Glass House Events: Dine with Design, June 9 + Conversations in Context, May 17

Conversations in Context, May 17, 2012   

Kenneth Frampton + Mark Wigley

kick off Conversations in Context 2012 at the Glass House next Thursday evening May 17, leading a dialogue and reception on the property from 5:30-8:00pm. Join us for the first program of 2012 and return throughout the season for opportunities to engage with new ideas from leaders in architecture and design at the Glass House.

Dine with Design: A culinary event
to benefit the Glass House

Saturday, June 9, 2012
Modern Picnic 12:00 – 3:00pm
The Food Film Festival™ 6:30 – 9:30pm
BUY TICKETS

At the Dine with Design Modern Picnic, guests will sample savory dishes prepared by six award-winning chefs and ten talented artisans while exploring the buildings, grounds and art collections located on the 49-acre Glass House site.

Featured chefs of Dine with Design include: Chef Tim LaBant of The Schoolhouse at Cannondale, Chef Tony Maws of Craigie on Main + James Beard Foundation 2011 Best Chef: Northeast, Chef Jeremy McMillan of The Farmhouse Restaurant at The Bedford Post Inn, Chef Missy Robbins of A Voce Madison and Columbus + Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs 2010, Chef Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon + James Beard Foundation 2011 Rising Star Chef of the Year, and Chef Ana Sortun of Oleana + James Beard Foundation 2005 Best Chef: Northeast.

The Food Film Festival™ will make its first appearance outside of NYC and Chicago at the Glass House on the evening of June 9 at Dine with Design. The event features hors d’oeuvres provided by Artisan Executive Chef Frederic Kieffer followed by a multi-course sampling while viewing eight short films.

BUY TICKETS: Modern Picnic $250, The Food Film Festival™ $100, VIP full day pass $300

“The Philip Johnson Glass House has perfected the art of the modern picnic.”
Town & Country

“If you go to both [Dine with Design and The Food Film Festival]…you might follow the advice found on the Talking Heads album “‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’”: “‘Stay hungry, stay hungry, stay hungry.’”
T: New York Times Magazine

To learn more about the Philip Johnson Glass House visit philipjohnsonglasshouse.org

Filed under: Conversations in Context, Dine with Design, In the News, Ana Sortun, Conversations in Context, Dine with Design, Frederic Kieffer, Gabriel Rucker, Jeremy McMillan, Kenneth Frampton, Mark Wigley, Missy Robbins, The Food Film Festival, Tim LaBant, Tony Maws

Robert A.M. Stern, Michael Graves, Michael Maharam, Murray Moss host Conversations in Context 2012

2012 Conversations in Context Schedule of Hosts

The Glass House is pleased to announce its second year of Conversations in Context, offering visitors the opportunity to join a leader in architecture, art, landscape, history or design for an evening tour of the Glass House campus followed by an intimate conversation and reception on the historic property. Conversations in Context take place select Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:00pm at the Glass House. Tickets are available now!

.

May 17: Kenneth Frampton, Professor of Architecture, Columbia University + Mark Wigley, Dean, Columbia University

.

June 21: Pedro Gadanho, Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, Marc Kushner + Matthias Hollwich, Co-Founders, HWKN, 2012 MoMA Young Architect’s Prize Winner

.

July 19: Robert A.M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture, Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects + Henry Urbach, Director, the Glass House

.

August 16: Michael Graves, Founding Principal, Michael Graves & Associates, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University

.

September 20: Gary Hilderbrand, Principal, Reed Hilderbrand, Adjunct Professor, Harvard University + John Beardsley, Director of Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Adjunct Professor, Harvard University

.

October 11: Michael Maharam, Principal, Maharam + Paul Makovsky, Editorial Director, Metropolis Magazine

.

November 8: Murray Moss, Founder, Moss + Francois de Menil, Founder, FdM: Arch

.

To be scheduled: Beatriz Colomina, Professor of Architecture + Ph.D. Program Chair, School of Architecture, Princeton University, Director of the Media and Modernity Program, Princeton University

.

View films and learn more about the 2011 inaugural season of Conversations in Context.

.

