Please join us on Tuesday, August 18, 5:30–7 p.m. for Do Something: Reflecting on Racism and the Tyler Experience, a conversation about systemic racism in higher education via Zoom. Five recent Tyler alumni will share their experiences as Black students in a predominantly white school of art and architecture. This exchange is designed to inform the critical work of anti-racist institutional change. This event is for Tyler and Temple students only.

To register: Please email tylercom@temple.edu with your name and TU email address.

Alumni:

• • Olaoluwa (Laolu) Adebayo, BS Arch and Architectural Preservation ‘19: Laolu Adebayo is a young, enthusiastic, and curious designer from Nigeria. He currently hones his design skills at a Baltimore-based design firm where he works on multiple projects of different sizes and markets. With interests in sustainability and preservation, Laolu's goal is not only to reduce the negative impact of buildings on our environment but also to preserve the spirit of place of the community.
• • Opalia Meade, MArch ’16: Opalia Meade challenges the established practice of architecture as a designer, culture architect, and spatial justice advocate through the founding of her award-winning organization Designing in Color. Based in Boston, Opalia is passionate about curating spaces of inclusion and believes architecture can be an effective tool to create safe, inclusive and equitable communities.
• • Kara Springer, MFA ’17: Kara Springer's interdisciplinary practice is particularly concerned with armature – the underlying structure that holds the flesh of a body in place. She recently completed the Whitney Independent Study Program and is currently a fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Core Program.  
• • Michael Taylor, MFA ’16: Michael K. Taylor is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and educator who has exhibited, performed, or lectured at institutions such as the New Museum, the Queens Museum, MFAHouston, Project Row Houses, Socrates Sculpture Park and NASA TEDx. His practice focuses on accessibility and archives, creating sculptures and interactive performances that offer an "Alternate Reality" lens for reflecting on contemporary society.
• • Autumn Wallace, BFA ’18: Autumn Wallace is a visual artist who works across media to create paintings and sculptures that examine human sexuality, gender, and the black femme experience. Recent solo exhibitions include #THECONTAINTERSTORE at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts and #MAJORSEXUALCHEESEFETISH at Portside Art Parlor in Philadelphia. Autumn has been selected for numerous fellowships, including residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA); and Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY.  

Moderators:

• • Rashida Ng, MArch, Associate Professor and Chair of Architecture and Environmental Design: Ng is an architect and educator whose research broadly explores the measurable and experiential characteristics of materials and performative architecture. She is the first African American woman to serve as president of the Association of Collegiate schools of Architecture (ACSA).


• • Karyn Olivier, MFA, Associate Professor of Sculpture: Olivier is an artist and educator who creates public art, sculpture, and installations that expose social, political, and economic contradictions and the residue of slavery in contemporary culture. She was recently selected as the artist for the Dinah Memorial Project, a memorial to the onetime enslaved housekeeper at the Stenton House in Philadelphia known for saving the mansion from being burned by the British.