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
7
December
2024
A Look at Art Nouveau & Art Deco: Parallels and Contrasts
THE BROADMOOR CO-OP, WASHINGTON DC
save the date: adsw holiday party at the kennedy warren
WASHINGTON, DC
Past ADSW Events
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: MODERN-IST
ARCH. IN MEL-BOURNE
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
Let’s Go Places! Art Deco & Trans-portation In and Around DC
27
2022
how fashion survived WWII
21
2022
Streamliner: How Raymond Loewy Streamlined His Persona and American Industrial Design
Cathedral Heights & Glover Park Walking Tour
hildreth meiere document-ary premier
2022 ONLINE Modernism show with rubylane - early buyers preview April 27, 2022 - online show starts 4/28 - 5/2/22
CELEBRATE WORLD ART DECO DAY! CAMILLE (1921) LIVE EVENT CO-PRESENTED WITH AFI
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
A Home of One’s Own – The Art Moderne Homes of Two Pioneering Architects
30
April
2022
Special Exhibition Sforzina: Designs for a Modern America 1924-1941 4/30/22 - 7/9/22
7
August
2022
Grace of Monaco: Princess in Dior Curator Lecture – Exhibit Tour – Optional Tea Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
America Goes Modern: The Rise of the Industrial Designer" Virtual Event
40TH ANNIVER-SARY PARTY AT THE GLEN EcHO SPANISH BALLROOM, GLEN ECHO md
World's fairs of the 1930s
17
December
2022
Sforzina: Designs for a Modern America Curator's Tour
21
January
2023
EDGARD SFORZINA BOOK PREVIEW Pre-Order Book Here
DISTRICT ARCHITECTURE CENTER
25
March
2023
BALTIMORE art decO BUS TOUR
BALTIMORE
8
April
2023
"Up in Mabel's Room" movie & Fashion lecture
AFI SILVER THEATRE
18
April
2023
28
April
2023
world art deco day
WORLDWIDE
6
May
2023
21
June
2023
27
July
2023
DISCOVER-ING ART DECO
VIRTUAL
21
September
2023
21
October
2023
DECO CHIC: An Art Deco Fashion Show and Reception Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park
GLEN ECHO SPANISH BALLROOM
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
21
January
2024
23
March
2024
Meet-Up at the Baltimore Museum of Art Art/Work: Women Print-makers of the WPA
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
21
April
2024
CELEBRATE WORLD ART DECO DAY AT THE AFI
AFI SILVER THEATRE
19
May
2024
Private Art Deco jewelry collec- tion preview
PRIVATE HOME
20
June
2024
31
August
2024
ADSW-Supported Weekend in CinciNATTI
CINCINATTI
19
September
2024
Science and Art Deco
WASHINGTON, DC
22
October
2024
ANNUAL ADSW MEMBER-SHIP MEETING
VIRTUAL
9
November
2024
modernism at the mclean antiques show
MCLEAN, VA