Visiting Lecture | Mary Miss and Bryony Roberts in Conversation

Mary Miss reshaped boundaries between sculpture, architecture, landscape design, and installation art. She envisions art addressing contemporary issues in the public sphere. She created "City as Living Laboratory" in 2009, making sustainability and climate change tangible through art. Currently, she's involved in two large projects, “WaterMarks: An Atlas of Water and the City of Milwaukee” and 'Rescuing Tibbetts Brook: One Stitch at a Time' in the Bronx. Her work featured at the Guggenheim Museum in 2010, the Sculpture Center in 2008, and the Des Moines Art Center in 1996. Miss holds multiple awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship, Urban Land Institute's Global Award for Excellence, and the 2017 Bedrock of New York City Award.

The lecture will be followed by a conversation with Bryony Roberts and a Q&A discussion moderated by Kayla Montes de Oca.

Bryony Roberts is an artist, designer, and educator who leads the practice Bryony Roberts Studio. She designs public art and urban design projects that activate public spaces around the world. She has created immersive and participatory environments at international sites such as Lincoln Center, the Federal Plaza in Chicago, and the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. She received the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, as well as support from the MacDowell Colony, the Graham Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She earned a B.A. from Yale University and a Masters of Architecture from Princeton University, and taught at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation from 2017-2024. She co-founded the collectives Feminist Spatial Practices and WIP Collaborative.

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