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Presentations of 2024 LAF Fellows Available Online07-09-24 | Association News

Presentations of 2024 LAF Fellows Available Online

LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium
by Staff

Kimberly Gaza presented her project on Cool Conscious Cities during the 2024 LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. alongside five other fellows. All presentations can now be viewed online. (Photo Credit: LAF Flicker)

All recordings from the 2024 Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Innovation + Leadership Symposium have been uploaded to the LAF website and YouTube channel, including the presentations of the six LAF Fellows in the 2023-24 cohort.

The six presentations were as follows:
- 'Material Shift: Facilitating Radical Change in Site Construction Materials and Details,' - Meg Calkins, Professor at North Carolina State University

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- 'Cool Conscious Cities: Promoting Cool Equity for All' - Kimberly Garza, Principal at Atlas Lab
- 'The NeuroScapes Design Collective' - Kathryn Finnigan, Designer and Qualitative Researcher
- 'It Started in the Park: Preserving the Cultural Identity of Basketball Courts' - Johnny Shakir Macon, Lecturer at Morgan State University
- 'The Biodiversity Victory Garden: Mitigating Global Species Loss with the 21st Century City' - Betsy Peterson, Owner of August Design Collaborative
- 'Engaging K-12 STEAM Public Education Efforts for Future Landscape Architects' - Douglas Williams, Lecturer and Film/TV Artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

These projects were the result of the LAF fellowship program. This program includes a $25,000 award to support professionals who are developing and testing new ideas that will impact humanity and the environment while increasing the visibility and prominence of landscape architecture.

Recordings of the entire symposium or individual presentations can be viewed on the LAF website or on their YouTube channel, with the opportunity to earn CEUs after watching all the recordings and taking a quiz. For more information, please go to the links below:

https://www.lafoundation.org/resources/2024/06/2024-symposium-videos?utm_source=Landscape+Architecture+Foundation+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4c082a1243-laf-newsletter-24-06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7166f23a2e-4c082a1243-388868191

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2udYuve394c&list=PL7a4_dN1LNVRoV9peTELtTgXlqrkMWYuY

Filed Under: LAF, FELLOWS, PROJECTS, LASN
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