Museum of Arts and Design, New York

An interview with Open Studio artist Syma and curator Lowery Sims speaks about the upcoming opening of The Global Africa Project. Produced by Mike Newcombe./r

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright shares personal stories of how she used her vast collection of brooches to make diplomatic history. In conversation with local high school students, Secretary Albright highlights her career as Secretary of State, current events, the exhibition "Read My Pins," and how she used her brooches as a means of personal and diplomatic expression.\r

Link to MAD Calendar: http://madmuseum.org/DO/Calendar/200912/MADLab%20-%20MKA.aspx

Print magazine and MAD present Slash artists Rob Carter, Andrea Dezso and Mark Fox, discussing their diverse approaches to the traditional technique of paper-cutting. Moderated by David Revere McFadden, MAD's Chief Curator, with writer Claire Lui.\r

Link to MAD Calendar: http://madmuseum.org/DO/Calendar/200910/Running%20with%20Scissors.aspx

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright shares personal stories of how she used her vast collection of brooches to make diplomatic history. In a conversation lead by MAD's Chief Curator David Revere McFadden, Secretary Albright will discuss the exhibition Read My Pins, and how she used her brooches as a means of personal and diplomatic expression.\r

Link to MAD Calendar: http://madmuseum.org/DO/Calendar/200909/Albright.aspx

Presented in conjunction with the Museum's exhibition 'Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics,' the Museum together with Design Onscreen present Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetype, a documentary exploring the design approach of the acclaimed Dutch designer. The half-hour film, created by filmmaker Amie Knox, explores Jongerius' design process through interviews with the designer and her assistants, the manufacturers of her designs and the curators and retailers who admire her work.\r

Jongerius, who is regarded as one of the most innovative and creative designers working today, works on the cusp of design, craft, art and technology to fuse traditional and contemporary influences. Many of her early designs were manufactured by Droog, the influential Dutch design collective, and she now puts her own work into production through Jongeriuslab, her Rotterdam studio, as well as developing products for manufacturers such as Maharam, Royal Tichelaar Makkum and Vitra. The film screening is followed by a question and answer session with Jongerius and Knox.\r

Link to MAD Calendar: http://madmuseum.org/DO/Calendar/200905/Hella%20Jongerius.aspx

In conjunction with the exhibition 'Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics,' ceramics specialist Garth Clark will provide a historical context for the rise of the collaboration between ceramic artists and industry, followed by an in-depth discussion with 'Object Factory' curator and ceramic artist Marek Cecula about new directions in the field of ceramic arts and industrial production.

In conjunction with the exhibition Klaus Moje: Painting with Glass, Klaus Moje joins MAD Chief Curator David Revere McFadden for a dialogue about his expansive career and his role in the innovation of the fused-glass technique. A major force in the international studio glass movement, Klaus Moje has pushed the expressive and technical possibilities of glass for more than five decades. Born in Germany, Moje first began his life-long exploration of the material in the early 1950s as a glass cutter and grinder at the Moje family workshop in Hamburg.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Moje explored the expressive potential of glass as an art form in its own right and began exhibiting internationally. In 1982 Moje emigrated to Australia to become the founding Head of the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of Art. Moje has taught regularly at the annual Pilchuck Glass School in the United States since 1979 and has conducted innumerable workshops around the world. His work is held in more than 50 public collections in Australia and abroad and he has been the recipient of many significant awards in Australia, Europe and the United States.

Karim Rashid, leading designer and guest curator of the exhibition 'Totally Rad: Karim Rashid Does Radiators' speaks with Curator David McFadden on the exhibition and contemporary design in general.

Kate Stohr is co-founder and program director of Architecture for Humanity. As she explains in this podcast, she worked with Herreast Harrison's Guardians Institute, a New Orleans-based organization whose mission is to uphold the distinct cultural traditions of New Orleans, promote literacy and encourage physical well-being, and architect Jens Holm of the Rockwell Group to create a new home for the Institute after Katrina. Kate also speaks to her experience in the disaster's aftermath in rebuilding homes in New Orleans and Biloxi.

Kate was a featured speaker at MAD's "Architecture & Recovery" public program on April 17th. Full details can be found at madmuseum.org/Home/Do/Calendar.aspx.

Robert Arneson's "Alice House Wall," 1967, is a massive mural composed of 39 individual ceramic bricks. The individual elements sit on top of each other without any external support, and so the piece has always been difficult to exhibit and store. This piece will have a prominent place outside of the auditorium at the museum's new building at 2 Columbus Circle, and so we are restoring it to its original condition.

This piece features conversations with MAD registrar Linda Clous and conservators Leslie Gat and Linsly Boyer.

Conservation of "Alice House Wall" was made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.