{"id":372,"date":"2011-02-03T19:20:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T03:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katherinerw.com\/?p=372"},"modified":"2011-02-03T19:20:47","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T03:20:47","slug":"starting-2011-off-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/2011\/02\/03\/starting-2011-off-big\/","title":{"rendered":"AA women architects: starting 2011 off big"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3325\/3564663787_dd559fc84c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks\" width=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:xx-small;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hannahbphoto\/\">Photo by Hannah Bromberg<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The start of 2011 has been great for African American women architects. They are getting awards, starting new ventures, and having an impact on the design community. Here are a few highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Sutton, FAIA has been named the 2011 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award honoree. The AIA says the award, named after the civil rights icon, &#8220;honors architects and organizations that exemplify the profession\u2019s proactive social mandate&#8221;. Sutton is noted for her work promoting diversity, academic research and teaching, and bringing design education to youth. Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/aia.org\/practicing\/AIAB086816?dvid=&amp;recspec=AIAB086816\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy Dixon, AIA launched her own firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kdixonarchitecture.com\">K. Dixon Architecture PLLC (KDA)<\/a>. Kathy has over 17 years of experience. Her firm is located in Upper Malboro, Maryland. I love that she launched using social media and with a beautifully designed logo to brand her firm. Follow all the firm&#8217;s news on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/pages\/K-Dixon-Architecture-PLLC\/118795371522625\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/group.php?gid=82635870193\">&#8220;Riding the Vortex,&#8221;<\/a> the discussion about African American women architects, in which I have participated, will be presented at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiadesigndc.org\">DesignDC 20011.<\/a> Have a story to tell about your place in the architecture profession? Join in the discussion. Vortex Stage VIII, Thursday, June 23rd 10:15 \u2013 11:45am.<\/p>\n<p>Several women participated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aia.org\/about\/initiatives\/AIAB086727\">AIA Haiti\/New Orleans Summit.<\/a> This gathering, to connect with organizations already on the ground, is one step to improving the lives of those trying to restore their cities and homelands.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to more for 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Hannah Bromberg The start of 2011 has been great for African American women architects. They are getting awards, starting new ventures, and having an impact on the design [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[16,22,23,125],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-american-architects","category-women-architects","tag-african-american-architect","tag-architects","tag-architecture","tag-woman-architect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-matic.com\/archive\/katherinerw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}