The gender gap within the design world is narrowing. Once a male-dominated profession, women are increasingly tackling leadership roles, addressing the social and economic ramifications of design and contributed to a growing and diverse urban fabric. This spring we highlight some of the talented women making waves in the design world with an exhibit and speaker series, a lecture and a corresponding symposium:
Early Women of Architecture in Maryland
Kibel Gallery Exhibit and Speaker Series
“Ms. Mod”: Women’s Contribution to Mid-Century Modernism in Maryland
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 | 5:00pm
Panel presentation on the work of seven extraordinary women who contributed to Mid-Century Modernism in Maryland from the mid-1930s through the 1960s. Exhibit’s opening reception follows.
Presenters:
Isabelle Gournay, PhD, UMD Associate Professor, Author of Modern Movement in Maryland
Jillian Storms, AIA, Curator, Early Women of Architecture in Maryland
Anne E. Bruder, Senior Architectural Historian at the Maryland State Highway Administration
The Making of an Exhibition: Early Women of Architecture in Maryland
Thursday, March 3, 2016 | 6:30-8:00pm
Gallery tour and talk about the spring exhibit in the Kibel Gallery, which features the culmination of efforts by the Women in Architecture Committee of the American Institute of Architects, Baltimore Chapter (AIA Baltimore) to understand the history and the state of women in the profession. The exhibition showcases 12 women’s stories and their design projects from 1920s to the 1960s. Women in Architecture reception follows.
Presenters:
Jillian Storms, AIA, Exhibition Curator, Early Women of Architecture in Maryland
Sadie Dempsey, Exhibition Designer, (B.Architecture ’14)
Emerging Architects Lecture
Tough Sh*t
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 | 5:00pm
Katherine Darnstadt, Founder and Principal, Latent Design
Sponsored by the Craig and Mimi Spangler Emerging Architects Lecture Endowment
Leading Women in Architecture – A Symposium
Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9, 2016
This two-day symposium will highlight the careers of six accomplished female leaders in the profession. The participants will discuss their career paths touching on the important moments that guided them towards leadership positions in both the profession and the community. The speakers will provide insights into how they benefited from mentors and overcame obstacles along the way to assuming leadership roles, and they will discuss the challenges of maintaining a critical work-life balance while continuing their arc towards the highest levels in the design professions.
KEYNOTE PRESENTER:
Carol Ross Barney, FAIA – Founder and President, Ross Barney
Friday, April 8, 2016 – 5:00pm
SYMPOSIUM:
Saturday, April 9, 2015 – 10:00am
Luanne Greene, FAIA, LEED AP – President | Director, Campus Planning Studio, Ayers Saint Gross
Melanie Hennigan, AIA, LEED AP – President of Grimm + Parker
Lisa London, AIA LEED AP BD+C, DBIA – President and CEO, Edifice
Kathryn Prigmore, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C – Associate Principal and Risk Manager, STUDIOS Architecture
Symposium is sponsored by the following:
• The Harold L. Adams Practice Leadership Fund
• Colden “Coke" Florance Lecture Endowment
• The Guy Lombardo Memorial Lecture Fund
• John Wiebenson Memorial Lecture Endowment
• The Architecture Program Lecture Fund