Over the last 25 years Dallas has changed dramatically. The City has grown over twenty percent, with the North Texas region, integrally connected to Dallas, increasing by over fifty percent. The city has diversified its economic base and witnessed a major increase in construction of mid and high-rise, and multifamily projects in both the urban core and other areas of the city. New parks, trails, and civic spaces have been completed through public-private partnerships – with all this activity creating new areas to live, work and play. The city has become a minority majority city with a growth of diversity among its residents including the twenty five percent of Dallas’ population that was born in other countries.

Growth has brought both opportunities and challenges. Education, affordable and accessible housing, poverty, access to healthcare, food deserts, transportation, respecting diversity, and city services are all areas that confront the city and need to be equitably addressed.

This important Panel will examine these and other key issues, seeing how decisions and developments over the last quarter century have brought us to where we are today. The Panelists will also address what they see as priority actions we must take to improve the urban fabric of Dallas.

Join us on Thursday, July 29th to hear from Patrick Kennedy, Founding Partner, Space Between Design Studio; Julia Ryan, Director, Planning and Urban Design, City of Dallas; and Tamela Thornton, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute Dallas-Fort Worth; with Moderator Eurico Francisco, Design Principal at Perkins&Will.

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Join The Forum for our Design Inspirations Panel which will give attendees the rare opportunity to learn about what inspires some of our area’s most talented design leaders in their creative process. Moderator Wendy KONRADI will lead a conversation with three Dallas sculptors: Brad GOLDBERG, Sherry OWENS and Jay SHINN on what inspires their design process. Each Panelist will also share about their artwork. We look forward to seeing you on July 11th at the Angelika Film Center for this chance to hear from three of Dallas’s gifted artists!

MODERATOR
Wendy KONRADI

Wendy Konradi is the principal of Wendy Konradi Interior Design, a studio specializing in residential interior design, bespoke furniture, and art procurement. Wendy has collaborated internationally with leaders in the fields of architecture, fine art, and interior design for over two decades, making her equally fluent in traditional and contemporary design idioms.

Utilizing an academic approach to design, Konradi crafts modern, edited interiors with historical references. She believes in the integration of art, architecture, and interior design. Through practiced cohesion and collaboration, she creates timeless, engaging collections for her clients. She is passionate about architecture and has served on the Dallas Architecture Forum’s Board since 2016. Ms. Konradi’s award-winning projects have been featured in Architectural Digest, Dwell,Dallas Modern, D Home, The Dallas Morning News, Standard, Tribeza, Western Interiors andMetropolitan Home.

Brad GOLDBERG

Artist Brad Goldberg sees his work as a fusion between sculpture, landscape, and the built environment. Sculptures are seen, not as isolated objects, but rather as spirit-creating components of larger spatial experiences. The desire to work with the environment as a whole allows the creation of a unique non-preconceived response to the total aspect of a place.

Brad is an idea generator who has worked collaboratively with artists, design professionals, civic leaders, and communities. Whether working with architects and engineers, craftsmen and contractors, or fabricating his own work, Brad is experienced in dealing with the realities of creating an artwork within a complex environment. “In time,” he states, “with many experiences layered over one another, I am hoping my work will reflect a cultural collage more in keeping with artistic truths than passing fashions.”

Sherry OWENS

For over 35 years Sherry Owens has used the sinewy crepe myrtle tree to tell her story – of the Texas landscape, of death, renewal, beauty, and of today’s growing environmental concerns. The choice of each stick, each gesture, and each connecting point resembles the marks of drawing in the third dimension.

Sherry Owens, a native Texan, lives and works in Dallas, Texas. Her work has been shown throughout Texas and the southwest, including The Grace Museum in Abilene, Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, the Martin Museum of Art in Waco, and at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas. Owens has completed several large public art projects, including a large-scale bronze through the Love Field Modernization Program at Love Field Airport in Dallas and a monumental commission for the Ben E Keith Company, also in Dallas. Sherry has received several awards for her work, including the Artist/Craftsman Award from AIA-Dallas.

Jay SHINN

Jay Shinn is a Dallas based internationally exhibited artist, focusing the last few years on practice from his studios in New York and Berlin. Shinn’s art practice is a reflection on nature and architecture which has directed a multimedia approach to art making. He is known for his large-scale light-based site-specific installations with projections and neon wall sculptures. However, his current body of work is a deliberate return to painting. As a result, Shinn is an artist that is just as comfortable working in 2 or 3 dimensional forms.

Shinn has created several site-specific public art commissions at locations including Houston’s Intercontinental Airport, Texas A&M University and Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. His works are in numerous other public and private international collections. Most recently an 8-year survey of his work was exhibited at the Till Richter Museum in Buggenhagen, Germany. Jay is represented by Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas and the Moody Gallery, Houston.

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