Art and Architecture Tour of the Boston Public Library
Cynthia Stewart
Wed Jan 9, 06-07:30pm, TBA
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
THIS IS FULL as of 12/13/07.
Put on your walking shoes and take a tour of the Boston Public Library (BPL) in Copley Square, one of America's architectural treasures. Designed by McKim, Mead and White and completed in 1895, the magnificent Renaissance Revival building marries art with architecture. In addition to the mosaics, wall paintings, and murals, you will see features made of nearly 20 varieties of marble. View the murals by Pierre Puvis de Chauvannes, John Singer Sargent, and also see the work of Augustus St. Gaudens, Frederick MacMonnies, and Daniel Chester French among others. Meet inside the Dartmouth Street entrance of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
Web: http://www.bpl.org/central/index.html
Contact: Cynthia Stewart, 7-337, x3-4408, stewart@mit.edu
Sponsor: Architecture
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Green Building Tour - Artists for Humanity's EpiCenter
Lynette Cheah, Elsa Olivetti
Fri Jan 11, 11am-12:00pm, 100 W 2nd St Boston, Off campus
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 04-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Join the MIT Energy Club's tour of the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, Boston's first platinum level LEED-certified building and one of the top ten sustainable buildings in the nation as selected by the American Institute of Architects.
We'll meet at 10:20am at the Kendall Square T-stop (in-bound ticketing area) to travel downtown together as a group.
Web: http://www.afhboston.com/
Contact: Lynette Cheah, (617) 733-7717, lynette@mit.edu
Sponsor: Energy Club
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MIT's Public Art: A Fun Introduction
Rhett Nichols, SB, BSAD, '04
Tue Jan 15, 06-08:00pm, 6-120
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come learn about MIT's great public art: the world famous sculptures, murals, and other works you see and walk past, under, or over, every day. Learn about their history, stories, the artists who made them, and related hacks. Also find out about art commissioned by the Percent-for-Art Program. NOTE: NOT a walking tour.
Contact: Rhett Nichols, krnichols@gmail.com
Sponsor: Architecture
Cosponsor: Media Arts & Sciences
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