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Comics and the Art of Visual Storytelling

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and History of Arts and Architecture
Comics is finally coming of age as an artistic and literary form. Now this once-maligned medium of expression is poised for new opportunities, thanks to a mutating media environment and a potential revolution in visual education. Author and comics artist Scott McCloud shines a light on these and other fascinating trends in a fast-moving visual presentation.

To view a live feed of this event at 12:00 pm, please use the following links: If you are on campus, please go to “go/stream”. If you are off campus, please go to “go.middlebury.edu/stream”

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect: Erinn McGurn

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Erinn McGurn, AIA is the Co-Founder of SCALEAfrica and Owner/Principal of SCALEStudio in New York City. The studio operates on a “for-benefit” model with social change and community-driven design as the primary focus. In 2013, SCALEAfrica was admitted into the Clinton Global Initiative and launched a commitment to action to build Zambia’s first sustainably-designed, technology-based community school. Sponsored by the Cameron Family Arts Enrichment Fund and Architectural Studies.

Johnson Classroom 204

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect: Agency Architecture- "Hackable Infrastructures"

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Agency Architecture: Hackable Infrastructures Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller are founding principals of AGENCY, a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice engaging contemporary culture through architecture, urbanism, and advocacy. In this lecture, they discuss former and current projects ranging from media environments and material assemblies to guerrilla infrastructures, architectural systems, and speculative urban research. Sponsored by the Cameron Family Arts Enrichment Fund and the Architectural Studies Program. Free.

Johnson Classroom 204

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect- Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Public Lecture by Cameron Visiting Architect Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman. With a population of over 5 million, the cities of San Diego and Tijuana comprise the largest metropolitan bi-national region in the world. But despite their shared destiny, these border cities lack collaborative urban policies that promote co-existence, mutual environmental interests, and common regional aspirations.

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect- Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Public Lecture by Cameron Visiting Architect Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman. With a population of over 5 million, the cities of San Diego and Tijuana comprise the largest metropolitan bi-national region in the world. But despite their shared destiny, these border cities lack collaborative urban policies that promote co-existence, mutual environmental interests, and common regional aspirations.
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect- Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Public Lecture by Cameron Visiting Architect Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman. With a population of over 5 million, the cities of San Diego and Tijuana comprise the largest metropolitan bi-national region in the world. But despite their shared destiny, these border cities lack collaborative urban policies that promote co-existence, mutual environmental interests, and common regional aspirations.
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect- Julia Snow

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Julia Snow leads a studio-based practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The studio’s interest in pragmatic and critical programmatic reflection results in innovative designs that expand our understanding of architectural performance. Design strategies engage issues of how architecture performs within each project’s, social, cultural and economic context.

Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Cameron Family Enrichment Fund.

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect Dina Griffin

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Griffin, president of Interactive Design Architects (IDEA), gives a public talk about her practice and her efforts to get more minority women interested in architecture. Her 20 years of experience includes institutional, municipal, corporate, multiunit residential, and education projects. Out of IDEA’s impressive body of work, none is more recognizable than the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, an icon in Chicago’s architectural landscape. Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Cameron Family Enrichment Fund.

Johnson Classroom 204

Free
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect Dina Griffin

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
As president of Interactive Design Architects (IDEA) Dina Griffin has over 20 years of experience in the profession. Her experience includes institutional, municipal, corporate, multi-unit residential and education projects. Dina and her firm have worked on a wide range of projects including The Eckhardt Center at the University of Chicago, Powell Elementary School, multiple projects for the Public Building Commission of Chicago and, one of her favorites, St. Leo Apartments, a 14-unit apartment building for disabled veterans.
Open to the Public

Cameron Visiting Architect Lecture: Susannah Drake

Sponsored by:
History of Arts and Architecture
Susannah Drake is the principal architect of dlandstudio in Brooklyn, a firm that works on the intersection of architecture, landscape design, and sustainability. She discusses how parks, green roofs, green walls, street trees, and the harnessing of solar, wind, and water power are integral components of new urban infrastructure systems. Sponsored by the Cameron Family Arts Enrichment Fund and the Architectural Studies program as part of the Celebration of 50 Years of Environmental Education and Leadership at Middlebury. Free

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public