FREE Modern Phoenix Expo     April 10        11a - 5p

Our bustling Modern Market on the light-flooded floor of the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts atrium is the ideal venue to debut your new products or services related to Modernism, architecture, interior design and home renovation. Vintage fashion, jewelry, furniture, lighting and accessory delaers are welcome. Scheduled seminars & lectures are featured throughout the afternoon and all Expo attendees enjoy complimentary admission to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Expo Lecture Schedule for April 10:

All workshops & lectures take place in Stage 2 Theater

Research Your Midcentury Modern Home Using Primary Resources - 11:00 am
John Jacquemart guides the curious through researching a midcentury home or neighborhood using local resources and online databases. Workshop features access to the Modern Phoenix archives of popular magazines from the 50s and 60s, and John's personal collection of primary sources. FREE.

Creating a New Image: Phoenix Mid-Century Branch Banks - 12:00 pm noon
Donna Reiner Ph.D reveals why the ample stock of quality Mid-Century Modern branch banks in Phoenix is not an accident. Rather than despair over banks that were lost, her slideshow will celebrate the details of our city's commitment to architectural quality. FREE.

 

The Ralph Haver + Jimmie Nunn Partnership: 1952 – 1985  - 1:00 pm
Modern Phoenix Founder Alison King takes the audience through 30+ years of collaboration in one of Phoenix's largest midcentury architecture firms with her lavishly illustrated vintage slide show. FREE.

 

KEYNOTE LECTURE with REED KROLOFF: 2:00 pm

The Arizona School of Architecture: Modern Architecture in Phoenix After the War
By Reed Kroloff, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and former professor at ASU. Post-war Phoenix gave rise to a new school of thought in contemporary architecture. Mr. Kroloff reviews the rise of what he has termed the "Arizona School."

Tickets $10 by phone at: 480.994.ARTS [2787] Press 2 for box office

 

$25,000 Modern Phoenix scholarship winner & Door Prize Announcements 3:30 pm
Scholarship announcement and display by The Art Institute of Phoenix

Door prizes generously donated by local businesses supporting Modern Phoenix. The Prize give-away is free to enter for all Expo attendees. *Must be present at the 3:30 drawing to win.

A Shared Perspective by Ned Sawyer - 4:00 pm
Ned Sawyer talks about his body of architectural work in Arizona and work with Al Beadle in the 1960s. FREE

 

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