Join us for a presentation by Shiben Banerji, PhD, a professor at the School of the Art Institute, about noted architect Marion Mahony Griffin. Griffin, the first woman to obtain an architecture license from the state of Illinois and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a major influence in Prairie School architectural design in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Griffin spent much of her life in the Chicago area and the Chicago Park District is currently weighing a proposal to rename Jarvis Beach to Marion Mahony Griffin Beach.
Dr. Banerji will discuss Griffin’s involvement with international pacifist movements, as well as projects that she completed while she lived at 1945 W. Estes Avenue. In discussing her pacifism, her designs, and a text that she authored, Banerji will show how she envisioned the neighborhood’s relationship to the increasingly globalized world.
This event is free and open to the public.
Where: Rogers Park Public Library
When: Monday, October 20th from 6 to 7:30 pm
More about Dr. Banerji:
Shiben Banerji is an Assistant Professor in the Art History, Theory, and Criticism Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently working on two, inter-related book projects that uncover the international context and continuing global relevance of Chicago architecture at the turn of the 20th century. Shiben earned his PhD in the History and Theory of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (which is also Marion Mahony’s alma mater). In addition, he holds a Master in City Planning degree from MIT, and received his BA from Columbia University in New York.