Lectures

Artistic Thought: Expression and Anonymity -- Juhani Pallasmaa and Leigh Fondakowski
Monday, April 19, 2010, 7 p.m., Varsity Theater
Artistic Thought: Imagination & Compassion: Juhani Pallasmaa & Leigh Fondakowski
Thursday, April 22, 2010, 3 p.m., Teatro Zuccone, Duluth, MN
Join world-renowned Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa and American playwright Leigh Fondakowski for a series of thought-provoking discussions as they explore their fields, unearthing surprising commonalities. Sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study.

Spatializing Culture: Moore Street Market and Embodied Space in the City, a talk by Setha Low
Monday, April 12, 2010, 4 p.m., 100 Rapson Hall
In this talk, Low employs Moore Street market as an illustration of how urban public space links anthropological analyses of the body in space, the global/local power relations embedded in space, the role of language and discursive transformations of space, and the material and metaphorical importance of architecture and urban design. Sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study.

Exhibitions

HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall

Architecture and Vision
March 8 - May 2, 2010
Opening reception on Monday, March 8, 2010, 7 p.m.
Architecture and Vision (AV) is an architecture and design practice established by the Italian and Swiss Architects Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler. Based in Rome, Toulouse, and Munich, the company specializes in the AeroSpace technologies applied to architecture and design. Extensive research and development contribute to AV's objectives in ecology, functionality, beauty, and quality.

Goldstein Museum of Design, McNeal Hall

How Secretaries Changed the 20th-Century Office: Design, Image, and Culture
February 6 - May 23, 2010
During the 20th century women poured into offices all over the U.S. to work as "typewriter girls," stenographers, and secretaries. New spaces, furnishings, and clothing emerged to meet their needs, while popular culture glamorized them. The exhibition explores transformations in the workplace and women's lives and features office equipment, furniture, fashions, magazines, and much more.

Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library

Native Viewpoints: Paintings and drawings by John Koepke
February 12 - May 14, 2010. Opening event Friday, Feb. 12, 5-7 p.m.
The drawings and illustrations on exhibit in the Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library span more than a decade of Koepke's work, featuring his newest watercolors and illustrations. The playful display of the work expresses Koepke's affinity for nature and appropriately integrates the inventive character of his work with real elements from the landscape.

• Spring 2010 College of Design events, lectures, and exhibitions
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Questions? Contact Laura Walton at 612-626-6385 or lwalton@umn.edu.