Kate Orff lectures at LSU

mar 25, 2012

Kate Orff is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University GSAPP where she leads studios and seminars that integrate the earth sciences into the design curriculum. She is the author, with Richard Misrach, of PETROCHEMICAL AMERICA, a richly illustrated book that explores how oil and petrochemicals have transformed the physical form and social dynamics of the American landscape, with a focus on the “Cancer Alley” region of southern Louisiana. Kate is also co-editor of Gateway: Visions for an Urban National Park, and her essays have appeared in The Great Leap Forward, Waterfront Visions, Volume, and other publications.

More information is available on the web at www.scapestudio.com & www.urbanlandscapelab.org
This presentation of the LSU Art + Design Distinguished Lecture Series is sponsored by Paula G. Manship. The lecture is free, open to the public and will be held in the first floor lecture hall (RM103) of the LSU Art & Design Building. Professional AIA/ASLA continuing education credit is available for this lecture.

Additional information is available on the LSU College of Art + Design website and its Facebook page 

If you are unable to attend a recording of the lecture can be viewed at http://coadmediasite.lsu.edu/mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/default.aspx