About DC Department of Health Home Visiting Programs 

DC Health’s home visiting programs support healthy pregnancies, positive birth outcomes, parent-child relationships, school readiness, home safety, and community resource connections. DC Health’s Public Health Advisors aim to increase home visiting awareness, recruitment, and retention by working closely with DC Health’s Help Me Grow (HMG)  network, to further increase family’s access to the HMG universal referral form and phone number to provide much needed resources to district families. 

This program has applied for 1 LU (AIA).

Program Schedule

Doors open at 6 pm
Program starts at 6:30 pm
Light reception from 7:30 to 8:30 pm

About Eric Höweler, FAIA

Eric Höweler is co-founder of Höweler + Yoon Architecture and Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. For seven years, Eric served as an Associate Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, where he was the senior designer on the 118 story ICC Tower in Hong Kong. Höweler was a Senior Designer at Diller + Scofidio where he worked on institutional and cultural projects, such as the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Juilliard School/Lincoln Center in New York.

About Meejin Yoon, FAAR
Meejin Yoon is an architect, designer, and educator. She is currently Dean of Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Previously, she was Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at MIT where she began teaching in 2001. Yoon is a co-founding principal of Höweler + Yoon Architecture, a multidisciplinary architecture and design studio that has garnered international recognition for a wide range of built work. Her design work and research investigate the intersections between architecture, technology, and public space. Yoon received the New Generation Design Leadership Award by Architectural Record (2015), the US Artist Award in Architecture and Design (2008), and the Rome Prize in Design (2005).

Spotlight on Design is presented by the Anthony and Keiko Greenberg Foundation. Additional support provided by the American Institute of Architects.

Image courtesy Höweler + Yoon.

This Future Fridays session brings together local leaders and community builders who are shaping the city’s civic life through connection and storytelling. Through personal narratives and conversations, participants will explore belonging, representation, and the future of DC.

About the Speakers

Calvin Gladney, LEED® AP, is a senior executive with 20+ years of leadership experience providing strategic, mission-driven leadership and vision to non-profits, government agencies and private sector companies that are helping to revitalize communities through innovative land use, housing, planning and economic development strategies.  

An entrepreneurial leader, adept fundraiser, and elite public speaker who has worked in the non-profit, private and public sectors, Mr. Gladney was most recently President and CEO of Smart Growth America (SGA), a 30-person national non-profit based in Washington, D.C. that strives to make the built environment more sustainable and create more thriving communities. He has led urban redevelopment efforts in dozens of communities around the country as a private real estate consultant and developer, and as a government redevelopment agency official. In 2017, Mr. Gladney was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Prior to leading SGA he was Managing Partner of Mosaic Urban, a real estate advisory services and development firm. Before establishing Mosaic, he served as the VP and then interim CEO of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC), a quasi-public D.C. agency focused on sustainable redevelopment. Before AWC, Mr. Gladney was General Counsel & Transaction Manager at BRIDGE Housing Corporation in San Francisco, one of the largest developers of affordable housing in the country.  

Mr. Gladney graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and received his B.S. from Cornell University. He is a Trustee of ULI, and a Board member of the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), and the Center for Community Progress. He is also a member of ULI’s national Responsible Property Investment Council. 

Emeka Moneme is the President of the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District – a community nestled between the US Capitol and the Anacostia River – a mixed-use, 15-minute neighborhood, and regional activity center. 

Emeka has been a strategic advisor and executive leader of enterprises at the intersection of urban infrastructure, mobility, development, and finance. His public leadership record includes time at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). 

Emeka now calls the District of Columbia home and was raised in Ohio and is a graduate of both Miami (OH) University and the University of Cincinnati. 

Anita Cozart is the Director of the DC Office of Planning. Under her leadership, the agency has completed a series of neighborhood plans, developed the Streets for People program to activate downtown public spaces and support economic recovery, and commenced a rewrite of DC’s comprehensive plan. Her prior experience includes policy work for just and fair infrastructure investment at PolicyLink and previous leadership roles at the Office of Planning. Anita holds a Master of City & Regional Planning degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a proud resident of Ward 5, where she lives with her spouse and children. 

About Future Fridays 

Future Fridays is the National Building Museum’s signature online series as part of the Future Cities initiative, hosted by James Darius Ball, director of Future Cities. Each one-hour session highlights the people, stories, and decisions that shape cities and everyday life in communities across the country. 

