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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Presents Courtney J. Martin, April 3

TUESDAY EVENINGS AT THE MODERN LECTURE SERIES
Presents Courtney J. Martin, April 3
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday from February 6 through April 10.

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online at www.themodern.org/programs/lectures. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies).

Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.
Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum’s collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators’ perspectives and discussions. Visit www.themodern.org/podcasts. Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern’s YouTube channel.

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April 3
“The work’s a combination of radicalism and humanism,” she says. “When I stand in front of these paintings, it forces me to be there in a way I recognize as essential to my well-being.” 
Artist Roni Horn quoted in Howie Kahn, “Home Is Where the Art Is: The Ryman Family,”
Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2015
Courtney J. Martin, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Dia Art Foundation, presents “Encounters with Space, Depth and Distance: Robert Ryman, circa 20thC.” The American painter Robert Ryman is well known for his use of achromatic surfaces. Though his work is frequently read as white paintings, Ryman has been deeply engaged with a number of compositional concerns outside of hue or color for more than 60 years. In this lecture, Martin examines Ryman’s interaction with space, depth, and distance as questions of painting, rather than sculpture.
This Tuesday Evenings lecture draws on the 2015 – 2016 exhibition of Ryman’s paintings that Martin curated for the Dia Art Foundation. In a Wall Street Journal article of November 17, 2015, Martin comments on the Dia exhibition: “White is what everyone thinks of when they think of Ryman. I’m hoping we’ll disturb that.”
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE
 
March 27
Kamrooz Aram, whose work is featured in the Modern’s exhibition FOCUS: Kamrooz Aram, presents his work, which is known for addressing issues of ornament and its complex relationship to modernist painting, exhibition design, and more.
April 3
Courtney J. Martin, Dia Art Foundation Deputy Director and Chief Curator, as well as the curator of Dia’s 2015 exhibition Robert Ryman, presents “Encounters with Space, Depth and Distance: Robert Ryman, circa 20thC.” 
 
April 10
Katherine Bradford,whose work was featured in the Modern’s exhibition FOCUS: Katherine Bradford, presents thoughts on her practice and the ideas and methods behind her brightly colored, exuberantly executed, and ominous paintings.

LOCATION

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566
Museum Gallery Hours
Tue 10 am-7 pm (Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov)
Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm
Fri 10 am-8 pm
General Admission Prices
(includes special exhibitions)
$4 for students with ID and seniors (60+)
$10 for adults (13+)
Free for children 12 and under
Free for Modern members
Free every Sunday and half-price every Wednesday.
CAFÉ MODERN
Lunch 
Tue-Fri 11 am-2:30 pm
Brunch 
Sat-Sun 10 am-3 pm
Dinner 
Fri 5-8:30 pm
Coffee, snacks, and dessert
10 am-4:30 pm
The Modern is closed Mondays and holidays, including New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas.

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Apr. 11: Affordable Housing Design Expert Lorcan O’Herlihy at Dallas Architecture Forum

The Dallas Architecture Forum Presents

Award-Winning Architect and Affordable Housing Design Expert

Lorcan O’Herlihy

 Wednesday, 11 April 2018

At the Magnolia Theater, West Village

The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 2017-2018 lecture season with award-winning architect Lorcan O’Herlihy, Principal of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects in Los Angeles.

Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA is one of our country’s leading architects focused on creating and improving the quality and availability of affordable community housing. In over two decades in practice, O’Herlihy and his firm Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) have amassed a significant body of work and have been published in over 20 countries. His commitment to design excellence in commercial, educational, and residential projects has earned over 100 national and local design awards, including the 2010 AIA Los Angeles Firm of the Year Award.

Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA] engages the ever-changing complexities of the urban landscape. With a conscious understanding that architecture operates within a layered context of political, developmental, environmental, and social structures, LOHA seeks to elevate the human condition via the built environment. The firm’s design methodology, Amplified Urbanism, is informed by the desire to create fluid interaction between public and private spaces, emphasize social and civic connections, and harness existing infrastructural and ecological patterns to cultivate vibrant communities. Based out of studios in Los Angeles and Detroit, LOHA has built over 85 projects across three continents, delivering diverse work ranging from art galleries, bus shelters, and large-scale neighborhood plans, to large mixed-use developments and university residential complexes.

 As founder and principal of LOHA, Lorcan O’Herlihy seeks opportunities to engage the ever-changing complexities of the urban landscape while embracing architecture as a catalyst of change. Since LOHA’s inception in 1994, these urban and social concerns have been paired with an interest in artistry. Lorcan spent his formative years working in New York and Paris on the Grand Louvre Museum as a designer at I.M. Pei Partners. The experience working on a project that harmoniously coupled art and architecture was paramount to his design philosophy and instilled a passion for aesthetic improvisation and composition. In addition, O’Herlihy has also worked as a painter, sculptor, and furniture maker.

O’Herlihy has taught and lectured extensively over the last decade, including at the Architectural Association in London, Southern California Institute of Architecture [SCI-Arc], Cranbrook Academy of Art, Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University, Pratt Institute, and the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California.

“As Dallas seeks to address the increasing challenges of affordable housing for our residents, we believe that Lorcan O’Herlihy will share important insights regarding how affordable housing can obtain community engagement, be economically feasible and create outstanding design for neighborhoods. Using the successful case studies O’Herlihy has achieved in the Los Angeles area, he will show how his bold and inventive designs create public space and bring a sense of community into the city while improving the quality of life for our residents,” stated Forum Executive Director Nate Eudaly. “We believe Mr. O’Herlihy’s lecture is especially timely and of importance to North Texas, and encourage attendance from city leaders, industry professionals, and the general public who want to make our communities better places for everyone.”

loharchitects.com       

O’Herlihy will speak on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m., with check-in and reception at 6:15 p.m., at the Magnolia Theater in the West Village.

The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on April 11 with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2017-2018 Season are Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty – Faisal Halum Group, D Home | D Magazine and Maharger Development – Reggie Graham. Series Benefactors are ALA, bodron + fruit, Corgan, DLR Group/Staffelbach, HKS, Jackson Walker LLP, Janet + Terry Kafka, Scott + Cooner and SMINK. Lecture Benefactor for this lecture is Emily Summers Design Associates.  Reception Underwriters are Diana + Frank Aldridge and Bernbaum/Magadini. This is the Forum’s Annual Bob James Memorial Lecture, presented with support from the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation in memory of the architectural legacy of Bob James.

LORCAN O’HERLIHY

PRINCIPAL, LORCAN O’HERLIHY ARCHITECTS

LOS ANGELES

11 April 2018

Wednesday, 7:00 pm

Reception and check-in 6:15 from 6:15–6:55
Magnolia Theater, West Village

Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA is one of our country’s leading architects focused on creating and improving the quality and availability of affordable community housing. In over two decades in practice, O’Herlihy and his firm Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) have amassed a significant body of work and have been published in over 20 countries. Early in his career The Architectural League of New York selected Lorcan O’Herlihy as one of its Emerging Voices. His commitment to design excellence in commercial, educational, and residential projects has earned over 100 national and local design awards, including the 2010 AIA Los Angeles Firm of the Year Award.

Among his many honored projects are community housing projects Formosa 1140, Mariposa 1038, and Cloverdale 749; the Disney Digital Studios; Sunset/La Cienega; and the restoration of iconic architectural photographer Julius Shulman’s residence (recognized as an Architectural Record House of the Year). His recently published monograph Amplified Urbanism enumerates many of the guiding innovative principles he brings to his body of work. O’Herlihy was nominated for the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, and the 2017 Marcus Prize in Architecture. His studio’s work has been widely published including in Architectural Record (cover), Architect, Interior Design (Best of Year Award), Wired, Wallpaper, and numerous times in The Architect’s Newspaper. The firm is ranked No.5 on Architect’s 2017 list of top Design Firms in the country.

O’Herlihy spent his formative years working at I.M. Pei Partners in New York and Paris on the addition to the Grand Louvre Museum. The experience working on a project that harmoniously coupled art and architecture was paramount to his design philosophy and instilled a passion for aesthetic improvisation and composition. In addition, O’Herlihy has also worked as a painter, sculptor, and furniture maker. The breadth of good design at all scales is successfully incorporated as a foundation of his firm. O’Herlihy has taught and lectured extensively throughout his career at notable institutions including the Architectural Association; UCLA; SCI-Arc, Cranbrook; Columbia University, Pratt Institute; Carnegie Mellon; and the National Building Museum. Currently, Lorcan is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California, and he serves as a GSA Design Excellence Program Peer.

About the Dallas Architecture Forum

The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment.  The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas.  The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts.  For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org.

Among the over 230 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series  are Shigeru Ban,  Brad Cloepfil,  Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves,  Daniel Libeskind,  Thomas Phifer,  Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and  regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato.  Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center).   Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe.  Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.

The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists.  Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects.  Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse.  Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.

For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.

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Feb 28: Sheila Kennedy, Architect, Innovator, MIT Professor by The Dallas Architecture Forum

The Dallas Architecture Forum Presents
Award-Winning Architect, Innovator and MIT Professor
Shelia Kennedy
 
The Annual Rose Family Lecture
Honoring Deedie and the late Rusty Rose
 
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
 
At the Dallas Museum of Art
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 2017-2018 lecture season with Shelia Kennedy, FAIA, founding Principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd. (KVA) in Boston, Massachusetts, and Professor of the Practice of Architecture at MIT.
 
As a Principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd. (KVA), Sheila Kennedy has established an internationally recognized design practice that explores architecture, digital technology and emerging public needs. Designated as one of Fast Company’s Masters of Design, Kennedy is described as an “insightful and original thinker who is designing new ways of working, learning, leading and innovating”. Kennedy’s creative problem definition and concept creation strategy for clients, directs MATx, the materials research unit at KVA. MATx works collaboratively with business leaders, manufacturers, cultural institutions and public agencies to apply creative production across the fields of design, electronics, architecture, and material science. MATx has developed designs and technology applications for Dupont, Siemens, Osram, Herman Miller, Saint-Gobain, The North Face, The City of Porto in Portugal, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States Department of Energy. The MATx Portable Light Project, a non-profit global initiative that enables people in the developing world to create and own portable energy harvesting solar textile kits has been recognized with a 2012 Energy Globe Award, 2009 US Congressional Award, a 2009 Energy Globe Award and a 2008 Tech Museum Laureate Award for technology that benefits humanity.
Kennedy’s work has been exhibited at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the International Rotterdam Biennale, the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MoMA), and the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) “Design & the Elastic Mind” exhibition on breakthrough designs for new technologies. Kennedy has served as an advisor to the United States Department of Energy, the National Academy of Sciences’ Government-Industry Partnerships, and the Vision 2020 National Technology Roadmap. She is the author of multiple patents for the integration of digital technologies into architecture, building materials and textiles. Kennedy’s research and work in architecture have been recognized by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Academy of Sciences.
 
Sheila Kennedy studied architecture at the Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris and received the Masters of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, where she has also been an Associate Professor and Director of the M Arch II Program. She is currently Professor of the Practice of Architecture at MIT. Kennedy lectures widely and her work has been featured in journals of architecture, design culture, anthropology and optoelectronics, as well as National Public Radio, CBS News, CNN Principal Voices, BBC World News, Wired, Science News, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and The New York Times.
 
 
See Additional Media Coverage:   
 
 
Treehugger Radio         https://goo.gl/98azNZ
 
Fast Company    https://goo.gl/BpCwZM
 
Kennedy will speak on Wednesday, February 28 at 7:00 p.m., with check-in and reception at 6:15 p.m., at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow Auditorium.
 
“Sheila Kennedy is on the cutting edge in the research and development of sustainable materials that can be adapted by local communities, especially in the developing world,” stated Forum Executive Director Nate Eudaly. “In focusing her work on the intersection of electronics, architecture, design and material science, she has created innovative projects and materials that meet the needs of developing people groups around the world.  We believe Ms. Kennedy’s presentation will be of great interest to residents and innovative leaders throughout North Texas.”
The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on February 28 with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2017-2018 Season are Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty – Faisal Halum Group, D Home | D Magazine and Maharger Development – Reggie Graham. Series Benefactors are bodron+fruit,  CORGAN, Scott+Cooner, SMINK and DLR Group|STAFFELBACH. Lecture Benefactor is BOKA Powell and Reception Underwriter is TKO Associates. The Forum extends thanks to the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation for its support of the Rose Family Lecture.
SHEILA KENNEDY
PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE, MIT
PRINCIPAL, KENNEDY & VIOLICH ARCHITECTURE (KVA MATX)
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
 
28 February 2018
Wedesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in 6:15 from 6:15–6:55
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
 
The Rose Family Lecture
Presented with Underwriting Support from
Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation 
 
As a founding Principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd. (KVA), Sheila Kennedy has established an internationally recognized new model for an interdisciplinary design practice that explores architecture, digital technology and emerging public needs. Designated as one of Fast Company’s Masters of Design, Kennedy is described as an “insightful and original thinker who is designing new ways of working, learning, leading and innovating”. In 2000, Kennedy established MATx, a pioneering materials research unit at KVA which engages applied creative production across the fields of design, electronics, and architecture and material science. MATx works collaboratively with business leaders, manufacturers, cultural institutions and public agencies to create designs, building components and architecture that advance the widespread implementation of sustainable digital materials. The MATx Portable Light Project, a non-profit global initiative that enables people in the developing world to create and own portable energy harvesting solar textile kits has been recognized with a U.S. Congressional Award, an Energy Globe Award and a Tech Museum Laureate Award for technology that benefits humanity.
 
Kennedy’s work has been exhibited at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the International Rotterdam Biennale, the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MoMA), and the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) “Design & the Elastic Mind” exhibition on breakthrough designs for new technologies. She is the author of multiple patents for the integration of digital technologies into architecture, building materials and textiles. Kennedy’s research and work in architecture have been recognized by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Academy of Sciences.
 
Kennedy lectures widely and her work has been featured in journals of architecture, design culture, anthropology and optoelectronics, as well as National Public Radio, CBS News, CNN Principal Voices, BBC World News, Wired, Science News, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and The New York Times.
 

About the Dallas Architecture Forum
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment.  The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas.  The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts.  For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org. 
 
Among the over 230 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series  are Shigeru Ban,  Brad Cloepfil,  Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves,  Daniel Libeskind,  Thomas Phifer,  Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and  regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato.  Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center).   Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe.  Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
 
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists.  Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects.  Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse.  Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.  
 
For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.
 
 
For Twitter, our account is DallasArchForum.
 
For more information, please contact: Sharon Cooper, 214.794.1610 or scooper21@yahoo.com

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Feb 21: Maurice Cox, Planning Director-Detroit by The Dallas Architecture Forum

 

The Dallas Architecture Forum Presents
Nationally Recognized Director of Planning
 
Maurice Cox
 
Wednesday, 21 February 2018

At the Magnolia Theater, West Village
 
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 2017-2018 lecture season with Maurice Cox, Director of Planning and Development for the City of Detroit, Michigan. This lecture will be presented in partnership with The University of Texas at Arlington College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA).
 
Maurice Cox, Planning Director for the City of Detroit, is an urban designer, architectural educator and former mayor of the City of Charlottesville, VA. He most recently served as Associate Dean for Community Engagement at Tulane University, School of Architecture and Director of the Tulane City Center, a university-affiliated practice operating at the intersection of design, urban research and civic engagement throughout the New Orleans community. Cox has taught at Syracuse University, the University of Virginia and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. His experience merging architecture, politics and design education led to his being named one of “20 Masters of Design” in 2004 by Fast Company Business Magazine. He served as Design Director of the National Endowment for the Arts from 2007-2010 where he led the NEA’s Your Town Rural Institute, the Governor’s Institute on Community Design, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, and oversaw direct design grants to the design community across the U.S. In 2013, Cox was named one of the Most Admired Design Educators in America in the annual ranking of Design Intelligence.
 
 
See Additional Media Coverage:  Crain’s Detroit Business, Next City.Org, Architect Magazine
 
 
 
 
 
Cox will speak on Wednesday, February 21 at 7:00 p.m., with check-in and reception at 6:15 p.m., at the Magnolia Theater in the West Village.
 
“Maurice Cox has achieved a nationally acclaimed reputation as a community designer who incorporates active citizen participation into the urban design and planning process,” stated Forum Executive Director Nate Eudaly. “In presenting the challenges, and his strategies for redeveloping the urban core of the City of Detroit, we believe Mr. Cox will present a program that is sure to be of great interest to residents and city leaders throughout North Texas.”
 
The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on February 21 with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2017-2018 Season are Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty – Faisal Halum Group, D Home | D Magazine and Maharger Development – Reggie Graham. Series Benefactors are CORGAN, DLR Group/Staffelbach, HKS, IDA Media Group, Janet + Terry Kafka, Scott + Cooner and SMINK. Reception Underwriter is smithgroupjjr.
 
