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Architecture on Tap: Queer Visibility Through Storytelling

Name: Architecture on Tap: Queer Visibility Through Storytelling
Start: 2024-06-03T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-06-03T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Craft & Growler

AIA Dallas Events, Architecture Matters, Continuing Education, LGBTQIA+ Alliance

Craft & Growler

June 3, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Part of the Architecture Matters Series, Organized by the LGBTQIA+ Alliance

This event is free for AIA Dallas & AIA Northeast Texas members. $30 General Admission.

“Queer Visibility Through Storytelling” is a panel discussion featuring three Texas-based contributors to “Out in Architecture”, a collection of 24 essays by queer architects and designers. Panelists will talk about the catalyst behind “Out in Architecture”, their own experiences in the profession, and how firm owners can support their queer employees. The panel will include an open Q&A.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will understand the importance of storytelling within architecture.
Participants will understand why queer professionals may choose to be visible with their identities and why queer visibility is important for the architecture profession.
Participants will understand the role of allies to the queer community in accomplishing visibility and creating safe spaces.
Participants will discuss ways to better understand, represent, celebrate, and support all members of the design community.

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Panelists

Emma Nicole Freeman, AIA, D.Arch, LEED AP

Principal, fresch Architects

Emma Nicole Freeman, AIA, D.Arch, LEED AP

Emma worked as a cabinet maker and luthier en route to becoming a licensed architect. In keeping with this background, she values and emphasizes the element of craft in architecture. Shortly after graduating from Texas A&M College Station, Emma worked in Corpus Christi for a year before following an opportunity to study at the University of Hawaii and earning a Doctorate degree in Architecture in 2005. While attending the University of Hawaii, Emma began a nine-year tenure at Ferraro Choi And Associates Ltd. – the architect for the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station among other notable works in Hawai‘i and Antarctica. In 2012 Emma and family moved back to South Texas where she opened a sole proprietorship which operated as Freeman Architecture Collaborative for two years until partnering with Sheldon Shroeder, AIA in late 2014. This partnership set fresch Architects in motion. Emma’s career has span project types from commercial, commercial interior, institutional, research, hospitality, educational, retail, civic, health care, and residential projects in Texas, Hawaii, Antarctica, and Central America. She has worked on several unique sustainable architecture projects including multiple LEED Platinum Certified projects. Emma’s project technical background includes work on operating suites, cold deep seawater HVAC, passive cooling systems, and building systems for ultra-remote site construction and assembly. Emma is also an adjunct professor of Architecture History at Del Mar College, serves on the TxA EDI Committee, and is involved in the AIA Corpus Christi Chapter. Emma is a contributing author for Out in Architecture, published in 2023, and is also an active advocate and supporter for the LBGTQIA+ Community on the local, state, and national levels. On the occasion when she is not working or spending time with family, Emma also enjoys surfing, fishing, and being involved with music including the local music scene in Corpus Christi.

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