NEW URBANISM AND THE HUMAN HABITAT: BEAUTY IN THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

On May 13, 2015 at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the National Civic Art Society hosted a panel discussion on "New Urbanism and the Human Habitat: Beauty in the Natural and Built Environment."

Speakers:

• James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere
• Michael Mehaffy, Portland-based urban designer
• Roger Scruton, English philosopher and public commentator
• Moderator: Orsolya Ujj, Pannonius Fellow of the Common Sense Society

U.S. House Briefing on the EISENHOWER MEMORIAL

On July 18, 2014, at the U.S. House Rayburn Office Building in Washington, D.C., the National Civic Art Society hosted a briefing to discuss the current state of the Eisenhower Memorial and its future prospects. The panel concluded that the design is dead, and advocated for a new, open competition.

Speakers:

• The Hon. Bruce Cole, former Chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities, and President Obama's appointee to the Eisenhower Memorial Commission
• Justin Shubow, President of the National Civic Art Society
• Catesby Leigh, art and architecture critic
• Moderator: Howard Segermark, Chairman Emeritus of the National Civic Art Society