Upcoming Events
The Furniture of Eero Saarinen:
Designs for Everyday Living
and a celebration of other architects’ decorative art
Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) designed some of America’s architectural landmarks—the St. Louis Arch and the TWA Terminal at New York’s JFK Airport—but he is best known for his iconic tables and chairs. This exhibition was formerly presented in Atlanta and Toronto and now comes to Denver’s Kirkland Museum. The exhibition is made possible by the Knoll Museum in East Greenville, Pennsylvania, Knoll, Inc. and the generous support of Saarinen Landscape Architecture, ZModern, and Modernism Magazine.
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 2, 2010, 5:30 to 8:00 pm
1311 Pearl Street, Denver CO 80203
Please RSVP by August 30 to 303.832.8576 x201
Parking will be available in our lot on the SW corner of 13th and Pearl. Additional event parking is available in the Credit Union of Colorado lot on the SW corner of 14th and Pennsylvania.
Members’ Events
Susan Saarinen will join us to talk briefly but poetically about her father and grandfather (Eliel Saarinen, 1873-1950). Susan notes: “An ashtray on the table, a table in the room, a room in the house, the house in the grounds, the grounds in the neighborhood. Everything connected. This is what Eliel practiced, this is what he taught Eero, this is what Eero believed and this is what I learned.”
Wednesday, September 29, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Please RSVP by September 24 to 303.832.8576 x201
OR
Wednesday November 17, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Please RSVP by November 12 to 303.832.8576 x 201
Parking will be available in our lot on the SW corner of 13th and Pearl. Additional event parking is available in the Credit Union of Colorado lot on the SW corner of 14th and Pennsylvania.
Denver Story Trek
The Denver Story Trek brings Denver history alive for visitors as it leads them on a customizable journey through a variety of Denver neighborhoods, showcasing five leading heritage sites: Four Mile Historic Park, Byers-Evans House Museum, Molly Brown House Museum, Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art and the Black American West Museum. The Trek Connect feature allows visitors to use their cell phones to hear stories about the city’s history as well as record their own experiences. Denver Story Trek is a program of Historic Denver Inc., in collaboration with the participating historic sites; Preserve America; the Colorado State Historical Fund; the Colorado Tourism Office; and the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information, please visit www.denverstorytrek.com.
