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Design Symposium: Community Design Day
Design Symposium 2026 will honor Judith Tankard, Ellen Shipman’s biographer, and raise funds for mission-driven preservation of Shipman’s design vision.
Community Design Day
Saturday, March 28, 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sponsored by The Erin and Jean Paul Hymel Family Fund
Free garden admission for all – 10:00AM to 1:00PM
Design activities and special all-ages project with artist-in-residence Renee Royale
House tours with junior curators – 10:00AM, 11:30AM, 1:00PM, 2:30PM, 4:00PM
Emma Brown Reading Program – Timing TBA
Event Chairs
Tyson Geary
Anne Lykes Woodard
Host Committee
Amenah Abdelfattah, Katie Ainsley, DeAndre Beverly, Hattie Collins, Lauren Doussan, Will Erickson & Philips Wood, Liza Feoli, Penny Francis, Marilee Hovet, Ashley Jeansonne, Carrie Knapp, Tani Koch, Catherine Makk, Mary Wyatt Milano, Shelby Mills, Ashley Morgan, Taylor Morgan, Ashby Navarro, Martha Pearson, Anne Redd, Emily Rigamer, Permele Robinson, Claire Thriffiley, Jenny Vorhoff, Diane Walmsley, Jennie Cannon West, Rosalind Wilson, Helen Young