MAURICE COX
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN
 
21 February 2018
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in 6:15 from 6:15–6:55
Magnolia Theater, West Village
 
Maurice Cox is a nationally acclaimed community designer and leader of the public interest design movement. He is widely respected for his ability to incorporate active citizen participation into the urban design and planning process. Maurice has a reputation for developing bold – yet achievable – plans that become tools for civic discourse and empowerment, embraced by diverse sectors of the community.
 
As the Planning and Development Director for the City of Detroit, Maurice is in charge of the long-term vision for a redeveloped Detroit — improving Detroit’s neighborhoods, developing strategies to boost stable areas of the city with new business and residential development, and devising uses for the vast tracts of vacant lots and other city owned properties.
 
Previously, Maurice served as associate dean for community engagement at Tulane University’s School of Architecture and director of the Tulane City Center, a university-affiliated practice operating at the intersection of design, urban research, and civic engagement throughout New Orleans. He also served as design director of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from 2007-2010, where he led the NEA’s Your Town Rural Institute, the Governors’ Institute on Community Design, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, and oversaw grants to the design community across the United States.
 
About the Dallas Architecture Forum
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment.  The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas.  The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts.  For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org. 
 
Among the over 230 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series  are Shigeru Ban,  Brad Cloepfil,  Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves,  Daniel Libeskind,  Thomas Phifer,  Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and  regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato.  Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center).   Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe.  Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
 
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists.  Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects.  Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse.  Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.  
 
For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.
 
 
For Twitter, our account is DallasArchForum.

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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern presents Charlie Clarke Feb. 13 and Carroll Dunham Feb. 20

This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday from February 6 through April 10.

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online at www.themodern.org/programs/lectures. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies).

Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.
Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum’s collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators’ perspectives and discussions. Visit www.themodern.org/podcasts. Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern’s YouTube channel.

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February 13
Ron Mueck’s hyper-real sculptures of the human figure are tender portrayals of people in their most intimate, isolated and vulnerable moments. Manchester Art Gallery on the 2008 ARTIST ROOMS exhibition featuring the work of Ron Mueck
Charlie Clarke, Ron Mueck’s long-time exhibition manager, is in conversation with the Modern‘s Senior Curator, Andrea Karnes as they discuss the work and career of Ron Mueck, from his first acclaimed sculpture, Dead Dad, to his most recent installation of 100 giant skulls, Mass, with a particular focus on the works in the Modern‘s exhibition Ron Mueck. After gaining international attention with Dead Dad in the controversial and popular exhibition Sensation in 1997, Mueck’s first one-person show was at Anthony d’Offay Gallery in 1998. As stated for a recent exhibition at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Finland, “Mueck has since shown himself to be a major sculptor whose work elicits an immediate emotional response. . .. Mueck’s subject matter – for all its universality – is deeply private, concerning the unspoken thoughts and feelings of all human beings.”

For this Tuesday Evenings presentation, serving as a preview for the exhibition Ron Mueck, which opens February 16, Clarke relays stories of his experiences with the artist and sheds light on the processes and decisions that infuse Mueck’s extraordinary sculptures with an enduring quality that leaves viewers entranced.
February 20
 
Awareness can feel like a bright island in an ocean of namelessness. The unthought and the unseen wash the shores, leaching into the ground of the mind under sagging frames of reference. There is endless erosion of the coastline, a subversive give-and-take. Objects are soaked with feelings and their identities compromised. Abstractions are contaminated. 
“Land” in Land, ed. Carroll Dunham (New York: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, 1989). Reprinted in Into Words: The Selected Writings of Carroll Dunham
Carroll Dunham, an important New York-based artist working in painting, drawing, and printmaking, discusses his practice, from coming into his own in the late 1970s to his current contributions as a maker and a writer within the continuum of art. Known for a conceptual approach, which includes aspects of abstraction and representation, Dunham is admired, especially by fellow artists, for his authentic and unyielding pursuit of consequential artworks. The artist Paul Chan confirms this admiration in his Publisher’s Foreword for the recently released book Into Words: The Selected Writings of Carroll Dunham: “I have admired Carroll Dunham’s work for many years. I still remember vividly his painting in America Is Hard to See, the inaugural exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new building in 2015. When I entered the room where it hung, I gasped. The painting was at once exuberant, provocative, and entrancing. It literally took my breath.”
This Tuesday Evenings presentation is a special opportunity to hear from one of contemporary art’s most imperative voices and gain insights into a career that developed through a sensitivity to the past, an astute awareness of the present, and a personal insistence on making what needs to be made.
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE
 
February 13
Charles Clarke, Ron Mueck’s long-time exhibition manager, is in conversation with the Modern’s Senior Curator, Andrea Karnes, as they discuss Mueck’s work and career.
February 20
Carroll Dunham, the renowned artist and writer represented in the Modern’s collection with the painting Horse and Rider (My X), 2013-15,and Studies for Horse and Rider (My X), 2012-15, presents ideas and works as they pertain to his artistic practice.
February 27
Artists Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher, from Houston, present their work of the last 20 years, discussing their various interests and inspirations and sharing their experiences as collaborators.
March 6
Artist William Cordova is in conversation with 2017 Marfa Contemporary Guest Director Kate Green and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Blanton Museum of Art Carter Foster concerning Cordova’s installation ankaylli: spatial and ideological terrain at Marfa Contemporary in their presentation “William Cordova: Frameworks.“
March 20
Michael Lobel, art historian and Professor of Art History at Hunter College, City University of New York, presents a new discovery concerning the Modern’s popular painting Mr. Bellamy, 1961, in his presentation “Pop and Its Sources: Reconsidering Roy Lichtenstein’s Mr. Bellamy.”
March 27
Kamrooz Aram, whose work is featured in the Modern’s exhibition FOCUS: Kamrooz Aram, presents his work, which is known for addressing issues of ornament and its complex relationship to modernist painting, exhibition design, and more.
April 3
Courtney J. Martin, Dia Art Foundation Deputy Director and Chief Curator, as well as the curator of Dia’s 2015 exhibition Robert Ryman, presents “Encounters with Space, Depth and Distance: Robert Ryman, circa 20thC.” 
April 10
Katherine Bradford,whose work was featured in the Modern’s exhibition FOCUS: Katherine Bradford, presents thoughts on her practice and the ideas and methods behind her brightly colored, exuberantly executed, and ominous paintings.


LOCATION

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566
Museum Gallery Hours
Tue 10 am-7 pm (Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov)
Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm
Fri 10 am-8 pm
General Admission Prices
(includes special exhibitions)
$4 for students with ID and seniors (60+)
$10 for adults (13+)
Free for children 12 and under
Free for Modern members
Free every Sunday and half-price every Wednesday.
CAFÉ MODERN
Lunch 
Tue-Fri 11 am-2:30 pm
Brunch 
Sat-Sun 10 am-3 pm
Dinner 
Fri 5-8:30 pm
Coffee, snacks, and dessert
10 am-4:30 pm
The Modern is closed Mondays and holidays, including New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas.

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Modern Connections Presents Paddy Johnson, November 9

Paddy Johnson Art and the Comment Wars: 2005-2018
Paddy Johnson is the Founding Editor of the blog Art F City. In addition to her work at AFC, she has been published in magazines such as New York Magazine, The New York Times and The Economist. Paddy lectures widely about art and the Internet at venues including Yale University, Parsons, Rutgers, South by Southwest, and the Whitney Independent Study Program. In 2008, she became the first blogger to earn a Creative Capital Arts Writers grant from the Creative Capital Foundation. Paddy was nominated for best art critic at The Rob Pruitt Art Awards in 2010 and 2013.  In 2014, she was the subject of a VICE profile for her work as an independent art blogger. Paddy maintains an active presence as a curator as well, most recently curating the 2016 animated GIF exhibition Geographically Indeterminate Fantasies for Providence College.
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Lecture will be in the Modern’s auditorium. Seating is limited and admission is free.
 

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Nov 14: American Architecture Prize Gold Medalist Fernando Tabuenca at Dallas Architecture Forum

The Dallas Architecture Forum
 Presents Lecture by
 
Award-Winning Architect
Fernando Tabuenca
 
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
At the Magnolia Theater, West Village
 
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 2017-2018 season with leading Spanish architect Fernando Tabuenca, Founder and Principal of Tabuenca & Leache Arquitectos in Pamplona, Spain. Since its founding in 1994, the firm has developed projects for residential, industrial, cultural, sport, education, and religious facilities with their work focused on urban, interior and product design, renovation and new construction.
 
Tabuenca & Leache has been recognized across Europe and the United States with numerous awards from Fondazione Frate Sole, University of Ferrara, Faith and Form-American Institute of Architects, ECOLA, European Union Prize-Mies Van der Rohe and other well-known organizations, as well as receiving the 2016 American Architecture Gold Medal Prize in Architectural Design and Renovation. Their work has been published in many international magazines such as El Croquis, A&V, Arquitectura Viva, Casabella, Detail, Architekture Aktuell, AIT, Octogon, A+U and many others.
 
Fernando Tabuenca has lectured in Spain, Italy, France and Taiwan. At the present time, he is an associate professor in the College of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Zaragoza. Tabuenca has also taught in Pamplona, Madrid and Buenos Aires, and he is now a visiting associate professor at Cornell University.
 
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Tabuenca will speak on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00 p.m., with check-in and reception at 6:15 p.m., at the Magnolia Theater in the West Village.
 
“The Dallas Architecture Forum is delighted to continue its 2017-18 lecture series with Fernando Tabuenca, one of the leading architects of Spain,” stated Forum Executive Director Nate Eudaly. “We believe that with the broad experience of his award-winning firm, Tabuenca & Leache Arquitectos, in numerous areas of design, and his personal experience as a lecturer and professor of architecture in Europe and the United States, Mr. Tabuenca, will present what is sure to be a program of great interest.”
 
The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on November 14 with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
 
Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2017-2018 Season are Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty | Faisal Halum Group, D Home | D Magazine and Maharger Development – Reggie Graham. Fall/Winter Series Benefactors are Architectural Ligting Alliance, CORGAN and modmedia, inc // moderndallas.net.
 
FERNANDO TABUENCA
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL, TABUENCA & LEACHE ARQUITECTOS
PAMPLONA, SPAIN
 
14 November 2017
Tuesday, 7:00 pm
 
Reception and check-in 6:15 from 6:15–6:55
Magnolia Theater, West Village
Presented in partnership with UTA-CAPPA
 
Since its foundation in 1994 by Fernando Tabuenca and Jesús Leache, Tabuenca & Leache Arquitectos, a firm settled in Pamplona (Spain), has developed a wide variety of projects, from urban design to architectural design (new buildings for residential, industrial, cultural, sport, education, religious, etc.), and also renovations, interior design and product design.
 
In the late 90’s, Tabuenca and his partner were selected by the prestigious architects Rafael Moneo and Alvaro Siza, together with five other young architectural teams, to be among the most relevant emergent Iberian architects and to show their early work at the 1st Spanish-Portuguese Architectural Encounters organized by Dukes of Soria Foundation held in Lisbon.
 
Since then, they have received many awards and recognitions in Spain from architects associations and institutions such as FAD, CSCAE, COAVN, COAM, ASCER, EGURTEK, to mention but a few, and from abroad: Fondazione Frate Sole, University of Ferrara, Faith and Form-American Institute of Architects, ECOLA, European Union Prize-Mies Van der Rohe and other well-known institutions. Their works have been published in various international magazines like El Croquis, A&V, Arquitectura Viva, Casabella, Detail, Architekture Aktuell, AIT, Octogon, A+U and many others.
 
Two significant built projects are the restoration and renovation of the Constable’s House and Saint George’s Parish Church, both in Pamplona. The first project has been published in the latest issue of Casabella magazine and in many other publications, and has won an American Architectural Prize. The Parish Church has received the Honor Award for Religious Architecture (IFRAA), has been exhibited at the AIA Small Project Awards Exhibition in Chicago and has also been broadly published in architectural magazines.
 
Fernando Tabuenca has lectured in Spain, Italy, France and Taiwan. At the present time, he is an associate professor in the College of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Zaragoza. Tabuenca has also taught in Pamplona, Madrid and Buenos Aires, and he is now a visiting associate professor at Cornell University.
 

About the Dallas Architecture Forum
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment.  The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas.  The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts.  For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org. 
 
Among the over 230 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series  are Shigeru Ban,  Brad Cloepfil,  Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves,  Daniel Libeskind,  Thomas Phifer,  Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and  regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato.  Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center).   Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe.  Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
 
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists.  Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects.  Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse.  Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.  
 
For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.
 
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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Presents Margaret Meehan, October 10

TUESDAY EVENINGS AT THE MODERN LECTURE SERIES
Presents Margaret Meehan
October 10
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday from September 12 through November 14 ( no lecture on October 31).

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online at www.themodern.org/programs/lectures. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies).

Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.
Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum’s collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators’ perspectives and discussions. Visit www.themodern.org/podcasts. Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern’s YouTube channel
October 10
Margaret Meehan was a Texas-based artist until her recent move to Richmond, Virginia, where she now lives, makes art, and teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University. Meehan, known for her research-heavy and figure-based multimedia work, has always been interested in the body – not necessarily how it physically works or even the figure as a genre, but how bodily difference has been perceived throughout time.
For Tuesday Evenings, Meehan presents “Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde,” a talk on how her work addresses monstrosity as a kind of otherness that goes beyond dualities and instead exists in shades of gray, a slippage between the categories that society defines us by and an acknowledgement of the monster that lives within us. In this clear-eyed and nuanced consideration of the intersections of myths, monsters, and miracles, Meehan examines how we decide whom we protect and whom we should be protected from by looking at notions of gender, vintage horror, and our own blood-stained American history.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE  
Artist Robyn O’Neil in conjunction with the publication of Robyn O’Neil: 20 Years of Drawings
October 17
Sheila Kennedy, FAIA, in conjunction with the Fort Worth AIA Excellence in Architecture Design Awards
October 24
Artist Minerva Cuevas
November 7
Artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler 
November 14
LOCATION

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566
Museum Gallery Hours
Tue 10 am-7 pm (Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov)
Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm
Fri 10 am-8 pm
General Admission Prices
(includes special exhibitions)
$4 for students with ID and seniors (60+)
$10 for adults (13+)
Free for children 12 and under
Free for Modern members
Free every Sunday and half-price every Wednesday.

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Dallas Architecture Forum: Panel Discussion “Multi-Family Housing in Dallas” June 6

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The Dallas Architecture Forum
 
Continues 20th Anniversary Panel Discussion Series With
 
“Multi-Family Housing in Dallas” 
The Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing public education about architecture, design and the urban environment, will continue its 2016-2017 Panel Discussion Series on June 6, 2017 with “Multi-Family Housing in Dallas” moderated by Paris Rutherford, Principal of Catalyst Urban Development.
  
Panels are offered at no charge to both Forum members and to the general public as a public outreach of The Forum. Join us for a cold beverage and lively dialogue!
 
The venue for the Panel Series for this season is the Dallas Black Dance Theater building directly behind One Arts Plaza. The DBDT is located at the corner of Arts Plaza Street and Ann Williams Way – at 2700 Ann Williams Way, Dallas, TX  75201. Free parking is available between the DBDT building and Fellowship Church, located to the east of the DBDT building.
The panel discussion is FREE and will be held at 6:30 pm, with complimentary beverages available beginning at 6:15 pm.  No reservations are needed to attend. One CEU AIA credit is available.
 
“With the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex experiencing such dramatic population growth in the past two decades, there is an increased demand for multi-family housing.  Just what should it look like to satisfy the demands of today’s market?  Where should it be located, and what will the future hold for multi-family projects if the demand changes? “The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to present this next panel in its 2016-17 series of thought-provoking Panel Discussions on topics impacting the citizens of Dallas both locally and globally,” stated Forum Executive Director Nate Eudaly. “Moderator Paris Rutherford will be joined by subject matter experts to discuss this timely topic and how it will shape future growth decisions for Dallas.
  
For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, or the Panel Discussion Series, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
 
The Forum’s Panel Season Benefactors are John Eagle Dealerships, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, Purdy McGuire, Inc., Janet + Terry Kafka and WDG Architecture. The Sponsors for this Panel are Meg M. Fitzpatrick | Management Consultant and LUXE Interiors + Design Magazine.

