BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:710@live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T194500 DTSTAMP:20250128T185312Z URL:https://live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io/events/film-screening-and-pa nel-discussion-ada-my-mother-the-architect/ SUMMARY:Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Ada - My Mother the Architect DESCRIPTION:This film screening and panel discussion will take place in per son and is part of the Spring 2025 Sciame Lecture Series\, "Still Making S pace for Gender."\n\nAda Karmi Melamede is one of the most accomplished fe male architects in the world\, but very little is known about her outside her home country of Israel. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT is a deeply movi ng portrait of an extraordinary woman directed by her daughter\, filmmaker \, and former architect\, Yael Melamede.\n\nAda is a true pioneer who\, li ke many successful working mothers of her time\, was forced to make imposs ible choices. Despite personal sacrifices\, Ada's work gave physical form to some of Israel’s highest democratic ideals\, most notably in the accl aimed Supreme Court building in Jerusalem\, the Open University\, Ben Guri on Airport\, and numerous civic institutions around the country.\n\nADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT profiles a woman and artist deeply tested by the r ealities of career and motherhood\, a unique mother-daughter bond\, and a fragile nation grappling with unrealized dreams.\n\nThe screening will be followed by a conversation with:\nYael Melamede\nMary McLeod\n\nYael Melam ede (she/her) (pictured left) is the co-founder of SALTY Features—an ind ependent production company based in New York City whose goal is to create media that is thought-provoking\, vital\, and enhances the world. Melamed e’s documentary credits include DEATH&\;TAXES (DocNYC 2024)\, ADA-MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT (ADFF 2024) FLOYD ABRAMS: SPEAKING FREELY (American M asters/PBS 2023)\, PAY OR DIE (MTV Films 2023)\, the Jigsaw Productions/Am blin Entertainment six-part series WHY WE HATE (Discovery 2019)\, WHEN I W ALK (News &\; Documentary Emmy Award Winner POV 2015)\, (DIS)HONESTY— THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES (CNBC 2015)\, INOCENTE (Academy Award Winner- Best Do c Short\, MTV Films 2013)\, BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN (IFC Films 2 009)\, and MY ARCHITECT (Academy Award Nominee\, HBO 2004).\n\nMary McLeod (she/her) (pictured right) is a professor of architecture at Columbia Uni versity\, where she teaches architecture history and theory. Her research and publications have focused on the history of the modern movement and on contemporary architecture theory\, examining issues concerning the connec tions between architecture and politics. She is the editor of and contribu tor to the book Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living\, as well as the co-e ditor of Architecture\, Criticism\, Ideology and the website Pioneering Wo men of American Architecture (with Victoria Rosner). Her essays have appea red in journals such as AA Files\, Journal of Architecture\, Assemblage\, JSAH\, Casabella\, and Oppositions and in books such as Modern Architectur e and the Lifeworld\, Architecture School\, Modern Women\, Feminism and Ar chitecture\, Building Systems\, Architectural Theory since 1968\, and Comp lexity and Contradiction at Fifty.\n\nSuggested Reading: Goldberger\, P. ( 1995\, August 13). ARCHITECTURE VIEW\; A Public Work That Ennobles As It S erves. The New York Times. \n\n"Still Making Space for Gender" centers w omen and LGBTQIA+ folk in the built environment. While the discourse frami ng gender morphs and gender identities broaden and become more intersectio nal\, the predicament remains the same. Women and LGBTQIA+folk continue to struggle against exploitation and fight for equal rights and equity oppor tunities in the United States\, with this situation troubling unrelenting claims of exceptionalism at home and abroad. Although gender politics are ever present\, achievements are hard-won and sometimes rolled back in the face of misogyny\, homophobia\, transphobia\, and other ingrained expressi ons of exclusion. Buildings\, cities\, and landscapes are not only where b attles over gender unfurl\, but these spaces also foster identities and in cite change. In this lecture series\, trailblazing women and LGBTQIA + des ign practitioners\, scholars\, and activists—working in architecture\, l andscape architecture\, and urban design—insist that gender must remain in sharp focus if we are to shape equitable and just built environments.\n \nAll lectures/film screenings are free\, open to the public\, and held in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium. Fo r live captioning\, ASL interpretation\, or access requests\, please conta ct ssadean@ccny.cuny.edu.\n\nThis lecture series is made possible by the S pitzer Architecture Fund and the generous support of Frank Sciame ’74\, CEO of Sciame Construction. CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures,Special Events LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\ , 10031\, United States GEO:40.8177595;-73.95047339999996 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=141 Convent Avenue\, New Yo rk\, NY\, 10031\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sciame Auditori um (Room 107):geo:40.8177595,-73.95047339999996 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR