the development of cultural centers looks less and less relevant. During the Summer and Fall of 2020, AIA New York will look specifically at museums, questioning what would happen if we were to take this unprecedented time to explore new mis...
Archtober Turns 10 With Hybrid In-Person/Virtual Festival
Organized by the Center for Architecture in collaboration with 70 partners and sponsors, the 2020 installment of the festival gathers events, exhibitions, resources, and activities that highlight the importance of architecture and design. As Archtober’s partners respond to the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19 New York City, they have deftly adapted their programming to continue to provide cultural and educational enrichment while ensuring the health and safety of all. As such, this year’s festival will feature online-only talks and tours, DIY-style resources and self-led activities, and safe and socially distanced in-person programs.
Coming up this Thursday.
Art Shelters: New Single-Collection Museums
In the last 10 years, new private museums with a single collection of modern and contemporary art have proliferated around the world. Within the US alone this unique building type includes The Broad in Los Angeles, California; Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland; and the Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida, among several others.
Designed specifically to shelter artworks assembled by a couple or a single collector with a keen eye and personal vision, these privately-funded cultural destinations present distinct planning and managing challenges. While architectural precedents, such as the Barnes, the Frick, and the Getty Villa, can be easily found, what has irrevocably changed is the scale of the art, its conservation needs, and the accompanying scholarship that makes these modern collections different from previous ones.
Three distinguished panelists share their expertise and insights on these and other art shelters today:
Annabelle Selldorf of Selldorf Architects
Vittorio Calabrese of Magazzino Italian Art
Amy Kaufman of AK Cultural Planning
Moderated by architect Warren James of Art Omi.
Speakers:
Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA, Principal, Selldorf Architects
Vittorrio Calabrese, Director, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation
Amy Kaufman, Principal, AK Cultural Planning
Moderator:
Warren James, Director, Art Omi: Architecture
About the institutions:
https://calendar.aiany.org/2020/09/17/art-shelters-new-single-collection-museums/
In the last 10 years, new private museums with a single collection of modern and contemporary art have proliferated around the world. Within the US alone this unique building type includes The Broad in Los Angeles, California; Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland; and the Rubell Museum in Miami, Fl...
Art Shelters: New Single-Collection Museums
In the last 10 years, new private museums with a single collection of modern and contemporary art have proliferated around the world. Within the US alone this unique building type includes The Broad in Los Angeles, California; Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland; and the Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida, among several others.
Designed specifically to shelter artworks assembled by a couple or a single collector with a keen eye and personal vision, these privately-funded cultural destinations present distinct planning and managing challenges. While architectural precedents, such as the Barnes, the Frick, and the Getty Villa, can be easily found, what has irrevocably changed is the scale of the art, its conservation needs, and the accompanying scholarship that makes these modern collections different from previous ones.
Three distinguished panelists share their expertise and insights on these and other art shelters today:
Annabelle Selldorf of Selldorf Architects
Vittorio Calabrese of Magazzino Italian Art
Amy Kaufman of AK Cultural Planning
Moderated by architect Warren James of Art Omi.
Speakers:
Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA, Principal, Selldorf Architects
Vittorrio Calabrese, Director, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation
Amy Kaufman, Principal, AK Cultural Planning
Moderator:
Warren James, Director, Art Omi: Architecture
About the institutions:
https://calendar.aiany.org/2020/09/17/art-shelters-new-single-collection-museums/
In the last 10 years, new private museums with a single collection of modern and contemporary art have proliferated around the world. Within the US alone this unique building type includes The Broad in Los Angeles, California; Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland; and the Rubell Museum in Miami, Fl...
Archtober 2020/New York City 10th Annual Architecture and Design Month.
Art Omi: Architecture Director and AIANY CFC member Warren James leads a tour of new works by architects in the Sculpture & Architecture Park: Obolin, by Steven Holl, Magnetic Z, by Cameron Wu, and Sensory Journey, by Wendy Evans Joseph. Pre-registration is required; the tour is $45, and includes a picnic lunch.
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-omi-architecture-tour-tickets-116602233419
Art Omi: Architecture Director Warren James leads a tour of new works by architects in the Sculpture & Architecture Park.
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