Past Events
These links lead to reports and photos of past ADSW events.
2011
- June 26: House Tour and Musicale
- June 5, 2011: Bus Tour: Art Deco Richmond
- June 4th: 2011 Art Deco Expo After Hours Party
- June 4th & 5th: 2011 Art Deco Expo
- June 3-7, 2011: Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meiere
- June 3-7, 2011: Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s
- May 14: Gala in the Park
- April 21: National Identity at the World's Fairs--CANCELED
- February 5: Black & White Ball
2010
- Decmeber 3: Holiday Party with a Presentation on Fred Astaire
- October 1-3: World's Fair Weekend
- August 28: Art Deco Show & Tell
- July 17: Private Guided Tour of the National Capital Trolley Museum
- June 26: Art Deco Show & Tell
- June 2: Vintage Hats by Mae
- May 22-23: 2010 Exposition of 20th Century Decorative Arts
- May 1: 2010 Vintage Fashion Show
- March 22: Frederick Hodges in Concert
- February 6: Postponed: Black & White Ball
2009
- December 14: Holiday Party and Annual Meeting
- November 10: Lord & Taylor Benefit Bash
- October 24: Vintage Hair Workshop
- October 4: Art Deco “Show and Tell” Afternoon
- September 19: Vintage Ribbon Flower Making Workshop
- July 25: Art Deco Lecture
- July 18: Modernism Lecture
- July 11: Marjorie Meriweather Post’s Fancy Dress Costumes of the 1920s
- June 20-21: 2009 Northern Virginia Antiques & Modernism Show and Sale
- June 11: The 20th Century: Art Deco & Cartier
- May 27: Harold Teen
- May 7: Gilbert Rohde: Innovation for Modern Living
- April 25 & 26: All Aboard the Dover Harbor!
- March 15: Collecting 78 RPM Records
- February 21: Black & White Ball
- February 9: Where In The World Is Clive Foss?
- January 31: Documentary Duo Film Screening
- January 10: Vintage Ribbon Flower Making Workshop
2008
- December 6: Holiday Party and Annual Meeting
- November 15: Vintage Ribbon Flower Making Workshop
- October 25: Art Deco "Show and Tell" Afternoon
- October 17: Fundraiser for the ADSW Kennedy-Warren Preservation Campaign
- September 9: Cancelled: Harold Teen
- August 16: 1940's Vintage Hair Styling Workshop
- July 12: Tour the Library of American Broadcasting
- June 21-22: 2008 Northern Virginia Antiques and Modernism Show and Sale
- June 13: Big Band Dinner Dance
- June 10: Ramblin' Round Radio Row
- June 8: How To Preserve And Repair Your Favorite Treasures
- May 6: 1920s Social Dancing: The Charleston and Collegiate Shag
- May 4: Art Deco Bus Tour
- May 3: Virginia Gold Cup
- April 26: Vintage Tea at The Heineman Myers Gallery
- April 24: Big Read Opening Ceremony
- April 19: 100th Birthday Tribute to Lionel Hampton
- April 8: Madam Satan
- March 11: Vitaphone Shorts Return
- February 24: ADSW Member’s Bungalow Tour
- February 12: Vitaphone Shorts
- January 27: National Capital Trolley Museum Tour
- January 15: Art Deco Jewelry
- January 4: Tea At Five: A One-Woman Play
2007
- December 11: Holiday Film Party
- November 17: Black & White Ball
- November 3: ADSW Silver Celebration
- October 22: Annual Meeting
- October 13: Food and Fun — Restaurants in the Swing Era
- September 29: Art Moderne House Tour
- August 11: 1920s to 1950s Lithographed Metal Toys
- June 23-24: 2007 Art Deco Expo
- June 3: Afternoon Vintage Tea
- May 12: Tour of “Modernism” Exhibit at the Corcoran
- April 29: Guided Tour of the Radio & Television Museum
- April 22: Postponed: 11th Annual Art Deco Bus Tour
- March 25: Tour of “Modernism” Exhibit at the Corcoran
- March 20: Lord & Taylor Benefit Bash
