THIS WEEK at PennDesign - September 7, 2012

Fri. 7 September

A look at what's coming up at the School of Design.

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September 7, 2012

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Friday, September 7, 2012
URBAN RIDING BASICS WORKSHOP
NOON -1pm, Meyerson B4

DEAN’S INTRODUCTION OF NEW FACULTY & FIRST HAPPY HOUR
5PM, Meyerson Lower Gallery

Join Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor and the PennDesign community as we welcome our new faculty from the departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, City Planning, Fine Arts, and Historic Preservation, followed by PennDesign's long standing tradition of Friday Happy Hour. Penn ID and proof of drinking age (21) is required for this event.

Monday, September 10 
JOHN DIXON HUNT: A WORLD OF GARDENS 
6PM, Lower Gallery

Join us for a conversation with Professor Emeritus John Dixon Hunt about his newest book, A World of Gardens. Panel discussion featuring David Leatherbarrow in conversation with Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto, Valerio MorabitoEllen Neises, and Paula Deitz. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Reception to follow.

Thursday, September 13
GABRIEL METCALF 
6PM, B3

Friday, September 14
I DON'T QUESTION THE THINGS YOU DO ANYMORE - OPENING RECEPTION
5-7PM, Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, 200 South 36th Street, Philadelphia

Group exhibition of the PennDesign MFA class of 2013, featuring Stephanie Cheng, Caroline Claflin, Orlando de la Garza, Mark Dilks, Tara Fadenrecht, Elisa Gabor, Laine Godsey, Zenas Hutcheson, Christina Kerns, Alex Nguyen, Daniel Oliva, Jacob Rivkin, Matthew Segotta, Minmin Shi, Ceaphas Stubbs, Sarah Tortora, Toisha Tucker, Cristina Tufino Palmer, and Tara White.

Upcoming Elsewhere

Saturday, September 8
LOUIS KAHN: THE POWER OF ARCHITECTURE
11AM, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Rotterdam

Nathaniel Kahn, Director of My Architect, and William Whitaker, Director of the University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives, for a very special event, the Opening of Louis Kahn: the Power of Architecture at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam.

 

PennDesign Fall 2012 Lecture Series

UPCOMING LECTURES

Monday, September 10 
JOHN DIXON HUNT: A WORLD OF GARDENS 
6PM, Lower Gallery

Thursday, September 13
GABRIEL METCALF 
6PM, B3

Wednesday, September 19
PETER TRUMMER
6PM, Lower Gallery

Monday, September 24
DRYLANDS DESIGN: CONSTRUCTING INDIGENEITY 
6PM, Lower Gallery

Thursday, September 27 & Friday, September 28 
MAKING SPACE SYMPOSIUM
imakespace.org
3PM, Lower Gallery

Thursday, September 27
JON KESSLER
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art

 
 

 

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Philadelphia, PA 19104

 

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