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Breaking Barriers, Building Futures Featuring African American Women Architects

  • Fourth Ward Offices (Tower 2) 505 N Angier Avenue Northeast Atlanta, GA, 30308 United States (map)

This event is part of the Atlanta Design Festival and is a ticketed conference. Purchase tickets at https://atlantadesignfestival.net

The Atlanta Department of City Planning and the National Organization of Minority Architects are presenting a 45-minute candid conversation with 4 African American Women Architects whose careers are impacting design in Atlanta.  Shelly-Anne "Tulia" Scott, NOMA Atlanta Chapter President, will guide the discussion among 3 Atlanta-based Architects. The panel consists of Cheryl McAfee, CEO of McAfee3 Architects, Dyesha Holmes and Carine Kroke. Each woman is in a different stage of their career. They will highlight the changes, the current challenges and the future of African American women architects who make up one half of one percent of the profession.  

Panel Moderator, Shelly-Anne Tulia Scott

AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP
Senior Associate, Project Manager Moody Nolan

Panelist, Cheryl McAfee


FAIA, NOMAC, CEO of McAfee3 Architects, Inc.

Panelist, Dyesha Holmes

AIA, NOMA, NCARB, FITWELL AMBASSADOR

Panelist, Carine Kroke

Earlier Event: September 23
Owning the Street: The Everyday Life of Property
Later Event: October 15
Tour of Chastain Arts Center (former almshouse for African American Atlantans)