The Kimmel Galleries of New York University are pleased to present Patterns of Interest: Photography by Stephen Mallon, Included in this exhibit are 20 photographic works by artist Stephen Mallon, whose work bridges the gap between fine art and photojournalism.
Remembering is both a collective and a personal activity. In this exhibition, both are on display in relation to two World’s Fairs that took place in Flushing, Queens in 1939/40 and 1964/65.
Within this exhibition, collective memory is represented by shared experiences of the Fairs and personal memory by the memorabilia drawn from the collections of people who attended and fondly recall the Fairs.
Open Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2:30 – 4:30 pm. Through May 31, 2015.
This session explores the ethical issues in dealing with infectious disease threats in a global environment. Issues from the current Ebola crisis are explored to understand the nature of these issues, and to generate lessons to guide future responses.
A lecture given by Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability in the City of Philadelphia on the strategies of implementing successful urban sustainability programs in the face of political and fiscal obstacles.
How do we create the City We Need for the future where women and girls will reach their potential and realize their human rights?
A lecture featuring leaders in architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism hosted by the Architectural League of New York.
While access to public spaces in cities is highly contested for due to pressures from rapid urbanization and large-scale migration, creating public spaces that cater to women's needs and skills can give them an oft-missing space of their own to set up a business, network and interact with other members of the community to exchange ideas and information
In this public program, speakers will present lighting design work for public interest that range from ongoing projects in informal settlements in Haiti to participatory workshops in low-income housing environments.
In a panel following the presentations, speakers will debate the role that socially-engaged lighting design practices play and how lighting education can support a stronger social culture in practice and discourse in the field of lighting design
The High Bridge is slated to reopen as a walkway in summer 2015. Come hear Bryan Diffley, the Project Manager of the renovation, speak about NYC's oldest standing bridge.
Celebrate the changing seasons with an evening of enlightening and entertaining works from the journalist Elizabeth Royte and John KixMiller, the author of The Protectors of The Wood, a series of illustrated adventure novels about a group of misfit teenagers saving the world from climate change. KixMiller will be joined by the four-piece Protectors of the Wood Band.
In keeping with the notion of sankofa—remembering the past in order to move forward—this year’s theme, “Roots of Resilience,” will examine the ways in which sustainability is tradition, not trend.
Learn about skyscrapers and work with a team to design and build your own model skyscrapers! Recommended for children 5 and up, accompanied by an adult.