 

 Paris Rutheford Head Shot

 

Paris Rutherford
“Multi-Family Housing”
6 June 2017
Tuesday, 6:30 pm, Informal reception at 6:15 pm
Venue:  NOTE LOCATION
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, 2700 Ann Williams Way, Dallas, TX 75201
Behind One Arts Plaza, at the Corner of Arts Plaza Street and Ann Williams Way,
Entrance on Ann Williams Way, Free parking is available between the DBDT building and Fellowship Church, located to the east of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre 
 
Dallas-Fort Worth and North Texas have a current population of roughly 7.1 million people, more than double in the number of residents over the last twenty years. We are experiencing a population surge among the highest in the United States. Forbes quotes DFW as building 10% of the apartments nationwide, and it seems that the demand for multi-family housing in the region is almost insatiable. This also represents a shift in the type of housing that the Metroplex has historically demanded, moving from suburban single-family residences to condensed and stacked urban living.
 
What exactly precipitated this shift, and what does the future hold for these building types? Will suburban centers in North Texas, which have tended to hold out on such projects, be forced to begin to build multi-family style buildings due to overwhelming demand? And what happens to these buildings in the future when demand is not as high, or if the population migrates? We will discuss these questions as well as other important considerations of the multi-family housing boom during this Panel. 
 
About the Moderator:
 
Paris RUTHERFORD
Principal
Catalyst Urban Development
 
Paris Rutherford brings over 25 years of experience in the successful positioning of memorable developments across the United States including multiple nationally-recognized mixed-use developments. As Principal, Mr. Rutherford guides Catalyst’s development process to realize its mission of creating Great Places through investment, experiential and community returns.
 
Prior to forming Catalyst, Mr. Rutherford was President of Woodmont Investment Company, Practice Leader of RTKL Associates’ firm-wide planning practice, and Director of RTKL itself. Over 85 national, regional and local awards have been given to projects he has worked on, and his ideas and efforts have been published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Urban Land Magazine. He has spoken at the National Press Club, ULI, ICSC, and been featured on CNBC’s Closing Bell and PBS’s News Hour. Paris is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Harvard University.
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About The Dallas Architecture Forum
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment. The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas. The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts. For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org
 
Among the over 160 speakers who have addressed The Forum’s Lecture Series are Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Phifer, Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato. Pritzker Prize winners speaking to The Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center). Other speakers for The Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe. Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to The Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
 
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists. Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects. Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse. Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”. Among the many community leaders who have served as Forum Panel Moderators are Rick Brettell, Gail Thomas, Brent Brown, Peter Simek, Krys Boyd, Scott Cantrell, and the late David Dillon. 
 

For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

For questions about The Forum, call 214-764-2406.

 
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Mark Chen’s Windtopia presentation June 9 at the Dallas Center for Photography

Windtopia
DCP Speaker Series:
Mark Chen’s Windtopia

Friday, June 9: 7-9pm

With roots as a visual art project, Windtopia has evolved into a collaboration among artists across the visual arts, sound art, graphic design, creative writing, and performance and non-artists in fields such as engineering and climate science. Mark Chen will present the project in which our complex energy future is brought to life.

Mark’s presentation will be a mix of photography and graphic design and how they can stimulate discussion about serious social, political and artistic topics. This performance will be followed by a behind-the-scenes talk, in which Mark Chen will detail the conceptual development of Windtopia – from the day it was inspired to what the future holds.

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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Presents Doug Aitken and Philippe Vergne in Conversation, May 25

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
TUESDAY EVENINGS AT THE MODERN LECTURE SERIES

Presents

Doug Aitken and Philippe Vergne in Conversation
Thursday, May 25; 7 pm 
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public selected Tuesday from February 28 through April 25, with a specially scheduled presentation on Thursday, May 25.

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s auditorium. Seating begins at6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online at www.themodern.org/programs/lectures. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies). Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.

Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum’s collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators’ perspectives and discussions. Visit www.themodern.org/podcasts.

Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern’s YouTube channel

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Thursday, May 25

Doug Aitken and Philippe Vergne in Conversation

 

Artist Doug Aitken and MOCA Director Philippe Vergne engage in conversation to launch Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, the artist’s largest survey to date, which opens to the public Sunday, May 28.
For this special presentation, Aitken and Vergne discuss Aitken’s uniquely immersive aesthetic; the work’s relationship to 20th-century avant-garde art, cinema, and experimental music; the nature of creativity in the 21st century; the possibilities for artmaking within our ever-mobile, ever-changing, image-based contemporary world; and other ideas central to the artist and the exhibition. Within this conversational context, Aitken will also introduce the filmic documentation of his most recent project,Mirage. Mirage is an artwork that distills the recognizable structure of a house into the essence of its form and allows it to reflect, merge with, and disappear into the landscape. 
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LOCATION

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566
Museum Gallery Hours
Tue 10 am-7 pm (Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov)
Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm
Fri 10 am-8 pm
General Admission Prices
(includes special exhibitions)
$4 for students with ID and seniors (60+)
$10 for adults (13+)
Free for children 12 and under
Free for Modern members
Free every Sunday and half-price every Wednesday.

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DAF’s Panel Discussion Series With “Preservation Issues for Dallas” May 16

DISD Bldg-Endangered

The Dallas Architecture Forum
in Partnership with Preservation Dallas
 
Continues 20th Anniversary Panel Discussion Series With
 
“Preservation Issues for Dallas”
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing public education about architecture, design and the urban environment, will continue its 2016-2017 Panel Discussion Series on May 16, 2017 with “Preservation Issues for Dallas” moderated by Katherine Seale, Chairman of the Dallas Landmark Commission and the West End Historic District Committee. The Forum will partner with Preservation Dallas to present this important and timely Panel discussion.
 
Panels are offered at no charge to both Forum members and to the general public as a public outreach of The Forum. Join us for a cold beverage and lively dialogue!
Statler-Hilton-Block-Rescued-Photo Courtesy of Statler Hilton
 
The venue for the Panel Series for this season is the Dallas Black Dance Theater building directly behind One Arts Plaza. The DBDT is located at the corner of Arts Plaza Street and Ann Williams Way – at 2700 Ann Williams Way, Dallas, TX  75201. Free parking is available between the DBDT building and Fellowship Church, located to the east of the DBDT building.
The panel discussion is FREE and will be held at 6:30 pm, with complimentary beverages available beginning at 6:15 pm.  No reservations are needed to attend. One CEU AIA credit is available.
 
“The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to partner with Preservation Dallas to present this next panel in its 2016-17 series of thought-provoking Panel Discussions on topics impacting the citizens of Dallas both locally and globally,” stated Forum Executive Director Nate Eudaly. “Moderator Katherine Seale will be joined by panelists who will discuss the increased interest in Dallas and across the country in the preservation of the built environment and how it affects our lives, while also exploring the need for an updated and centralized plan to shape our future growth decisions for Dallas.
 
Joining Seale as panelists for this program will be the following distinguished community leaders and subject matter experts:
 
Robin MCCAFFREY, AIA AICP, President and Senior Principal of MESA Planning in Dallas.
 
Robert MECKFESSEL, FAIA, founder of DSGN Associates, who is a Past President of The Forum and who currently serves on the boards of LRTX, the Trinity River Conservancy, and DoCoMoMo US.
 
David PREZIOSI, AICP, Preservation and Planning Expert and Executive Director of Preservation Dallas.
 
For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, or the Panel Discussion Series, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org

or call 214-764-2406.

 
The Forum’s Panel Season Benefactors are John Eagle Dealerships, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, Purdy McGuire, Inc., Janet + Terry Kafka and WDG Architecture. Sponsors for this panel are Wendy Konradi Interior Design and LUXE Interiors + Design Magazine

Katherine Seale-Photo Courtesy of Ms. Seale

 Katherine Seale
“Preservation Issues for Dallas”
16 May 2017
Tuesday, 6:30 pm, Informal reception at 6:15 pm
Venue:  NOTE LOCATION
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, 2700 Ann Williams Way, Dallas, TX 75201
Behind One Arts Plaza, at the Corner of Arts Plaza Street and Ann Williams Way,
Entrance on Ann Williams Way, Free parking is available between the DBDT building and Fellowship Church, located to the east of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre
 
The last two decades have seen a monumental shift in historic preservation both in Dallas and across the country. This is reflective of a broader renewed interest in the built environment – old and new – specifically how buildings, landscapes and places impact our lives. Twenty years ago, there was very little research on the physical and mental impact of buildings and landscapes. Today there are many more studies available on the subject, as well as a greater general interest in how our surroundings affect our bodies and minds. 
 
It has been said that historic preservation efforts are like a town’s autobiography. The decision to keep or demolish something for the future is based on the values of a particular time and place and attitude. Dallas’s citizens are increasingly interested in the decision-making process that determines what their surroundings look like and how it will affect them. The Demolition Delay ordinance as one example of the citizenry’s growing focus on the preservation decisions being made in their city. The quality and quantity of the city preservation staff has grown to a complete office, and many team members hold degrees in historic preservation related fields. Many internal changes such as increased training, education, and public outreach are happening as a result of the Downtown Preservation Solutions Committee.
 
While there is clearly an increased interest in the historic built environment from both the public and local government, the decisions that impact citizens are still largely unguided.  With no city planning department, there is a lack of vision and coordination in how the city develops and re-develops. We are working off a Preservation Plan from 1987 and our surveys are decades old. These tools need to be updated to guide future development and preservation efforts. 
3756-Armstrong-Demolished-Photo by Michael-Cagle
 
About the Moderator:
 
Katherine SEALE
Ms. Seale is an architectural historian and preservationist practicing in Dallas, Texas. She is a native Texan and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and a Master of Science in Architectural History from the University of Virginia. Ms. Seale began her career in 2001 directing Discover Dallas!, a city-wide survey of Dallas neighborhoods for Preservation Dallas. From 2007 until 2011, Ms. Seale served as the ExecutiveDirector of Preservation Dallas.  Currently, she is Mayor Rawlings’ appointment and chairman to the Dallas Landmark Commission. Ms. Seale also chairs the Preservation Solutions Committee under the Dallas City Manager‘s Office. More recently, she was appointed by the Dallas Landmark Commission to chair the West End Historic District Committee.
Panelists:
 
Robin MCCAFFREY
Robin McCaffrey, AIA AICP has worked as a planner and advocate for proper land use, design and preservation issues successfully for many years.  Robin has developed many planning projects for communities throughout Texas which involve land use, housing, urban design, open space/ natural systems, and infrastructure plans to enhance the development of those communities. Robin has also been actively involved in advocating on behalf of preservation issues.  He participated in the Crownrich vs. the City of Dallas case, a Supreme Court decision resulting from early historic preservation work. Mr. McCaffrey’s expert testimony assisted the City of Dallas who requested the power to deny a building permit in anticipation of pending historic designation. The result was a decision in favor of the City of Dallas.  This decision subsequently empowered historic preservation movements throughout the State of Texas.  Robin co-founded and was President of Needham-McCaffrey Associates.  His firm provided architecture and landscape services in the Dallas area.  From 1996 to 2011, Robin acted as Senior Principal of MESA Design Associates and is currently President and Senior Principal of MESA Planning in Dallas.
 
Robert MECKFESSEL
Robert Meckfessel, FAIA brings over 35 years of experience in the planning and design of institutional, residential, and commercial projects throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Many of these projects have been recognized for innovation and excellence in urban design, architecture, sustainability, and preservation from professional and industry organizations, including AIA Dallas, the Texas Society of Architects, Preservation Dallas, Preservation Texas, and NCTCOG.  He has served as President of leading organizations involved with the quality of the built environment, including Preservation Dallas, LRTX, AIA Dallas, and The Dallas Architecture Forum. He currently serves on the boards of LRTX, the Trinity River Conservancy, the Trinity Commons Foundation, Trinity United, and DoCoMoMo US. He speaks often at professional events and conferences, political forums, and educational venues on urban planning, preservation and architecture.
 
David PREZIOSI
Since 2012 David Preziosi, AICP has been the Executive Director of Preservation Dallas.  David attended Texas A & M, where he received a Bachelor of Environmental Design (architecture), a Master‘s of Urban Planning, and a Historic Preservation Certificate.  Prior to leading Preservation Dallas, David served as Executive Director of the Mississippi Heritage Trust.  In that position Preziosi successfully worked with Congress to secure millions of dollars to restore historic structures which were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. He worked on a team of preservationists who surveyed Katrina damage and pursued the funding needed to restore historic places.  David has also served as the Assistant City Planner and City Planner for Natchez, Mississippi and was responsible for all preservation planning in that historic city.  At Preservation Dallas he has worked to increase membership, programming and events, and advocacy.  He has worked to gather public support for numerous preservation issues including the passage of  the Demolition Delay ordinance, and has been an advocate for the increasing influence of the Downtown Preservation Solutions Committee.  David’s experience as a champion for preservation on local, state and national levels makes him a well-respected and effective advocate for preservation in Dallas and throughout Texas.  
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About The Dallas Architecture Forum
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment. The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas. The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts. For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org
 
Among the over 160 speakers who have addressed The Forum’s Lecture Series are Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Phifer, Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato. Pritzker Prize winners speaking to The Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center). Other speakers for The Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe. Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to The Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
 
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists. Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects. Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse. Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”. Among the many community leaders who have served as Forum Panel Moderators are Rick Brettell, Gail Thomas, Brent Brown, Peter Simek, Krys Boyd, Scott Cantrell, and the late David Dillon. 
 
For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

For questions about The Forum, call 214-764-2406.

 
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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Presents Richard Tuttle, April 25

 

Richard Tuttle The Critical Edge II, 2015 view 1 No. 61899 Format of original photography: digital Photographer: Kerry Ryan McFate

Richard Tuttle
The Critical Edge II, 2015
view 1
No. 61899
Format of original photography: digital
Photographer: Kerry Ryan McFate

This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public selected Tuesday from February 28 through April 25, with a specially scheduled presentation on Thursday, May 25.

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s auditorium. Seating begins at6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online atwww.themodern.org/programs/lectures

. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies).

Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.

Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum’s collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators’ perspectives and discussions. Visit www.themodern.org/podcasts.

Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern’s YouTube channel

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April 25 

Richard Tuttle, often identified as a critical figure in the evolution of Conceptual and Minimalist art, has throughout his long and industrious career created a particularly varied body of work that actually eludes historical or stylistic categorization. Tuttle’s conviction to the contemporary, rather than the past or future, makes his every move unpredictable and as such, rejuvenating. It is understandable that his influence, while allusive, has been sought by every generation since his pioneering 1975 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art curated by Marcia Tucker, who later founded the New Museum.
For this Tuesday Evenings presentation, Richard Tuttle discusses new work as seen in a few recent exhibitions, including Richard Tuttle: The Critical Edge at The Met Fifth Avenue;Richard Tuttle: 26 at Pace Gallery; Richard Tuttle at de Hallen Haarlem in the Netherlands; and Richard Tuttle: to The Night Sky of Lima at Museo de Arte de Lima. This new work, like that of the past, reflects the artist’s commitment to materials, his poetic approach to making art, and ultimately his faith in the fragility and beauty of the world.
Richard Tuttle, living and working in Mount Desert, Maine; Abiquiu, New Mexico; and New York, has been the subject of numerous major solo exhibitions, including a major traveling retrospective organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2005. In 2014, he exhibited in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall and, simultaneously, London’s Whitechapel Gallery presented Richard Tuttle: I Don’t Know. The Weave of Textile Language. Tuttle’s work has been featured in renowned international group exhibitions, including several Venice Biennales and Documenta exhibitions. He was the Artist in Residence at the Getty Research Institute in 2012/2013. In 2016 to 2017 he has had the above mentioned solo exhibitions in addition to several group exhibitions from New York to Edinburgh.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE  
 
Special Presentation
Thursday, May 25
Doug Aitken, artist, and Philippe Vergne, Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, are in conversation as artist and curator in conjunction with Doug Aitken: Electric Earth.

 

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

LOCATION

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566

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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Presents Robert Storr, April 18

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

TUESDAY EVENINGS AT THE MODERN LECTURE SERIES
Presents Robert Storr, April 18
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public selected Tuesday from February 28 through April 25, with a specially scheduled presentation on Thursday, May 25.

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s auditorium. Seating begins at6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online atwww.themodern.org/programs/lectures

. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies).

Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.

Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum’s collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators’ perspectives and discussions. Visit www.themodern.org/podcasts.

Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern’s YouTube channel

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April 18

Many Hats/One Head – The Accidental Curator

Robert Storr is a painter who supported himself by sheetrocking, carpentry, and house painting, along with occasional art writing, when in 1990, with only an MFA in studio art, Storr was picked out of the chorus line by the newly appointed Kirk Varnedoe, Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, to be a curator in that same department. What followed was an eventful twelve-year run at MoMA, with his tenure ending as Senior Curator. Then there was a stint as the first Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, as well as the overall directorship of the 2007 Venice Biennale, making Storr the first and, thus far, only US-born curator chosen for this role in the 112-year-old exhibition. All of this was followed by the deanship of the Yale University School of Art.
Still a professor of painting at Yale, for this Tuesday Evenings presentation Storr talks about learning on the job as a way of life during a period of extraordinarily complex, rapid, and far-flung changes in the “art world” — now a polycentric, culturally diverse, and ever-morphing economic and politic alternate reality — as well as the abiding values that draw people to art and into an “art community” primarily inhabited by makers of various kinds.
Robert Storr lives and works in New York. In addition to his posts at The Museum of Modern Art, New York University, Yale University School of Art, and his role as director of the 52nd Venice Biennale, Storr has curated and published catalogues for numerous exhibitions, including monographic shows on Elizabeth Murray, Gerhard Richter, Tony Smith, and Robert Ryman. In April 2016, Storr was awarded the insignia of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ambassador to the US. As a renowned author and critic, he has been a contributing editor at
Art in America since 1981 and regularly contributes to exhibition catalogues and art publications such as ArtForum, Frieze, Parkett, Corriere della Sera (Milan), and Art Press.His most recent publication, Intimate Geometries: The Work and Life of Louise Bourgeois, was released on February 15, 2017.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE  
  

April 25 

Richard Tuttle, post-minimalist artist based in New York City, Abiquiú, New Mexico, and Mount Desert, Maine
Special Presentation
Thursday, May 25
Doug Aitken, artist, and Philippe Vergne, Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, are in conversation as artist and curator in conjunction with Doug Aitken: Electric Earth.

LOCATION

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566

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April 5: Dallas Architecture & Dallas Art Fair Present Annabelle Selldorf

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The Dallas Architecture Forum
 
in Collaboration with Dallas Art Fair
 
Presents Lecture by
 
Award-Winning Architect
Annabelle Selldorf
Wednesday, 5 April 2017 in the Horchow Auditorium
Dallas Museum of Art
 
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 20th Anniversary 2016-2017 Lecture Season with outstanding architect Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA, the Founding Principal of Selldorf Architects.
 
Selldorf Architects is an internationally acclaimed New York-based design firm that creates public and private spaces that manifest modern sensibilities with enduring impact. The firm’s stellar list of clients includes cultural institutions such as The Frick Collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The Clark Institute, the Luma Foundation, and Neue Galerie New York. In addition, the firm has created multiple galleries for David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and other leading galleries, and has designed exhibitions for the Whitney, Frieze Masters and the Venice Art Biennale.
 
Ms. Selldorf is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and serves on the boards of the Architectural League of New York and the Chinati Foundation. In 2014, she was the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award in Architecture and in 2016 she received the Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter.
 

www.selldorf.com

 
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See Additional Media Coverage:  Bloomberg News, ArchDaily, Town & Country, The Gentlewoman.
 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-06-05/annabelle-selldorf-the-darling-of-the-design-world

– An in-depth profile of Selldorf and her projects.

 

http://www.archdaily.com/798194/museum-of-contemporary-art-san-diego-celebrates-75th-anniversary-with-55-dollars-million-expansion?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ArchDaily%20List

– Contemporary Art Museum of San Diego

 

http://www.selldorf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SKM_C554e17031012091.pdf

– Town & Country Masters of Design

 

http://thegentlewoman.co.uk/library/annabelle-selldorf

– An in-depth profile which details Selldorf’s art and cultural projects.

 
Selldorf will speak on Wednesday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m., with check-in at 6:00 p.m., in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, with reception immediately following.
“The work of Annabelle Selldorf encompasses numerous art-centered projects, from galleries to major museums in the U.S. and abroad, with a focus on contemporary art ranging from the early 20th century German and Austrian art of the Neue Galerie to modern art since 1950 at the Contemporary Art Museum of San Diego. With this body of work that features her celebrated elegant restraint and attention to detail, we believe she will give a program of great interest to the Dallas community in collaboration with the Dallas Art Fair,” stated Nate Eudaly, Executive Director of The Dallas Architecture Forum.


The lecture will occur at 6:30 p.m. on April 5, with a complimentary reception after the lecture. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

 

Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2016-2017 Season are Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty and Maharger Development | Reggie Graham. Spring Series Benefactors are Bodron + Fruit;  HKS, Inc.; Jackson Walker LLP; Janet and Terry Kafka; Scott + Cooner; and Smink, Inc.   Lecture Benefactors for this event are Claire Dewar and Sebastian Construction.  

 
 
ANNABELLE SELLDORF
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL SELLDORF ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK CITY
 
5 April 2017
Wednesday, 6:30 pm – Note Lecture Start Time
Check-in 6:00 — 6:30 pm; RECEPTION FOLLOWING LECTURE
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
 
Presented in collaboration with Dallas Art Fair
 
Selldorf Architects is a 65-person architectural design practice founded by Annabelle Selldorf in New York City in 1988. The firm creates public and private spaces that manifest a clear and modern sensibility to enduring impact. Since its inception the firm’s guiding principles have been deeply rooted in humanism — in the individual experience. At every scale and for every condition, the work of Selldorf Architects is brought to life—and made complete—by those who use it.
 
The firm’s clients include cultural institutions and universities such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Clark Art Institute, Neue Galerie New York, Pratt Institute and Brown University. In addition, the firm has created numerous galleries for David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, and Gladstone Gallery among others, and designed exhibitions for the Whitney Museum, Gagosian Gallery, Frieze Masters, and the Venice Art Biennale. Residential design is also an integral part of the firm’s portfolio having realized the ground-up construction of large condominium buildings, custom private homes, and renovations of townhouses and individual apartments.
 
Award-winning projects include the recently completed 30,000 sf LEED Gold Gallery building (the highest environmental rating a new building can achieve in New York) which is the first LEED certified commercial gallery in the U.S. for a second David Zwirner location in Chelsea; as well as Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility, a new recycling facility and education center on the Brooklyn waterfront – the largest of its kind in the United States. The firm’s renovation of The Clark’s Museum Building opened to critical acclaim in 2014. In spring of 2016, the newly renovated Steinway Hall opened a 17,500 sf flagship showroom for Steinway & Sons which includes a retail showroom, a 72-seat recital hall, recording studio, and concert artists’ space. Selldorf Architects is currently designing an expansion for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and is converting a former rail depot into LUMA Arles, a new contemporary art center in Arles, France.
 
Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA, is the Principal of Selldorf Architects. Born and raised in Germany, she received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Pratt Institute and a Master of Architecture degree from Syracuse University. Ms. Selldorf is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and serves on the boards of the Architectural League of New York and the Chinati Foundation. In 2014, she was the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award in Architecture and in 2016 she received the  Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter. Selldorf Architects’ new monograph, “Selldorf Architects: Portfolio and Projects,” was published by Phaidon Press in the spring of 2016.
 

www.selldorf.com

 
About The Dallas Architecture Forum

The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment. The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas. The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts. For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org.

Among the over 160 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series are Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Phifer, Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato. Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center). Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe. Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists. Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects. Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse. Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.

For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.

To follow us on Facebook visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dallas-Architecture-Forum/139899379388425?ref=ts.

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Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Presents Noah Simblist, March 28

 

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

EVENINGS AT THE MODERN LECTURE SERIES

Presents Noah Simblist, March 28
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public selected Tuesday from February 28 through April 25, with a specially scheduled presentation on Thursday, May 25.

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s auditorium. Seating begins at6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online atwww.themodern.org/programs/lectures. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies).

Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.

Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum’s collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators’ perspectives and discussions. Visit www.themodern.org/podcasts.

Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern’s YouTube channel.

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March 28

Places of a Present Past

Noah Simblist, a curator, writer, and artist, presents “Places of a Present Past:The Historiographical Impulse in Art Practice.” In this context, the artists that Simblist discusses act as historians. However, these artist-as-historians are “less interested in the truth than the way we feel through the legacies of past traumas. They reveal the oblique ways that we repress historical trauma, burying it in the very sites of their origin,” says Simblist. His talk focuses on a publication that he edited, Places of a Present Past,whichbrings together three exhibitions showcasing the work of video and new media artists working internationally that were presented at SMU’s Pollock Gallery in 2014, curated by Simblist and the Pollock Gallery’s 2014 curatorial fellow, Sally Frater. These exhibitions shared a common theme: addressing the traces of trauma on particular sites and paying close attention to the lasting impacts of war. The exhibitions explored in the publication include Jin-me Yoon’s Extended Temporalities; the group show Where Are You From?, which included artworks by Aissa Deebi, Kamal Aljafari, and Dor Guez recounting the story of the Israeli occupation of Palestine; and the Sarah Morris film 1972.

Noah Simblist is Chair and Associate Professor of Art at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. His artwork has been shown internationally; he has curated, co-curated, and co-produced exhibitions and events, including, most recently, New Cities Future Ruins in Dallas in 2016; and he has contributed to Art Journal, Modern Painters, Art Papers,Terremoto, Art Lies, Art Pulse, Art21, and other publications. He has contributed to and edited publications, including Beyond the Aesthetic and the Anti-Aesthetic and Public Servants: Art and the Crisis of the Common Good, and is in the process of editing a volume about Tania Bruguera’s The Francis Effect, a project co-produced by the Guggenheim Museum, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, and SMU.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE  
 
April 4
Richard Tuttle, post-minimalist artist based in New York City, Abiquiú, New Mexico, and Mount Desert, Maine
April 18
Robert Storr, curator, writer, critic, painter, former dean of the Yale University School of Art, and soon-to-be officer of France’s Order of Arts and Letters
April 25
Annette Lawrence, artist and Professor of Studio Art at the University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design
Special Presentation
Thursday, May 25
Doug Aitken, artist, and Philippe Vergne, Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, are in conversation as artist and curator in conjunction with Doug Aitken: Electric Earth.

 

LOCATION

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566
Museum Gallery Hours
Tue 10 am-7 pm (Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov)
Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm
Fri 10 am-8 pm

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An Empire on Parade: Art and Architecture of the Texas Centennial Exposition March 14

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Art Deco Experts Jim Parsons, David Bush Headline Heritage Auctions’ Art & Design Speaker Series

An Empire on Parade: Art and Architecture of the Texas Centennial Exposition to be Discussed March 14

Dallas-basedHeritage Auctions recently launched a new Art & Design Speaker Series and the second installment will be heldMarch 14, at the Dallas Design District Showroom, 1518 Slocum Street. Entitled An Empire on Parade: Art and Architecture of the Texas Centennial Exposition the event will feature award-winning Art Deco authors Jim Parsons and David Bush speaking about art and architecture of Fair Park – the public spaces, buildings, sculptures and murals that were designed for the 1936 exposition.  The authors will bring the Centennial Exposition to life in their illustrated lecture, discussing Fair Park’s distinctive buildings and artwork and the stories behind their design.

“Creating the Art Deco art and architecture of Fair Park for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition was a monumental task in the depths of the Great Depression — in fact, the exposition’s promoters coined a word, ‘Texanic,’ to describe its scope,” said Jim Parsons. “Today, Fair Park houses one of the world’s largest collections of Art Deco buildings, and it is the only surviving fairgrounds from the golden age of world’s fairs.”

A native of Baytown, Texas, Jim Parsons, puts a passion for the state’s history and architecture to work as director of special projects and walking tours chairman for Preservation Houston who has also written about and photographed cities across the United States. David Bush was born and raised in New Orleans, where he developed his lifelong interest in historic architecture. Jim and David are co-authors of three award-winning books about Art Deco architecture in Texas: Houston Deco, Hill Country Deco and Fair Park Deco. Their fourth book, Dallas-Fort Worth Deco, is due for a late summer release by TCU Press of Fort Worth.

“Our goal with the speaker series is to engage the North Texas design community with thoughtful and informative presentations relating to design trends and key influencers. The March event featuring award-winning authors and Art Deco experts Jim Parsons and David Bush will further elevate the Speaker Series as a must-attend event for North Texas designers and collectors,” said Ed Beardsley, Vice President of Heritage Auctions.

The Art & Design Speaker Series is designed to entertain and inform North Texas designers and art collectors about new design trends, discuss developments in the art community and introduce clients to interesting art and designer personalities. The March 14event which will begin at 6 p.m. will also highlight the upcoming March 17-19 Through the Modernist Lens: A Distinctive Hollywood Collection of Art Deco and 20th Century Art auction. A book signing will follow the presentation and Q&A session.

The inaugural event of 2017 featured nationally known interior designer John Phifer Marrs speaking about Clients with a Dream: Creating Beautiful Interiors for Collectors in February and was a resounding success.

Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.

The Internet’s most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has over one million registered bidder-members, and searchable free archives of four million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media for photo credit.

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Meadows Lecture Series: Reflecting on Ribera: Art and Culture in Spain and Spanish Naples, 1600-1700

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LUIS MARTÍN LECTURE SERIES IN THE HUMANITIES

Reflecting on Ribera:
Art and Culture in Spain and Spanish Naples, 1600-1700
Four Fridays, February 3 – March 3, 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Adam Jasienski, assistant professor of art history, SMU

This lecture series investigates the world and work of Spanish-born artist Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), the subject of the forthcoming exhibition  Between Heaven and Hell: The Drawings of Jusepe de Ribera

meadowslectureseries2(opening March 12). A careful analysis of specific artworks by Ribera and his contemporaries will situate the artist within the broader context of the global Iberian empire, in which his chosen hometown of Naples played an integral role. Some of the themes examined will include Ribera’s confrontation with the legacies of Caravaggio and Domenichino, his penchant for violent scenes of martyrdom and suffering, the appeal of his stark realism, and his creation of images that were both effective religious objects and cutting-edge contemporary artworks. Coffee and pastries served in the Founders Room before each lecture at 10 a.m.

 

Advance registration required. $50 for the 4-part series; free for Museum members, SMU staff, faculty and students. To register, please call 214.768.8587.

Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium


This program is made possible by gifts from The Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation and The Eugene McDermott Foundation.

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TOP: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591-1652), Apollo and Marsyas, 1637. Oil on canvas. Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples. Quintavalle, 511. ABOVE LEFT: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591-1652), Study for Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, c. 1626. Red chalk on paper. William Lowe Bryan Memorial, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 57.7. Photo by Kevin Montague.

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 Meadows Museum at SMU, 5900 Bishop Blvd., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75205

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Feb. 1: Gordon Gill-50th Anniversary UTA CAPPA-Dallas Architecture Forum

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The Dallas Architecture Forum
                                                                     
Presents Lecture by
 
Award-Winning Architect
Gordon Gill
Wednesday, 1 February 2017 in the CAPPA Auditorium
University of Texas at Arlington
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 20th Anniversary 2016-2017 Lecture Season with Gordon Gill. This lecture will be presented by The University of Texas at Arlington College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA), in collaboration with The Dallas Architecture Forum, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the School of Architecture.
 
The CAPPA Auditorium is located on the 2nd floor of the CAPPA College building on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. The address is 601 W. Nedderman Drive, Arlington, TX 76019. Lecture attendees may park in University lots F-8, 33 & 34. Parking Lot S33 is located west of W. Nedderman Drive and south of UTA Boulevard. Lot F-8 is directly across from the CAPPA Building and Lot 34 is SW of the CAPPA Building.

 

Gordon Gill, FAIA, an award-winning architect whose work includes the world’s tallest buildings, is known for thoughtful, elegant buildings that have been published in the national and international business and design press. He is a founding partner of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, which is defining cities of the future from studios in Chicago and Beijing. While he was an associate principal at SOM, Gill was responsible for the Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China, the world’s first net-zero-energy skyscraper. Since then he has designed the world’s first large-scale energy-positive building and the world’s tallest tower, as well as the Astana Expo 2017 and its sustainable legacy community. In 2009 he was selected as Chicago’s Best Emerging Architect by the Chicago Reader, and in 2013 Gill was elected to The College of Fellows at the American Institute of Architects.  Gordon Gill earned a B.S. in Architecture at Ryerson University, then earned a Master in Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington and an additional Master of Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard.
 
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See Additional Media Coverage: Engineering News Record and The Chicago Tribune
 
 
 
Gill will speak on Wednesday, February 1 at 7:00 p.m., with check-in at 6:15 p.m., in the CAPPA Auditorium (2nd floor of CAPPA Building), University of Texas at Arlington.
 
“Gordon Gill is an award-winning architect whose work includes the world’s tallest buildings and the most cutting-edge sustainable energy concepts, as well as performing arts centers, museums and master plans across the globe. The Jeddah Tower, scheduled to open in 2020 in Saudi Arabia will take the newest title of “world’s tallest building” at about 3,280 feet,” stated Nate Eudaly, Executive Director of the Dallas Architecture Forum. “We believe Gill’s extensive global experience will provide a program of great interest to the Dallas community.”
 
The lecture will occur at 7:00 p.m. on February 1, with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org

or call 214-764-2406.

