View the related exhibition City of Culture: New Architecture for the
Arts, organized by the Alliance for the Arts and the
American
Institute of Architects New York Chapter
, from July 19 to September 7, 2006 at the
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, N.Y.
Galleries: Gerald D. Hines Gallery, Street Gallery
From museums and concert halls to gardens and historic monuments,
this exhibition focuses on cutting-edge designs commissioned by cultural
institutions in New York. Six projects—the New Museum of Contemporary Art on
the Bowery, the renovation of the Bronx Zoo Lion House, the new Administrative
and Visitors' Center at the Queens Botanical Garden, the Weeksville Heritage
Center Education Building and Interpretive Landscapes, the restoration of the
Snug Harbor Cultural Center Music Hall on Staten Island, and the transformation
of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts—are offered as case studies
illustrating the influence of the arts industry and innovative architecture on
the revitalization of institutions, neighborhoods and our City.
Curator: Brad
Walters on behalf of the Alliance for the Arts
Exhibition Design: Caples Jefferson Architects
Graphics: Anthony
McCall Associates
Exhibition Underwriters:
FJ Sciame Construction, Sciame Development Inc.
Additional sponsorship provided by:
ARUP; Kallen & Lemelson Consulting Engineers; BKSK Architects;
FXFOWLE Architects; Gensler; Plaza Construction
Corporation; Polshek Partnership; Rafael Viñoly Architects; Stonewall
Contracting; Zubatkin Owner Representation
Special thanks
to the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
EVENTS
City of Culture: New Architecture for the Arts Exhibition
Opening
Wednesday, July 19, 7:30–9:30pm
FamilyDay@theCenter / Lions & Archives & Art (oh my!)
Saturday, July 29, 1:00–4:00pm
Join us for a fun filled Saturday of six cultural intuitions in
one to celebrate new building projects and expansions of New York City's zoos,
gardens, museums, and performance spaces. Learn about plant life with the
Queens Botanical Garden, create new media interactive art pieces with the New Museum
of Contemporary Art, and delve into animal architecture with the Bronx Zoo.
Representatives from each of these cultural institutions plus Weeksville
Heritage Center, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, and Lincoln Center Institute will
be leading simultaneous workshops at the Center for Architecture from 1 - 4.
Organized by the Center for Architecture Foundation with support from
public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Capital
Projects at Cultural Institutions: City Funding Process and Economic Impact
Thursday,
August 3, 6-8pm
Panel discussion
on the history and process of capital funding at cultural institutions and its
economic impact on the city.
Interpretive
Center at the Weeksville Heritage Center
Tuesday,
September 19, 6-8 pm
Rediscovered in 1968, the historic settlement Weeksville is a powerful
sumbol of the perseverance of post-Civil War African-Americans.
Panel discussion will focus on the community's history and the new
Interpretive Center, designed by Caples Jefferson Architects.
New Museum of
Contemporary Art
Date/Time TBD
Founded in 1977,
the New Museum is one of the city's major venues dedicated to showing
international contemporary art.
Panel discussion focuses on the design of the Museum's new home and the
collaboration between the client and the architectural team, SANAA and
Gensler.
Presented
with support from the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
