Architecture critic Paul Goldberger is featured VCU School of the Arts speaker

By Pamela DiSalvo Lepley and Jacquelin Crebbs

Richmond, Va. (Oct. 25, 2004) – Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Goldberger will be the inaugural speaker for the newly established Windmueller Arts Series at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.  He will share his expertise in a presentation to students, faculty, and the Richmond community at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the Grace Street Theater.

Paul Goldberger is the Architecture Critic for The New Yorker, where he writes the magazine's celebrated "Sky Line" column.  He joined The New Yorker in July of 1997, following a 25-year career at The New York Times, where he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for his architecture criticism.

Since July of 2004 he also has been dean of the Parsons School of Design, a division of The New School University in New York. 

Goldberger is the author of several books, most recently his chronicle of the process of rebuilding Ground Zero, titled "UP FROM ZERO: Architecture, Politics, and the Rebuilding of New York." He also has written "The City Observed: New York, The Skyscraper," "On the Rise: Architecture and Design in a Post-Modern Age", "Above New York," and "The World Trade Center Remembered."

Goldberger appears frequently on film and television to discuss art, architecture, and cities. He recently appeared in Ric Burns's documentary film on New York City and in Ken Burns� public television film about Frank Lloyd Wright. He regularly appears on "CBS Sunday Morning." His extensive honors and awards include recognition by the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation for �the nation�s most balanced, penetrating and poetic analyses of architecture and design."

Windmueller Arts Series.  This new arts series was established through a generous gift from the estate of Otti Y. Windmueller. Mrs. Windmueller received her BFA from VCU and taught fashion design for 29 years in the VCU School of the Arts.  The Windmueller Arts Series each year will host prominent national experts who will share their expertise in the arts with VCU students and members of the Richmond community. 

Admission to the Windmueller Arts Series is free. The Grace Street Theater is located at 930 West Grace Street.  Because of limited space, attendees are encouraged to arrive early.  For more information call 804-828-2020.