Evening With Gail Dexter Lord
On Wednesday, March 19, 2008, community members joined Columbia General Manager Greg Hamm and the General Growth Properties team for an Evening with Gail Dexter Lord, the second in a series of four community forums featuring GGPs world-class design and planning team working on the master plan for Columbia Town Center.
Gail presented samples of some of her firm's award-winning projects, including The Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco, the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Spain and the Smithsonian's National African American Museum of History and Culture to the more than 200 people in attendance.
She stated that the chances are very good that Columbia could become a true arts destination because there is already "a good infrastructure" in place.
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About Gail Dexter Lord
Gail Dexter Lord is President of Lord Cultural Resources, which she co-founded in 1981 with her husband Barry Lord. Lord Cultural Resources has grown to become the largest cultural planning firm in the world with offices in Canada, the United States, France, Spain, and China.
With over 30 years of experience in the museum and cultural sector, Gail is committed to assisting institutions, communities, and their leaders worldwide develop their cultural resources including: The Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco; The World Trade Center Memorial Museum in New York; Peabody Museum, Harvard University in Boston; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao; The National African American Museum of History and Culture, the new branch of the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.; Tate Modern; The Lowry in Salford; The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg; City of Toronto's Museum Project; and Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Gail has been instrumental in developing museum planning having co-authored, with Barry Lord, The Manual of Museum Exhibitions (2001), The Manual of Museum Management (1999), and The Manual of Museum Planning (1997). Gail co-authored with Kate Markert, The Manual of Strategic Planning (2007). She also wrote numerous articles on a wide range of topics.
