May 6, 2024

A portrait of Nina Cooke John on location at the Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, New Jersey; photo by Ball & Albanese

Join Us for the AIA New Jersey Spring DesignNite Webinar on May 8th, 2024

May 8

7:00 PM | Virtual Event

Featuring

Nina Cooke John, AIA, NOMA

Founding Principal, Studio Cooke John Architecture

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Join us for an enlightening discussion at the AIA NJ Spring DesignNite event, where Nina Cooke John, AIA, NOMA, will delve into her public art practice. Her work aims to foster a profound sense of belonging in public spaces, recognizing their significance as vital hubs for connection, community building, and civic engagement. Through captivating anecdotes and reflections on her recent projects, including the groundbreaking ‘Shadow of A Face’ Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, New Jersey, and the thought-provoking installation piece ‘Two Boxes of Oranges and Admonia Jackson’ in Old Town, Alexandria, VA, Nina will share insights into how her art re-centers and resurrects often marginalized narratives within the fabric of a place and its people. Join us as Nina illuminates the transformative power of public art in promoting inclusivity and social change.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kf2ig1H9RVmPOQw2br0mIQ

About Nina Cooke John, AIA, NOMA

Nina is the founding principal of Studio Cooke John Architecture and Design. This multidisciplinary design studio values placemaking as a way to transform relationships between people and the built environment.
Studio Cooke John’s Shadow of A Face, the new Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, NJ, was unveiled in March 2023. The studio was awarded a 2021 AIA Merit Award for the public art installation Point of Action, commissioned for the Flatiron public plazas in 2020 and currently on view at the Wassaic Project. Nina was named the AIANY New Perspectives honoree in 2024 and a 2022 United States Artists Fellow. Her work has also been featured in Architectural Record, The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Dwell, NBC’s Open House, and PBS NewsHour Weekend, among other publications and news outlets.
Nina earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Masters in Architecture from Columbia University. She now teaches at Columbia University.

By Stacey Ruhle Kliesch, AIA, AIA NJ Advocacy Consultant | Posted in AIA-NJ News | Tagged: #AIA, #AIANJ, #Blackarchitect, #designnite, #diversity, #EDI, #equity, #EquityInArchitecture, #Inclusion, #ninacookejohnaianoma, #WomanArchitect | Comments (0)