In a recent New York Times article, landscape architect and MacArthur Grant winner Walter Hood described museums as “the new civic spaces, where honest conversations can be had.” While this is certainly not always the case—it feels aspirational to my ear—it is true that our field is poised to reimagine itself in the coming years. If we rise to the opportunities that are presenting themselves in this decade, we may yet become “the new civic spaces,” leaving behind our exclusionary, colonial past.
