Events & Programs
October – December 2024
October 13
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Myth of the Prairie
Location: Wells Barn at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1777 E. Broad Street Columbus, OH 43203.
Frank Lloyd Wright is often associated with a Prairie School of Architecture characterized by horizontal lines and abstract geometries that purportedly harmonized with the Midwestern landscape and advanced an American style of design. Jennifer Gray, vice president and director of the Taliesin Institute at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, takes a closer look at this familiar story and explores how the myth of the prairie related to broad questions about colonization, immigration, and national identity that pervaded social and architectural discourse at the turn of the 20th century.
This program is presented in partnership with the Franklin Park Conservatory.
