Join architects and activists as they discuss how inclusive design and the crafting of accessible public spaces embrace diverse gender and sexual identities. This conversation redefines urban design beyond heteronormative boundaries.
The public realm has been historically conceived, constructed, and construed as heteronormative. The architectural and urban typologies of bathrooms, sports fields, and campuses have spatially reinforced strict gender binaries and prohibitions of various sexualities. More recently, the contemporary city has seen a growing discourse on design beyond its heteronormative origins. Queering Public Spaces convenes conversation on the role of design and planning in the curation of public spaces and landscapes that are accessible and welcoming to all, across the dynamic and vast spectrum of sexual and gender identities and lived experiences.
Queering Public Spaces features architect Joel Sanders, landscape architect Sami Meylnas Sikanas, and author, educator, and activist Kimm Topping. The Larger Landscape Conversation is hosted by Gardner Museum Ruettgers Curator of Landscape and Harvard GSD Professor of Landscape Architecture Charles Waldheim.
This performance takes place in Calderwood Hall. Calderwood Hall has open seating within each level. Doors to Calderwood Hall open 45 minutes prior to the performance, and seats are taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
Your ticket includes Museum admission, and we encourage you to explore our galleries and exhibitions prior to securing your seat.
Please arrive no earlier than 2 hours prior to the event.
Phone: (617) 278-5156
Email: boxoffice@isgm.org
2024/03/28 - 2024/03/28
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
A limited number of free and metered spots are available near the Gardner Museum. We also offer discounted parking at the next-door Simmons School of Management Garage and are walking distance from the lots at the Museum of Fine Arts.
SIMMONS UNIVERSITY PARKING
Discounted* parking is available on Levels P1-P3 of the Simmons School of Management (SOM) Garage, at 86 Avenue Louis Pasteur.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS PARKING
Three parking lots are available at the Museum of Fine Arts, on Museum Road accessible from Huntington Avenue or from the Fenway.