Events

Past Event

Rebecca Solnit: City of Women

October 26, 2016
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway

Columbia University School of the Arts welcomed Mellon Visiting Artist & Thinker Rebecca Solnit in conversation with designer and cultural historian Mabel O. Wilson about "City of Women," a feminist map from the book Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas that reimagines the New York City Subway system. Topics included gender, place names and urban space.

Read about "City of Women" in the New Yorker here.

The Mellon Visiting Artists & Thinkers Program brings leading creative practitioners and theorists to the School of the Arts to engage with students, the Columbia University community, and the public.


Presented with support of the Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund for Visiting Artists and Thinkers Program.