Art and Architecture Tour of the Boston Public Library-FULLY BOOKED
Cynthia Stewart
Wed Jan 14, 06-07:30pm, off campus,see below
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Put on your walking shoes and take a tour of the Boston Public Library (BPL) in Copley Square, one of America's architectural treasures. Designed by McKim, Mead and White and completed in 1895, the magnificent Renaissance Revival building marries art with architecture. In addition to the mosaics, wall paintings, and murals, you will see features made of nearly 20 varieties of marble. View the murals by Pierre Puvis de Chauvannes, John Singer Sargent, and also see the work of Augustus St. Gaudens, Frederick MacMonnies, and Daniel Chester French among others. Meet inside the Dartmouth Street entrance of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
Web: http://www.bpl.org/central/index.html
Contact: Cynthia Stewart, 7-337, x3-4408, stewart@mit.edu
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Drafting Lines Plans from N. G. Herreshoff’s Designs
Kurt Hasselbalch, Captain Will Sofrin
Tue Jan 20 thru Fri Jan 23, 10am-03:30pm, N51-160
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Jan-2009
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
This course in drafting practice teaches a traditional method of creating lines plans. We will use historic design data by N. G. Herrshoff from the Hart Nautical Collections – MIT Museum. NGH graduated from MIT in 1870 and is still considered the worlds greatest yacht designer. You will learn how to translate Herreshoff’s original hull offsets (numerical XYZ hull shape) into a lines plan you keep. Since Herreshoff built boats directly from his offsets, taken from half-hull models (without producing lines plans), you will be creating lines of famous designs that have never been drawn. An in depth tour of the amazing Hart Nautical design collections is part of this course. The instructor is a professional draftsman and graduate of the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, RI.
Contact: Kurt Hasselbalch, N52-2nd Flr., x3-5942, kurt@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Museum
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MIT Acts: Diversity Leadership Series
Robbin Chapman, Alyce Johnson, Genesia Eddins
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2009
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Member of MIT Community
Contribute to the advancement of diversity & inclusion @ MIT
We will:
- expand leadership capacity around issues of inclusion and diversity
- practice hands-on skills for promoting inclusion
- create a list of credible action items
The ideas and action items we generate will be shared with the entire MIT community.
Contact: Robbin Chapman, 7-231, 324-5396, rchapman@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Committee on Race and Diversity
Being A Good Ally
Robbin Chapman, Alyce Johnson, Genesia Eddins
Wed Jan 14, 11am-01:00pm, 9-250
Unpacking Privilege
Robbin Chapman, Alyce Johnson, Genesia Eddins
Wed Jan 21, 11am-01:00pm, 9-250
Minimizing Unconscious Bias
Robbin Chapman, Alyce Johnson, Genesia Eddins
Wed Jan 28, 11am-01:00pm, 9-250
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