In the News: Week of April 11

Lecturer L. Irene Compadre BA08/MLA12, founder of Arbolope Studio, was interviewed for the article “Work in Progress” in the April issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine. Ten landscape architects spoke about live-work balance, contemporary design office-culture, and how they’re rewriting the rules of the profession’s work culture.

(Un)masking Health: Counter Perspectives, the Kemper Art Museum’s current Teaching Gallery exhibition, traces histories of illness and resistance. The exhibition is curated by Ivan Bujan, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in Arts & Sciences, in conjunction with his seminar “Queering the History of Health.“ The show is on view until early July.

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, known for her groundbreaking depictions of queer life and family relationships, will receive the 2022 International Humanities Prize from Arts & Sciences’ Center for the Humanities. Bechdel will receive the $25,000 award November 9 in the Clark-Fox Forum in Hillman Hall.

A site-specific installation by Taylor Yocom (MFA18), the Sam Fox School’s graduate recruitment specialist, is now on view now at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. The work, titled my mom said to always have flowers around, was supported by VIA Partnership and is installed in Terminal 2.

The Architect’s Newspaper published an op-ed on the Association for Women in Architecture + Design (AWA+D), a group founded in 1918 at WashU when four students were denied entry into the architectural fraternity because they were women. Later this month, the group will be planting a tree in honor of its recent centenary.

April is Active Transportation Month at WashU! The Office of Sustainability and Parking & Transportation will host free events and challenges for faculty, staff, and students this month to support and encourage the use of sustainable transportation, including the WashU Rides Commuter Challenge, Snacks for Cyclists, the Danforth Bike Tune-Up and Commuter Fair, and the Group MetroLink Ride. And, yes, there will be prizes!

On April 12, join an online panel discussion on Resilient Waterways, Watersheds & Their Cities featuring associate professor Derek Hoeferlin, chair of landscape architecture and urban design, among others at 5:30-7:30p via link.

Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for Watershed Architecture is a design-research project that studies the Mekong, Mississippi and Rhine river basins, with particular focus on multi-scaled, water-based infrastructural transformation and their various impacts. Associate professor Derek Hoeferlin, chair of landscape architecture and urban design will be presenting a virtual seminar on the topic on April 14, 4p livestream via link.

Design Justice: The Black Experience in Design Editors Roundtable is a virtual conversation with the editors of the groundbreaking new book, The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Reflection & Expression, including assistant professor Penina Acayo Laker. Presented by the Museum of Design Atlanta, the virtual discussion starts 6-7:30p April 14 via link.

Come learn about the history of land use in the St. Louis region at the online panel discussion From Cahokia to Pruitt-Igoe: The History of Development, Environmental Justice, and Biodiversity in the St. Louis Region presented by Living Earth Collaborative and CRE2. In this combined presentation and panel discussion, senior lecturer Jennifer Colten and others will present their work in the St. Louis region. Happening Friday, April 15 2-3:30p via link.

The collaborative exhibition by professor Jack Risley & Veronica Roberts Flotsam and Jetsam will be on view through May 1 at the Fluent~Collaborative & testsite, Austin, Texas.

Mennello Museum of Art’s Contemporary Expressions: Prints from Flying Horse Editions (1996 – 2021) exhibition features work by Carmon Colangelo, the Ralph J. Nagel Dean, along with Diana Al-Hadid, Odili Donald Odita, David Humphrey, Chakaia Booker, James Siena, Jiha Moon, and others. Work will be on view through May 30.