On October 26, 2024, as part of the Design Agendas Public Symposium, community leaders, municipal leaders, and scholars joined in dialogue around topics related to the "Design Agendas" exhibition.

Panel One - Municipal Agendas: What's Happening Now

Panelists:

• Patty Heyda, WashU
• Sarah Arnosky Ko, Greater St. Louis, Inc.
• Brian Phillips, WashU Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation

Panel Two - Civic Architecture: Roles and Presence of Public Architecture in St. Louis

Panelists:

• Eric P. Mumford, WashU; co-curator of Design Agendas
• Michael E. Willis, MWA Architects; co-curator of Design Agendas
• Shantel Blakely, Rice University
• Bonnie McDonald, Landmarks Illinois

Panel Three - Preservations: Centering Culture, Memory, and Identity

Panelists:

• Heidi Aronson Kolk, WashU
• Vivian Gibson, Author of The Last Children of Mill Creek
• Gwen Moore, Missouri History Museum
• Rayshad Dorsey, Clemson University

Panel Four - Participatory Futures: Movements Toward Collective Design Agendas

Panelists:

• Linda Samuels, WashU
• Lois Conley, The Griot Museum of Black History
• Peter Tao, TAO+LEE
• Stefani Weeden-Smith, St. Louis Anchor Action Network
• Aaron Williams, 4TheVille; Sumner High School Advisory Board

Organized by the Kemper Art Museum, Office for Socially Engaged Practice, and College of Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts.

Support

Generous support provided by WashU’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE2), and WashU’s ten-year strategic vision, Here and Next.

Additional funds are provided by the William T. Kemper Foundation and individual members of the Kemper Art Museum.