Curated by Professor Maura Lyons and curatorial students, “Mies/Weese at Drake: Where We Live and Work” will investigate buildings designed for Drake’s campus by the acclaimed architectural firms of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Harry Weese Associates in the 1960s and 1970s. The gallery exhibition will open Nov. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Anderson Gallery with gallery talk by the curators starting at 6 p.m.
Several programs that are free and open to the public will take place in conjunction to the exhibition:
- Panel discussion on current building projects at private colleges and universities in Iowa, with representatives from Drake, Cornell College, Grand View University, and Grinnell College; Nov. 11, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.,Turner Jazz Center
- Lecture on Harry Weese and Associates by Robert Bruegmann, professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago; Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Harmon Fine Arts Center, Room 336
- Lecture on Mies van der Rohe by Dirk Lohan, principal, Wight & Company, and grandson of Mies van der Rohe; Dec. 7, 7 p.m., Meredith Hall, Room 106
—Josh Cox