MidCentury Modern Design
Class - Spring Only | Registration opens Friday, January 3, 2025 9:30 AM MST
The affluence after World War II engendered a fresh wave of modernist design in both functional and artistic pieces. Instructor Celia Bertoia grew up surrounded by the backstories of designers and in a home full of the furniture of the era. We will examine the history of the Herman Miller and Knoll furniture companies and their designers including Saarinen, Bertoia, Eames, Nelson, Nakashima and Noguchi. Indulge in factual and entertaining history of midcentury modern furniture and architectural designs, culminating in a field trip to the Harry Bertoia Foundation gallery where you will see, touch and sit in examples of the time.
This is a 4-week course, including three in-class lectures and the fourth class will be a field trip on Feb. 6 to the Harry Bertoia Foundation gallery to experience midcentury modern firsthand.
Celia Bertoia
Celia Bertoia is the Director and Founder of the Harry Bertoia Foundation, a 501(c)(3), and the youngest daughter of Harry Bertoia. She has a background in real estate and event production and created the foundation in 2013. Her biographical book, The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia, was published in 2015. She lectures internationally on her father, and interviews extensively. She is a fine arts appraiser through the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), specializing in post war and modern art. She is qualified to issue certificates of authenticity Bertoia sculptures.