 
Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2016-2017 Season are Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

 and Maharger Development | Reggie Graham. Winter/Spring Series Benefactors are Architectural Lighting Alliance, CORGAN, and modmedia, inc // moderndallas.net

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GORDON GILL
FOUNDING PARTNER
SMITH + GILL ARCHITECTS, CHICAGO
 
1 February 2017
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in 6:15 pm
(Complimentary soft drinks and snacks, cash bar provided by UTA)
CAPPA Auditorium (2nd floor CAPPA Building), University of Texas at Arlington
Presented by UTA CAPPA in collaboration with The Dallas Architecture Forum
 
 
Gordon Gill is one of the world’s preeminent exponents of performance-based architecture.  His work, which ranges from the world’s largest buildings to sustainable communities, is driven by his philosophy that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance, and that there is a language of performance, which is the basis of his practice:  Form Follows Performance.  Gill is a founding partner of the award-winning firm of  Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, whose work includes the design of the world’s first net zero-energy skyscraper, the Pearl River Tower, and the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (both designed while at SOM Chicago).  The firm has also designed the world’s first large-scale positive energy building, Masdar Headquarters, and what will be, upon completion in 2020, the new title-holder as the world’s tallest tower, Jeddah Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  Most recently the design of Astana Expo 2017 and its sustainable legacy community for Astana, Kazakhstan was developed.  These landmark projects pursue energy independence by harnessing the power of natural forces on site and striking a balance with their environmental contexts.  Gill’s designs also include performing arts centers, museums, strategic carbon planning and urban master plans across the globe.
 
Gill’s work has been published and exhibited widely in the U.S. and internationally and his designs have repeatedly been recognized by the American Institute of Architects.  In 2009 he was selected as Chicago’s Best Emerging Architect by the Chicago Reader and in 2013 Gill was elected to The College of Fellows at the American Institute of Architects.  Gordon Gill earned a B.S. in Architecture at Ryerson University, then earned a Master in Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington and an additional Master of Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard.
 
 
 
About The Dallas Architecture Forum
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment. The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas. The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts. For more information on the Forum, visitwww.DallasArchitectureForum.org

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Among the over 160 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series are Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Phifer, Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato. Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center). Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe. Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists. Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects. Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse. Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.
For more information on The Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.

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Dallas Architecture Forum Presents Lecture by Architect John Ronan Dec. 6

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Dallas Architecture Forum
                                                                     
Presents Lecture by
 
Award-Winning Architect and
Finalist for the Obama Presidential Center John Ronan
Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at Magnolia Theatre
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to continue its 20th Anniversary 2016-2017 Lecture Season with John Ronan.
 
John Ronan, FAIA, is one of our nation’s distinguished design architects. Ronan was named as a member of the Design Vanguard by Architectural Record, and was selected as an Emerging Voice of The League of New York. In 2007, Ronan’s firm was selected as architect of the iconic Poetry Foundation in Chicago, a search that included over 50 architecture firms from around the world. The firm was one of seven international finalists for the Obama Presidential Center. Ronan has lectured widely, exhibited internationally, and has been included in numerous publications and covered by the international design press. His monographs include Explorations: The Architecture of John Ronan and The Poetry Foundation. Ronan has received two AIA Institute National Honor Awards and has won many design competitions including those staged by the Graham Foundation. He holds a Master of Architecture with distinction from the Harvard GSD and is a Professor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. www.jrarch.com
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Ronan will speak on Tuesday, December 6 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre in the West Village.
 
“John Ronan is an award-winning architect who is known for thoughtful, elegant buildings that have been published in the national and international business and design press. His Poetry Foundation building has achieved iconic status, and he was one of only seven international finalists for the Obama Presidential Center – a commission won by Billie Tsien, who spoke for The Forum last season,” stated Nate Eudaly, Executive Director of the Dallas Architecture Forum. “John is very engaging with audiences, and we believe his breadth of architectural, education and research experience will provide a program of great interest to the Dallas community.”   
The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on December 6, with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
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Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2016-2017 Season are Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty and Maharger Development | Reggie Graham. Fall/Winter Series Benefactors are Architectural Lighting Alliance, CORGAN, MAPP Construction, and modmedia, inc // moderndallas.net

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JOHN RONAN
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
JOHN RONAN ARCHITECTS, CHICAGO
 
6 December 2016
Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Magnolia Theater, West Village
 
John Ronan FAIA is founding principal of the firm John Ronan Architects, and serves as Lead Designer on all projects the office undertakes. He is known for his abstract yet sensuous work which explores materiality and atmosphere.  He was a winner in the Townhouse Revisited Competition staged by the Graham Foundation and his firm was the winner of the prestigious Perth Amboy High School Design Competition, a two-stage international competition to design a 472,000 square foot high school in New Jersey. Ronan was named as a member of the Design Vanguard byArchitectural Record magazine, and he was selected to The Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices program.
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In 2007, Ronan’s firm was selected as architect of the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, a search that started with 50 architects from around the world.  Princeton Architectural Press publishedExplorations: The Architecture of John Ronan, a monograph on the firm’s work.  The Center for American Architecture and Design at the University of Texas published The Poetry Foundation. In 2016, the firm was named one of seven international finalists for the Obama Presidential Center.
 
Ronan has lectured widely and his work has been exhibited internationally, including the Art Institute of Chicago and The Architectural League of New York’s Urban Center. His work has been included in numerous publications on design and covered extensively by the international design press.  His firm has been the recipient of two AIA Institute National Honor Awards (for the Poetry Foundation and The Gary Comer Youth Center, both in Chicago).  John Ronan holds a Master of Architecture degree with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan.   Mr. Ronan is a Professor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. www.jrarch.com
 
About the Dallas Architecture Forum
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment. The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas. The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts. For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org.
Among the over 160 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series are Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Phifer, Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato. Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center). Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe. Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists. Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects. Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse. Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.
For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.

For Twitter, our account is DallasArchForum.

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Oct. 24: Prestigious Aga Khan Lecture: Dallas Architecture Forum Begins 20th Anniversary Season

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The Dallas Architecture Forum will launch its Twentieth Anniversary Season on October 24 with a lecture about the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture.  The winners of this triennial competition (grand prize of $1,000,000 USD) were recently announced and include projects by internationally known firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects and BIG Architects, as well as those by rising talent from countries around the world.  Winning projects are located in China, Bangladesh, Iran, Lebanon and Denmark.   
 
The lecture begins at 7 pm in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art.  There will be a pre-lecture reception in the museum’s atrium beginning at 6:15 pm. 
 
The Forum is pleased that the International Deputy Director of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Shiraz Allibhai, will come from Geneva, Switzerland to present this important lecture.
 
As a community outreach, the event will be Free and Open to the Public, with no reservations needed.  Oversized panels of the winning projects, along with thirteen additional shortlisted projects, will be on display during the pre-lecture reception and immediately following the lecture. 
See additional media coverage: the New York Times, via Associated Press; Architectural Digest, and a video presentation of the award winners by the Aga Khan Development Network.
 
 
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AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
PRESENTATION BY SHIRAZ ALLIBHAI
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AGA KHAN TRUST FOR CULTURE
Geneva, Switzerland
 
24 October 2016
Monday, 7:00 pm, Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
 
Free Event, Open to the Public, No Reservations Needed
Presented in Partnership with The Aga Khan Council for the Central United States
 
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is unique among architecture prizes: it selects projects – from slum upgrading to high rise “green” buildings – that not only exhibit architectural excellence but also improve the overall quality of life. Over the last four decades, it has steadfastly championed the needs and aspirations of human beings within the practice of architecture. The Award is also different because it not only rewards architects but also identifies municipalities, builders, clients, master craftsmen and engineers who have played important roles in the realization of a project.  The selection process emphasizes architecture that not only provides for people’s physical, social and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural expectations. Particular attention is given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in innovative ways, and to projects likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere. Through its efforts, the Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world and set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture. Over the course of the last 39 years, most of the great architects of our time have either won the Award or served on its Master Jury or Steering Committee, from Zaha Hadid to Norman Foster, Charles Correa to Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel.
 
Join us for Aga Khan Competition Lecture on 24 October 2016
 
Join us on Monday evening, October 24, 2016 for an informative lecture about the competition, the nineteen shortlisted projects, and the six award winners, which includes projects by BIG and Zaha Hadid Architects.  The presentation will be made by Shiraz Allibhai, who is the Deputy Director of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to his current role, Shiraz has held several positions at the Trust, including Education Officer and Director of the Aga Khan Humanities Project. Shiraz ‘s previous position was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he oversaw the development of Archnet.org as Managing Director. Shiraz is trained as an architect, receiving his degrees in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
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2016 Winners
 
Winners for this cycle’s Aga Khan Award for Architecture include projects by BIG and Zaha Hadid Architects:  The winners are:  
  • Bait Ur Rouf Mosque

    , Dhaka (Architect: Marina Tabassum), a refuge for spirituality in urban Dhaka, selected for its beautiful use of natural light  

  • Friendship Centre

    , Gaibandha (Architect: Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA), a community center which makes a virtue of an area susceptible to flooding in rural Bangladesh

  • Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre

    , Beijing (Architect: ZAO / standard architecture / Zhang Ke), a children’s library selected for its embodiment of contemporary life in the traditional courtyard residences of Beijing

  • Superkilen

    , Copenhagen (Architects: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Topotek 1 and Superflex),  a public space promoting integration across lines of ethnicity, religion and culture

  • Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge

    , Tehran (Architect: Diba Tensile Architecture / Leila Araghian, Alireza Behzadi), a multi-level bridge spanning a busy motorway has created a dynamic new urban space                                                                                                               

  •  Issam Fares Institute

    , Beirut (Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects), a new building for the American University of Beirut’s campus, radical in composition but respectful of its traditional context

Find more information on the competition winners and images here http://www.akdn.org/press-release/2016-aga-khan-award-architecture-recipients-announced

 
More About the Aga Khan Architecture Award:
 
Architectural projects eligible for consideration for the Aga Khan Architecture Award range from modest, small-scale buildings to sizable complexes, from single homes, bus stops and rural school buildings to skyscrapers, infrastructure and transportation undertakings, housing initiatives, educational and health campuses, new towns, urban conservation projects and the re-use of brown field sites. All forms of planning practice in urban as well as rural contexts are encouraged. Large projects and long-term initiatives that are not yet fully completed – such as master plans, area preservation projects, and community upgrading schemes, among others – are eligible so long as a tangible portion of the project has been completed in a manner that demonstrates its long-term potential success and viability.
 
The 19 shortlisted projects for the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced on May 9th, 2016. The projects, which were selected by the Master Jury from among 348 projects nominated for the 13th Award cycle, competed for US $1 million in prize money. The 19 projects underwent rigorous investigations by on-site reviewers – architects, conservation specialists or structural engineers themselves – who visited and evaluated each project firsthand. After this thorough evaluation, the six final prize winners for this completion were announced October 3, 2016.
 
The Steering Committee for this cycle of the awards competition includes international luminaries including architects David Adjaye and Brigitte Shim, and the Master Jury includes Luis Fernández-Galiano, editor of the journal AV/Arquitectura Viva; Harvard GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi; and French architect Dominique Perrault.  Among the 19 shortlisted projects are those by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), Zaha Hadid Architects, Kunlé Adeyemi, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Toshiko Mori Architects and Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos.
 

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Dallas Architecture Forum Announces Its 2016-2017 Lecture Season

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Dallas Architecture Forum

Announces Its 2016-2017 Lecture Season

 
 
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce an outstanding 2016 – 2017 Lecture Season!
 
The Forum will celebrate its 20th Anniversary this season, and as a part of that celebration it will present twelve important lectures for Forum members, guests and the entire North Texas community.  
 
The Forum will present founders and managing partners from major international firms including BIG and Snøhetta, as well as esteemed architects, academic thought leaders and emerging voices in the design-related professions.  

Most lectures will occur at 7 p.m. on the designated evening with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Exceptions are noted below. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
 
AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
24 October 2016 
Monday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
Presented in Partnership with The Aga Khan Council for the Central United States
 
 
JOHN RONAN
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
JOHN RONAN ARCHITECTS, CHICAGO
 
6 December 2016
Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Magnolia Theater, West Village
 
John Ronan FAIA is founding principal of the firm John Ronan Architects, and serves as Lead Designer on all projects the office undertakes. He is known for his abstract yet sensuous work which explores materiality and atmosphere.  He was a winner in the Townhouse Revisited Competition staged by the Graham Foundation and his firm was the winner of the prestigious Perth Amboy High School Design Competition, a two-stage international competition to design a 472,000 square foot high school in New Jersey. Ronan was named as a member of the Design Vanguard by Architectural Record magazine, and he was selected to The Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices program.
 
In 2007, Ronan’s firm was selected as architect of the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, a search that started with 50 architects from around the world.  Princeton Architectural Press published Explorations: The Architecture of John Ronan, a monograph on the firm’s work.  The Center for American Architecture and Design at the University of Texas published The Poetry Foundation. In 2016, the firm was named one of seven international finalists for the Obama Presidential Center.
 
Ronan has lectured widely and his work has been exhibited internationally, including the Art Institute of Chicago and The Architectural League of New York’s Urban Center. His work has been included in numerous publications on design and covered extensively by the international design press.  His firm has been the recipient of two AIA Institute National Honor Awards (for the Poetry Foundation and The Gary Comer Youth Center, both in Chicago).  John Ronan holds a Master of Architecture degree with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan.   Mr. Ronan is a Professor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture.
 
www.jrarch.com
 
 
 
ALEX KRIEGER
PRINCIPAL, NBBJ 
PROFESSOR, HARVARD GSD, BOSTON
 
26 January 2017
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
In Partnership with State of the Arts (KERA and DMA)
 
Alex Krieger, FAIA, has combined a career of teaching and practice, dedicating himself in both to understanding how to improve the quality of place and life in our major urban areas.  Mr. Krieger is a distinguished professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.  He has served as Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, as Director of the Urban Design Program, and as Associate Chairman of the Department of Architecture.  In addition to design studios and seminar courses at the GSD, he teaches a general education class on the evolution of American cities at the College. He has been honored three times as one of the outstanding teachers at Harvard University.  Design Intelligence Magazine’s annual national survey has named him one of seven “Architectural Educators of the Year.”
 
Krieger is a principal at NBBJ, a global architecture and planning firm. Offering services in architecture, urban design and planning, the studio, formerly Chan Krieger Sieniewicz, has served a broad array of clients in numerous cities worldwide, focusing primarily on educational, institutional, healthcare and public projects in complex urban settings.  Krieger is a frequent advisor to mayors and their planning staffs, and serves on a number of boards and commissions. Among these: Director of the NEA’s Mayor’s Institute in City Design; Boston Civic Design Commission; Providence Capital Center Commission; and the New England Holocaust Memorial committee.  President Barack Obama appointed Mr. Krieger to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.  Alex Krieger has been involved in various planning projects in Dallas over the past years, and is currently working on a new plan for the Arts District in Dallas. 
 
www.nbbj.com/people/alex-krieger
www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/alex-krieger
 
 
GORDON GILL
FOUNDING PARTNER
SMITH + GILL ARCHITECTS, CHICAGO
 
1 February 2017
Wednesday, 7:30 pm
Reception and check-in 6:30 – 7:20 pm
Maverick Activity Center, University of Texas at Arlington
Presented by UTA CAPPA in collaboration with The Dallas Architecture Forum
 
Gordon Gill is one of the world’s preeminent exponents of performance-based architecture.  His work, which ranges from the world’s largest buildings to sustainable communities, is driven by his philosophy that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance, and that there is a language of performance, which is the basis of his practice:  Form Follows Performance.  Gill is a founding partner of the award-winning firm of  Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, whose work includes the design of the world’s first net zero-energy skyscraper, the Pearl River Tower, and the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (both designed while at SOM Chicago).  The firm also designed the world’s first large-scale positive energy building Masdar Headquarters, and the world’s tallest tower, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Most recently the design of Astana Expo 2017 and its sustainable legacy community for Astana, Kazakhstan was developed.  These landmark projects pursue energy independence by harnessing the power of natural forces on site and striking a balance with their environmental contexts.  Gill’s designs also include performing arts centers, museums, strategic carbon planning and urban master plans across the globe.
 
Gill’s work has been published and exhibited widely in the U.S. and internationally and his designs have repeatedly been recognized by the American Institute of Architects.  In 2009 he was selected as Chicago’s Best Emerging Architect by the Chicago Reader and in 2013 Gill was elected to The College of Fellows at the American Institute of Architects.  Gordon Gill earned a B.S. in Architecture at Ryerson University, then earned a Master in Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington and an additional Master of Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard.
 
