Bauhaus 100: Modesto

Bauhaus 100: Modesto is the Modesto Art Museum’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus School of Design. Founded in Germany 1 April 1919, the school influenced architecture, product design, dance, graphic arts, textiles, and many other forms of art and design world-wide including Modesto. Explore with us the creativity of the Bauhaus and how it impacted Modesto.

Modesto’s 1960 courthouse was designed by Mitchell Van Bourg, a graduate student of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius at Harvard in the 1940s.

Bauhaus 100: Modesto Events and Activities

MADWEEK 2019 8 days of events and activities celebrating Bauhaus 100.

Bauhaus Resources

Read a collection of early Bauhaus writings online.