LAEP Speaker Series: Elizabeth Kennedy

Elizabeth is the founder of Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC (EKLA). Black-owned and woman-run, EKLA is the longest-surviving such firm in the country. Its longevity is due to Elizabeth’s tenacity and her belief in the importance of service—to clients, community, her profession, and the process of design.

The work she directs quietly challenges mainstream assumptions about the aspirations and needs of underrepresented voices to counter the systems and biases that have long dispossessed the less powerful of spaces and rendered the people who use them invisible. Her best-known projects at the intersection of social justice and design exemplify landscape architecture’s potential to engage a broader critical understanding of place and identity. She built EKLA to highlight the heart of her clients’ stories and mission. From this perspective and standpoint, Elizabeth teaches, directs, critiques, frames, collaborates, and edits – in studio and national debate.

When

Friday, November 12, 2021 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Where

Fine Arts Visual
   Room: 150

Event Type

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Department

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Target Audience

Students,Alumni,Faculty

Website

https://laep.usu.edu/speaker-series/2021-2022/elizabeth-kennedy

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Event Contact

Name: Alyssa Chamberlain
Phone: 4357970500
Email: alyssa.chamberlain@usu.edu

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