Stephen Harrison, Director and Chief Curator at the Munson Museum of Art in Utica, New York
This lecture provides an exhilarating look at Art Deco design in 1920s America. This flourishing decade marked a rebirth of aesthetic innovation that was cultivated by European and American taste, talent, and patronage. Harrison reveals the developments in design, art, architecture, and technology during the 1920s and early 30s that placed the United States at the forefront of the emerging marketplace for luxury goods and a new vision of modernity.