This lecture is being presented by The University of Texas at Arlington College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA), in collaboration with The Dallas Architecture Forum, in celebration of the 50thAnniversary of the founding of the School of Architecture.
 
http://smithgill.com                                  
 
 
 
CRAIG DYKERS
CO-FOUNDER AND DESIGN PRINCIPAL
SNØHETTA, NEW YORK CITY AND OSLO
 
22 February 2017
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
 
Craig Dykers is one of the founding partners of Snøhetta, a firm based in Oslo, Norway and New York City.  Mr. Dykers has led many of Snøhetta’s prominent projects internationally, including the Alexandria Library in Egypt, the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway, the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York City, and the recently completed Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Ontario, Canada. Dykers also led the design of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion and is guiding the Times Square Reconstruction in New York City, as well as the Calgary Public Library in Alberta, Canada, and the Temple University Library in Philadelphia. Snøhetta was shortlisted as one of seven firms for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. 
 
Dykers’ work has led to numerous international awards and widespread recognition including the Mies van der Rohe European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the World Architecture Award and the Aga Kahn Award for Architecture, among many others. His interest in design as a promoter of social and physical well-being is supported by ongoing observation and development of an innovative design process.  Dykers was born in Frankfurt, Germany and has lived extensively in both Europe and North America. Dykers received a bachelor’s degree in architecture at the University of Texas, Austin after initial studies in medicine and art. He has worked in Texas and California prior to co-founding Snøhetta in Oslo, Norway and New York City.  Active professionally and academically, Craig Dykers has been the diploma adjudicator at the Architectural College in Oslo and a distinguished professor at City College in New York City and a visiting critic in the Syracuse University New York City studio. He has lectured extensively in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
 
http://snohetta.com
 
 
 
AMALE ANDRAOS
PARTNER, WORKac
DEAN, COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, NEW YORK CITY
 
1 March 2017
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
Presented in Partnership with UTA CAPPA
 
Amale Andraos is the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.  Andraos is a co-founder of WORKac, an architectural firm based in New York that focuses on architectural projects which re-invent the relationship between urban and natural environments. Since the founding of WORKac, principals Amale Andraos and Dan Wood have achieved international acclaim for projects such as the recently completed master plan for the New Holland Island Cultural Center in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wieden+Kennedy’s 50,000 sq ft., three-story New York offices, the Blaffer Museum in Houston, Texas, the Children’s Museum of the Arts in Manhattan and the Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216 in Gravesend, Brooklyn.  Currently, in Africa the firm is building its winning competition entry for a new 20,000 square meter Conference Center in Libreville, Gabon. Targeting LEED Gold certification, the project is expected to be completed soon and will host diplomatic meetings, including the next African Union summit for heads-of-state. In addition, the firm is currently designing a second Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 7 in East Harlem and exploring the future of work, art, and technology with the design of a new home for the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in downtown Brooklyn.
 
Andraos has taught at numerous universities including the Princeton University School of Architecture, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the University of Pennsylvania Design School and the American University in Beirut. Her recent design studios and seminars have focused on the Arab City, which has become the subject of a series of symposia entitled “Architecture and Representation” held at Studio-X Amman and at the university’s New York campus. Her publications include the recent 49 Cities, a re-reading of 49 visionary plans through an ecological lens; Above the Pavement, the Farm!; and the forthcoming Architecture and Representation: the Arab City.  Amale Andraos received her Master’s Degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and her B.Arch from McGill University in Montreal.
 
http://work.ac
www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/360-amale-andraos
 
 
 
 
JONATHAN SEGAL
FOUNDING PARTNER
JONATHAN SEGAL ARCHITECTURE, SAN DIEGO
 
9 March 2017
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Magnolia Theater, West Village
 
Throughout the past twenty years Jonathan Segal, FAIA, has created and modeled the unique practice of ‘Architect as Developer.’ He has designed, developed, and constructed national award-winning single-family live/work residences and medium to high-density mixed-use housing in downtown San Diego and La Jolla, California.  Jonathan Segal’s firm has been responsible for the design and development of over 300 medium to high-density urban residential, mixed-use, and live/work units totaling over 300,000 square feet of construction.  Segal is considered one of downtown San Diego’s most successful and pioneering residential architectural/development companies and has a reputation for providing superior housing at a lower cost than comparable properties. The firm’s focus is on urban projects, ranging from 80 to 160 dwelling units per acre.  Jonathan Segal has been the recipient of numerous accolades including 24 local, state and national AIA awards for residential projects and urban design.
 
Due to his success practicing architecture as a developer, Segal’s goal is to promote this method of architectural practice to other architects, so they also can have control, pride, and financial independence. Jonathan Segal FAIA & Development Company has been awarded six national AIA Honor Awards for their housing work, including a 2015 AIA Honor Award for Housing.
 
http://www.jonathansegalarchitect.com
 
 
STEVE  DUMEZ 
DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND PARTNER
ESKEW+DUMEZ+RIPPLE, NEW ORLEANS
 
30 March 2017
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Magnolia Theater, West Village
 
Steve Dumez is a partner with the architecture firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, based in New Orleans.  In over 25 years of professional practice, Dumez has led the design of complex projects in a wide range of building types. As Director of Design for Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, he oversees the design of all projects from concept to construction documents, working closely with a team of senior designers in ensuring the consistent quality level that drives their design-first practice. The firm’s design approach focuses on a thorough research of each project’s environmental and cultural conditions, teasing out details of location, history, climate, patterns of use, and social significance.  New and meaningful strategies are found by which context and place can be revealed in the work. Through a reiterative cycle of observation, research, concept generation, and detailed design, Dumez’ firm celebrates local conditions while transcending local convention. Their work prioritizes the experience of a place over formal aesthetic concerns, allowing the project to resonate on many levels for a variety of users over time.
 
Mr. Dumez’ engaging design process concentrates on first developing a detailed design program for clients including building image and brand goals, program compliance and ultimately physical design drivers. Under his design leadership, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for design excellence, including more than 25 national design awards and an additional 100+ awards at the local, state and regional levels including the prestigious AIA National Firm of the Year Award.  Steve Dumez is a Past-President of AIA Louisiana and AIA New Orleans and serves as an active professional mentor within the region. He has also chaired AIA design awards programs at the local, state and regional level and has served on numerous design award juries across the country. He is actively engaged in many local civic organizations and currently serves on the board of the Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans. His projects have been recently published in several books as well as numerous national architectural and design magazines such as Architect, Architectural Record, Contract, and Interior Design.
 
www.eskewdumezripple.com
 
 
ANNABELLE SELLDORF
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
SELLDORF ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK CITY
 
5 April 2017
Wednesday, 6:30 pm – Note Lecture Start Time
CHECK-IN 6:00 – 6:30 pm
RECEPTION FOLLOWING LECTURE 
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
Presented in collaboration with the Dallas Art Fair
 
Annabelle Selldorf is the Founding Principal of Selldorf Architects. Born and raised in Germany, she received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute and a Master of Architecture degree from Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. Selldorf Architects is a 65-person architectural design practice founded by Annabelle Selldorf in New York City. The firm creates public and private spaces that manifest a clear and modern sensibility to enduring impact. By giving form to the needs and desires of clients and communities alike, the architectural solutions that emerge are equal parts purpose and poetry. Since its inception the firm’s guiding principles have been deeply rooted in humanism. At every scale and for every condition, Selldorf Architects designs for the individual experience. As a result, its work is brought to life–and made complete–by those who use it.
 
The firm’s clients include cultural institutions and universities such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The Clark Art Institute, Neue Galerie New York, and Brown University. The recently completed Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility on the Brooklyn waterfront is the largest facility of its kind in the United States. In addition, the firm has created numerous galleries for David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, and Gladstone Gallery among others, and designed exhibitions for Frieze Masters and the Venice Art Biennale.  The new flagship Steinway Hall in New York City is a recent project completed by Selldorf Architects.  Residential architecture, both at the scale of private homes and multi-family dwelling continues to be an important part of the firm’s portfolio.
 
Selldorf Architects’ new monograph on the practice, Selldorf Architects: Portfolio and Projects, was published by Phaidon Press.  Annabelle Selldorf is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and a Board Member of the Architectural League of New York and the Chinati Foundation. In 2014 she was the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award in Architecture and in 2016 she received the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
 
www.selldorf.com
 
MARLON BLACKWELL
FOUNDER
MARLON BLACKWELL ARCHITECTS, FAYETTEVILLE
 
19 April 2017 
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
 
Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, is a practicing architect in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and serves as Distinguished Professor and Department Head in the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas. His architecture is based in design strategies that draw upon vernaculars and the particular elements of place. His design work has received recognition with numerous national and international design awards and significant publication in books, architectural journals and magazines.
 
The office of Marlon Blackwell Architects has been recognized as the Firm of the Year by Residential Architect magazine.  Recent honors include the St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church (Springdale, Arkansas) winning an AIA National Honor Award and the Civic and Community Building category at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain.  The IMA Ruth Lilly Visitor’s Pavilion (Indianapolis, Indiana) also received an AIA National Honor Award. Most recently, Marlon Blackwell Architects received the 2016 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture and was named Best Architectural Design Firm in the U.S. by Architect Magazine.
 
The significance of Blackwell’s contributions to design is evidenced by the Architecture Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the publication of a monograph of his work entitled “An Architecture of the Ozarks: The Works of Marlon Blackwell” published by Princeton Architectural Press. Blackwell was selected by The International Design Magazine as one of the ID Forty: Undersung Heroes and as an “Emerging Voice” by the Architectural League of New York.   Marlon Blackwell co-founded the University of Arkansas Mexico Summer Urban Studio, and has coordinated and taught in the program at the Casa Luis Barragan in Mexico City. He received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University and a M. Arch II degree from Syracuse University in Florence, Italy.
 
www.marlonblackwell.com
 
 
 
KAI-UWE BERGMANN
MANAGING PARTNER
BIG ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK CITY AND COPENHAGEN
 
26 April 2017
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 to 6:55 pm
City Performance Hall, Dallas Arts District
 
Kai-Uwe Bergmann is Managing Partner at BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) who brings his expertise to projects around the globe, including work in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Kai-Uwe oversees BIG’s projects in over 20 different countries.  BIG is a Copenhagen and New York-based group of architects, designers, builders, and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development. The office is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. BIG’s architecture emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly evolves and changes. Not least due to the influence from multicultural exchange, global economic flows and communication technologies that all together require new ways of architectural and urban organization. BIG believes that in order to deal with today’s challenges, architecture can profitably move into a field that has been largely unexplored. Like a form of programmatic alchemy BIG creates architecture by mixing conventional ingredients such as living, leisure, working, parking and shopping.  
 
Registered as an architect in the USA (eight states) and Canada, Bergmann most recently contributed to the resiliency plan The DryLine to protect 10 miles of Manhattan’s coastline. He complements his professional work through previous teaching assignments at the University of Florida, the New School of Architecture in San Diego and his alma mater the University of Virginia. Kai-Uwe Bergmann also sits on the Board of the Van Alen Institute, participates on numerous international juries and lectures globally on the works of BIG.  Among BIG’s many projects are the Danish Maritime Museum; Superkilen, a public park in Copenhagen; the Zira Island master plan; Lego House Museum; and Europa City in Paris.  Among projects currently under construction are the DryLine, an integrated flood protection system in NYC; Two World Trade Center; and the Google Corporate Headquarters.
http://www.big 
 
 
ENRIQUE NORTEN
FOUNDER AND DESIGN PRINCIPAL
TEN ARQUITECTOS, NEW YORK CITY AND MEXICO CITY
 
4 May 2017
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
Magnolia Theater, West Village

TEN ARQUITECTOS develops research projects, design, architecture and infrastructure. The office’s projects include cultural centers, hotels, museums, residential and urban development, parks, public spaces and furnishings. Over more than two decades, the firm has resized public space, and adapted industrial or historical infrastructure as institutional and emblematic architectures with buildings that become topographies from everyday urban notions to emerging landscapes.  TEN ARQUITECTOS works on projects with social, environmental, political and financial responsibility, a sustainable cycle where architecture becomes a sequence of places converging in the city.  With over 50 built projects, Norten is recognized for his work on such buildings as the National School of Theatre and Arts, the Habita Hotel, the Americano Hotel, the High Museum of Villahermosa, the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, the University Museum of Chopo, the Amparo Museum, the Emblematic Monument of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, Santa Fe Eurocenter, Business School Campus Livingston for Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Mercedes House in New York.
 
Enrique Norten holds the Miller professorship at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at Yale, UCLA, Michigan, Texas, Cornell, Parsons, Pratt Institute and Harvard universities.  Norten received the Mies van der Rohe Prize of Latin American Architecture and he is an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects. Enrique received the “Careers 2014” award by the College of Architects of Mexico City and the José Limón Contemporary Dance National Prize in New York. He also received the Richard J. Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence.  Enrique Norten was born in Mexico City and studied architecture at Iberoamericana University.  He holds a Master in Architecture from Cornell University. In 1986, he founded TEN ARQUITECTOS in Mexico City and in 2000 opened a second office in New York City.
 
www.ten-arquitectos.com

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DCP Speaker Series: Creative Partnerships Sept. 29

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Dallas Center for Photography and Texas Photographic Society are delighted to present an evening of inspiring lectures by two incredibly talented artists married with cameras: Susan kae Grant and Richard Klein.

Susan will discuss her creative process and show examples of “Night Journey” which represents a collaboration of artistic and scientific inquiry into the nature of dreams and memory. Her fascination with accessing otherwise unobtainable states of consciousness led her to work with sleep researcher Dr. John Herman in a laboratory to conduct REM sleep awakenings as inspiration to create her work. Grant’s images conjure up fairy tales and nightmares while deliberately portraying a sense of surprise and wonder.

Richard will share his insights as a location photographer specializing in creating beautiful images of hospitality. Known as a master of cinematic lighting, he will show examples of 25 years shooting internationally on the Pacific Rim from Tokyo to New Zealand as well as in Africa, the UK, Europe, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Klein’s goal when shooting is to interpret what it feels like to be in the space using light and composition to create the illusion of 3D depth into the 2D picture plane.

The evening will conclude with a panel discussion moderated by Texas Photographic Society Executive Director Amy Holmes George addressing the intersections between their photographic work and also their relationship as artists/spouses.

When: Thursday, Sept 29 from 7-9pm

Where: Dallas Center for Photography, 4756 Algiers St, Dallas 75207

Cost: $5

For more information and tickets visit here: http://dallascenterforphotography.com/classes-and-workshops/dcp-speaker-series/

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Landscape in Chinese Painting lecture June 2 at the Crow Collection

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Asian Art 101: Landscape in Chinese Painting: Gateway to Landscape Art in East Asia

Visiting Scholar:  Caron Smith, Curator Emeritus of the Crow Collection of Asian Art

at Crow Collection of Asian Art • $10 for Friends of the Crow Collection, $20 for the public

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Dallas Architecture Forum Presents Outstanding Artist/Architect Marc Fornes March 29

Marc Fornes.Vaulted Willow Public Art Pavilion.Borden Park.Edmonton, Canada, 2013.Photo Courtesy of Architect

Dallas Architecture Forum                                                                    

Presents Lecture by

Outstanding Architect/Artist Marc Fornes

Tuesday, 29 March 2016 at Magnolia Theatre

Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization for everyone interested in learning about and improving the architecture, design, landscape and urban fabric of the North Texas region is pleased to continue its 2015-16 Lecture Season with award-winning architect Marc Fornes, whose work intersects the fields of architecture and art. He is the founder of THEVERYMANY™, a New York-based studio engaging Art and Architecture through systematic research and development into applied Computer Science and Digital Fabrication. His prototypical structures and unique organic environments are included within the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the FRAC Centre in Orleans, France, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques in Sache, France, and in many private collections. He has been exhibited at institutions worldwide including the Guggenheim and has sold work at Art Basel Miami/GGG, Art Paris, Phillips de Pury and Sotheby’s.

Fornes will speak on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theater in the West Village.

“Marc Fornes is an architect and subject matter expert in computer science who is constantly reinventing the field of Computational Skinning to create large-scale, highly organic and self-supported structures for public outdoor art installations, as well as medium-scaled projects for museum exhibition, retail spaces and personal art collections,” stated Nate Eudaly, Executive Director of the Dallas Architecture Forum. “He was artist-in-residence at the Atelier Calder and his Pop-Up store for Louis Vuitton was awarded an A+ Jury award, as well as the 40th Annual Interior Design Award by the IIDA.  Fornes is a TED Fellow and has been a speaker at many events and institutions including the ArchiLab symposium and MoMA MIND. Together with Francois Roche, he co-created ‘(n)Certainties’, a graduate studio course, at Columbia University, the University of Southern California and Die Angewandte in Vienna. He is currently teaching at Princeton and Harvard Graduate School of Design. With his diverse background in art, architecture, computation, digital fabrication and education, we think Marc Fornes’ presentation will be of great interest to the Dallas community.”

