20th Century Modern Market: America Modern Jewelry Lecture

Every day this week, Houstonist will feature an event scheduled in conjunction with Lawndale Art Center's 20th Century Modern Market.

Today: American Jewelry 1940s-1960s: Wearable Modernism, Free Public Lecture

If you missed the sparkling (heh) Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection exhibit at the MFA organized by Cindi Strauss, you'ce got a chance to see Strauss in action again, this time at Lawndale, in conjunction with the 20th Century Modern Market.

Tonight at 7:00pm, Cindi Strauss, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and founder of Lawndale’s Modern Market speaks on American jewelry design from the 1940’s–1960’s. Strauss' lecture will examine the aesthetics and roots of the studio jewelry movement in America, including the relationship between sculpture and jewelry in the work of artists such as Alexander Calder and Harry Bertoia, among others.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

About Modern Market
Lawndale’s 20th Century Modern Market is the only antiques show of its kind in the Southwest, exclusively featuring design of the twentieth century. This year’s Market will feature specialist dealers from around the country, offering a variety of media including furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, objets d'art and fashion. The 2008 market will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lawndale. Admission is $5.