Congratulations to the whole team on winning this award – TEF ARchitects, Knapp Architects, Hood Design and the SF Arts Commission – Tom DeCaigny and Judy Nemzoff, et al. Was a pleasure working with all of you:
REVITALIZATION AWARD
Recognition of business owners, property owners, or a developer who have enhanced the community by making significant improvements to their properties, which have, in turn, had a positive impact on the surrounding area.
Bayview Opera House
Bay View Opera House wins Community Alliance Award
January 8, 2018 By
Bayview Opera House Wins Preservation Design Award
August 4, 2017 By
The California Preservation Foundation has just announced the 2017 Design Awards and the Bayview Opera House project has been selected. Deborah was asked by the San Francisco Arts Commission to take a leadership role in planning the renovation and restoration project. In her role, Deborah assisted the City of San Francisco in hiring Tom Eliot Fisch as the architects for the project and Hood Design as the landscape architects. Knapp Architects assisted TEF with the project. Working with Judy Nemzoff of the SF Arts Commission, Deborah oversaw the design of the project and the Department of Public Works oversaw the construction. Special recognition goes to Judy Nemzoff who just recently retired but who for over a decade championed this project, raised money, and worked with the community to ensure its success. Also thanks to Tom DeCainy for his support along the way.
Arkansas Arts Center Chooses Studio Gang
December 6, 2016 By
Today, the Selection Committee of the Arkansas Arts Center (AAC) selected Studio Gang to lead the renovation and expansion of the Arts Center, thus concluding the selection process organized and managed by Deborah Frieden. The Selection Committee was made up of City representatives, community members and board members. A technical review panel led by Deborah included the Dean of Architecture from UALR, chief curator for AAC, a local architect and local designer and AAC board member. Shortly, an RFQ for a local architectural firm will be released.
“Museum Architecture” by Deborah Frieden- Distinguished Speaker Series, Arkansas Arts Center, September 22, 2016
August 23, 2016 By
On September 22nd, 2016, Deborah will be the featured speaker at the Arkansas Arts Center’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Her lecture will focus on the history of museums and their architecture, track key trends and explore the evolution of the museum as influenced by facility design. Museums and their architecture have always reflected the socio-economic and political environment of their times and new museum designs are no different. The lecture will seek to highlight key designers and contextual influences while highlighting the globalization and technological advances of recent years.
California College of the Arts Studio Reviews 12.5.15
December 5, 2015 By
Deborah has been invited by Jonathan Massey, Dean of Architecture, California College of the Arts, to participate in the fall studio reviews on Saturday, December 5, 2015.
Global Network Forum Miami Nov. 17-19, 2015
November 11, 2015 By
Deborah has been selected to represent the Loeb Fellows along with Sally Young and Cathy Crenshaw at the international conference on leadership: The Global Networks Forum. The forum is “A path-breaking opportunity to share leadership strategies and innovations across premier international fellowship networks, sectors and borders hosted by Eisenhower Fellowships in collaboration with four leadership networks.” The leadership networks include the Ashoka, Eisenhower Fellowships, German Marshall Fund, Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance, and Harvard Loeb Fellowship. Collectively, these organizations decided they could make a significant contribution to women’s leadership and began to discuss ways to leverage their networks for this purpose. The fellowship programs are part of a wider Global Leadership Consortium launched in 2012. GLC member organizations convene to discuss common issues among the leadership networks, including best practices for engagement and communication among fellows. The GLC member organizations also confer on ways to spur discussion and collaboration among fellows to promote lifelong learning. Topics include:
Cultural Perceptions: New Images, New Dialogues
Leadership Strategies for Equity and Inclusion: Transatlantic Perspectives
Building and Sustaining Healthy Societies
Keynote Speaker for Burning Man Global Leadership Conference
April 5, 2015 By
Deborah has been invited to speak as one of the keynote speakers at the Global Leadership Conference for Burning Man on April 10, 2015. The Conference theme is “The Next Creative Renaissance: Buildin’ it up, Bustin’ it Out, and Bringin’ it Home” aimed at inspiring civic engagement through art and community. The event will be attended by more than 400 members of the Burning Man Global Community from 25 countries. This year’s conference theme is “The Next Creative Renaissance: Buildin’ it up, Bustin’ it Out, and Bringin’ it Home” aimed at inspiring civic engagement through art and community. Deborah will speak on “Arts as Community Catalysts.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50h0ADlVnP8&feature=youtu.be
http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/deborah-frieden-on-the-next-creative-renaissance/
Creative Placemaking: Connecting Community Development and the Arts
January 15, 2015 By
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the National Endowment for the Arts hosted a symposium at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on January 14, 2015. The Journal prepared for the conference included an article by Mayor Ed Lee and San Francisco Arts Commission Director, Tom DeCaigny. Deborah Frieden provided advice and commentary on the article.
Here’s a link to the journal:
Watts Innovation Zone Planning Charette
December 17, 2013 By
Deborah participated in the Watts Innovation Zone Planning Charette in October with colleagues from around the country: India Lee from the Cleveland Foundation, Damon Rich, Urban Designer for the City of Newark, Maurice Cox, Director of the Tulane City Center, Cathy S.C. Jones, real estate developer from Birmingham, and Renee Kemp-Rotan, Director of Cultural Capital Projects for the City of Birmingham. The charette was organized and facilitated by Steve Lewis from Los Angeles in consultation with and on behalf of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee.
First South Charette, Birmingham, Alabama
September 16, 2013 By
Deborah was a team leader for the First South Charette in Birmingham, Alabama, organized by Cathy Sloss Jones and facilitated by Cheryl Morgan from the Urban Studio at Auburn University. Deborah was joined by team leaders Walter Hood and Steve Lewis, both from California. Other team leaders were local practitioners, professors from Auburn U. and Clemson University, and local stakeholders. Six students from Auburn University were on each team. The teams analyzed and developed strategies for development in the First South district including Pepper Place, the farmers market, uses for vacant land, conversion of industrial spaces, access to Sloss Furnaces, and community needs such as housing, arts, and services. September 13-14, 2013.