On Thursday, October 13, the Linda Hall Library is pleased to welcome artist and designer Maya Lin to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art for an evening discussion as Maya examines her work and how her pursuit of both art and architecture has impacted her design process.
Interpreting the natural world through the lens of history, politics, and culture, Maya Lin’s unique installations, architecture, and memorials, such as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, become a part of the land and merge physical and psychological environments to create a new way of seeing the world around us. Lin has works in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Smithsonian Institution.
She has honorary doctorates from Yale and Harvard and is the recipient of the National Medal of Arts, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Presidential Design Award for her widely acclaimed memorials. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has been profiled in TIME, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker. The 1996 documentary about her, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
This program will be presented in person at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art as well as virtually. Registration for this event can be found at LindaHall.org.