The Glass House is pleased to present Metropolis magazine as a Conversations in Context 2012 media partner.

.

Tickets to Conversations in Context are $150 ($100 tax deductible) and include a Glass House membership and 10% discount in the Design Store. All proceeds from Conversations in Context support Glass House educational programs, preservation projects, and general operations.

.

.

New Film: Barry Bergdoll Hosting Conversations in Context at the Glass House on November 17, 2011

To learn more about the Philip Johnson Glass House visit philipjohnsonglasshouse.org

Filed under: Conversations in Context, Barry Bergdoll, Beatriz Colomina, Conversations in Context, Francois de Menil, Gary Hilderbrand, Henry Urbach, Kenneth Frampton, Marc Kushner, Mark Wigley, Matthias Hollwich, Metropolis Magazine, Michael Graves, Michael Maharam, Murray Moss, Paul Makovsky, Pedro Gadanho, Philip Johnson Glass House, Robert A. M. Stern

New Film: Charles Renfro hosting Conversations in Context at the Glass House with Alexander Gorlin + Mary Ellen Carroll

Conversations in Context 2011 is generously supported by BMW and Design Within Reach.

  

Filed under: Conversations in Context, Glass House Films, Quotes, Tours + Programs, Alexander Gorlin, Architect, Architecture, Art, Artist, BMW, Charles Renfro, Conversations in Context, David Whitney, Design, Design Within Reach., Film, Glass House, Mary Ellen Carrol, Philip Johnson, Program, Tour, Video

Message From The Director

January 9, 2011

Happy New Year!

I write as air finally chills with winter, although the ground remains resolutely brown, denying the season its romance.  The Glass House site is closed to the public until May 2nd.  However, the staff is hard at work with many off-season projects.

Here is a look at how we spend the winter:

Filed under: About The Philip Johnson Glass House, Conversations in Context, Dine with Design, Glass House Conversations, In the News, Message from the Director, Preservation in Action, Tours + Programs, Birch Books, Conversations in Context, corporate partners, Curator, David Whitney, Dine with Design, Donate, essays, foundations, Frank Stella, friends, Fundraiser, Glass House, Glass House Conversations, Hicks Stone, Hurricane Irene, Interim Director, Library/Study, National Trust for Historic Preservation, New Canaan Library, New York City, off-season, Painting Gallery, Philip Johnson, Philip Johnson Glass House, property manager, Public Relations, Rena Zurofsky, sponsors, Support, The Library of Philip Johnson, winter

New Film: David Salle hosting Conversations in Context at the Glass House

Conversations in Context is generously supported by BMW and Design Within Reach.

 

    

Filed under: Conversations in Context, Glass House Films, Tours + Programs, Artist, Conversations in Context, David Salle, Film, Glass House, Philip Johnson, Video

New Film: Gregg Pasquarelli hosts Conversations in Context at the Glass House with Philip Nobel

Filed under: Conversations in Context, Glass House Films, Tours + Programs, Conversations in Context, Film, Glass House, Gregg Pasquarelli, Philip Nobel, Video

Living in the Glass House

Dear Friends,

It has been an incredibly fast-paced year for the Philip Johnson Glass House. We celebrated our Fifth Season by developing new ways of welcoming the public to our site in person, online, through educational programs and events, and at art and design fairs around the world.

We’ve collaborated with significant architects (Charles Renfro, Tod Williams + Billie Tsien, Gregg Pasquarelli), artists (James Welling, Todd Eberle, David Salle) and writers (Paul Goldberger, Karen Stein, Philip Nobel), great chefs (Michele Richard, Brian Lewis, Bill Taibe, Lee Chizmar, Derek Wagner), as well as talented local high school students and their inspired teachers.

This year, more than ever, we need your support to help balance our budget. Our endowment covers only 40% of our operations, preservation and programs but we count on the generosity of our supporters to complete the picture.

Here’s why we hope you will  

New Tours

Focus: Concentrate on art, landscape and /or architecture -you decide!

Plein Air Afternoons: Unguided access for creative inspiration.

