Frank Welch and The Birthday:

What Does it Mean to Make a Regional Modernism in Texas?

Friday, April 24, 2009

9:00-5, Dallas Center for Architecture

6-7:30, Reception, O’Neil Ford designed residence, 11535 Hillcrest, Dallas

Registration fee, including morning coffee and lunch: $40 / $50 including evening reception

Student registration: $15 with ID

AIA continuing education credits: 6

Contact Ana Peredos-Manor at 817-272-2313 or ampmanor@uta.edu in order to register, or use the following link:

Register for Dallas Architecture Forum symposia

To celebrate the inauguration of a new oral history program in Texas architecture curated by the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington, we are pleased to announce a day-long symposium dedicated to the work of Frank Welch and the cultural and architectural landscape of modern Texas.  Featured speakers include twelve architects, historians, and preservationists from across Texas and the U.S.

Space is limited and reservations will be accepted in the order received – please register early in order to ensure your seat. 

This symposium is organized and co-sponsored by the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington, the Dallas Architecture Forum, and the Dallas Center for Architecture; the reception is hosted by Ellen Terry and John Janik.

Schedule of Events

9:00 am

Doors open, coffee available

9:30 am

Session 1

Frank Welch and The Birthday:  Observations and Insights

Speakers:

Frank Welch, FAIA

Mark Gunderson, AIA

Max Levy, FAIA

Lisa Germany, architectural historian

Moderator:  Donald Gatzke, AIA, Dean of Architecture, UT Arlington

Panel Discussion

12:00 noon

Break for box lunch

1:00 pm

Session 2:  Cultural Landscapes of a Modern Metroplex

Speakers:

Wanda Dye, Asst. Professor, UTA, “Pop Regionalism on Division Street”

Brad Bell, Asst. Professor, UTA, "Anonymous Cultural Landscapes: A search for place in the digital age"

Jane Myers, Curator, Amon Carter Museum, “Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Artists in the 1940s”

Moderator:  Kate Holliday, Assistant Professor, UT Arlington

3:00 pm

Session 3:  Postwar Modern Architecture and Texas Regionalism

Speakers:

Monica Penick, Mellon ACLS Research Fellow, UT-Austin, “Texas Pace Setter Houses: Regionalism and the Ranch House”

Greg Smith, Texas Historical Commission, “Beaumont Brise Soleil”

William Palmore, Asst. Professor and Chair, New York Institute of Technology, “Modernism for the Borderland.  The Mid-Century Architecture of El Paso with a Focus on the Houses of Robert Garland and David Hilles”

Stephen Fox, Fellow, Anchorage Foundation, “Mid-Century Modern Architecture along the Texas-Tamaulipas Border”

Moderator:  Richard Cleary, Professor, UT-Austin

5:00pm

Brief concluding remarks

Kate Holliday, Ph.D., Director, Oral History of Texas Architecture Program, University of Texas at Arlington, "Oral History: Making the Past Present"

6:00-7:30 pm

Reception for speakers and registered guests

O'Neil Ford residence, 11535 Hillcrest, Dallas