Thursday
October 4
7:30 PM

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College

Women and Public Space — Panelists discuss: What makes a space public? What are public spaces for? How do women produce, shape, and use public spaces? Moderator: Alma Tina Hogan '74, attorney and corporate real estate advisor. Panelists: Sheila Kennedy, architect for Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Boston; Paula Robinson Collins '71, founder and chief executive officer of WDG Ventures, Inc., San Francisco; Ann Forsyth, associate professor of urban planning, Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Sponsored by the Mount Holyoke class of 1958.

Thursday
October 25
7:30 PM

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College

The Many Lives of Factory Buildings — The panel will explore the many "lives" of factory buildings with a special focus on North Adams, home to MASS MoCA, one of the most celebrated "re-used" factory buildings in the United States. Moderator: Karen Koehler, Five College visiting scholar and professor of art history. Panelists: John Mullin, professor of urban planning, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Simeon Bruner, founding principal, Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc., Cambridge, principal in-charge, design team for MASS MoCA Corp.; Anthony Lee, associate professor of art, Mount Holyoke College.

Wednesday
November 14
7:30 PM

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College

Contested Ground: Meaningful Landscapes and Cultural Conflict in the Past — Conflicts and compromises of public space from a historical perspective will be the subject of this panel discussion. Moderator: Robert Schwartz, professor of history, Mount Holyoke College. Panelists: Alastair Pearson, principal lecturer in geography, University of Portsmouth, England; Brian Osborne, professor of geography, Queen University, Kingston, Ontario; Anne Kelly Knowles, Ph.D., independent scholar, Washington, D.C.

Wednesday
December 5
7:30 PM

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College

Ecological Architecture, Design, and Ethics: A Conversation with William McDonough - An internationally renowned designer and leader in sustainable development, Mr. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough and Partners. In this conversation, he will share his personal creative ethics of design and ecology with examples drawn from several of his groundbreaking projects. Cosponsored by the Center for Environmental Literacy.