Tuesday, December 27, 2016

PBS - American Masters Series Celebrates Cranbrook’s Eero Saarinen in Primetime





PBS - American Masters Series Celebrates Cranbrook’s Eero Saarinen in Primetime
 
Watch TUESDAY, December 27th at 8pm ET
 
“Our architecture is too humble. It should be prouder, more aggressive, much richer and larger than we see today. I would like to do my part in expanding that richness.”-  Eero Saarinen
 
Eero Saarinen: The Architecture Who Saw the Future explores the life of Finnish-American modernist architectural giant Saarinen (1910-1961), whose visionary buildings include national historic landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan, as well as New York’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Yale University Ingalls Rink and modernist pedestal furniture like the Tulip Chair. Saarinen’s story will be told in the new PBS American Master’s film airing on PBS stations nationwide and on Detroit Public TV (DPTV) on Tuesday, December 27 at 8 p.m.
 
Accompanying the film will be three DPTV-produced local segments filmed at Cranbrook on Saarinen’s influence and legacy on the venerated institution. These will air on DPTV starting December 24 and will be available online at www.dptv.org/saarinen along with a special 10-minute segment featuring a roundtable discussion on the influence of Saarinen’s work to other legendary designers, as well as to the industry as a whole.
 
Panelists include: 
·        Gregory Wittkopp, Director, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
·        Leslie Edwards, Head Archivist
·        Andrew Blauvelt, Director of Cranbrook Art Museum
·        Scott Klinker, 3-D Designer-in-Residence, Cranbrook Academy of Art
 
You can also watch the Cranbook segments and see more from the film by checking out our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/detroitpublictv
 
Enjoy and please share.
 
Rich Homberg
President and CEO
Detroit Public Television
248-640-4169 - rhomberg@dptv.org  - @RichHomberg
 

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