1250 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC 20005
USA
WHAT:
FRESH TALK: Ann Hamilton and Emily Pilloton—How can makers change the world?
Ann Hamilton, an internationally renowned visual artist and self-described maker, joins Emily Pilloton, designer, builder, educator, author and founder of the nonprofit design agency Project H Design. The two will talk about the poetic and practical aspects of hands-on learning and how the experience of making things can inspire the next generation of innovators and creative change makers. Shop the Mini Makers Mart featuring local makers before and after the Fresh Talk.
WHEN:
Wed., March 29, 7–9:30 p.m.
Fresh Talk: 7–8:30 p.m.
Catalyst cocktail hour: 8:30–9:30 p.m.
Exhibition galleries open to attendees: 5–6:45 p.m.
Mini Makers Mart open to attendees: 5–6:45 p.m. and 8:30–9:30 p.m.
WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-5000
PRICE:
$25 general; $20 members, seniors, students; price includes museum admission and Catalyst. Reservations required. Reserve online at http://nmwa.org/events/ann-hamilton-emily-pilloton.
For more information, contact freshtalk@nmwa.org.
The program will be live-streamed as well as recorded and made available on the museum’s website shortly afterward. To watch the live stream, visit http://nmwa.org/freshtalk4change on the day of the event. Also, join conversations before, during and after Fresh Talk events with #FreshTalk4Change.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Ann Hamilton
Ann Hamilton is a visual artist internationally recognized for her large-scale multimedia installations. Using time as process and material, her methods of making serve as an invocation of place, of collective voice, of communities past and of labor present. Hamilton has received numerous awards and honors, exhibited around the world, and represented the U.S. at the 1991 São Paulo Biennial and the 1999 Venice Biennale. She is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Art at Ohio State University.
Emily Pilloton / @ProjectHDesign
Emily Pilloton is a designer, builder, educator, author and founder of the nonprofit design agency Project H Design. Using architecture and design as vehicles for social justice and public education, Pilloton is particularly invested in using design as a creative tool for young girls and students of color to build change in their own lives through projects such as Studio H and Girls Garage. She is currently a visiting associate professor of design at the University of California, Davis, and is the author of two books, Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People, and Tell Them I Built This: Transforming Schools, Communities, and Lives With Design-Based Education.
