Calendar
Ongoing Events
First Thursdays
Join MODA for downtown Atlanta's monthly arts walk on the first Thursday of every month. The Museum will be open extended hours from 5pm to 8pm, and offer free admission for the evening.
AVANT!
Join MODA's Avant Guard for a new take on the age-old tradition of dinner, drinks, and design discussion. AVANT! is held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Shed @ Glenwood Park. Hosted by MODA and David VanArsdale from the People of Resource Drinks at 6:30, Dinner Discussion at 7pm. For more information, visit the event website.
Dinner and Drink specials are offered for AVANT! participants.
No AVANT! in March.
2010
June 11, 2010 - August 14, 2010
Exhibition
On You 2
Following the success of the wearable electronics exhibition ON YOU,
Clint Zeagler and Thad Starner have curated a second exhibition
entitled ON YOU 2 which looks specifically at conductive thread
embroidered and fabric manipulation interfaces. Garments design by
Clint Zeagler and Tiffany Teague will be on display along side
garments designed by students showcasing Clint
Zeagler and Thad Starner's Georgia Tech research in wearable technology.
June 5, 2010
Special Event
Jon Eric Riis & Richard E. Mafong Art Tour
Jon Eric Riis from Atlanta, Georgia is an internationally known contemporary fiber artist and a dealer in Asian textiles. As a fiber artist, he exhibited his hand-woven tapestries throughout Europe and Asia. His tapestry work can be found in numerous private and public collections. Richard Mafong, Professor Emeritus of Art and Design at Georgia State University, has worked all over the world as an artist and product designer. Mafong has exhibited extensively throughout North America and abroad. His metal objects have received numerous corporate and institutional commissions. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet the artists and tour their private collection. Dinner will be served.
6 to 9pm
875 Piedmont Avenue, N. E. Atlanta, GA, 30309
Tickets are transferable and may be purchased online here.
June 5, 2010
Special Event
People of Resource and Modern Atlanta present: Yall & Us
An exhibition of exceptional new contemporary furniture and housewares by young American designers who haven’t previously shown work in Atlanta. The event will take place for one night.
Saturday, June 5
9PM 'till Late
828 Ralph McGill Blvd W6 Atlanta, GA 30306
June 1-6, 2010
special event
The Young Architects Forum Build Challenge 2010
The Young Architects Forum (YAF) of Atlanta has partnered with Modern Atlanta (MA) to create the 2010 10Up Design Build Competition. This is a open competition for a temporary outdoor installation which will act as a beacon and marker for the week of MA events.. The structure is to be installed and operational during the MA events, currently planned for June 1-6, 2010.
All young designers are encouraged to enter Registration Deadline April 1.
For more information or to register please visit www.10up.yafatlanta.org.
May 7, 2010 - May 29, 2010
Exhibition
Adapting Suburbs in 21st Century
Adapting Suburbs in the Twenty First Century, an exhibition of select case studies featuring projects that represent “suburban retrofitting,” will show underperforming suburban sites throughout the United States that were transformed to new, more productive uses that are pedestrian-friendly and environmentally-sensitive. Many of the case studies featured can be found in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs (John Wiley & Sons, 2009), co-authored by Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA and June Williamson.
April 12, 2010
Special Event
Enabling Research Findings: And other things we never talk about...Let's Talk
Join Formation Design Group for an evening with Steve Portigal. In product development circles there has always been a lively discussion on how to best transform product concepts into new goods and services. Conversely, there is precious little dialog about translating research findings into product concepts. The murky time between research and the beginning of synthesis is one of the most critical parts of any development process. Join guest speaker Steve Portigal and members of Formation’s Industrial Design team for a presentation and discussion highlighting this critical but often overlooked part of the development process.
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Formation Design Group
555 Dutch Valley Road, Atlanta, GA 30324
March 26 - April 24, 2010
exhibition
Tim Frank: Sense and Sustain-ability
Working under the premise that an architect's primary responsibility is to make visible that which is invisible; the work within this exhibition examines how architecture is capable of revealing to its inhabitants the hidden sensibilities of place.
February 27 - June 26, 2010
exhibition
Love Nests: Photographs and Objects
MODA will present a photography exhibition developed by the Portfolio Center in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Industrial Design Program. This exhibition will highlight, through one-of-a-kind displays, fascinating individuals and the objects they can't live without.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
exhibition
Atlanta: Beyond Bricks and Sticks
Sponsored by The Kendeda Fund, this traveling exhibition will highlight Atlanta's status as the city with the most LEED certified eco-friendly buildings. It will be traveling throughout Atlanta to such locations such as the World of Coca-Cola, the CNN center, the Cobb Galleria, The Dekalb performing Arts Center, and the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center.
For a complete traveling schedule, please click here.
