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Bard Graduate Center Welcomes Submissions for Horowitz Book Prize
The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize is awarded annually to the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas.
Bard Graduate Center Announces Fall 2021 Virtual & In-person Open Houses
Applications for the graduate institute’s Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture MA and PhD programs are due January 7, 2022.
Bard Graduate Center Hosts Virtual Open Houses for Its MA and PhD Programs
Learn about the graduate institute’s advanced study programs in decorative arts, design history, and material culture; applications are due by January 4, 2021.
Call for Applications: Bard Graduate Center’s Master’s in Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
Training the next generation of curators, museum and arts professionals, scholars, and educators.
Sign Up for New Perspectives on French Fashion History, a Non-Credit Course at the Bard Graduate Center
Paula Alaszkiewicz, Maude Bass-Krueger, Alexis Romano, Susan Hiner, and Francesca Granata talk war time fashion, ready-made fashion, and more starting October 7.
Bard Graduate Center Launches Citywide Ex Voto NYC Program
A series of off site programs, the events celebrate the rich history of New York and explore votive practice across cultures.
Bard Graduate Center Presents A Festival Exploring the Cultural Worlds of South Asia
Curated by historian Sugata Ray, Lahore on my Mind unites thinkers, curators, and artists, from the United States, Europe, and South Asia.
At Bard Graduate Center Gallery, Two Shows Examine Artists Who Broke Ground in Their Fields
Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life is the first US retrospective of a pioneering artist, professional illustrator, and early user of the computer as an artistic tool. Visualizing 19th-Century New York explores New York City through prints and photographs produced by its cultural entrepreneurs.
Bard Graduate Center Gallery Presents “Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual & Material Culture”
The Bard Graduate Center Gallery, a center for decorative arts, design history, and material culture, presents Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture, on view through August 10.