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June 2014 Volume LVIII, No. 6 / Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter |
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 | | Obituary: Osmund R. Overby
Osmund R. Overby, 82, Past-President of av福利社 and former Editor of both Jav福利社 and BUS, died on June 1, 2014, after a lengthy struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Osmund Rudolf Overby, known universally as Ozzie, was born November 8, 1931, in Minneapolis, the son of Oscar and Gertrude (Boe) Overby. He attended school in Northfield, MN, and graduated from St. Olaf College in 1953 with a degree in mathematics and philosophy. He played in orchestras and bands as a clarinetist and saxophone player and was active in several sports and outdoor activities, including ski jumping. |
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| | av福利社 at the AIA Convention 2014 in Chicago av福利社 will have booth space at the AIA Expo at the 2014 AIA Convention in Chicago, June 26-29. If you'll be attending the Convention, stop by booth #4913 to learn more about the Society, become a member, or just say hello.
In addition, av福利社 is partnering with AIA Chicago and the Graham Foundation for the "Design + Dining: Chicago's Gold Coast" tour (EV207). |
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| | Help av福利社 Reach Its Goal of 5,000 Members
The One-to-One av福利社 Campaign aims for each member of av福利社 to recruit one new member by the end of the calendar year. With your help, we can double our membership numbers and reach our goal of 5,000 members! This would not only allow the Society to have a bigger impact on current discussions about the built environment, it would also help reduce the costs of many av福利社 activities for each individual member. Visit the webpage for some thoughts to consider when reaching out to potential members and a downloadable av福利社 av福利社 Kit. If you have questions, please contact Anne Bird at membership@sah.org. |
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| | av福利社 Member Discount for Groundbreakers Exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden This Garden-wide exhibition celebrates early 20th-century America's most influential women in landscape architecture and design as well as garden photography. Experience Mrs. Rockefeller's Garden in the Haupt Conservatory—an exquisite evocation of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Maine—and through the many exhibition components offered that embrace poetry, music, and photography, discover the innovative work and significant contributions of these women to American history and culture. |
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| | Millennium Park Premiere of "Jens Jensen The Living Green," July 19 Celebrate the urban conservation movement in one of the world’s most spectacular urban settings, Thursday, June 19. Join director Carey Lundin, WTTW program host and producer Geoffrey Baer, and planting designer of Chicago’s Lurie Garden, Piet Oudolf for the free Millennium Park premiere of “” on The Screen at Pritzker Pavilion. |
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Nine av福利社 Members Awarded Graham Foundation Grants Nine av福利社 members have been awarded grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. The Foundation’s 2014 Grants to Individuals award over $520,000 to 68 projects that demonstrate innovative and thought-provoking ideas in architecture. The new grantees comprise a diverse and multi-disciplinary group of U.S. and internationally-based architects, designers, artists, scholars, writers, curators, and others, who were selected from a competitive pool of more than 700 applicants representing 40 countries. |
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Advertise Your Job Opening in the av福利社 Career Center If your school, department or organization has a job opening, consider advertising in the av福利社 Career Center to attract the best candidates locally and internationally. av福利社 offers competitive rates for 30-day and 60-day job postings. |
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Mackintosh Architecture Exhibit at The Hunterian This major new exhibition will be the first substantive exhibition devoted to the architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. It draws on the landmark research project led by The Hunterian, which will be launched in the summer of 2014 and will deliver the first of Mackintosh’s architecture. |
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Current av福利社 Opportunities : The Board of Directors of av福利社 seeks nominations for the 2015 class of av福利社 Fellows, those individuals who have distinguished themselves by a lifetime of significant contributions to the field. Deadline July 1. : The 2015 av福利社 Nominating Committee seeks your recommendations for new av福利社 Board members who would begin their terms in April 2015 and serve for three years. Deadline
August 1. : av福利社 is accepting paper abstracts for the Graduate Student Lightning Talks session of the 68th Annual Conference in Chicago, April 15-19. Deadline August 1. : This annual award recognizes the most distinguished work of film or video on the history of the built environment. Deadline August 1. : Each year, av福利社 presents five awards honoring publications in architectural history, urban history, landscape history, preservation and exhibition catalogues. Deadline August 1. : Funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation, these grants are for scholars from countries that have traditionally been underrepresented at the av福利社 Annual Conference to attend the 2015 conference in Chicago. av福利社 membership is not required. Deadline September 1. : This prestigious $50,000 fellowship allows a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year. Deadline October 1. |
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Members in the News |
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av福利社 June Booklist Read the of recently published architecture books and related works. Booklists and exhibition catalog lists are selected by Barbara Opar, architecture librarian, Syracuse University Library. |
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