Lectures at the world congress

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All lectures during the World Congress will be delivered at the Jewish Museum-FIU, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

All lectures will be accompanied by a PowerPoint or similar visual illustrations. A 5 minute Q&A session will follow most lectures.

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 21

1:30 PM - Jacqueline Goldstein, "Perseverance and Preservation: 301 Washington Avenue" (Jewish Museum)

2:00 PM - Allan Shulman, FAIA, "Tropical Stucco: Miami's Art Deco and its Architects"

2:30 PM - Ira Giller, FAIA, "Designing the Good Life - Norman M. Giller, FAIA, and the Development of Miami Modernism (MiMo)"

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 22

2:30 PM - Panel (Atul Kumar and Sharon Koskoff, Moderator Daniel Ciraldo), "Strategies for creating and sustaining Art Deco Societies"

3:30 PM - Andrew Capitman, "Barbara Baer Capitman, the Early Years of Art Deco Preservation"

4:00 PM - Dr. Terryl Lawrence, "Tamara de Lempicka"

5:00 PM - Jennifer Wong, "The Father of Chinese Art Deco Architecture"

5:30 PM - Jan M. Lorys, "Art Deco Advances in Poland"

6:00 PM - Don Worth, "Miami Marine Stadium"

6:30 PM - Deborah Desilets, "Morris Lapidus' Architectural Contribution to Miami Beach"

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 25

8:30 AM - Silvia Barisione, "The Art Deco of Our Time: A Constant Aesthetic"

9:00 AM - Adriana Elvira Piastrellini, "The Art of the Neighborhoods of Buenos Aires"

9:30 AM - Deborah Desilets, "Learning from the Masters in our Midst"

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26

1:15 PM - Steve Knight, "Re-Discovering an Art Deco Master: Edgard Sforzina"

1:45 PM - Atul Kumar, "Swastik Court: Lessons from the Repair and Restoration of an Art Deco building in Mumbai"

2:05 PM - Fabio Grementieri, "Salamone Landmarks: Get Down to Work"

2:25 PM - Therese Poletti, "Preserving Art Deco Era Movie Theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area"

2:55 PM - Kathleen Murphy Skolnik, "Preserving Chicago's Art Deco Past - Successes, Failures and Current Threats"

3:15 PM - Panel (Atul Kumar, Fabio Grementieri, Therese Poletti, Kathleen Murphy Skolnik) "Preservation and Restoration" 

4:00 PM - Lea Nickless, "Repository and Nexus: Art Deco at the Wolfsonian-FIU"

4:30 PM - Thomas Mooney and Deborah Tackett, "Resiliency Strategies for the Miami Beach Art Deco District"

5:00 PM - Pascal Yves Laurent, "The 17th World Congress on Art Deco in Paris, 2025"

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