Pure Glass: Short, sweet and the lucid heart of the property

Cultural Experiences in Person
and Online

Private made Public: Salons hosted by cultural leaders are now available to all, either through an evening on site or connecting through an online film of each program.

Preservation and Conservation: The first site-specific work of Donald Judd, Untitled, 1971 was cleaned and conserved this season. Explore documentation of the it’s history, from archival images of the initial installation, to video of the conservation team at work and an online dialogue led by Flavin Judd.

Important Research: A seminal biography of David Whitney, Philip Johnson’s private but influential partner, is essential reading for understanding of the legacy of Johnson, Whitney and the Glass House.

Community

Generations Together: This fall marks our fourth year working with the New Canaan High School students and their teachers. This year’s projects included landscape photography and oral history films featuring local notable architects John Black Lee, John Johansen, and Fred Noyes speaking about his father, Eliot Noyes. These projects bring generations together to explore the essential history of New Canaan and Modernism. All of the student-produced oral histories and many of their photographs 
can now be enjoyed on our website.

47 Acres and 14 Structures

Storms: Besides the investments we choose to make, because we believe in them and their importance, there are the investments we need to make. Hurricane Irene, seasonal flooding and heavy unexpected snowstorms hammered the Glass House just as it did our neighbors. Repairs and canceled tours due to power outages and clean-ups resulted in significant lost revenues that severely affected our bottom line.

To maintain our role as an important community asset and site of international significance, we need your support. Please help us balance the Glass House budget with a generous year-end donation.

We welcome your support at every level.  

We hope to see you at the Glass House soon and often, on a tour through November, or early next season.

Sincerely,

Rena Zurofsky
Interim Executive Director

.

.

As an additional thank you for your donation of $1,000 or more, we will send you a copy of the just published, limited edition Library of Philip Johnson. Written by Birch Cooper and Jordan Hruska, this beautifully illustrated book examines 100 titles from the architect’s Library/Study located at the Glass House site and features an introduction by Architect Robert A. M. Stern, textual analyses and 350 photographs.

Donors of $5,000 or more will also receive invitations to an exclusive event at The Glass House during the 2012 season.

Tours and Tickets available for the 2011 Glass House tour season (through November 30).

To learn more about the Philip Johnson Glass House visit philipjohnsonglasshouse.org

 

Filed under: From the Collection, Preservation in Action, In the News, About The Philip Johnson Glass House, Glass House Conversations, Conversations in Context, Tours + Programs, Dine with Design, Message from the Director, Glass House Design Store, Glass House Films, Educational Partnership, James Welling, Glass House, Philip Johnson, David Whitney, Preservation, Paul Goldberger, Charles Renfro, Gregg Pasquarelli, Philip Nobel, Derek Wagner, Brian Lewis, Lee Chizmar, Bill Taibe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Food, Film, New Canaan High School, Conservation, Donald Judd, Untitled, 1971, Todd Eberle, Support, Plein Air Afternoons, Tod Williams + Billie Tsien, Rena Zurofsky, David Salle, Karen Stein, The Library of Philip Johnson, Michele Richard, Chefs, Donate, Salons, biography of David Whitney, oral history

November 17: Conversations in Context at the Glass House With Host Barry Bergdoll

Filed under: Conversations in Context, In the News, Tours + Programs, Architecture, Barry Bergdoll, BMW, Conversations in Context, Curator, Design, Design Within Reach., DWR, MoMA

New Film: Todd Eberle hosting Conversations in Context at the Glass House, August 18, 2011

Conversations in Context is generously supported by BMW and Design Within Reach.

Filed under: Conversations in Context, Glass House Films, In the News, Tours + Programs, Conversations in Context, Film, Glass House, Philip Johnson, Photography, Todd Eberle, Video

Conversations in Context Evening Tour + Reception with Barry Bergdoll

Thursday, November 17
5:30-8:00pm
Barry Bergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, will host an evening tour and reception on Thursday, November 17th, at the next Conversations in Context program at the Glass House.

Tickets available: $150

Filed under: Conversations in Context, In the News, Tours + Programs, Architecture, Barry Bergdoll, Conversations in Context, Curator, Design, Glass House, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Philip Johnson