Turners Falls RiverCulture Calendar
Share your sense of place
May 20, 2008
6:00 pm
Details:
In preparation for an artistic pathway to be created on one of the pedestrian paths from the downtown to the hill section of Turners Falls, a community visioning session will be held to give the community a chance to talk about sense of place and visions for the pathway. Long time and new residents, youth, those who work in town, and all associated with Montague's past present and future are encouraged to come to the Great Hall on Tuesday May 20 to share stories with each other facilitated by Annaliese Bischoff.
May 20 • 6 - 8 P.M. • FREE • Great Hall of Great Falls Discovery Center • 2 Avenue A • Turners Falls • call Lisa Davol for info at 413.230.9910
Annaliese Bischoff is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and a Faculty Advisor with Commonwealth College with 28 years of teaching experience. She holds a B.A. in Art and German from Brown University, 1975, (with one year of study at the University of Freiburg) and an M.L.A. from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at State University of New York in Syracuse and Syracuse University, 1979.
Professor Bischoff has published numerous articles and book chapters on community and open space design. Her work has received merit awards in research and design from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) Professional Awards Program. Her research focuses on the cultural influences that shape the landscape with an emphasis on historic identity and landscape character. In 1991, Fulbright awarded her with a senior research grant for study in Berlin. Her work included leading a public art project with teens in Holyoke in the 1990's. As a resident of Montague for 6 years she served on the Tree Committee, while also being active in historic preservation in Montague Center. For the past four years she has studied the Great Falls Center site and delivered reports on heritage tourism for Turners with support from grants she obtained. In 2006 she volunteered to work with the elementary schools on a butterfly garden and walk project in Turners. Professor Bischoff has also served as the President of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), 1985 - 1986, and the President of the Design Communication Association (DCA), 1992-1994, and the editor of the Guide to International Education for the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), 2002-2005. Current research examining the landscape etchings of Frank A. Waugh, the founding head of the landscape architecture program at the University of Massachusetts is the foundation for a monograph.
Selected Most Recent Publications: "Historic Landscape Preservation, Saving Community Character," Preserving and Enhancing Communities, A Guide for Citizens, Planners and Policymakers, ed. Hamin, Elizabeth, Geigis, Priscilla, and Silka, Linda,The University of Massachusetts Press, 2007, pp 220-229, 240.
"The Making of Mint Street Park: Creating Identity through Historic Roots" World Class Cities: Environmental Impacts and Planning Opportunities? 7 th Symposium of the International Urban Planning and the International Urban Planning and Environment Association Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2007
"Great Falls Center for the Arts: An Innovative Co-Design Process," 42nd IFLA World Congress, Edinburgh June 26-29, 2005 Landscape Leading the Way, p 7.
In preparation for an artistic pathway to be created on one of the pedestrian paths from the downtown to the hill section of Turners Falls, a community visioning session will be held to give the community a chance to talk about sense of place and visions for the pathway. Long time and new residents, youth, those who work in town, and all associated with Montague's past present and future are encouraged to come to the Great Hall on Tuesday May 20 to share stories with each other facilitated by Annaliese Bischoff.May 20 • 6 - 8 P.M. • FREE • Great Hall of Great Falls Discovery Center • 2 Avenue A • Turners Falls • call Lisa Davol for info at 413.230.9910
Annaliese Bischoff is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and a Faculty Advisor with Commonwealth College with 28 years of teaching experience. She holds a B.A. in Art and German from Brown University, 1975, (with one year of study at the University of Freiburg) and an M.L.A. from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at State University of New York in Syracuse and Syracuse University, 1979.
Professor Bischoff has published numerous articles and book chapters on community and open space design. Her work has received merit awards in research and design from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) Professional Awards Program. Her research focuses on the cultural influences that shape the landscape with an emphasis on historic identity and landscape character. In 1991, Fulbright awarded her with a senior research grant for study in Berlin. Her work included leading a public art project with teens in Holyoke in the 1990's. As a resident of Montague for 6 years she served on the Tree Committee, while also being active in historic preservation in Montague Center. For the past four years she has studied the Great Falls Center site and delivered reports on heritage tourism for Turners with support from grants she obtained. In 2006 she volunteered to work with the elementary schools on a butterfly garden and walk project in Turners. Professor Bischoff has also served as the President of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), 1985 - 1986, and the President of the Design Communication Association (DCA), 1992-1994, and the editor of the Guide to International Education for the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), 2002-2005. Current research examining the landscape etchings of Frank A. Waugh, the founding head of the landscape architecture program at the University of Massachusetts is the foundation for a monograph.
Selected Most Recent Publications: "Historic Landscape Preservation, Saving Community Character," Preserving and Enhancing Communities, A Guide for Citizens, Planners and Policymakers, ed. Hamin, Elizabeth, Geigis, Priscilla, and Silka, Linda,The University of Massachusetts Press, 2007, pp 220-229, 240.
"The Making of Mint Street Park: Creating Identity through Historic Roots" World Class Cities: Environmental Impacts and Planning Opportunities? 7 th Symposium of the International Urban Planning and the International Urban Planning and Environment Association Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2007
"Great Falls Center for the Arts: An Innovative Co-Design Process," 42nd IFLA World Congress, Edinburgh June 26-29, 2005 Landscape Leading the Way, p 7.
