>> >> Please Join us TODAY for a talk in the Computation Group Lecture series: >> Learning to Make :: Making to Learn >> @MIT Department of Architecture >> >> >> Making It in New York City >> November 21, 2014 >> 5:00 - 6:30 pm >> Room 7-429, Long Lounge >> >> Glenn Adamson >> Director, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City >> >> >> >> Abstract >> Founded in 1956 as the nation's flagship museum for craft, the Museum of >> Arts and Design remains a central venue for the celebration of skilled >> making and its role in modern life. In this lecture, Glenn Adamson will >> share his thoughts about transitioning from the role of a critic and >> researcher to that of being the director of this important institution. In >> addition to providing insights into the way that a contemporary museum >> operates and the strategies that he has undertaken in his first year of >> leadership, he will also reflect on the ways that writerly skills remain >> important in his work. >> >> >> Bio >> Glenn Adamson is the Nanette L Laitman Director of the Museum of Arts and >> Design (MAD) in New York City. He was, until Autumn 2013, Head of Research >> at the V&A, where he was active as a curator, historian and theorist. His >> publications include Thinking Through Craft (2007), The Craft Reader (2010), >> Invention of the Craft (2013), and Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970 >> to 1990 (2011). He is also the co-founder and editor of the triannual >> Journal of Modern Craft. >> >> Further information on the Computation Group lectures can be found at: >> http://architecture.mit.edu/disciplines/computation/lectures/computation-lectures >> >> Please contact Dina El-Zanfaly I dzanf...@mit.edu for any inquiries. >>> >> >> >
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