Welcome to the PORCH! A room with a view. A threshold. A beginning. A place of comfort and discovery. A place of exchange. A place for welcoming and reflection. Sweet hellos and melancholic farewells. From May to November, the PORCH will be ours – yours and mine – to embrace our past, celebrate our present, and prepare for our future. Here on the PORCH, we’ll sing, dance, laugh, learn, play and remember, together! 

Benvenuti al PORCH! Una stanza con vista. Una soglia. Un inizio. Un luogo di conforto e scoperta. Un luogo di scambio. Un luogo di accoglienza e di riflessione. Dolci saluti e malinconici addii. Da maggio a novembre, il PORCH sarà nostro, vostro e mio, per abbracciare il nostro passato, celebrare il nostro presente e prepararci per il nostro futuro. Qui sulla VERANDA, canteremo, balleremo, rideremo, impareremo, giocheremo e ricorderemo, insieme! 

PORCHFESTS / UNITED STATES INDEPENDENCE DAY / JULY

Friday / Venerdì
4 July / luglio 

United States Independence Day 

12pm

Porch Life 
Embroidery Circle by Danielle Hatch 
Hands-on Building by Somewhere Studio 

Come Sit By Me 
Music, Rhythm & Improvisation with Sasha Papernik, Justin Poindexter, Hilary Gardner, DeWitt Fleming Jr. 


1pm / 1300 
Porch Life 
Reading of the Declaration of Independence with visitors 


2 - 5pm / 1400 - 1700
Stories from the Edge 
Wish to Say by Sheryl Oring* 


5pm / 1700 
Come Sit By Me 
Music, Rhythm & Improvisation with Sasha Papernik, Justin Poindexter, Hilary Gardner, DeWitt Fleming Jr. 


5:30pm / 1730  
Stories from the Edge

Saturday / Sabato
5 July / luglio 

12pm
Porch Life 
Embroidery Circle by Danielle Hatch 
Hands-on Building by Somewhere Studio 

Come Sit By Me 
Music, Rhythm & Improvisation with Sasha Papernik, Justin Poindexter, Hilary Gardner, DeWitt Fleming Jr. 


1pm / 1300 
Porch Life 
Reading of the Declaration of Independence with visitors 


2 - 5pm / 1400 - 1700
Stories from the Edge 
I Wish to Say by Sheryl Oring* 


5pm / 1700 
Come Sit By Me 
Music, Rhythm & Improvisation with Sasha Papernik, Justin Poindexter, Hilary Gardner, DeWitt Fleming Jr. 


5:30pm / 1730  
Stories from the Edge

Sunday / Domenica
6 July / luglio 

12pm
Porch Life 
Embroidery Circle by Danielle Hatch 
Hands-on Building by Somewhere Studio 

Come Sit By Me 
Music, Rhythm & Improvisation with Sasha Papernik, Justin Poindexter, Hilary Gardner, DeWitt Fleming Jr. 


1pm / 1300 
Porch Life 
Reading of the Declaration of Independence with visitors 


2pm/ 1400
Stories from the Edge 

Come Sit By Me 
Music, Rhythm & Improvisation with Sasha Papernik, Justin Poindexter, Hilary Gardner, DeWitt Fleming Jr. 


4:30pm / 1630  
Stories from the Edge 
*I Wish to Say by Sheryl Oring is a Creative Capital sponsored project 

PORCHFESTS / EXHIBITION OPENING / MAY

Thursday / Giovedi
8 May / Maggio
 

Preview Day / Tours (VIP & Press)
10 to 6pm
Previews of National Pavilions at the Giardini & Arsenale

Friday / Venerdì 
9 May / Maggio 

1030am - Preview Day
Inauguration Celebration of U.S. Pavilion / Press


1130am – 12:30pm
Tours of US Pavilion Exhibition
Music: Meadow Makers
Dance: We Got This
Heidee Lyn Alsdorf, Blake Worthey, Monica Thomas