In its second year, the series emphasizes personal narratives and community perspectives, showing how residents, planners, designers, and civic leaders influence neighborhoods, public spaces, and city life. Participants can share their own perspectives, ask questions, and gain insight into how local choices reflect broader trends shaping American cities. 

Future Cities programming extends beyond Future Fridays, with a four-year slate of exhibitions, events, lectures, publications, digital activations, and community-based engagements designed to reach audiences from all walks of life and encourage participation in shaping the places where they live, work, and play.

The evening begins with a short presentation by Dr. Leigha McReynolds, lecturer at the University of Maryland. Dr. McReynolds will explore how the film visually emphasizes Frank Herbert’s exploration of power and environment, showing how leaders’ interactions with land and people reveal their ideologies and effectiveness. She will also discuss Herbert’s critique of charismatic leaders and the ways power shapes and is shaped by the world around it. 

The film will then be screened in the Great Hall for an immersive cinematic experience. 

Picnic style! Bring your own food, blanket, or lawn chair. No outside alcohol permitted. Drinks and light snacks (including beer and wine) will be available for purchase. Bags will be checked by security upon entry. 

Schedule  

Doors Open at 6:00pm  

Presentation by Dr. McReynolds at 6:30pm  

Movie Starts at 7:00pm  

Program Ends at 9:30pm 

About Dr. Leigha McReynolds 

Dr. Leigha McReynolds is a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park where she teaches classes on disability in science fiction. She has a chapter in the academic collection Discovering Dune on the role of eugenics in the novel, has published on reactormag.com (formerly tor.com), and is a regular panelist at fan conventions, including WorldCon and AwesomeCon. You can take a class with her on science fiction or Victorian Literature at Politics and Prose. In her free time, she snuggles with her English bulldog and ballroom dances. 

The evening features Traci Sym and Daniel Meyers of Plus And Greater Than, who designed Building Stories; Wendy Evans Joseph of Studio Joseph, the principal designer of Visible Vault: Open Collections Storage and the Visitor Center; and Suchi Reddy of Reddymade and Sarah Gephart of MGMT, who led the design for Coming Together: Reimagining America’s Downtowns. A conversation moderated by Cybelle Jones, CEO of the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), will highlight the interdisciplinary dialogue that shapes the visitor experience from concept to installation. 

Schedule:  

6 pm Doors Open  

6:30 pm Welcome & Presentations  

7:35 pm Moderated Conversation and Q&A  

8 pm Light Reception  

8:30 pm Close  

This program is made possible through a grant from the Apgar Fund for Excellence in the Built Environment.  

About the Speakers 

Traci Sym is an award-winning designer, performer, and co-founder of Plus And Greater Than, a design studio known for producing emotionally and intellectually provocative work in collaboration with institutional, educational, historical, and cultural clients and select brands. Their projects span experience design, graphic design across scales, exhibition design, interactive media, product design, and architecture. Traci is the Past President of the Board of Directors for the Society for Experiential Design, SEGD. 

Daniel Meyers, RA is an Architect, Exhibition, and Industrial Designer, and co-founder of Plus And Greater Than. Myers began his career as a guitarmaker and musician. He has served as Creative Director in exhibition and digital experience design studios, and advertising agencies, and as an Architect Daniel has led interdisciplinary teams to create groundbreaking projects for leading cultural, commercial, and private clients across the world. 

Sarah Gephart is the principal of MGMT. design, a women-owned graphic design studio based in New York that focuses on cultural, climate-focused, and socially engaged projects. Founded in 2003, MGMT. specializes in creating inclusive, cross-disciplinary work — developing identities, exhibition design, publications, books, infographics, and interactive experiences. 

SUCHI REDDY, FAIA, is an architect and interdisciplinary designer exploring neuroaesthetics—the biological underpinnings of our response to beauty, art, and design. Guided by her philosophy, “form follows feeling,” her work spans exhibit design, public art, cultural, healthcare, retail, commercial, and residential projects and designing for neurodiversity.  

Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA, is a visionary architect and founding partner of Studio Joseph. With a deep passion for art, culture, and public education, Joseph is a leading figure in museum design and exhibition installations. She has been honored with a Rome Prize in Architecture and holds the title of Academician of the National Academy of Design.  

