Feb 15: Aspen at Roosevelt House- Spaces for Creative Dialogue in the 21st Century
On Wednesday, February 15th, Roosevelt House and the Aspen Institute hosted a special panel discussion on “Spaces for Creative Dialogue in the 21st Century” with speakers Elizabeth Diller, Richard Koshalek and Reynold Levy, moderated by Damian Woetzel, Director, Aspen Institute Arts Program
The panelists discussed a new conceptual movement in urban and art planning that engages the public with art and architecture through innovative uses of space.
About the Speakers:
Elizabeth Diller is a founding principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, an interdisciplinary design studio that integrates architecture, the visual arts, and the performing arts. DS+R’s projects include the Lincoln Center expansion and renovation, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the High Line in New York, the Museum of Image and Sound in Rio de Janeiro, the Blur Building in Switzerland, the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, and the recently awarded Columbia University Business School. DS+R are recipients of the MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award, the National Design Award from the Smithsonian, the Brunner Prize from the American Academy of the Arts and Letters, and numerous AIA awards. They are fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects and have been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2003, the Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of the studio’s work, recognizing DS+R’s unorthodox practice. Ms. Diller is a Professor of Architecture at Princeton University.
Richard Koshalek is director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the modern and contemporary arm of the Smithsonian Institution. He oversees a staff of 60 and a permanent collection by leading artists from the late 19th century to the present day, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, works on paper, video and film. Koshalek was director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for nearly 20 years, and before coming to the Hirshhorn, was president of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, from 1999-2009. He has also served on the architecture committees for the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Tate Modern.
Reynold Levy has been the President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts since March 1, 2002. Levy’s leadership at Lincoln Center continues a distinguished career of public service. He has been President of the International Rescue Committee, the senior officer of AT&T in charge of government relations, President of the AT&T Foundation, Executive Director of the 92nd Street Y, and Staff Director of the Task Force on the New York City Fiscal Crisis. During his tenure, Lincoln Center’s award winning and critically acclaimed programs flourish, even as its unprecedented and much applauded physical transformation modernized and expanded successfully its artistic facilities, its public spaces and its physical infrastructure.
