New York Art Deco Week. World Congress 2005

8TH WORLD CONGRESS ON ART DECO*
NEW YORK CITY
22- 29 May 2005

The Art Deco Society of New York proudly invites you to an unprecedented week of Art Deco celebration and discovery amongst some of the greatest architectural expressions of the style anywhere. Eighty years ago, the style now known as Art Deco was launched at the 1925 Paris Exposition. Under the auspices of the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies (ICADS), a conference is held every two years around the world, which presents a range of activities and events. Join us to honor and study the vast inventory of notable and diverse examples that make New York a great Deco destination.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has officially proclaimed NEW YORK ART DECO WEEK and extended a very special welcome to all participants of the 8th World Congress on Art Deco.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ART DECO WEEK ~ 22nd to 29th May '05.

Please make sure you check the "Coming Attractions" on Art Deco home page for details of the events.

Registration and welcome desk, Sunday 22 May

Gala opening reception with dinner, live music, open bar at the 1930 Western Union Building in TriBeCa, Sunday 22 May

Three half-days of illustrated lectures at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center on Fifth Avenue at 34th Street featuring illustrated presentations on a diverse Art Deco themes by noted historians, writers, and connoisseurs in a state-of-the-art auditorium with coffee hour and lunch on 24, 25, 26 May from 8 am to 1 PM;

Special guided tours of Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall art and architecture with guest speakers on 23 May;

Gala 75th anniversary dinner and dance in Chrysler Building lobby with open bar and live music on 27 May;

Wall Street Art Deco tours by Tony Robins including a rare visit to a pre-crash skyscraper with guest narration by daughter of Hildreth Meiere, its mosaic artist on 25 May;

Guided Tour of famous Art Deco apartment houses on Central Park West with rare insider's access on Sunday 29 May;

Champagne reception at Maison Gerard, New York's premier source for fine Art Deco featuring African-inspired works of art and furniture on 24 May

Live jazz, open bar, and soul food buffet at Lenox Lounge, an authentic Art Deco nightclub in Harlem on 24 May;

Guided walking tour of midtown Manhattan featuring major icons of the Art Deco era such as the Empire State, Radiator, GE, Film Center, and Swiss Center buildings by Raymond Hood, Ely Jacques Kahn, and William van Alen, on 24 May;

25th anniversary dinner, cocktails, and cake in honor of the Art Deco Society of New York at the Top of the Tower in the former Pan-Hellenic Hotel on 23 May

Bus Excursion, lunch, and guided tour of Manitoga, the National Register-listed residence and studio of pioneering mid-century American designer Russel Wright in Garrison, NY (involves forest walking) on Saturday 28 May;

All day bus excursion, lunch, and guided tours of both the iconic 1934 Mandel House, by Donald Deskey and Edward Durell Stone, and 1928 Rye Playland, the only intact Art Deco amusement park on 28 May

Empire State Building reception and touring;

ICADS Meeting of designated representatives on 28 May;

Exclusive guided tours of innovative Art Deco architecture and art in the Bronx and nearby Newark;

Curator's tour and reception of Art Deco fashion exhibition at Museum of the City of New York on 26 May;

Music, cocktails, dancing, additional programs, tours, social events, discounted offers, and Art Deco camaraderie.