The University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams' Hull-House Museum and the College of Architecture and the Arts will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous speech. These issues are still very much alive for us today in our era of rapid change, new technology, new opportunities and new anxieties.
All events are free and open to the public.
For registration, call 413-5353. Sidney Robinson, UIC professor of architecture, will re-enact Wright's speech and Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for the New Yorker, will comment. A panel discussion will focus on the relationship between the historic arts and crafts movement and settlement houses, and the current role of arts in social programs. A panel will discuss the relevance of Wright's speech for current and future designers. The discussion will focus on the social, economic and political implications of Wright's comments as seen by architects, designers and others in the 21st century.