Cybelle Jones is CEO of the Society of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), leading the organization in championing experience design that connects people to place. SEGD is a nonprofit member community uniting designers of experiences around a shared commitment to education, innovation, and design excellence. Under Cybelle’s leadership, SEGD has strengthened its focus on design’s role in creating a more sustainable, equitable, and empathetic world. 

Story themes vary weekly, but relate to current exhibitions at the museum.

Enjoy a full day of playful, hands-on creativity with artists, educators, and cultural partners. Visitors can explore activations and interactive experiences in the Great Hall, including hands-on workshops, storytelling sessions, and opportunities to meet local artists and cultural organizations throughout the day.

Featured Participants

• Turning the Page – Engaging families for student success through workshops, museum experiences, and free books.

• DC Public Library – Bringing stories and activities to inspire young readers.

• Illustrator Trap Bob – Celebrate her new coloring book launch with a life-sized coloring book!

• Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) MFA Program – Showcasing innovative illustration and artistic practice.

• National Building Museum – Hosting activities and exhibitions that celebrate design and architecture.

• National Museum of Women in the Arts – Championing women in the arts through engaging programming.

• National Postal Museum – Sharing history, creativity, and cultural storytelling.

• Polish Embassy – Experiencing the work of VR drawing with Tomasz Wiktor, and celebrating the cultural and international connections.

• Positive Chalk DC – Creating spaces for children and families to imagine and inspire their communities.

• Urban Sketchers – Sketching the Museum from new perspectives.

Schedule of Events

10:00–11:30 am | Illustrator Trap Bob Coloring Book Workshop
Hands-on coloring workshop led by Illustrator Trap Bob.

Participants 7 and older are encouraged to pre-register here for FREE coloring book workshop with illustrator Trap Bob. The first 40 participants will receive a copy of Trap Bob’s new coloring book. 

10:15–11:45 am | Storytime
Storytime is packed full of reading, songs, and activities designed to promote language and literacy skills!

11:00–11:45 am | David Macaulay Drawing Demonstration
Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay shares sketches and techniques.

1:15–1:45 pm | Polish Embassy Storytime
The Polish Embassy presents stories celebrating culture, history, and international connections.

1:15–4:45 pm | David Macaulay Guided Workshop

30-minute hands-on illustration workshops with David Macaulay, suitable for all ages and skill levels.

Participants 10 and older are encouraged to pre-register for FREE, 30-minute drawing workshops with David Macaulay. See the schedule and pre-register here.  

Visitors are welcome to bring their own sketchbooks or use materials provided by the Museum.

The panelists will discuss how empirically– grounded and human-centered approaches to architecture intersect with contemporary neuroscience, environmental psychology, and behavioral sciences, exploring how buildings can be better understood through evidence-based design.  

Copies of People-Centered Architecture: Design, Practice, Education will be available for purchase, with a book signing following the program.  

Program Schedule 

5:30 pm Doors Open 

6 pm Panel Presentations 

7 pm Moderated Discussion 

7:30 pm Light Refreshments 

8 pm Close 

About the Speakers  

Raymond Richard Neutra 

Raymond Richard Neutra is a public health physician, President of the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design and author of “Cheap and Thin: Neutra and Frank Lloyd Wright.” He reflects on his father’s intellectual project, how it relates to that of Frank Lloyd Wright and the significance of the new edition of Survival Through Design for a new generation of designers.  

Anjan Chatterjee 

Anjan Chatterjee is a professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and a pioneer in neuroaesthetics, discusses how emerging science explains the cognitive and emotional impacts of spatial form, materials, and sensory experience.  

Milton Shinberg 

Milton Shinberg is an architect, educator, and author of People-Centered Architecture: Design, Practice, Education. He is one of the earliest advocates of “neurological” architectural education, shares insights from decades of teaching architects to engage perception, memory, and embodied experience.  

Carolyn Rickard-Brideau 

Carolyn Rickard-Brideau, architect and CEO at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting is an architect with deep experience in the design of environments focused on occupant well-being. Her work demonstrates how evidence-based strategies including daylighting, sensory regulation, and spatial cues, are translated into built environments that support learning, well-being, and healthy developmental outcomes.