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SUMMARY:The Missing Middle
LOCATION:USC Fisher Museum of Art (HAR)\, 823 Exposition Boulevard\, Los A
 ngeles\, CA 90089
DESCRIPTION:Join exhibition curators Milton S.F. Curry and Valéry Augustin
  for a thought-provoking conversation exploring the role of housing in sh
 aping the postwar Black middle class and the enduring legacy of architect
  Paul R. Williams. They will examine how contemporary artists and designe
 rs engage with Williams's work\, influence\, and vision for community-cen
 tered architecture.\n\nThe discussion will feature commissioned artists a
 nd architects: EnFOLD Collective (Megan Echols and Dana McKinney White)\,
  Janna Ireland\, Amanda Williams\, and more.\n\nThis program is presented
  in collaboration with the USC School of Architecture and USC Fisher Muse
 um of art in conjunction with the exhibition Paul R. Williams: An Archite
 ct Considered .\n\nAbout the exhibit:\n\nPaul R. Williams: An Architect C
 onsidered debuts recently acquired archival drawings\, photographs\, and 
 plans and pairs them with newly commissioned works by leading contemporar
 y artists\, architects\, and filmmakers\, reframing Paul R Williams’s lon
 g under-recognized work and addressing urgent conversations about race\, 
 equity\, and the future of American cities.\n\nA pivotal figure in 20th-c
 entury architecture and civil rights advocacy who studied architectural e
 ngineering at USC\, Williams was the first Black architect licensed west 
 of the Mississippi. He was also the first known Black member of the Ameri
 can Institute of Architects nationwide (1923)\, its first Black Fellow (1
 957)\, and the first and only Black architect to receive its highest hono
 r\, \n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/21e3824a-6b37-49f8-8f46-b6a1df380708
URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/21e3824a-6b37-49f8-8f46-b6a1df380708
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