NEWS & EVENTS 2008

Watch this space: great events coming up.

We're working on our next event at the moment – details will be added to this page as they are finalised. We have plenty more planned in the months ahead too.

If you can't wait, and you'd like to know about what's coming up, feel free to give us a call in Sydney on (02) 9878 2511 or email: info@twentieth.org.au

Walks and talks with the Australian Garden History Society

June: The Australian Backyard, Past and Future
Judy Horton, Communications Manager for Yates Seeds, will take us on a fascinating journey showing influences and changes to our back yards over time.

July: Pyrmont Walking Tour
John Challis & Stuart Read lead a walk to find out more about this dynamic suburb so close to Sydney - a 19th century industrial and workers' cottage cluster, it has transformed with the exodus of industry and rapid apartment construction and waterfront reclamation.

August: Post-1950 Landscape Design
Landscape architect & heritage practitioner Matthew Taylor will explain some key players in the post-war scene in landscape design, garden making - Thomas Church and more.

For more information visit www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au

Art Deco 1910–1939

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces
28 June to 5 October 2008

This winter 2008, the National Gallery of Victoria is the exclusive Australian venue for a major exhibition of the celebrated and popular style, Art Deco. The exhibition is the most popular program ever mounted at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, which houses one of the world’s great collections of Art Deco.

The exhibition comprises over 300 works and covers all artistic media from painting to photography, fashion to film and architecture to jewellery. Spanning the boom of the roaring Twenties and the Depression–ridden 1930s, Art Deco came to epitomize all the glamour, opulence and hedonism of the Jazz age.

It was the era of the flapper girl, the luxury ocean liner, the Hollywood film and the skyscraper.

Open daily 10am–5pm
Open until 9pm every Wednesday
National Gallery of Victoria
www.ngv.vic.gov.au

Montreal, Canada: World Congress on Art Deco 2009.

The International Coalition of Art Deco Societies (ICADS) has awarded Art Déco Montréal the honour of hosting the 10th World Congress on Art Deco. It will take place in Montreal from May 24 to May 30, 2009. more>

2008: THE YEAR TO DATE

May: A Walk through The Rocks

Although The Rocks is as old as European settlement in New South Wales, a remarkably large part of its environs reflect the concerns, aspirations and fears of twentieth century Sydney. Society members and guests enjoyed a day by the harbour wandering around Australia’s most historic and colourful neighbourhood. We explored its venerable pubs and other architectural treasures as well.

April: Sydney Tramway Museum

On April 6th, a tour was organised to view the Sydney Tramway Museum in Loftus, NSW.
As well as old Sydney trams, the Museum has trams from Ballarat, Berlin, Brisbane, Melbourne (above), Munich, Nagasaki and San Francisco.

Last year's events:

2007 was an exciting year, especially for art deco enthusiasts. The Society's walks and talks took us to interesting places and covered a broad range of heritage issues. For a brief overview, click here.

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If you'd like to find out more about upcoming events, feel free to give us a call anytime in Sydney on (02) 9878 2511

Individual membership is just $65 per year, even less for concession.
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