Architecture Sarasota MOD Weekend 2021 Exhibitions & Presentations
“We are not going to have a better physical environment until as a people we understand the need for it and will support it, and this is purely a matter of education.”
The Symposium: The Vision of Philip Hiss
Get to know "The Man Who Made Sarasota Modern", Philip Hanson Hiss, through this open-air Symposium held bayfront at College Hall. Learn about Philip Hiss’ monumental contributions to Sarasota’s development via an introductory film, followed by presentations covering the development of Lido Shores, the Sarasota County school building program of the 1950s and I.M. Pei’s New College work of the 1960s. Light refreshments served.
MOD 2021
The Vision of Philip Hiss
Symposium
Intro and welcome Anne-Marie Russell, Executive Director, Architecture Sarasota
Education is Freedom: Philip Hiss, Societal Reform, and a Progressive Democracy
Morris (Marty) Hylton III, historic preservationist
Tropical Modernism at Home: The Development of Lido Shores
Christopher Wilson, PhD, architecture historian
The School Board That Dared: The Sarasota County School Building Program
Lorrie Muldowney, historic preservationist
A Visionary Father: A conversation with Muffi Hiss
Bob Morris, author & journalist
$50
Saturday
November 13
8:30 am doors open and light refreshments available
9:00 am - 12:00 pm program
College Hall, New College
351 College Drive
Sarasota, FL 34234
The Vision of Philip Hiss
This exhibition looks at various aspects of Hiss' creative practice and his contributions to Sarasota's vibrant cultural, educational and architectural legacy.
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Members and
MOD ticket package holders FREE,
not yet Members $10
Friday
November 14
1:00 pm- 5:00 pm
Final entry at 4:30 pm
Saturday
November 13
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Final entry at 4:30 pm
Sunday
November 14
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Final entry at 4:30 pm
McCulloch Pavilion
265 South Orange Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236