Invitation for Design Diaspora International Symposium
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Written by
content: Carolyn Armenta Davis, American, born 1944
label: Designed by
content: Fern Logan, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Carolyn Armenta Davis, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: The Chicago Anthenaeum, American, founded 1988
notes: label: Description
content: An invitation to The Design Diaspora International Symposium, "A 7-hour Design Program to Conceptualize an International Center for the African Diaspora" at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: The Museum of Architecture and Design, the Design Diaspora, and Art in Public Places, Inc. The program is open to the general public and specifically invites students, architects, landscape architects, artists, teachers, and business professionals. The invitation also includes information and and RSVP number for the opening receptions for the exhibition "Design Diaspora: Black Architects and International Architecture 1970-1990."
label: Description
content: Invitation is black with white text or black with white text with depiction of architectural rendering on front. Exhibition title appears at top right, beneath which is [An Exhibition of Built Projects Designed Between 1970-1990 by Fifty African American, Black European, and African Architects]. Text at bottom right reads [THE CHICAGO ATHENAEUM / 333 WEST WACKER DRIVE GALLERY / 333 WEST WACKER DRIVE / CHICAGO ILLINOIS / JUNE 15-AUGUST 20, 1993].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carolyn-Armenta Davis, Hon. AIA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.25.5.2
objectType: label: Type
content: invitations
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1994 Carolyn Armenta Davis
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (22.5 × 14.6 cm)