- February 10: Art Deco Show and Tell
- January 28: Historic Mayflower Hotel Formal Afternoon Tea
2006
- December 19: Home for the Holidays Dinner Dance
- November 18: Freedom Swings Veterans Day Dance
- October 17: Modernism Lecture
- October 10: Annual Meeting
- October 8: Tea Dance at Glen Echo
- July 18: Vintage Fashion Lesson at Greenbelt Museum
- June 18: Field School Tour
- May 21: 2006 Art Deco Expo
- March 19: 10th Annual Art Deco Bus Tour
- February 23: Art Deco Automobiles Through Toys
- January 21: Black & White Ball
2005
- November 12: Stars and Stripes Ball
- October 25: 1940s Glamour Tips
- September 22: Deco Girdles the World
- July 4: Old Fashioned Independence Day Wiener Roast
- June 11-12: 2005 Art Deco Expo
- May 22: Bus Transportation to 8th World Congress on Art Deco
- May 21: 2005 Vintage Fashion Show
- May 21: Walking Tour of Greenbelt, Maryland
- May 20: Festive Dinner Reception at a Private Residence
- May 20: Bus and Walking Tour of Washington Area
- May 19: Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob
- May 19-22: Art Deco Weekend
- May 18: Art Deco London
- April 29: Apple Blossom Time Ball
- April 26: Learn to Dress Vintage
- April 2: Palmy Days in the Parlor
- March 22: Lord & Taylor Benefit Bash
- March 20: Cancelled: Tenth Annual Art Deco Bus Tour
- March 19: Rhapsody in Red
- March 5 - 6: Washington Builds for War: Symposium and Bus Tour
- February 20: Art Deco Show and Tell
- February 17: Art Deco Jewelry
- January 29: Black and White Ball
- January 27: Furnishing The Nation's Capital
2004
- December 7: ADSW Holiday Party
- November 4: Swizzle with Doc Scantlin and his Imperial Palms Orchestra
- October 16: Silver Spring Walking Tour
- September 17-19: Cancelled: Bus Trip: "Art Deco: 1910-1939" in Boston
- July 4: Old Fashioned Independence Day Wiener Roast
- June 25: Bus Trip: "The Genius of Art Deco" and "Dangerous Liaisons" in New York
- June 13: 2004 Art Deco Expo
- May 30: USO Benefit Dance
- March 21: Ninth Annual Art Deco Bus Tour
- February 28: Before Harlem There Was U Street – A Walking Tour
- January 27: Annual General Membership Meeeting
2003
- November 15: Triple Pier Show Bus Trip
- October 25: "Sentimental Journey" - The 2003 Vintage Fashion Show
- June 7 & 8: 2003 Art Deco Expo
- May: Practical Collecting: Tips from Obsessive Collectors
- April: Tour of AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
- April: Margaret Bourke-White Evening
- March: Mid-Century Modernism in Washington
- February: Montgomery County Modern Lecture
- January: General Membership Meeting
2002
- November: Metro Deco Bus Tour
- June: Art Deco Expo
- May: Preservation Ball
- April: Vintage Fashion Show
- March: Metro Deco Bus Tour
- January: Winold Reiss Lecture: A Pioneer of Modern American Design
2001
- September: Greenbelt, Maryland Tour and Lecture
- June: Art Deco Expo
- May: Alex Padro Lecture: Washington DC's Monuments and Memorials
- February: California Art Deco
2000
- June: Art Deco Expo
- July: Kennedy-Warren Apartments Tour
- July: Tamara de Lempicka
- September: Art Deco Metropolis
- October: Vintage Fashion Show
- November: Art Deco Ball
1999
- March: Art Deco Bus Tour
- June: Art Deco Expo
- November: Art Deco Ball
1998
- March: Art Deco Bus Tour
- June: Art Deco Expo
1997
- August: Summer Picnic
- June: Art Deco Expo
- November: Art Deco Ball
1990
- November: Art Deco Ball
Please contact us if you can provide information about these or other ADSW events.
