ArtCenter Professor Ramone Muñoz and Playwright Tom Jacobson will address some of the intrigues, struggles and drama that plagued the Bauhaus during its brief 14-year life in Germany. The Bauhaus turned 100 in 2019, spurring new interest in the fabled experiment including two new museums in Weimar, Dessau and a renovation of the Bauhaus archive in Berlin.

Every post-war design school has been influenced by Bauhaus teachings, including ArtCenter, but few realize the miracle that it existed at all given the turmoil within the school. You could write a play about it, and Tom Jacobson, has in fact penned a trilogy that adds fun to the chaos that was “The Bauhaus.” Plus, some heartbreaking and even shocking (true) revelations.

RSVP by April 19.

Questions? Contact alumni@artcenter.edu or 626 396-2305.

More about the speakers

Adjunct Full Professor Ramone Muñoz (MFA 90; BFA 77) has taught in the Humanities and Graphic Design departments at ArtCenter for over 35 years. He's given numerous talks on the Bauhaus and lectured at the Bauhaus University Weimar in 2017. In addition to teaching, Muñoz is a painter and has exhibited in Los Angeles and internationally, most recently at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum in Japan.

Tom Jacobson is a Los Angeles-based playwright with more than 100 productions of his works performed around the world. With historical references, literary allusions, subversive humor, and a wide variety of theatrical styles, many of his plays focus on LGBTQ characters and queer history. Currently in workshop at Open Fist Theatre, his trilogy The Bauhaus Project is about five struggling Southern California art students who create a dramatic presentation on the founding of the famous Bauhaus school in order to pass their class. Tom is also the President of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association.

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