Meet Me at the Museums: An Architectural Perspective on Edna Andrade’s Work

This event does not require registration; see further details below.

Architectural drafting techniques were fundamental to Edna Andrade’s practice, and knowing that Andrade created her drawings before digital software was available makes them all the more impressive.

Architect Sarah Whiting, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, will give a talk about the role of drawing in architecture and design planning in the pre-digital era. Andrade’s drawings take on a different valence when seen through the lens of Dean Whiting’s work as an architect and educator.

This talk is held in conjunction with the exhibition Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static (August 30, 2025–January 4, 2026).

Meet Me at the Museums is a series of talks given by our campus partners, lenders, and students about their perspective on works in the collections. The series widens the circle of our offerings, allowing for a richer diversity of viewpoints, surprising interdisciplinary connections and research, and unique perspectives about our collections and exhibitions.

Led by:
Sarah Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

The Harvard Art Museums offer free admission every day, Tuesday through Sunday. Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums.

Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static is made possible through the generosity of the Edna Wright Andrade Charitable Trust, whose extraordinary gift of drawings from across the artist’s career to the Harvard Art Museums demonstrates the Trust’s deep commitment to fostering the study of art for future generations.

Support for this exhibition is provided by the Rosenblatt Fund for Post-War American Art, the Agnes Gund Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art, and the Edna W. Andrade Fund and the Edna Wright Andrade Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.