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The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture is a graduate institute affiliated with Bard College that opened in New York City in 1993.  The BGC occupies a six-story town house at 18 West 86th Street and a second, newly renovated town house at 38 West 86th Street.

 

The BGC’s buildings are situated in a designated landmark neighborhood conveniently served by public transportation, with easy access to the many museums, libraries, auction houses, galleries, and other cultural resources of metropolitan New York.

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Upcoming Events

Kathryn M. Dudley
The Artisanal Guitar: Craft and Community in a Neoliberal Age

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

 

Family Day: Discover Dutch New York!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Catherine Whalen

Assistant Professor
American Material Culture Studies
Twentieth-century Design History
History and Theory of Collecting
212.501.3064, whalen@bgc.bard.edu

 

I was attracted to the BGC’s unique status as a center for the study of the decorative arts and design in an international cultural context. more

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