Events

The Art Deco Society of Washington is an active organization hosting a wide variety of activities for members and the public interested in celebrating and learning more about this unique period of twentieth century arts and culture. We sponsor lectures, we organize neighborhood walking tours, we gather for cocktail parties, dances and much, much more! We are proud to collaborate with other organizations both local and national to produce a calendar of fun, entertaining and educational events. Please click on any of the event postings below to learn more.

Upcoming ADSW Events

21

April

2024

SAVE THE DATE:
AFI Silver
THEATRE  ALONG WITH
World Art Deco Month

AFI Silver
Theatre

19

May

2024

SAVE THE DATE:
Private Art Deco jewelry collec-
tion preview

Past ADSW Events

17

january

2021

braking for deco
(Virtual)

24

February

2021

DECO RADIO: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RADIOS EVER MADE
(VIRTUAL)

20

March

2021

AUSTRALIAN ART DECO HOTELS 
(VIRTUAL)

23

April

2021

MODERNISM SHOW

(VIRTUAL)

29

April

2021

world art deco day PROGRAM: Virtual Silent Cinema! We will be live-streaming CAMILLE from 1921! 

(VIRTUAL)

15

May

2021

ART DECO TRAVELER: FRINTON-ON-SEA

(VIRTUAL)

6

June

2021

living new deal

(VIRTUAL)

12

June

2021

MELMO: MODERNIST ARCH. IN MELBOURNE

(VIRTUAL)

14

July

2021

deco filipino

(VIRTUAL)

15

august

2021

Tour john Joseph Earley House

(SILVER SPRING)

26

sept.

2021

roaring twenties: The life and style of majorie Merri-weather post 

(HILLWOOD MUSEUM & GARDENS)

21

October

2021

the black cat movie watch party & lecture

(VIRTUAL)

30

October

2021

Phantom of the Opera Weinberg Center,: Film, Tour, Antiques, Dinner

FREDERICK, MD

2

November

2021

SILENT CINEMA SHOWCASE with AFI Silver theatre

SILVER SPRING, MD

13

November

2021

Walking Tour: Cathedral Heights & Glover Park

WASHINGTON, DC

5

December

2021

adsw holiday party

WASHINGTON, DC

25

January

2022

Let’s Go Places! Art Deco & Trans-portation In and Around DC

VIRTUAL -
READ MORE



27

January

2022

how fashion survived WWII

VIRTUAL -
READ MORE

21

February

2022

Streamliner: How Raymond Loewy Streamlined His Persona and American Industrial Design

VIRTUAL - 
READ MORE

19

march

2022

Cathedral Heights & Glover Park Walking Tour

WASHINGTON, DC -
READ MORE 

2

APRIL

2022

hildreth meiere document-ary premier 

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - READ MORE

28

April

2022

2022 ONLINE Modernism show with rubylane - early buyers preview April 27, 2022 - online show starts 4/28 - 5/2/22

RUBYLANE.COM -
READ MORE

29

April

2022

CELEBRATE WORLD ART DECO DAY! CAMILLE (1921) LIVE EVENT CO-PRESENTED WITH AFI on 4/29/22 @ 7:15 PM

AFI SILVER THEATRE - READ MORE

30

April

2022

2022 live modernism show - 4/30/22 11 am - 6 pm through 5/1/22 11 am - 5 pm early buyers preview 4/30/22 9-11 am

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL - READ MORE

23

May

2022

A Home of One’s Own – The Art Moderne Homes of Two Pioneering Architects

VIRTUAL - READ MORE

30

April

2022

Special Exhibition Sforzina: Designs for a Modern America 1924-1941 4/30/22 - 7/9/22

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL-READ MORE

7

August

2022

Grace of Monaco: Princess in Dior Curator Lecture – Exhibit Tour – Optional Tea Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

WASHINGTON, DC
READ MORE

22

September

2022

America Goes Modern: The Rise of the Industrial Designer" Virtual Event

VIRTUAL - READ MORE

13

November

2022

40TH ANNIVER-SARY PARTY AT THE GLEN EcHO SPANISH BALLROOM, GLEN ECHO md

Glen Echo  Spanish Ballroom

15

December

2022

World's fairs of the 1930s

VIRTUAL

17

December

2022

Sforzina: Designs for a Modern America Curator's Tour

DISTRICT ARCHITECTURE CENTER

21

January

2023

EDGARD SFORZINA BOOK PREVIEW Pre-Order Book Here

DISTRICT ARCHITECTURE CENTER

9

February

2023

Jock Peters: The Varieties of Modernism Zoom Program

VIRTUAL

25

March

2023

BALTIMORE art decO BUS TOUR

BALTIMORE

8

April

2023

28

April

2023

world art deco day

WORLDWIDE

27

July

2023

25

October

2023

ADSW MEMBER-SHIP MEETING

VIRTUAL

11

November

2023

conn.
ave.
walking 
tour

WASHINGTON, DC

2

December

2023

adsw holiday party

WASHINGTON, DC

14

December

2023

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