Kristin Wojkowski will take us for a dip in the waters of vintage swimwear, utilizing examples from her growing collection - which includes 1920s and 30s Catalina suits - even one from Pacific Knitting Mills, the earlier name of Catalina Swimwear. Following is a no host cocktail gathering on the roof of the Catalina Island Museum.
Our annual meeting is a time to gather for an update on ADSLA’s achievements in 2023 and a preview of where it is going in the new year. Following a 30 minute meeting with ADSLA’s board of directors, we will offer a presentation on the impending preservation of the exterior of the Earl Carroll Theatre.
Take a virtual tour of Catalina Island’s historic tile with author and artist Ronald Smith. We will see the tile and learn about the production of tile on Catalina. Island in the Art Deco era.
Art Deco World Congresses are back! The Miami Design Preservation League and the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches will host the 2023 Congress in April. To give us a talk on Miami Art Deco architecture, as well as a preview of the upcoming gathering of Art Deco organizations from around the world, is Jack Johnson, Chair of the Miami Preservation League.
Our annual meeting is a time to gather for an update on ADSLA’s achievements in 2022 and a preview of where it is going in the new year. Following a 30 minute meeting with ADSLA’s board of directors, we will turn the mic over to Miami Preservation League Chair Jack Johnson, for a talk on Art Deco Miami, in anticipation of the April 2023 World Congress in Florida.
November 2022 marks the centennial of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, so we have invited Colleen (aka the Vintage Egyptologist) and John Darnell to give a virtual illustrated presentation to commemorate the occasion. This talk also coincides with the release of their latest book EGYPT'S GOLDEN COUPLE: WHEN AKHENATEN AND NEFERTITI WERE GODS ON EARTH, published by St. Martin's Press
Historian Walter Nelson presents a review of social dancing in Paris during the era between the wars when it was a mecca and refuge for artists, unconventional thinkers, and dreamers from all over the world - the era when Paris brought Art Deco to the world in a city where everyone danced.
Throughout the 1930s and into the late 1940s a wealth of Art Deco DWP buildings, Distribution Stations, Receiving Stations, and Customer Service Centers, were built all over the Los Angeles area. Most of these still stand today and only a few have been substantially changed. Some remain hidden treasures often unseen while others hide in plain sight. Architect Jeff Bissiri will take us on a virtual journey through Los Angele to take a look at these community enhancing structures.
Operetta remained a popular and vibrant form of musical storytelling throughout the Art Deco era. Indeed, the modern musical theater form owes as much to operetta as it does to early musical comedy. In the United States especially, the 1920s and 30s were a period of rich experimentation in which the two styles were combined in countless ways on stage and in film until they finally emerged as what we recognize today as “musical theater.” In this lecture by Mary Stanford, we will explore the history of Jazz Age Operetta.
We are delighted to welcome former Art Deco Society of Los Angeles Board Member Randy Chong to the virtual stage to relate the Story of the Fabulous Fong Wan: Chinese Herbalist, Night Club Owner, and Showman in a special program that will also feature a cocktail or two!
Throughout the 1930s and into the late 1940s a wealth of Art Deco DWP buildings, Distribution Stations, Receiving Stations, and Customer Service Centers, were built all over the Los Angeles area. Most of these still stand today and only a few have been substantially changed. Some remain hidden treasures often unseen while others hide in plain sight. Architect Jeff Bissiri will take us on a virtual journey through Los Angele to take a look at these community enhancing structures.
Join jewelry historian Lisa Schoening as she explores precious jewels from Oscar Heyman Brothers, who crafted many of Tiffany & Co.’s iconic designs, as well as from well-known firms like Raymond Yard and Marcus & Co. We’ll look at jewelers to the stars Paul Flato and Traebert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin, and at the newly-popular “illusion jewels” touted by Vogue and manufactured for discerning American audiences by Napier, Miriam Haskell, and Trifari.
Join us for a virtual book talk with Christopher Long, author of “Jock Peters | The Varieties of Modernism Architecture and Design. Peters is best known in Los Angeles for the Bullocks Wilshire interiors that he designed., but he also had a stint in the fledgling motion picture industry. Soon after Peters immigrated to America in 1922, he became a set designer for Famous Players-Lasky (later Paramount Pictures), working under the famed Hans Dreier. In 1927,
British historian Lucy Jane Santos will take us on a tour of all the best nightlife spots (nightclubs, bars and hotels) in 1920s and 30s London in this virtual presentation back in time. The lecture will be peppered with cocktail demos of some of the popular cocktails of the day.
On December 5th, we celebrate the 88th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in America. We are excited to welcome back authors Anne Peck-Davis and Diane Lapis to the virtual stage and continue our vintage journey across America. The duo’s program will feature unique cocktail lounges, hotel bars, and the exotic venues that defined the period after Prohibition’s repeal.
FDR and the Repeal of Prohibition: Art Deco Cocktail Lounges of the Post-Prohibition Years examines FDR’s role in repeal, ushering in a new era in cocktail culture.
Operetta remained a popular and vibrant form of musical storytelling throughout the Art Deco era. Indeed, the modern musical theater form owes as much to operetta as it does to early musical comedy. In the United States especially, the 1920s and 30s were a period of rich experimentation in which the two styles were combined in countless ways on stage and in film until they finally emerged as what we recognize today as “musical theater.” In this lecture by Mary Stanford, we will explore the history of Jazz Age Operetta.
Immerse in some local history with Steve Luftman, the author of the Historic Cultural Heritage and the National Register of Historic Places nominations for the Fairfax Theatre. His illuminating and impactful presentation about the theater’s importance to the Jewish community as they settled in the Beverly Fairfax area in the 1930s, actually changed the Cultural Heritage Commission's mind about the theatre's worthiness for landmark designation.
Walt Disney and Disney Studios’ contributions to world’s fairs in America and Europe are well known, in particular the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. But did you know that Walt and the studio’s first contribution to a world’s fair happened on Treasure Island, at the Golden Gate International Exposition?
Historian Walter Nelson will present a review of social dancing in Paris during the era between the wars when it was a mecca and refuge for artists, unconventional thinkers, and dreamers from all over the world - the era when Paris brought Art Deco to the world in a city where everyone danced.
We are delighted to welcome former Art Deco Society of Los Angeles Board Member Randy Chong to the virtual stage who will relate the Story of the Fabulous Fong Wan: Chinese Herbalist, Night Club Owner, and Showman in a special program that will also feature a cocktail or two!
