Design Symposium: Design and the Natural Environment

Design Symposium 2026 will honor Judith Tankard, Ellen Shipman’s biographer, and raise funds for mission-driven preservation of Shipman’s design vision.

Design and the Natural Environment

Wednesday, March 25, 5:00 to 7:00PM
Sponsored by Mark Brown and Stephen Brint, in honor of Catherine Brown

Opening reception – 5:00PM

Kate Orff and Renee Royale in conversation with Jacqueline Terrebonne – 5:30PM

Speakers

Renee Royale, artist-in-residence, Chicago, New Orleans, Mexico City
Kate Orff, SCAPE design studio, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco
Jacqueline Terrebonne, Galerie magazine, New York

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