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Wednesday Woman: Marion Mahony Griffin
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Dec 18

Wednesday Woman: Marion Mahony Griffin
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Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) was a trailblazing American architect and one of the first women in the United States to be licensed in the field. Born in Chicago, Mahony Griffin was raised in a family that valued education and the arts and was supported by a team of powerful, progressive women after her father passed away. In 1894 she became the second woman to graduate from MIT with an architecture degree.
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Mahony Griffin is best known for her work as one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s chief draftspeople at his Oak Park studio. Her exquisitely detailed, Japanese-influenced renderings became iconic representations of the Prairie School style and contributed significantly to Wright’s early success. She created drawings for the Wasmuth Portfolio, the book of lithographs that made Wright famous around the world. Despite her pivotal role, her contributions were largely overshadowed by Wright’s fame.
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In 1911, Mahony married Walter Burley Griffin, another architect whom she met in Wright’s studio, and the couple embarked on a career together that spanned continents. They are best remembered for their collaborative work designing Canberra, the capital city of Australia, after winning an international competition in 1912. Their renderings for Canberra captured the rich variety of golds, browns, and reds characteristic of the Australian landscape, which the Griffins only knew from black-and-white photos.
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Throughout her career, Mahony Griffin created innovative landscapes, homes, and educational facilities that blended harmoniously with nature. The architectural critic Reyner Banham once described Mahony Griffin as “America’s (and perhaps the world’s) first woman architect who needed no apology in a world of men.”

Proud to announce that @winterhouseprojects is ...

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Dec 18

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Dec 18

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Dec 18

Wednesday Woman: Trude Guermonprez
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Dec 11

Wednesday Woman: Trude Guermonprez
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Trude Guermonprez was a German-American textile artist and educator. Born in 1910 in Danzig, Germany, Guermonprez grew up in a creative household — her mother was a voice teacher and bookbinder, her father a musicologist and opera conductor. She attended the School of Fine and Applied Arts in Halle-Saale, where she studied weaving under Bauhaus artist Benita Otte. In 1933, she earned her diploma from the Textile Engineering School in Berlin and received a fellowship to study Scandinavian weaving in Sweden and Finland.
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Upon completing her studies, Guermonprez moved to Holland and married the photographer Paul Guermonprez. Following Paul’s tragic death in WWII and her father’s passing, Trude immigrated to the United States in 1947. She joined the weaving faculty at Black Mountain College and settled in California. She taught at the Pond Farm Workshops and California College of Arts and Crafts, where she served as professor and chair of the Crafts department until her death in 1976.
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Guermonprez started her career weaving for architectural and industrial projects, but cultivated an experimental practice of her own. Grounded in technical mastery, Guermonprez had an intuitive understanding of materials. She let the fibers guide her process and maintained simplicity in expressing her visual message. Her works featured bold geometric patterns, subtle color palettes, and tactile textures that reflected her Bauhaus training.
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Although Guermonprez was awarded the AIA’s Craftsman’s Award in 1970, she received little recognition throughout most of her life, despite her important role in the American craft and fiber art movement. Her Bauhaus-influenced textiles contributed to the development of modernism in California and have influenced generations of fiber artists.

@rothko_chapel, which has been closed since ...

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Dec 10

@rothko_chapel, which has been closed since Hurricane Beryl hit Houston in July, will reopen to the public on December 17.
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As a result of the storm, the building’s roof was damaged, its ceiling and several walls had water leaks, and some of the paintings were affected. The walls, roof, and ceiling damage have since been restored, while the four damaged Rothko paintings are now undergoing repairs at a separate facility and will be be returned to the Chapel when work is complete.
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A huge team of art conservators, scientists, art handlers, volunteers, community partners, and staff has worked to get the Chapel to reopen before the holidays.
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Thanks to @danjoroche for covering this update in @archpaper. Link in bio.

🌟 The new @cedarparkpubliclibrary is officially...

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Dec 9

🌟 The new @cedarparkpubliclibrary is officially open! 🌟
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Designed by @lakeflato as a 47,000-square-foot “community porch” at the heart of Cedar Park, TX, the library celebrates engagement and encourages an appreciation for reading and learning. Featuring a hybrid steel and mass timber roof structure, the building tells the unique story of the community and its environment by incorporating repurposed wood from trees that were unable to be salvaged from the site.
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From high-tech makerspaces, quiet readings nooks, and study rooms to a vibrant kids’ area with story-time rooms and play spaces, the library is designed for all to enjoy. Exposed timber and custom biophilic light fixtures evoke the feeling of walking under native Texas tree canopies and invite visitors to linger and connect.
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Thank you to Patrick Sisson (@psiss) for this story about the new Cedar Park Public Library in @fastcompany. Link in bio. 🖇️📚

Calida Rawles (@calidagarciarawles) is a Los ...

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Dec 4

Calida Rawles (@calidagarciarawles) is a Los Angeles-based artist celebrated for her hyperrealistic paintings that explore the intersection of race, identity, and the symbolism of water.
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Rawles uses water as both a literal and metaphorical space—exploring themes of freedom, resilience, and identity. Her work highlights Black bodies in submerged, dreamlike settings and transforms water into a metaphor for freedom, healing, and transcendence.
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Her solo show "Away with the Tides," on view at the Pérez Art Museum Miami through February 2, 2025, continues this exploration and delves into how water holds both a physical and spiritual significance. The exhibition focuses on the experiences of Black people in Overtown, a Miami neighborhood that went from a thriving cultural and commercial hub for Black people to a community dismantled by gentrification, systemic racism, and mass displacement. Rawles's paintings depict residents of the Overtown community—from young children to senior citizens. The show also includes photographs of her subjects in the waters of historic Virginia Key Beach, which was once racially segregated. By photographing Black subjects in the ocean, Rawles probes the Atlantic’s history as the site of the supremely exploitative transatlantic slave trade.
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Images courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London.
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