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The Miles C. Bates “Wave' House
This week marks the commencement of a four-day “mini-Modernism Week” featuring implicit 50 events, including tours, talks, and parties successful unsocial locations not usually unfastened to the public. It besides includes the Palm Springs Modernism Fall Show, including an opening nighttime preview enactment connected October 14 with a cocktail reception, unrecorded music, and an exclusive archetypal accidental to store the amusement earlier it opens to the public. Here, are 3 standout picks from the schedule, positive a caller depository and noteworthy creation lawsuit for 2023 successful Greater Palm Springs to look guardant to.
Catch the Wave Tiki Cocktail Party
Kick disconnected Modernism Week astatine the Catch the Wave Cocktail Party astatine the historical Miles C. Bates “Wave” House on October 13. Designed successful 1954 by midcentury modern designer Walter S. White and completed successful 1955 for American playboy and sculptor, Miles C. Bates the location became a societal and creator hub successful the Coachella Valley. Listed connected the National Register of Historic Places successful 2018, its restoration was recognized by the California Preservation Foundation with a 2020 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. Tickets are $150 with proceeds benefiting Joslyn Center programs and services. Cocktails and appetizers, an architecture speech by Christian Stayner, positive amusement by The Joslyn Strummers ukulele set and DJ Modgirl volition feature. Suggested attire is tropical oregon formation and determination volition beryllium a complimentary valet. 73697 Santa Rosa Way, Palm Desert.
House of Tomorrow Home Tour
Be 1 of the archetypal to spot wrong the recently renovated Alexander Estate successful the House of Tomorrow Home Tour. Located successful the historical Vista Las Palmas neighborhood, this iconic location was designed successful 1960 by designer William Krisel for Helene and Robert Alexander of the Alexander Construction Company. Dubbed the “House of Tomorrow” by Look mag successful 1962 who profiled its futuristic design, including the spaceship-like dynamic winged extortion enactment and lavish superior suite, positive the young mates surviving determination astatine the time. The historical spot is besides wide known arsenic the “Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway” aft Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned determination successful 1967. Priced astatine $125 per person, tickets to a tiny radical twilight circuit and cocktail reception are disposable astatine 4:30 p.m. connected October 13, 14, and 16.
Tracy Turco’s Modernism Museum
Artist, designer, hotelier, and benignant icon Tracy Turco is based successful NYC and Palm Springs but chose the second for her ode to each things mid-century modern. Slated to unfastened connected October 15, the Modernism Museum volition item the champion of the modernist epoch from the precocious 1950s to the aboriginal ‘70s on with plentifulness of Instagram-worthy photograph displays. Turco plans for the depository to service the assemblage arsenic a gathering constituent and venue to gather, socialize and stock their combined passionateness for the era, with events centered astir modernist surviving successful a originative environment. Inside the 12,000 square-foot space, visitors volition locomotion done a bid of “vignettes” – from a 1950s quality salon and 1960s surviving country to a rodeo country – as good arsenic a pinkish bosom shaped bathtub à la Jayne Mansfield. 2022 astatine 380 N. Palm Canyon.
The Lautner Compound Tour
Participants of The Lautner Compound Tour volition person the accidental to research famed American designer John Lautner's residential fourplex connected Saturday, October 15. Built successful 1947 and comprising a postulation of 3 boutique properties masterfully restored and designed – The Lautner, The Park and The Ranch House – the owners person reintroduced this award-winning spot arsenic The Lautner Compound. One of Hollywood’s astir beloved architects, Lautner designed homes with almighty geometry and a beardown consciousness of drama. Many were utilized successful films, too, including Diamonds Are Forever, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, and A Single Man.
Desert X 2023
Desert X, the recurring site-specific, planetary creation exhibition, announced its 4th variation Desert X 2023 Coachella Valley volition beryllium unfastened to the nationalist from March 4 to May 7, 2023 The enactment has drawn a full assemblage of much than 1.25 cardinal to its 3 erstwhile exhibitions successful the Coachella Valley and received captious acclaim and worldwide attention, including a spin-off at Alula in Saudi Arabia. In the meantime, you tin inactive presumption works from erstwhile exhibitions by Felipe Baeza, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Jeffrey Gibson, Armando Lerma and Christopher Myers.
Save the Date: Modernism Week 2023
Modernism Week’s 11-day festival volition diagnostic much than 350 events including the Palm Springs Modernism Show, CAMP, tours of iconic homes, and the fashionable Signature Home Tour connected some weekends. Architectural walking, biking and double-decker autobus tours, tours of the historical Annenberg Estate astatine Sunnylands, nightly parties, and a bid of insightful talks astatine the Annenberg Theater and the CAMP theatre volition besides feature. All events are unfastened to the public, and galore escaped oregon debased cost. The 2023 docket volition beryllium available October 25, 2022 and tickets spell connected sale Nov 1, 2022 at noon. Visit modernismweek.com for much information.
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