‍TSOA Through the Decades: A Roundtable with President Chris Lasch, Dean Stephanie Lin, Dean Victor Sidy, Taliesin Fellow John Sather

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RECORDING

5:30pm, Thursday, Oct 12, 2023

Cattle Track Arts Gallery
6105 N Cattletrack Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85250

The School of Architecture is pleased to kick off our 2023-24 Event Series, Shapes of Pedagogy, at our new location at Cattle Track Arts Compound with a reflection on four periods of the school's history. Through a roundtable discussion, our invited speakers will expand on their individual experiences in shaping the school, while also exploring the through-lines, shared values, and structures of the school's program across different generations of leadership. Speakers will include:

• John Sather, Founding Partner at Swaback Architects, Taliesin Fellow, Apprentice from 1974–1978
• Victor Sidy, Principal of Victor Sidy Architect, former Head of School and Dean from 2005–2015, Class of '97 (BAS) and 2000 (M.Arch)
• Chris Lasch, Principal of Aranda\Lasch, current President, former Dean from 2016–2020
• Stephanie Lin, Principal of Present Forms, Dean from 2021–present

1 AIA CE credit

Open House: An Immersive Reintroduction to TSOA at Cattle Track Arts

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4PM - 6PM, Friday, October 27, 2023

Starting location:
The School of Architecture Studio
7610 E McDonald Drive, Suite G
Scottsdale, AZ 85250

Ending/reception location:
Cattle Track Arts Gallery
6105 N Cattletrack Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85250

Join us for an open house and interactive tour celebrating the latest iteration of the school, presented by students, faculty, and the artists-in-residence at Cattle Track Arts. The tour ends with a reception at the Cattle Track Arts Gallery.

Michelle Millar Fisher: Craft Schools: A Cross-Country Odyssey in Search of Stories of Craft Education

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RECORDING

5:30PM, Friday, November 10, 2023

Cattle Track Arts Gallery
6105 N Cattletrack Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85250

Join MFA Boston curator Michelle Millar Fisher as she shares the story of her journey across the United States on Amtrak to visit pivotal schools and sites (including TSoA) that have shaped craft in the United States over the last century. Where is craft taught? In what ways does place matter to craft learning? And how do we access these places?

The resulting project, "Craft Schools" is a multiyear project encompassing public programs with artists across the US, artwork acquisitions to enhance MFA Boston’s contemporary craft collection, and, ultimately, a publication framing modern-day craft as inclusive and alive—inside and outside the walls of museums.