Tuesday, December 14, 10:30 - 11:30 am. ZOOM: 'American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939' with a docent from the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
This exhibition offers an overview of an international style that manifested stateside in decorative arts, fine arts, architecture, and design during the 1920s and 1930s. The exhbit is appropriately presented within the Frist’s own art deco interior during the museum’s 20th-anniversary. Featuring approximately 140 objects, American Art Deco explores the movement between 1918 and 1939 and highlights not only the glamour and optimism of the 1920s but also the impact of the Great Depression in the 1930s. An array of works, from a stunning 1925 René Lalique glass vase to a 1930 Ford Model A, will immerse guests in this period of much social, political, and cultural change.
Collaboration between Little Falls Village & Friendship Heights Neighbors Network.