Created Wednesday, August 20, 1997; Modified Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
- January 29: Black and White Ball
- February 17: Art Deco Jewelry
- February 20: Art Deco Show and Tell
- March 5 - 6: Washington Builds for War: Symposium and Bus Tour
- March 19: Rhapsody in Red
- March 20: Cancelled: Tenth Annual Art Deco Bus Tour
- March 22: Lord & Taylor Benefit Bash
- April 2: Palmy Days in the Parlor
- April 26: Learn to Dress Vintage
- April 29: Apple Blossom Time Ball
- May 18: Art Deco London
- May 19-22: Art Deco Weekend
- May 19: Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob
- May 20: Bus and Walking Tour of Washington Area
- May 20: Festive Dinner Reception at a Private Residence
- May 21: Walking Tour of Greenbelt, Maryland
- May 21: 2005 Vintage Fashion Show
- May 22: Bus Transportation to 8th World Congress on Art Deco
- June 11-12: 2005 Art Deco Expo
- October 25: 1940s Glamour Tips
- February 23: Art Deco Automobiles Through Toys
- March 19: 10th Annual Art Deco Bus Tour
- May 21: 2006 Art Deco Expo
- June 18: Field School Tour
- July 18: Vintage Fashion Lesson at Greenbelt Museum
- October 8: Tea Dance at Glen Echo
- October 10: Annual Meeting
- October 17: Modernism Lecture
- November 18: Freedom Swings Veterans Day Dance
- February 10: Art Deco Show and Tell
- March 20: Lord & Taylor Benefit Bash
- March 25: Tour of “Modernism” Exhibit at the Corcoran
- April 22: Postponed: 11th Annual Art Deco Bus Tour
- April 29: Guided Tour of the Radio & Television Museum
- May 12: Tour of “Modernism” Exhibit at the Corcoran
- June 3: Afternoon Vintage Tea
- June 23-24: 2007 Art Deco Expo
- August 11: 1920s to 1950s Lithographed Metal Toys
- September 29: Art Moderne House Tour
- October 13: Food and Fun — Restaurants in the Swing Era
- October 22: Annual Meeting
- November 3: ADSW Silver Celebration
- November 17: Black & White Ball
- January 15: Art Deco Jewelry
- January 27: National Capital Trolley Museum Tour
- February 12: Vitaphone Shorts
- February 24: ADSW Member’s Bungalow Tour
- March 11: Vitaphone Shorts Return
- April 8: Madam Satan
- April 19: 100th Birthday Tribute to Lionel Hampton
- April 24: Big Read Opening Ceremony
- April 26: Vintage Tea at The Heineman Myers Gallery
- May 3: Virginia Gold Cup
- May 4: Art Deco Bus Tour
- May 6: 1920s Social Dancing: The Charleston and Collegiate Shag
- June 8: How To Preserve And Repair Your Favorite Treasures
- June 10: Ramblin' Round Radio Row
- June 13: Big Band Dinner Dance
- June 21-22: 2008 Northern Virginia Antiques and Modernism Show and Sale
- July 12: Tour the Library of American Broadcasting
- August 16: 1940's Vintage Hair Styling Workshop
- September 9: Cancelled: Harold Teen
- October 17: Fundraiser for the ADSW Kennedy-Warren Preservation Campaign
- October 25: Art Deco "Show and Tell" Afternoon
- November 15: Vintage Ribbon Flower Making Workshop
- January 31: Documentary Duo Film Screening
- February 9: Where In The World Is Clive Foss?
- February 21: Black & White Ball
- March 15: Collecting 78 RPM Records
- April 25 & 26: All Aboard the Dover Harbor!
- May 7: Gilbert Rohde: Innovation for Modern Living
- May 27: Harold Teen
- June 11: The 20th Century: Art Deco & Cartier
- June 20-21: 2009 Northern Virginia Antiques & Modernism Show and Sale
- July 11: Marjorie Meriweather Post’s Fancy Dress Costumes of the 1920s
- July 18: Modernism Lecture
- July 25: Art Deco Lecture
- September 19: Vintage Ribbon Flower Making Workshop
- October 4: Art Deco “Show and Tell” Afternoon
- October 24: Vintage Hair Workshop
- November 10: Lord & Taylor Benefit Bash
- March 22: Frederick Hodges in Concert
- May 1: 2010 Vintage Fashion Show
- May 22-23: 2010 Exposition of 20th Century Decorative Arts
- June 2: Vintage Hats by Mae
- June 26: Art Deco Show & Tell
- July 17: Private Guided Tour of the National Capital Trolley Museum
- August 28: Art Deco Show & Tell
- October 1-3: World's Fair Weekend
- April 21: National Identity at the World's Fairs--CANCELED
- May 14: Gala in the Park
- June 3-7, 2011: Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s
- June 3-7, 2011: Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meiere
- June 4th & 5th: 2011 Art Deco Expo
- June 4th: 2011 Art Deco Expo After Hours Party
- June 5, 2011: Bus Tour: Art Deco Richmond