The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on March 29th, with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2015-2016 Season are Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty and Maharger Development | Reggie Graham.  Spring Series Benefactors are HKS, Impact Outdoor Advertising | Janet Kafka and Associates, Jackson Walker LLP, Scott + Cooner, and Smink, Inc. This is the Forum’s annual Rose Family Lecture presented in honor of Deedie and the late Rusty Rose, and it is presented with underwriting support from the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation.

Marc Fornes is an architect and subject matter expert in computer science, investigating design through codes and computational protocols. Produced under his label THEVERYMANY™ his extensive body of research – addressing ways to describe complex curvilinear self-supported surfaces into series of flat elements – is constantly reinventing the field of Computational Skinning. As THEVERYMANY™, Marc has designed and built an extensive body of large-scale, highly-organic and self-supported structures situated between the field of art and architecture, including permanent installations in France, Canada and the United States. Some of these have been acquired and are in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou; the FRAC Centre in Orleans, France; and in many private collections. He has exhibited work at the Guggenheim (Contemplating the Void), Art Basel Miami, and Art Paris.

Fornes is a TED Fellow and has been a speaker at many events and institutions including the ArchiLab symposium and MoMA MIND. He was the recipient of an artist residency at the Atelier Calder, and his studio was awarded the New Practices New York by the AIA as well as the Architectural League Prize. His architectural work for Louis Vuitton is the recipient of the A+ Jury Award in the Pop Up category. Together with Francois Roche, Marc co-started “(n)Certainties” at Columbia University with visiting semesters at the University of Southern California and at Die Angewandte in Vienna. He has taught at the University of Michigan and he is currently teaching at Princeton and with Patrik Schumacher at the Harvard GSD. Fornes curated the European section for the 2008 Architecture Biennale in Beijing. Marc’s collaborations include SOM, Ross Lovegrove and ZAHA HADID Architects.  Marc holds a Masters of Architecture and Urbanism degree from the Design Research Lab of the Architectural Association in London.

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Arcadia Salon with Yaacov Agam April 19 at the Geometric MADI

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ARCADIA SALON
APRIL 19 

Yaacov Agam is one of the pioneer creators of the kinetic movement in art as well as its most outstanding contemporary representative. He’s coming to the Geometric MADI for an Arcadia Salon Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 5:30 pm.

A passionate experimenter, Agam deals with such problems as the 4th dimension, simultaneity and time in the visual, plastic arts, and has extended his experiments to application in the fields of literature, music and art theory.

The exhibit, on view until April 21, features a retrospective of his kinetic works as well as new pieces.

MUSEUM HOURS AND LOCATION http://www.geometricmadimuseum.org/

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February 2016 at the SMU Meadows Museum

CURRENT EXHIBITS
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Salvador Dalí: An Early Surrealist Masterpiece
Through June 19

The 1930s were one of the most creatively fruitful decades of Salvador Dalí’s career. L’homme poisson (The Fish Man) shows both his tremendous imagination as well as his technical adroitness, and offers a revealing glimpse into the artist’s inner psyche. After an auspicious beginning as part of the first exhibition of surrealist works held in the U.S., in 1931, the painting has remained out of the public domain for much of its existence. This exhibition celebrates the Meadows’ acquisition of L’homme poisson-the first painting by Dalí to enter the collection of a Texas museum-and presents a renewed look at this early masterpiece within the artist’s oeuvre of surrealism. Learn More

This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.

Between Paris and Texas: Marie Cronin, Portraitist of the Belle Époque
February 14 – June 5

Between Paris and Texas: Marie Cronin, Portraitist of the Belle Époque is the first monographic exhibition of Cronin’s (1867-1951) art and will feature a focused selection of her paintings, including works shown in the salons of Paris, as well as official portraits of Texas statesmen that hang at the Texas State Capitol, such as Alfonso Steele (1817-1911), the last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto. A Texas-raised artist, Cronin studied with Claudio Castelucho (Spanish, 1870-1927) in Paris during the first decade of the twentieth century. Following her return from Europe, Cronin would continue her artistic career back in Texas while also carrying out the exigencies of a family in the business of expanding railroad operations across the state. Learn More

This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.

 

Process and Innovation: Carlotta Corpron and Janet Turner
February 14 – June 5

This exhibition will present the work of two pioneering artists working and teaching in Texas in the 1940s and 1950s, Carlotta Corpron (1901-1988) and Janet Turner (1914-1988). Corpron, working in photography, and Turner, working in painting and printmaking, both taught art education at Texas universities and came into their own maturity of style during the middle of the twentieth century. Process and Innovation: Carlotta Corpron and Janet Turner explores the work of both artists made during this period of consummate experimentation. This exhibition draws entirely from holdings within the Dallas area, including Bywaters Special Collections of SMU, which holds an impressive collection of art by both Turner and Corpron. Learn More

This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.


NEWS

NEW FRIENDS AND OLD FAVORITES

We’re working to re-install the permanent collection, much of which has been out of sight this past year due to the large size of the anniversary exhibitions. The process should be completed by late February; look for your favorite works, as well as recent acquisitions such as Esteban Vicente’s Untitled(1958) and a new Goya proof.

HELLO DALÍ!

Stop by the Museum Shop for tons of Dalí-related merchandise, including t-shirts, postcards, magnets, and more!

 

MEMBER NEWS and EVENTS

MEMBERS SEE IT FIRST!
Be among the first to see the Meadows Museum’s spring exhibitions, Between Paris and Texas: Marie Cronin, Portraitist of the Belle Époque and Process and Innovation: Carlotta Corpron and Janet Turner at the member preview receptionFebruary 12! Be sure to check your mail for the invitation, or contact Membership Manager David Leggett to join at either214-768-2765 or dleggett@smu.edu.

 

Cava Club
February 18, 6:00 P.M.

Nicole Atzbach, Curator, Meadows Museum

Discover art, enjoy wine, and meet people! This insider’s talk with a staff member presents a particular work of art or artist, wine, and food in a relaxed social setting for Museum Members only. This subject of this month’s event is Claudio Castelucho and Marie Cronin: Master and Student. $35 per person, space limited to 20, advance registration required. For more information and to register, contact David Leggett at either dleggett@smu.edu or 214.768.2765.

Spanish Splendors of the UK: Discovering the Spanish Art of London, County Durham, and Edinburgh
May 29 – June 6

Members at the Ribera Patron level and upwards can join the Meadows Museum’s director, Mark Roglán, on fabulous trips abroad such as this one, which includes a stop at Auckland Castle to view its series of Zurbarán paintings. Learn More

CALENDAR
LECTURES

LECTURE SERIES
Freaks, Bearded Women, and Dwarves in Spanish Art
Six Fridays, February 5-March 11, 10:30 A.M.
Rene Prieto, Margaret McDermott Chair in Arts and This lecture series will examine the fascination with the strange, the misshapen, and the bizarre that has been so prevalent in the Iberian peninsula and seek to understand its origins and relevance in terms of the particular events that have shaped the history of Spain from the time of Hieronymus Bosch to that of Salvador Dalí. Coffee and pastries served in the Founders Room before each lecture, from 10-10:25 a.m. $50 for the 6-part series; Free for Museum members, SMU staff, faculty and students. Space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, contact Carmen Smith at mcarmens@smu.edu or 214.768.4677. This program is made possible by gifts from The Boshell Foundation, The Fannie and Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation, and The Eugene McDermott Foundation.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium

Carlotta Corpron: Stretching Reality
Thursday, February 18, 6:00 P.M.

John Rohrbach, Senior Curator of Photographs,
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Carlotta Corpron (1901-1988) took up the quintessential
tool for describing the world – the camera – and used it instead to construct new worlds. This lecture will explore how she internalized the artistic ideals of her day and caught the admiration of leading artists by innovatively reimagining photographic conceptions of space and time. FREE! Priority seating for Museum members until 5:40 p.m.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium

 

GALLERY TALKS
ART IN FOCUS
Francisco Goya, Bury them and keep quiet(Enterrar y callar), c. 1810. Working proof of Plate 18 from The Disasters of War
Wednesday, February 3, 12:15 P.M.
Edward Payne, Meadows/Mellon/Prado Fellow
Monthly, 15-minute talks about objects in the permanent collection by members of the Museum staff encourage a range of approaches to exploring the visual arts, provide a unique perspective, and invite visitors to look more closely at individual objects. Free with regular Museum admission.
Jake and Nancy Hamon Galleries

 

FAMILY FUN

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Three Wednesdays, February 3, 10 & 17, 10:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
This informal three-day program is designed for individuals
with early stage dementia, their care partners, and family members. Participants will explore the galleries through interactive activities, create individual and group projects,
and discover works of art through music, dance, literature,
storytelling and role play. Light refreshments will be served. The program takes place on three consecutive
Wednesdays. Free; space is limited and advance registration is required. For more information and to register, contact Carmen Smith at mcarmens@smu.edu or call214.768.4677.


Drawing from the MastersDrawing from the Masters
Sundays, February 7 & 21, 1:30-3:00 P.M.

Enjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction as
artist Ian O’Brien leads you through the Meadows
Museum’s galleries. Each session will provide an
opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and
improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and
students ages 15 and older, and open to all abilities
and experience levels. Drawing materials will be
available, but participants are encouraged to bring
their own sketchpads and pencils. Free with regular Museum admission; no advance registration required.Attendance is limited to 20 and based on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to request adaptive materials for participants with low vision,
contact Carmen Smith at mcarmens@smu.edu or
214.768.4677.

 

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360 Speaker Series: Exhibition Artist Ann Veronica Janssens Jan. 23

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Join us on opening day for a talk with Belgian exhibition artist Ann Veronica Janssens. Known primarily as a light artist, Janssens is interested in “situations of dazzlement… the persistence of vision, vertigo, saturation, speed, and exhaustion” —in other words, how the body responds to certain scientific phenomena and conditions put upon it. More on the exhibition here

“Nothing is more beautiful than a person’s own perception” – Ann Veronica Janssens

Complimentary wine reception with RSVP. FREE with admission. FREE for Members.

Register online here

. Reply by email here.

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Dallas Architecture Forum: Alan Ricks lecture Dec. 10

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Dallas Architecture Forum
                                                                     
Presents Lecture by
 
Outstanding Architect Alan Ricks
Thursday, 10 December 2015 at Magnolia Theatre
Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization for everyone interested in learning about and improving the architecture, design, landscape and urban fabric of the North Texas region is pleased tocontinue its 2015-16 Lecture Season with outstanding architect Alan Ricks, Co-Founder of MASS Design Group, a Boston and Rigali, Rawanda-based firm that designs projects including healthcare and educational centers with far-reaching impact in developing nations. Mass Design works in twelve countries on three continents and uses design to advance a more equitable world. Their projects include the acclaimed Butaro Hospital in Rwanda, the Center for Global Health in Uganda, medical centers for treatment of cholera and TB in Haiti, and the Africa Center for Peace in Rwanda.
Ricks will speak on Thursday, December 10 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theater in the West Village.
Designing and constructing better buildings, and empowering the people who build them. Using good design to save and improve lives around the world.”  -MASS Design Group
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“Alan Ricks and MASS Design Group have created a new approach to healthcare design in developing countries, focused on healthcare and education, which uses local materials and workmen, develops education programs and even the creation of national architectural standards,” stated Nate Eudaly, Executive Director of the Dallas Architecture Forum. Many of the studio’s projects result from research initiatives supported by the National Institute for Health in collaboration with faculty from the Harvard School of Public Health. Alan Ricks has been named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, which recognizes the most extraordinary leaders of the world under the age of 40′; he was previously recognized by Forbes as a member of its “30 Under 30” honorees, and MASS has been named a finalist for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and many others. Their initiatives are literally saving thousands of lives in developing countries by providing well designed facilities to effectively combat diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera. We think this important presentation will be of great interest to the greater Dallas community.”
The lecture will occur at 7 p.m. on December 10th, with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m.Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org

or call 214-764-2406.

Season Benefactors for the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2015-2016 Season are Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, and Maharger Development | Reggie Graham.  Fall Series Benefactors are Corgan Associates, MAPP Construction, Modmedia, inc. // moderndallas.net., and Architectural Lighting Alliance.
Alan RICKS
Co-Founder, MASS Design Group
Boston, MA and Rigali, Rawanda
10 December 2015
Thursday, 7 pm with reception at 6:15 pm
The Magnolia Theatre, The West Village
 
Alan Ricks is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of MASS Design Group, an impact-driven architecture and design firm focused on community design for underserved populations around the world. The firm began with the design and construction of the critically acclaimed Butaro Hospital in Rwanda and has since expanded to twelve countries on three continents, focusing on design innovation and health infrastructure development. MASS uses design to advance a more equitable world. Its projects span research, policy, education, and strategic planning that provide infrastructure, buildings, and the human and physical systems necessary for growth, dignity, and well-being. Among MASS Design’s major initiatives is the Center for Global Health in Uganda, medical centers for treatment of cholera and TB in Haiti, and the Africa Center for Peace in Rwanda.  Many of the studio’s projects result from research initiatives supported by the National Institute for Health in collaboration with faculty from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Alan Ricks has been named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, which “recognizes the most extraordinary leaders of the world under the age of 40”. He is also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab and was previously recognized by Forbes as a member of its “30 Under 30” honorees. Alan is also a regular guest lecturer and presenter for TED Talks, Harvard, McKinsey and Company, AIA events, and other conferences. He is a graduate of Colorado College and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Under the leadership of Co-Founders Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks, MASS has been named a finalist for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, and has received the World Architecture News Effectiveness Award, the Architectural League Emerging Voices Award, Healthcare Design Changemaker Award, the Curry Stone Design Prize, and Contract Magazine’s ‘Designer of the Year’.  He was also named by Fast Company magazine as one of the world’s 10 Most Generous Designers.  MASS’s first book, Empowering Architecture focuses on the Butaro Hospital design process.  With co-founder Michael Murphy he writes for journals including The Journal of Architecture, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review, as well as for the Huffington Post.  Features on MASS include Wired magazine, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and in architecture and design publications including Interior Design, Architectural Record, Metropolis, and Domus.
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About the Dallas Architecture Forum
The Dallas Architecture Forum is a not-for-profit civic organization that brings leading architectural thought leaders from around the world to speak in Dallas and also fosters important local dialogue about the major issues impacting our urban environment. The Forum was founded in 1996 by some of Dallas’ leading architects, business, cultural and civic leaders, and it continues to benefit from active support and guidance from these citizens. The Forum fulfills its mission of providing a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s members include architects, design professionals, students and educators, and a broad range of civic-minded individuals and companies intent to improve the urban environment in North Texas. The Forum has been recognized nationally with an AIA Collaboration Achievement Award for its strategic partnerships with other organizations focused on architecture, urban planning and the arts. For more information on the Forum, visit www.DallasArchitectureForum.org

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Among the over 160 speakers who have addressed the Forum’s Lecture Series are Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Diller + Scofidio, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Phifer, Rafael Vinoly, Juhani Pallasmaa, AIA Gold Medal Winner Peter Bohlin, and regional architects David Lake and Ted Flato. Pritzker Prize winners speaking to the Forum have been Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Moneo, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster (the latter two in collaboration with the ATT Performing Arts Center). Other speakers for the Forum have been leading designers Calvin Tsao, Andrée Putman, and Karim Rashid; landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh; and National Trust President Emeritus Richard Moe. Important critics, authors and patrons who have spoken to the Forum include Emily Pulitzer, Terence Riley, Pulitzer Prize winners Robert Campbell and Blair Kamin, Aaron Betsky, and the late David Dillon.
The Forum organizes and presents an annual series of Panels—local, informal, open, and offered free of charge as a public service to the community—led by a moderator who brings a subject of local importance along with comments by participating panelists. Moderators and Panelists have also come from both other Texas cities as well as from national institutions that were connected with particular Panel subjects. Panels offer attendees the opportunity to participate in creating discourse. Important topics addressed in Panels in recent years include: “Thoughts on the Dallas Comprehensive Plan”; “The Kimbell Expansion: A Discussion”; “Filling Out the Dallas Arts District”; and “Re-envisioning the Trinity”.
For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

For questions about the Forum, call 214-764-2406.

For Twitter, our account is DallasArchForum.

