May 5, 2019 - Oct 27, 2019
VIRTUAL Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe
Museum of International Folk Art
Alexander Girard was one of the most influential interior and textile designers of the 20th century. Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe is the first major retrospective on Girard’s work, organized by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany. With this new VIRTUAL TOUR open a door to his creative universe and shows his close relationships with contemporaries such as Charles & Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Andy Warhol, Rudi Gernreich, and many others. Featured are Girard’s designs in textiles, furniture, and sculptures, as well as numerous sketches, drawings, and collages never shown before.
May 5, 2019
Public Opening - Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit Opening
Join us to celebrate the exhibit opening of Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe. Public events from 1-4pm, Free admission
1:00-2:00 pm Panel Talk in MOIFA Auditorium – Panel talk with Alexander Girard’s grandchildren, Aleishall & Kori Girard, and Sam Grawe former global brand director of Herman Miller, and scholar of Girard and Mid-Century Design.
2:00-4:00 pm Enjoy refreshments by the MNMF Women’s Board
Listen to Mid-Century music that Girard loved
Hands-on Art: Make your own paper prints inspired by Girard’s designs
May 5, 2019
Free First Sunday
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
May 5, 2019
New Mexico residents are admitted free on the first Sunday of each month with I.D.
May 5, 2019 - Jan 26, 2020
Girard's Modern Folk
Museum of International Folk Art
in the Lloyd's Treasure Chest
Girard’s Modern Folk examines the particular ways in which renowned mid-century American designer Alexander Girard looked to the motifs, patterns, palettes and compositions of traditional arts for his distinctive textiles.
May 5, 2019
Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Tile Painting
Colorful tiles are popular in New Mexican kitchens and inlaid in adobe architecture.
This month we will make some custom tiles using stencils and acrylic paint to mimic traditional designs.
Free with admission; adult supervision requested.
