CORNELL UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OF INVITED SPEAKERS
SEPTEMBER 17 AND 18, 2004
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2004
5:00 PM, Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Hall
JORGE RIGAU, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, POLYTECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO:
Grangerism in the Gulf: Miami and Havana, As Always
MODERATOR: ROBERT MAYERS, MAYERS AND SCHIFF
ASSOCIATES, NEW YORK CITY
6:30 PM, Reception, Hartell Gallery, Sibley Dome
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2004
9:00 AM, Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Hall
EDUARDO LUIS RODRÍGUEZ, HAVANA ARCHITECT AND
HISTORIAN:
The Architecture of the Modern Movement in Havana:
History and Preservation
10:30-12:00
MODERN ARCHITECTURE - MODERATOR: MILTON CURRY, CORNELL
ARCHITECTURE
MARIA ELENA MARTÍN ZEQUEIRA, HAVANA ARCHITECT AND
HISTORIAN:
The Art Deco Architecture of La Habana
BELMONT FREEMAN, AIA, BELMONT FREEMAN ARCHITECTS, NEW
YORK CITY:
Housing the Revolution: Havana 1960
ALLAN T. SHULMAN, ALLAN T. SHULMAN ARCHITECTS, MIAMI:
Igor Polevitzky: Miami Architect in Search of a
Modern Vernacular
ALICE T. FRIEDMAN, HISTORY OF ART, WELLESLEY COLLEGE:
Sail Away: Ocean Liners, Resort Hotels, and the
Popular Imagination
1:00-2:30
MODERN TOURISM AND PRESERVATION - MODERATOR: JAN DE
ROOS, CORNELL SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION
ORESTES DEL CASTILLO DEL PRADO, OFFICE OF THE CITY
HISTORIAN, HAVANA:
The Historic Center of Havana:
Rebirth of an Old Urban and Architectural Treasure
D. MEDINA LASANSKY, CORNELL ARCHITECTURE:
Tourist Geographies: Re-mapping Old Havana
ARVA MOORE PARKS, MIAMI AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN:
Greater Miami:
A Case Study in Preserving the Recent Past
JOHN STUART, ARCHITECTURE, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERISTY:
Promotion, Politics, and Tourism in the Emergence
of New Deal Miami
2:45-4:00
MODERN LANDSCAPE AND ITS REPRESENTATIONS - MODERATOR:
BARBARA LYNCH, CORNELL CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING
TED BAKER, FASLA, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, FLORIDA
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY:
Transformed Landscapes: W. L. Phillips, A. D. Barnes,
and the CCC
CLARE CARDINAL-PETT, ARCHITECTURE, IOWA STATE
UNIVERSITY:
Reviving Havana? Urban Farming, the Mercado Mixto,
and the Paladar
PAULA HORRIGAN, CORNELL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE:
Havana Sighting
4:30 -5:45
MODERN ART AND THE CITY - MODERATOR: BUZZ SPECTOR,
CORNELL ART DEPARTMENT
MARIANNE LAMONACA, WOLFSONIAN MUSEUM-FLORIDA
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY:
Whose History Is It Anyway? New Deal Murals in
South Florida
MARY N. WOODS, CORNELL ARCHITECTURE:
Havana and Miami Photographs of Walker Evans and
Marion Post Wolcott
FRANCIS ACEA, ARTIST FROM ORDO AMORIS CABINET:
The Provisional Revolution: The Avant-Garde, Stardom,
and the Fall of Contemporary Cuban Art
6:00
CLOSING REMARKS - MODERATOR: MARIA CRISTINA GARCIA,
CORNELL HISTORY
JOHN F. STACK, JR. , GORDON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC
POLICY AND CITIZENSHIP STUDIES, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY:
Visions of Havana and Miami in a Transnational
Context
CONFERENCE SPONSORS: Department of Architecture;
Cornell Council for the Arts; Society for the
Humanities; University Lectures Committee;
Department of Art; Department of Landscape
Architecture; International Studies in Planning; Latin
American Studies Program; American Studies
Program; AAP Multicultural Affairs; Clarence Stein
Institute; and the Graham Foundation.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER: Mary N. Woods, Cornell
Architecture
RELATED EVENTS:
EXHIBITIONS: Cuban Film Posters - Curator: D. Medina
Lasansky, Cornell Architecture
September 12-18, Hartell Gallery, Sibley Dome
Sponsor: Cornell Council for the Arts
Market/Soul: Contemporary Cuban Art through the Eyes
of Three Artists
Curator: Milton Curry, Cornell Architecture
September 19-October 1, Tjaden Gallery, Tjaden Hall
Sponsors: Jay Hyman; Cornell Council for the Arts; and
History of Art
CINEMA : Two Cuban Masters: Fernando Pérez and
Humberto Solas
Sponsor: Cornell Cinema, September/October,
http://cinema.cornell.edu
LECTURES: Lincoln Cushing:
Cuban Posters - A Window into the Revolutionary
Process
November 16, 12:15, 153 Uris
Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program
Lincoln Cushing:
American Labor Graphics: What They Are and
Why They Matter
November 16, 4:30 PM, 208 Ives Hall;
Sponsors: The Collective Bargaining Workshop and the
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives of the Catherwood Library, School of
Industrial and Labor Relations, and University
Lectures Committee
Lincoln Cushing:
The Legacy of Cuban Poster Art: The Graphic Explosion
that Rocked the World
November 18, 5:15 PM ,Johnson Museum of Art
Sponsors: University Lectures Committee, Clarence
Stein Institute, and Johnson Museum of Art
The conference, lectures, and exhibitions are free and
open to all.
Admission charges for Cornell Cinema.