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Dallas Architecture Forum Nov. & Dec. Lectures

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Lectures will occur at 7 p.m. on the designated evening with a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. No reservations are needed to attend Forum lectures. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. For more information on the Dallas Architecture Forum, visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.
Kevin MCCLURKAN
Partner, Ennead Architects (formerly Polshek Partnership)
New York City
3 November  2015
Tuesday, 7 pm with reception at 6:15 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
Kevin McClurkan is a Management Partner in Ennead Architects. Ennead (formerly Polshek) is an internationally-acclaimed studio known for its cultural, educational, scientific and governmental work.  Ennead creates compelling architecture and master plans across a range of building types, including museums, performing arts theaters, laboratories, hotels, academic facilities, residential buildings, corporate office buildings and mixed-use complexes. Among the studio’s notable projects are the William J. Clinton Presidential Center; the Newseum/Freedom Forum Foundation World Headquarters; the Natural History Museum of Utah; The Standard New York; Yale University Art Gallery Expansion; University of Michigan Biomedical Research Building; the Penn State School of Law; Cornell Medical Research Building; and the New York University Tisch School Institute of Performing Arts.
Current international projects include the United States Embassy in Ankara; the Seoul Foreign School; the Bairui Financial Center in Zhengzhou; the Qilin Science and Technology District in Nanjing; and the Shanghai Planetarium.  Projects in Texas include the UNT Business Leadership Center; the Cockrell School of Engineering Research Center and the McCombs School of Business Rowling Hall at the UT Austin. Ennead’s designs are celebrated for design excellence in the press and by hundreds of awards from professional and civic organizations, including the National AIA Honor Awards; the Chicago Athenaeum; the New York Municipal Art Society; and the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
McClurkan received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and was awarded the University’s Edward Durrell Stone Award for Excellence in Design.
Billie TSIEN
Partner, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
New York City
19 November 2015
Thursday, 7 pm with reception at 6:15 pm
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
Billie Tsien is Co-Founder and Partner of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects – a New York City based studio focused on work for museums, schools and non-profits – organizations that value issues of aspiration and meaning, timelessness and beauty. The firm’s compelling body of work includes the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia; the American Folk Art Museum in New York; the Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; two additions to the Phoenix Art Museum; the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California; and the Asia Society Center in Hong Kong. Additional projects include the Feinberg Hall at Princeton; the Cranbrook Natatorium; the East Asian Library at UC Berkeley; and the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago.  Among the firm’s select body of private residences is one for the developer of Urban Reserve here in Dallas.  Projects under construction or design include a technology campus for Tata Services in Mumbai, India; the New Embassy Compound in Mexico City; an addition to the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College; and the Center for Theater and Dance at the Phillips Exeter Academy.
Along with recurrent recognition by the American Institute of Architects, the firm has garnered local, national, and international acclaim and press. Most recently, Tsien and Williams were awarded an honorary international fellowship to the Royal Institute of British Architects, the National Medal of Arts from the United States government, and the Firm of the Year Award from the American Institute of Architects. Additional recognition includes the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award; the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award; the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture; and the Chrysler Award for Design Innovation. The firm’s work has been published extensively both in the United States and overseas. A monograph entitled Work/Life was released by Monacelli and a book on the architecture of the Barnes Foundation was released by Rizzoli. A third book, on an installation for the Venice Architecture Biennale, was published by Yale University Press.  Billie Tsien received a degree in Fine Arts from Yale and her Masters in Architecture from UCLA.  Parallel to her practice, Tsien maintains an active teaching career and lectures worldwide. Recently she has taught at Yale and Cornell.  Tsien is also the President of the Architectural League of New York and a board member of the Public Art Fund.
Alan RICKS
Architect and Urban Strategist, MASS Design
Boston
10 December 2015
Thursday, 7 pm with reception at 6:15 pm
The Magnolia Theatre, West Village
Alan Ricks is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of MASS Design Group, an impact-driven architecture and design firm focused on community design for underserved populations around the world. The firm began with the design and construction of the critically acclaimed Butaro Hospital in Rwanda and has since expanded to twelve countries on three continents, focusing on design innovation and health infrastructure development. MASS uses design to advance a more equitable world. Its projects span research, policy, education, and strategic planning that provide infrastructure, buildings, and the human and physical systems necessary for growth, dignity, and well-being. Among Mass Design’s major initiatives are the Center for Global Health in Uganda, medical centers for treatment of cholera and TB in Haiti, and the Africa Center for Peace in Rwanda.  Many of the studio’s projects result from research initiatives supported by the National Institute for Health in collaboration with faculty from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Alan Ricks has been named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, which ‘recognizes the most extraordinary leaders of the world under the age of 40’. He is also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab and was previously recognized by Forbes as a member of its “30 Under 30” honorees. Alan is also a regular guest lecturer at Harvard, McKinsey and Company, AIA events, and other conferences. He is a graduate of Colorado College and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Under the leadership of Co-Founders Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks, MASS has been named a finalist for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, and received the World Architecture News Effectiveness Award, the Architectural League Emerging Voices Award, Healthcare Design Changemaker Award, the Curry Stone Design Prize, and Contract Magazine’s ‘Designer of the Year’.  He was also named by Fast Company magazine as one of the world’s 10 Most Generous Designers.  MASS’s first book, Empowering Architecture focuses on the Butaro Hospital design process.  With co-founder Michael Murphy he writes for journals including The Journal of Architecture, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review, as well as for the Huffington Post.  Features on MASS include Wired magazine, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and in architecture and design publications including Interior Design, Architectural Record, Metropolis, and Domus.

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From the Michael O’Keefe Studio: Art Exhibition Oct. 17, Design Workshop & Lecture Series

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The 3rd Annual Invitational Art Exhibition at The O’Keefe Studio Center!

This Saturday evening, Oct. 17th
5:00 – 8:00pm
One night only
Come join us!  Plan to bring friends and family to enjoy the great art work, some wine and goodies, and good company!!

This year, our annual invitational exhibition will be held in conjunction with “Ricochet 15”, an arts awareness event, co-sponsored by the Richardson Symphony Orchestra and Arts Incubator of Richardson.  Our exhibition will be listed on the “culture map” of arts events to be held on the weekend of Oct. 17th.  This will likely lead to additional eyes on your work!

Any person who has participated in classes, workshops, or other events at The O’Keefe Studio Center is invited to submit one work of art for the exhibition.
Drop off of work:
Oct. 14th 11:00 – 1:00pm
Oct. 15th 11:30am – 3:00pm
Oct. 16th 10:000am – 4:00pm

Later this month:

 

2D Design Workshop

Instructor: Juliette McCullough
(Juliette was the first CTA presenter and all who participated were very impressed by her!)

 

Two 3 day workshops investigating principles of design that apply to all 2 dimensional visual art forms. These workshops will involve fun hands-on explorations, lectures and discussion, offering insight into important questions and concerns of visual form.

 

Session 1: “Line and Form”

October 30th, 6:00 – 8:00pm, October 31st, 12:00 – 3:00pm, November 1st, 12:00 – 3:00pm

Session 2: “Texture and Color”

January 22nd, 6:00 – 8:00pm, January 23rd, 12:00 – 3:00pm, January 24th, 12:00 – 3:00pm

 

Cost: $185 per session (includes most materials). A $90 non-refundable deposit holds your space for session 1. Balance due: October 16th.  A $90 non-refundable deposit holds your space for session 2. Balance due: January 8th: $95.  In the event of cancellation after October 16th or January 8th, $85 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend.  Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.

Don’t miss this interesting talk considering 50 years of art at NorthPark Center!

Thursday Evening Lecture Series

 

“NorthPark Center: 50 Years of Innovation”,
Presenter: Stephen Ross,

November 12th, 7:00 – 8:30pm

Ask about: 

The Considering the Artist Seminar

Sedrick Huckaby — November 5th, 6:00 – 9:30pm

Michael O’Keefe — December 3rd, 6:00 – 9:30pm

Bob Stuth-Wade — January 7th, 6:00 – 9:30pm

Jack Barnett — February 4th, 6:00 – 9:30pm

Ben Rubin — March 3rd, 6:00 – 9:30pm

For additional information about classes and events please reply to this email; or call (972) 528-0309

To view our full calendar of events please visit our website at
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Dallas Architecture Forum 2015-16 Lecture Season

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Dallas Architecture Forum
2015-16 lecture season
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce its 2015-2016 Lecture Season.
The Forum will present outstanding thought leaders focused on architecture,
design, urban strategy and public space during our 15-16 season.
Lectures will be held at 7 pm,  with venues indicated below for each lecture.
Each lecture will be preceded by a complimentary reception beginning at 6:15 pm .
Lectures are FREE for Forum members.
Click HERE to JOIN or RENEW your FORUM MEMBERSHIP.
General admission for Forum lectures is $20 per lecture, or $5 for full-time students.
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For more information about the lectures: http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org/lectures.html
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O’Keefe Studio Center: Art Instruction – Fall 2015 – Spring 2016

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The O’Keefe Studio Center
Fall 2015 – Spring 2016
Classes, Workshops, Lectures
Sculptural Abstraction Seminar
Instructor: Michael O’Keefe
Explore ideas of sculptural abstraction, develop a specific sculpture vocabulary and execute a finished sculpture using that vocabulary. A great intro to sculpture or advanced exploration of sculptural abstraction. Participants will work in clay, plaster or with found objects.
4 Sessions:
Tuesday, October 27th, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, November 3rd, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, November 10th, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, November 17th, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Cost: $240 (includes clay, plaster, firing). A $100 non-refundable deposit holds your space. Balance due: October 13th: $140. In the event of cancellation after October 13th, $130 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend.  Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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Figure Sculpture
Instructor: Michael O’Keefe
Work in clay from the model. 3 sessions, same pose each session.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, February 9th, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, February 16th, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Cost: $150 (includes clay and firing). A $75 non-refundable deposit holds your space. Balance due: January 19th: $75. In the event of cancellation after January 19th, $65 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend.  Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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Figure Painting Workshop
Instructors: Michael O’Keefe and Bonny Leibowitz
5 days of instruction, working with a model. Ideal for the drawer wanting to move into painting, the painter wanting to work from observation from life, or the artist that wants in-depth instruction.
Friday, February 19th, 12:30 – 4:30pm
Saturday, February 20th, 12:30 – 4:30pm
Sunday, February 21st, 12:30 – 4:30pm
Saturday, February 27th, 12:30 – 4:30pm
Sunday, February 28th, 12:30 – 4:30pm
Cost: $395. A $100 non-refundable deposit holds your space. Balance due: February 5th: $295. In the event of cancellation after February 5th, $285 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend.  Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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Gesture Drawing Seminar
Instructor: Jay Bailey
Each of 6 sessions will be a unique consideration of gestural figure drawing, exploring various approaches to working in a swift, intelligent and playful manner.
The 6 sessions will take place on the following Fridays, from 1:00 – 4:00pm: 9/11/15, 10/9/15/, 11/13/15, 12/11/15, 1/8/16, 2/12/16
Cost: $300 for all 6 sessions or $50 per session. Payment in full holds your spot.  In the event of cancellation two weeks prior to a session you will be refunded your payment minus a $10 processing fee.  No refund less than two weeks prior.  Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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Considering the Artist Seminar
An established artist will be invited to share his or her insights into the Figure Drawing motif. The sessions will be an opportunity for participants to become acquainted with various and different approaches to working from the model. These sessions will begin with the invited artist giving a brief presentation, with images of his or her work, that explains the way in which he or she approaches the observation-based drawing situation. The artist will, for instance, discuss his or her choice of pose, length of pose, materials, size of drawing, vocabulary and types and degrees of abstractions employed. The presentation will be followed by three hours of drawing where participants draw alongside the invited artist.
Artists:
Juliette McCullough — October 1st, 6:00 – 9:30pm
Sedrick Huckaby — November 5th, 6:00 – 9:30pm
Michael O’Keefe — December 3rd, 6:00 – 9:30pm http://michaelokeefestudio.com

Bob Stuth-Wade — January 7th, 6:00 – 9:30pm
Jack Barnett — February 4th, 6:00 – 9:30pm
Ben Rubin — March 3rd, 6:00 – 9:30pm
Cost: $300 for all 6 sessions or $50 per session. Payment in full holds your spot.  In the event of cancellation two weeks prior to a session you will be refunded your payment minus a $10 processing fee.  No refund less then two weeks prior.   Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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Anatomy for Artists
Instructor: Michael O’Keefe
6 sessions exploring human anatomy as it is relevant to the visual arts, and figurative arts, in particular. Participants will explore the “parts” of the body, relationships within the body, the actions of the body, schematic possibilities, etc. Most sessions will involve lecture, demo, drawing time and informative exercises.
Sundays, 1:00 – 4:00pm on the following days: 11/22/15, 12/13/15, 1/31/16, 3/27/16, 4/24/16, 5/29/16
Cost: $300 for all 6 sessions or $50 per session. Payment in full holds your spot.  In the event of cancellation two weeks prior to a session you will be refunded your payment minus a $10 processing fee.  No refund less then two weeks prior.   Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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Watercolor Workshop
Instructor: Jay Bailey
Ideal for the individual wanting to explore the wonderful medium of watercolor. Gain insights into the material that will allow you to work freely and intelligently.
Session 1: October 10th and 11th, 12:00 – 3:00pm each day
Session 2: May 14th and 15th, 12:00 – 3:00pm each day
Cost: $120 per session (sessions 1 and 2 are the same content). For each session a $60 non-refundable deposit holds your space. Session 1 balance due: September 26th.  Session 2 balance due: April 30th: $60. In the event of cancellation after September 26th or April 30th, $50 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend. Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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2D Design Workshop
Instructor: Juliette McCullough
Two 3 day workshops investigating principles of design that apply to all 2 dimensional visual art forms. These workshops will involve fun hands-on explorations, lectures and discussion, offering insight into important questions and concerns of visual form.
Session 1: “Line and Form”
October 30th, 6:00 – 8:00pm, October 31st, 12:00 – 3:00pm, November 1st, 12:00 – 3:00pm
Session 2: “Texture and Color”
January 22nd, 6:00 – 8:00pm, January 23rd, 12:00 – 3:00pm, January 24th, 12:00 – 3:00pm
Cost: $185 per session (includes most materials). A $90 non-refundable deposit holds your space for session 1. Balance due: October 16th.  A $90 non-refundable deposit holds your space for session 2. Balance due: January 8th: $95.  In the event of cancellation after October 16th or January 8th, $85 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend.  Additional payment information at the bottom of the email.
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Thursday Evening Lecture Series
Enjoy insightful presentations of art-related topics, wine and hors d’oeuvres.
7:00 – 8:30pm on the following Thursdays:
“Caricature: The Psychology of Deviation in Figurative Art”, Michael O’Keefe, September 17th
“NorthPark Center: 50 Years of Innovation”, Stephen Ross, November 12th
“Cubism; There is More to It Than You Think”, Michael O’Keefe, January 21st
“Putting a Price on Beauty: Exploring Today’s Art Market”, Brandon Kennedy, March 24th
Cost: $15 admission at each lecture.
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Annual Invitational Exhibit, 2015
All participants at the studio are invited to submit a work to the annual exhibition.
One night only. Free and open to all.
Reception: October 17th, 5:00 – 8:00pm
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 Payment options for all classes, workshops and lectures:
We accept cash, credit card or check.  
Checks made payable to “Michael O’Keefe” can be mailed or dropped off in person at:
The O’Keefe Studio Center, 580 W. Arapaho, Suite 290, Richardson, TX 75080
You can call with a credit card: (972) 528 – 0309

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David McCullough book discussion “The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris” July 18

May 23, 2015–August 23, 2015 Samuel F. B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention

May 23, 2015–August 23, 2015
Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention

Saturday, July 18, 6 p.m.
David McCullough: The Greater Journey

Acclaimed author David McCullough will discuss his book The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris in conjunction with the Amon Carter’s exhibition Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention.

Registration is required. Registration for this program opens today! Call 817.989.5030 or email visitors@cartermuseum.org to reserve a seat.

Please note: This program will be held next door to the Amon Carter Museum in the W. E. Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center located at 1300 Gendy Street.

 

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ft. Worth, TX 76107

  1. 817.989.5065  f.817.665.4331

www.cartermuseum.org

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Gallery Talks at the DMA

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Gallery Talks are offered on Wednesdays at 12:15 at the Dallas Museum of Art. Use your lunch hour to explore the Museum’s collections and exhibitions during FREE weekly gallery talks.

 

Upcoming schedule:

MAY 

6 William Henry Huddle’s Portrait Painting “Old Slave” 
Rae Pleasant, Research Associate for Early Texas Art, DMA

13 Between Action and the Unknown: The Art of Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga 
Thomas Feulmer, Director of Educational Programming, The Warehouse

20 Inca: Conquests of the Andes*
Kimberly Jones, The Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of Arts of the Americas, DMA

27 Chinese and Japanese Collections
Dr. Anne Bromberg, The Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art, DMA

JUNE  

3 Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine 
Kevin W. Tucker, The Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, DMA

10 Concentrations 58: Chosil Kil 
Gabriel Ritter, The Nancy and Tim Hanley Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, DMA

17 To Be Announced 

24 Inca: Conquests of the Andes*
Lesli Robertson, Artist and Professor of Fibers, University of North Texas

Gallery Talks are included in FREE general admission. Please note, Gallery Talks marked with an asterisk (*) require a special exhibition admission ticket. 

Missed a Gallery Talk? Visit the Program Recordings page.

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