1 hr 4 min

David Desimone The Night Parlor

    • Arts

David Desimone is employed with the Wisconsin Historical Society as the director of Black Point Estate and Gardens, a 19th-century house museum on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He previously served as Director of Guest Relations and Communications at The Holden Arboretum near Cleveland, Ohio, and also as Director of Guest Services at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens in Arkon, Ohio. Dave is also a former art gallery owner and director, as well as an artist and photographer in his own right. His gallery, LowLife, in Cleveland featured the cutting edge work of regional artists, and he has worked as a curator on several exhibits, including the traveling show Lonesome No More. Dave’s primary areas of interest are historic preservation, Deco, Streamline, Mid-20thCentury, and broadly the roll of low brow culture on the overall culture and its movement from Bowery to the Kennedy Center.

Links:

Black Point Estate and Gardens: https://blackpointestate.wisconsinhistory.org/ 

Why Old Places Matter by Thompson M. Mayes: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Old-Places-Matter-Association-ebook/dp/B07F2TC7XF

David Desimone is employed with the Wisconsin Historical Society as the director of Black Point Estate and Gardens, a 19th-century house museum on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He previously served as Director of Guest Relations and Communications at The Holden Arboretum near Cleveland, Ohio, and also as Director of Guest Services at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens in Arkon, Ohio. Dave is also a former art gallery owner and director, as well as an artist and photographer in his own right. His gallery, LowLife, in Cleveland featured the cutting edge work of regional artists, and he has worked as a curator on several exhibits, including the traveling show Lonesome No More. Dave’s primary areas of interest are historic preservation, Deco, Streamline, Mid-20thCentury, and broadly the roll of low brow culture on the overall culture and its movement from Bowery to the Kennedy Center.

Links:

Black Point Estate and Gardens: https://blackpointestate.wisconsinhistory.org/ 

Why Old Places Matter by Thompson M. Mayes: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Old-Places-Matter-Association-ebook/dp/B07F2TC7XF

1 hr 4 min

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