AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries and the Boston Print Fair

Boston, Massachusetts - The producers of AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20^th & 21^st Centuries are pleased to an exciting lineup of special programs for their fifth annual show March 15-18, 2012 at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street in Boston's South End.  Featuring more than 40 exhibitors from the United States and Europe, AD20/21 combines a spectacular selection of 20^th and 21^st Century fine art, photography, vintage and contemporary studio furniture, jewelry and decorative arts with the 13^th Annual Boston Print Fair, which offers fine prints, drawings and works on paper.  The producers are also pleased to announce that internationally-recognized interior designer Vicente Wolf will be the show's special guest and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for 2012. For information, please call 617-363-0405 or visit www.AD2021.com.

The show opens Thursday, March 15, with a Gala Preview from 5:30-8:30pm, with all proceeds benefiting Boston Architectural College (BAC), New England's largest independent, accredited college of spatial design.  The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Vicente Wolf at 6:00pm at the Gala.  Last year's Gala was attended by more than 600 people and raised over $100,000 for the BAC.

The weekend show and sale continues Friday, March 16 from 1-8pm, Saturday, March 17 from 11am-8pm, and Sunday March 18 from 11am-5pm.  Weekend admission is $15, under 12 free and includes admission to all special programs, lectures and panel discussions at the fair.  Valet and discount parking is available, and the show café is catered by Jules Catering.

SPECIAL WEEKEND PROGRAMS

Friday, March 16, 1:30pm – Special Guest Speaker

AD20/21 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Vicente Wolf

Mr. Wolf will present a talk on the infusion of global design and style into his work, and will sign copies of his books Lifting the Curtain on Design and Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design.

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Saturday, March 17, 3:00pm – Panel Discussion

Boston Expressionism: Modernist Art at Mid-Century and Today.

Join panelists Richard Baiano, President, Childs Gallery; Judith Bookbinder, author of Boston Modern: Figurative Abstraction as Alternative Modernism; and Katherine French, Executive Director, Danforth Museum and School of Art, for a lively exchange. Moderated by Judith Tolnick Champa, Editor, Art New England.

Saturday, March 17, 4:15pm - Exhibitor Talks

African American Boston Artist John Wilson

Immediately following the panel, Martha Richardson of Martha Richardson Fine Art and James Stroud of Center Street Studio will offer informal talks in their exhibition booths which will both feature works by African American Boston artist John Wilson (b. 1922), often associated with the Boston Expressionist group.

Sunday, March 18, 2:00pm – Guest Speaker

Aluminum in Modern Architecture and The Alcoa Care-free House in Lincoln, Massachusetts

Katherine Mierzwa of the Friends of Modern Architecture/Lincoln, offers a fascinating presentation on architect Charles M. Goodman, the 1957 Alcoa Care-free House in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and the history of aluminum and its important role in Mid-20th Century modern architecture.