Date of Event

March 26, 2015 5:30PM -
March 29, 2015 5:00PM

Event Location

The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02116
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Description of Event:

8th Annual AD20/21 and The Boston Print Fair March 26-29, 2015

Architecture Critic Robert Campbell to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award

Special Programs Throughout the Weekend

The 8th Annual AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries and Boston Print Fair takes place March 26-29, 2015, at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts.  The only show and sale of its kind in New England, the fair features close to 50 outstanding galleries offering modern to contemporary fine art, Mid-Century furnishings and contemporary studio furniture, jewelry, decorative arts, and sculpture.  The Boston Print Fair features fine print galleries, contemporary print publishers, photography, drawings and other works on paper. For more information visit www.AD2021.com or on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/AD2021Boston or call 617-363-0405.

The Gala Preview for AD20/21 on Thursday evening, March 26 from 5:30-8:30pm will support and celebrate Boston Design Week. The co-producers are pleased to announce that the AD20/21 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the nationally recognized architecture critic Robert Campbell at 6:00pm at the Gala Preview.  Tickets for the Gala Preview are $250 (VIP Admission at 5:30pm) and $125 (Gala Admission at 6:30pm) and are available online on the AD20/21 website.  Past Lifetime Achievement Awardees have included Vladimir Kagan, Dakota Jackson, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, and Vicente Wolf among others.

AD20/21 is the culminating event in the second annual Boston Design Week, March 19-29, 2015, a 10-day design festival offering more than 60 events citywide.  Launched by Fusco & Four in 2014, the festival features 80+ events, with most free of charge and all open to the public.  Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh has issued a proclamation declaring the 10 days as “Boston Design Week” by Mayor Walsh.  The complete calendar of events now online at www.BostonDesignWeek.com.

The AD20/21 and Boston Print Fair show and sale continues Friday, March 27 from 1-8pm, Saturday, March 28 from 11am-8pm, and Sunday March 29 from 11am-5pm.  Weekend admission is $15, and applies to both shows.  Children under 12 are free.  Admission also includes a complimentary color show catalog and admission to all special programs at the fair.  Valet and discount parking are available, and Jules Catering caters the café at the show. 

Special programs, panel discussions, book signings, and other events take place at the show throughout the weekend as part of Boston Design Week and are free with show admission. For more information please visit www.AD2021.com

AD20/21 Special Programs

Friday, March 27

6:00pm – “Discussing Design Without Losing Your Mind”
Special guest speaker: Adam Connor; VP of Organizational Design and Training for Mad*Pow explores critique, teamwork, and collaboration in the design process and identifies how to collect useful feedback and make the discussions around our designs more productive.  Co-Sponsored by AIGA Boston and Design Museum Boston.

Saturday, March 28

2:00pm – Panel – “Sculpture and Place Making for Symphony Park”
Discussion on the collaborative place making at the newly created Symphony Park. Discover how the realization of this new and improved contemporary park can be attributed to years of planning, community outreach, and team collaboration.

3:00pm – Panel – “Collaboration: The New Edge in Home Design”
Sean Cutting, President of Cutting Edge Homes, moderates a panel discussing how a collaborative process results in a premier home design and renovation. Discover how today’s collaboration between a new generation of architects, builders, and interior designers results in premier design and renovation.

Sunday, March 29

2:00pm – “Art Deco Mailboxes”
Join Karen Greene, author of the book by the same title, as she shares the fascinating design of mailboxes in building lobbies. As American Art Deco architecture flourished in the 1920s and 1930s, these mailboxes became the focal point in landmark buildings and public space. Three of the mailboxes featured in the book, including one of the oldest, are in Boston buildings. A book signing will follow. Co-Sponsored by the Art Deco Society of Boston.

3:00pm – “Made in the Future” - Boston Design Week Closing Program.
We may not all have flying cars or intelligent ape chauffeurs today, but so much of what we take for granted – the Internet, touch screens, the cubicle was once a shiny figment of the future. Matt Weiss of IDEO shares how new tools have triggered seismic shifts in how we design, manufacture, and distribute.  Co-Sponsored by Design Museum Boston.

The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End, is the ideal venue for the show.  This 14,500 square foot circular building with its enormous skylight was built in 1884 to house an enormous panorama painting (a “cyclorama”) of the Battle of Gettysburg.  For more details, hotel information and driving directions visit www.AD2021.com or call 617-363-0405.

The Cyclorama is also the location for Fusco & Four’s other shows including the 19th Annual Boston International Fine Art Show that will take place October 22-25, 2015.  For more information on all of Fusco & Four’s art and design events, visit www.BostonArtFairs.com.

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