Deco Tour Calls for 1920s and 1930s Vehicle Entries

Art Deco meets couture on Saturday, June 27. The Massillon Museum and the Kent State University Museum are collaborating to create a full day of Art Deco style—automobiles, architecture, fashion, graphic design, and dance.

The day will begin with a 1930s car show on the lawn at the Massillon Museum from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. At 11:00, the Museum’s curator, Alexandra Nicholis, will present a gallery talk in the midst of fifty black and white silver gelatin prints recording the 1930-31 construction of New York City’s iconic architecture—“The Rise of a Landmark: Lewis Hine and the Empire State Building.” ("The Rise of a Landmark: Lewis Hine and the Empire State Building" was organized by George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, with support of Bausch and Lomb.)

From 3:00 to 6:00. the Kent State University Museum will host a 1920s car show. At 4:00, the Museum will offer free gallery tours of three Art Deco exhibitions: “Great American Glass: The Roaring Twenties and Depression Era,” “The Kokoon Arts Club: Cleveland Revels,” and “Gazette du Bon Ton.” The grand finale of the Deco Tour is “Tangomania,” a masked ball at the Kent State University Museum at 8:00 p.m.

The museums are now accepting car registrations. A $10 fee secures a space at the appropriate venue as well as admission to the Kent State University Museum. (Admission to the Massillon Museum is always free.) Contact the Massillon Museum for 1930s vehicles: 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon 44646-6633, 330-833-4061, www.massillonmuseum.org. To register a 1920s vehicle, contact the Kent State University Museum, P.O. Box 5190, Kent 44242-0001, 330-672.3450, www.dept.kent.edu/Museum.

Spectator admission will be free for both segments of the Deco Tour. (Tickets for Tangomania will be $25 each.)

For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.

Media Contacts:

Alexandra Nichois, Massillon Museum Curator - 330-833-4061 / anicholis@massillonmuseum.org

Jean Druesedow, Kent State University Museum Director - 330-672-0303 / jdruesed@kent.edu

Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator - 330-844-1525 / vogt@sssnet.com