Bauhaus Beyond Borders: Exploring the Legacy in the 21st Century
April 5 – 7, 2019
Chicago Architecture Center, Chicago, IL • April 5 • 3 pm – 8 pm
Northwestern University, Evanston Campus, Evanston, IL • April 6 • 8 am – 5 pm
Elmhurst College and Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL • April 7 • 10 am – 3 pm (public) / 9 am – 5 pm (students)
See here for photographs from the Symposium: http://bit.ly/BauhausBeyondBorders2019
and here: http://bit.ly/BauhausBeyondBordersFB2019
See here for photographs from the College Immersion Day: http://bit.ly/PhotosGID2019
and here: http://bit.ly/GID2019FB
and on Twitter: @IngridZeller
The event is sponsored by Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 / Year of German-American Friendship, initiated by the German Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe-Institut, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI). It is co-organized and supported by Northwestern University, the Chicago Architecture Center, the Goethe-Institut Chicago, the German Consulate in Chicago, the Northern Illinois AATG, the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, the Council on Language Instruction at Northwestern University, and the Elmhurst Art Museum. Co-sponsors of the 7th annual German College Immersion Day further include Elmhurst College, Harper College, Northern Illinois University, College of DuPage, and the University of Chicago.
This 3-day interdisciplinary symposium is organized to celebrate the centenary of the Bauhaus, one of the world’s most innovative art and design schools and movements, and to highlight its tremendous global influence. The German Bauhaus, known for its hands-on approach and its linear, functional, but elegant forms, was founded on April 1, 1919, in Weimar, and continued to operate during the Weimar Republic until 1933, when numerous artists and architects emigrated. Many moved to the USA and to Chicago, such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and László Moholy-Nagy. Perspectives will be shared via presentations, workshops, displays, and performances that illuminate the Bauhaus’ many connections to various disciplines, from art and architecture, theatre, music, dance, and mixed media, to the politics of the Weimar Republic and urbanism in the city of Chicago, and to pedagogical approaches to teaching the Bauhaus and architecture in the German Studies and Language curriculum.
Please find more information on each day by clicking on the individual links below and register for all events (except the German College Student Immersion Day) here:
http://bit.ly/RegistrationBauhausBeyondBorders2019
Friday, April 5, 2019
At Chicago Architecture Center, Joan and Gary Gand Lecture Hall
Architecture tours, Exploration of Exhibits, Keynote by Dr. Regina Bittner, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
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BAUHAUS BEYOND BORDERS: Day 1
3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Kresge Hall, Northwestern University, Kaplan Humanities Center
Keynote by Dr. Michael Dreyer, University of Jena, on the Weimar Republic and the Bauhaus; Presentations on History, Art History, Architectural History, Music, Dance, and Teaching the Bauhaus
Northern Illinois AATG Spring Meeting at 12 NOON
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BAUHAUS BEYOND BORDERS: Day 2
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, April 7, 2019
FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
Elmhurst Art Museum / Elmhurst College
Tour through and exploration of only Bauhaus Exhibit in North America: THE WHOLE WORLD A BAUHAUS; Lecture on Bauhaus Translated: Transcultural Encounters with the Avant-garde School
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BAUHAUS BEYOND BORDERS: Day 3
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sunday, April 7, 2019
FOR GERMAN STUDENTS AT AREA COLLEGES
Elmhurst College and Elmhurst Art Museum
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7th GERMAN COLLEGE IMMERSION DAY, NORTHERN ILLINOIS AATG
Wie deutsch sind die USA? Einflüsse deutschsprachiger Immigranten von A-Z
(How German are the USA? Influences of German-Speaking Immigrants from A-Z)
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Register here: http://bit.ly/CollegeGermanImmersionDay2019