1pm
Tour w/Lead Design TeamMarlon Blackwell & Ati Blackwell, Marlon Blackwell Architects (MBA); Julie Bargmann, D.I.R.T. Studio; Maura Rockcastle, Ross Altheimer, Ten x Ten; Stephen Burks, Malika Leiper, Stephen Burks Man Made 


2pm
Tour and Dialogues w/MacArthur Fellows
Jeanne Gang,
Studio Gang; Kate Orff, SCAPE; James Carpenter, Studio JCDA; Damon Rich, Hector Design


3pm
Tour and Gallery Talk w/ Porch Window Exhibitors
Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi,
Weiss/Manfredi; Elizabeth Timme, OfficeofOffice; Anne Marie Decker, Shannon Gathings, Duvall Decker; Alan Maskin, Olson Kundig


3:30pm
Tour & Gallery Talk w/ Porch Window Exhibitors
Claire Weisz,
WXY Studio; Brian Court, Miller Hull Partnership; Shawn Swisher or Brian Farling, Jones Studio; Linda Pollak or Sandro Marpillero, MP Architects 


3:30pm
Tour & Gallery Talk w/ Porch Window Exhibitors
Claire Weisz,
WXY Studio; Brian Court, Miller Hull Partnership; Shawn Swisher or Brian Farling, Jones Studio; Linda Pollak or Sandro Marpillero, MP Architects 


4:30pm
Music: Meadow Makers
Dance: We Got This
Heidee Lyn Alsdorf, Blake Worthey, Monica Thomas


5pm
Porch Life Ends

Saturday / Sabato
10 May / Maggio

11am
Porch Life:
Friendship Circle with Danielle Hatch
Hands-On Building Workshop with Somewhere Studio
Dance: We Got This
(Heidee Lyn Alsdorf, Blake Worthey, Monica Thomas)


12pm
Design Dialogues w/ AIA Gold Medal Awardees
Porch as Thresholds for People
Marlon Blackwell, MBA; Larry Scarpa & Angie Brooks, Brooks+Scarpa; Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects;  Deborah Berke, Ten Berke


1pm
Design Dialogues - Porch as Community Building (1)
Susan Jones, Atelier Jones; Jed Donaldson, Johnson Fain; Jerome Haferd, Jerome Haferd Architect; Walt Swanson, Brightmoor Maker Space; Jason Wright, modus studio


2pm
Design Dialogues - Porch as Community Building (2)
Ceara O'Leary, DCDC UD Mercy; Benjamin Cadena, Studio Cadena; Leah Kemp, Fred Carl Jr. Small Center; Owen Nichols, Chibbernoonie,; Mark Bolleteri, DUST/Future-Future


3pm  
Design Dialogues - Porch as Shelter/Housing
Frances Anderton, Siddhartha Madjumdar FORT:LA;  James Shen, People's Architecture; Stephen Ehrlich, Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney; Chana Haouzi or Matt Okazaki, Architecture for Public Benefit; Roberto deLeon, deLeon & Primmer


3:30pm
Design Dialogues - Porch as Community Building, Art & Placemaking Katherine Hogan, Katherine Hogan Architects; Andrew Kudless, Lake|Flato & Matsys; Matthew Mazzotta, Triangle MIT; John Paul Rysavy, Letter J; David Baker, DB Architects (pending)


4:30pm
Music: Meadow Makers


5pm
Jam session


5:30pm
Porch Life Ends

Sunday / Domenica
11 May / Maggio

11am
Porch Life:
Friendship Circle with Danielle Hatch
Hands-On Building Workshop with Somewhere Studio
Dance: We Got This
(
Heidee Lyn Alsdorf, Blake Worthey, Monica Thomas)


12pm
Design Dialogues - Porch as Resilience on the Mississippi River
Steve Dumez, Eskew Dumez Ripple; Jennifer Yoos, VJAA


1pm
Jam session


2pm
Dance: We Got This
(Heidee Lyn Alsdorf, Blake Worthey, Monica Thomas)


4:30pm  
Music: Meadow Makers


5pm
Jam session


5:30pm
Porch Life Ends