Nov.-Dec. 2011 - Maryland Institute College of Art

40 EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Urban Green with
Neil B. Chambers ’00
Wednesday, November 2, 7–9 pm
Main Building:
Room 110, 1300 W. Mount Royal Ave.
aWard-WinninG Green desiGner
Neil B. Chambers ’00 will talk about
his unique perspective on design,
construction, and architecture, and sign
his new book Urban Green: Architecture for
the Future. In his book, Chambers shows
how ecologists and environmentalists
around the world are joining forces with
architects and city planners to make the
natural world an integral part of cities.
Plus, he demonstrates how anyone can
do his or her part to restore the natural
world in simple ways. Chambers is a
national fellow with the Environmental
Leadership Program and has taught at
New York University and the Fashion
Institute of Technology. With nearly 20
years of experience in the fields of green
building and infrastructure, Chambers
is recognized by his peers as a visionary
and an innovative force for the future of
sustainability. This talk is sponsored by the
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art.
Neil B. Chambers
Kelly Dobson
Wednesday, November 9, 7 pm
Brown Center:
Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave.
artist and enGineer Kelly Dobson
will present her work in the realms
of technology, medicine, and culture.
Dobson is the department head of the
digital/media program at the Rhode
Island School of Design, and her
areas of investigation include voice,
identity, prosthetic social extensions,
public performance, re-appropriation
of domestic appliances, new materials
innovations, and companion machines.
Dobson explores the relationship
between people and machines, and
is developing a method of personal,
societal, and psychoanalytical engagement
termed “Machine Therapy,” a response
to the overwhelmingly pervasive
effects of machines in everyday life.
Dobson’s lecture is cosponsored by the
Interdisciplinary Sculpture Department
and the Fiber Department’s Collaborative
Smart Textiles Research Lab.
Kelly Dobson (Photo by Kris Krug) Adelina Vlas
Art@Lunch: Adelina Vlas
Wednesday, November 16, 12:30 pm
Brown Center:
Room 320, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave.
adelina vlas, assistant curator for
modern and contemporary art at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, will
discuss her role in organizing new media
exhibitions there. Vlas holds an MA in
Art History from York University as well
as an MA in Curating Contemporary
Art from the Royal College of Art in
London. The talk will focus on the
exhibitions in the Notations and Live
Cinema series that Vlas has organized,
as well as the exhibition, Live Cinema/
Peripheral Stages: Mohamed Bourouissa
and Tobias Zielony, on view at the
museum starting Saturday, October 15.
This talk is part of the 2011-2012 Art@
Lunch series of discussions on world art.