Mabel O. Wilson to deliver 74th A. W. Mellon Lecture in the Fine Arts this spring
Mabel O. Wilson, the celebrated multivariate writer and architect, has been announced to deliver the 74th A. W. Mellon Lecture in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington, D.C.. The four-part series is being presented under the theme 'America’s Architecture of Freedom and Unfreedom', which presages Wilson’s forthcoming book on slavery’s role in shaping U.S. civic architecture. "Wilson’s groundbreaking research on our nation’s architecture, including that which surrounds the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, encourages us to relearn and reconstruct our lived environments, providing new insights and reckonings," Steven Nelson, the dean of the Center, said, speaking to the discoveries latent within her work. The lectures will take place every Sunday from March 9th to March 30th, 2025.
Mabel O. Wilson, the celebrated multivariate writer and architect, has been announced to deliver the 74th A. W. Mellon Lecture in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington, D.C.. The four-part series is being presented under the theme 'America’s Architecture of Freedom and Unfreedom', which presages Wilson’s forthcoming book on slavery’s role in shaping U.S. civic architecture.
"Wilson’s groundbreaking research on our nation’s architecture, including that which surrounds the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, encourages us to relearn and reconstruct our lived environments, providing new insights and reckonings," Steven Nelson, the dean of the Center, said, speaking to the discoveries latent within her work.
The lectures will take place every Sunday from March 9th to March 30th, 2025.
