cobmar2013

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

5:30 – 7:00 pm

 

At the Mingei International Museum

1439 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 

Tickets $15 at the door

 

Those characteristics that create a sense of place and belonging also bring opportunities and challenges. Join us as we explore how San Diego’s unique physical, cultural, and societal identities have shaped our past and inform our prospects for the future.

Our Panelists:

Mary Walshok – Associate Vice Chancellor for Extended Studies and Public Programs and Professor of Sociology, UCSD

Rob Quigley – Architect and Community Developer

Howard Blackson – Director of Planning for Place Makers

James Hubbell – Artist and Environmentalist

Peter Jensen – Writer and Marketing Consultant

 

~  Sponsored by The Szekely Family Foundation ~

 

This is the latest in a series of conversations dealing with pertinent issues of the day under the heading of a search for beauty in our time. What is the meaning of beauty in our lives and work, and does it have any relevance in the contemporary world?  Writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn believed that beauty can change the world.  Does that concept still hold currency?  These questions are at the heart of “Conversations on Beauty:  Does Art Matter?” a set of discussions among small groups of artists, designers, scientists, theologians and social scientists who examine the concept from different perspectives. 

 

Look up past Conversations on Beauty, as well as video footage, here.