BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: \;Wednesday\, March 12\, 2025\, Doors at 6:30 pm ET\, Lect ure at 7 pm ETIn-person and online event. See ways to attend\, below.In th e late 1930s\, Amaza Lee Meredith (1895-1984)\, an African American woman from Lynchburg\, Virginia\, designed and built a Modern style house for he rself and her female companion. Situated on the edge of the Historically B lack Virginia State College\, in Petersburg\, VA\, the modest structure\, built of concrete blocks\, emphasizes the horizontal in a cube-like form. A smooth white planar surface is punctuated by glass bricks\, has rounded ends\, and a flat roof terrace framed by curved metal coping and accessed by means of a steel ship&rsquo\;s ladder. In other words\, the building re flects clear principles of Modern architecture. Yet these formal and aesth etic considerations typically\, to this day\, conjure the designs of the w hite European male: the slick shiny cube of a Le Corbusier dwelling or the refractive glass and steel of a Mies van der Rohe facade.In her life and work\, Amaza Lee Meredith shattered behavioral norms on multiple levels. T he house she designed provides a provocative place to explore the choices she made\, the influences she absorbed\, and the new norms she desired to reflect. This lecture offers a reconsideration of the Modernist canon\, bu t more importantly provides a candid lens into the world of the emergent B lack professional class of the early 20th century. Asking critical questio ns to enrich the discourse of race and gender identity politics\, while br oadening histories of social representation\, this presentation illustrate s the importance of mining minority histories of material culture\, to enh ance our appreciation of American history and life in all its complexity.A bout the SpeakerJacqueline Taylor is an architectural and art historian wo rking at the intersection of race\, gender and the urban environment. She received her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia where she also stu died Historic Preservation. She has taught courses ranging from the global survey to specialized seminars focusing on Black architects\, Black Women artists\, Women in the urban context\, and the Arts and Craft Movement\, at the University of Virginia\, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U niversity (Virginia Tech)\, and Tulane University.As a cultural landscape specialist\, Jacky was recently the lead historian at the City of Detroit Department of Planning and Development working to regenerate the historic urban environment. She is currently a Senior Architectural Historian at AE COM based in the Arlington office.In-Person AttendanceThe lecture will tak e place at The First Congregational United Church of Christ\, Second Floor \, 945 G Street NW\, Washington\, DC. Reservations are not required. $10.0 0 for Latrobe Chapter members\, student members (full time) free with ID\, $15.00 for non-members. Doors will open at 6:30 pm for socialization and refreshments\; lecture will begin at 7:00 pm.Virtual AttendanceThis event is free but advance registration is required to participate. After registe ring\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the lecture. Virtual lecture will begin at 7:00 PM. Please note th at this event will not be recorded.Register via Zoom. DTEND:20250313T003000Z DTSTAMP:20250314T065320Z DTSTART:20250312T230000Z LOCATION:United States\,Washington DC\,The First Congregational United Chur ch of Christ\, Second Floor\, 945 G Street NW SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Complicating the Canon: Modern Architecture and the Black Middle Cl ass UID:RFCALITEM638775320008955109 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Wedn esday\, March 12\, 2025\, Doors at 6:30 pm ET\, Lecture at 7 pm ET

< em style="background-color:transparent\;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit \;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spac ing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">In-person and online event. See ways to attend\, below.

In the late 1930s\, Am aza Lee Meredith (1895-1984)\, an African American woman from Lynchburg\, Virginia\, designed and built a Modern style house for herself and her fem ale companion. Situated on the edge of the Historically Black Virginia Sta te College\, in Petersburg\, VA\, the modest structure\, built of concrete blocks\, emphasizes the horizontal in a cube-like form. A smooth white pl anar surface is punctuated by glass bricks\, has rounded ends\, and a flat roof terrace framed by curved metal coping and accessed by means of a ste el ship&rsquo\;s ladder. In other words\, the building reflects clear prin ciples of Modern architecture. Yet these formal and aesthetic consideratio ns typically\, to this day\, conjure the designs of the white European mal e: the slick shiny cube of a Le Corbusier dwelling or the refractive glass and steel of a Mies van der Rohe facade.

In her life and work\ , Amaza Lee Meredith shattered behavioral norms on multiple levels. The ho use she designed provides a provocative place to explore the choices she m ade\, the influences she absorbed\, and the new norms she desired to refle ct. This lecture offers a reconsideration of the Modernist canon\, but mor e importantly provides a candid lens into the world of the emergent Black professional class of the early 20th century. Asking critical questions to enrich the discourse of race and gender identity politics\, while broaden ing histories of social representation\, this presentation illustrates the importance of mining minority histories of material culture\, to enhance our appreciation of American history and life in all its complexity.

About the Speaker
Jacqueline Taylor is an arch itectural and art historian working at the intersection of race\, gender a nd the urban environment. She received her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia where she also studied Historic Preservation. She has taught c ourses ranging from the global survey to specialized seminars focusing on Black architects\, Black Women artists\, Women in the urban context\, and the Arts and Craft Movement\, at the University of Virginia\, Virginia Pol ytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)\, and Tulane Unive rsity.

As a cultural landscape specialist\, Jacky was recently the lead historian at the City of Detroit Department of Planning and Devel opment working to regenerate the historic urban environment. She is curren tly a Senior Architectural Historian at AECOM based in the Arlington offic e.

In-Person Attendance
The lecture will take place at The First Congregational United Church of Chri st\, Second Floor\, 945 G Street NW\, Washington\, DC. Reservations are no t required. $10.00 for Latrobe Chapter members\, student members (full tim e) free with ID\, $15.00 for non-members. Doors will open at 6:30 pm for s ocialization and refreshments\; lecture will begin at 7:00 pm.
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Virtual Attendance

This even t is free but advance registration is required to participate. After regis tering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information abou t joining the lecture. Virtual lecture will begin at 7:00 PM. Please note that this event will not be recorded.

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