On February 10, 2017, Jane Philbrick MDes ‘16 was a featured speaker at the symposium Embedded, Embedding: Artist Residencies, Urban Placemaking and Social Practice. The event focused on the “connecting and diverging points between the needs of communities, artists’ needs for materials and professional support, and those commissioning and underwriting such initiatives.” It was organized by Residency Unlimited (RU) in collaboration with the New School/Parsons MFA Fine Arts Program and curated by Livia Alexander.

Image: Jane Philbrick, The Expanded Field: “Swings,” Mass MoCA Rt 2 underpass, 2011 (Photo: Tony Cenicola)