Richard Meier, the architect of the Getty Center – the $770 million complex under construction in the Santa Monica Mountains that will be the new home of the John Paul Getty Museum and several other cultural centers – heads a list of distinguished artists, educators and critics who will offer insight into America’s cultural climate during a symposium Oct. 4-6 at Cornell.

The symposium is part of the 125th anniversary celebration of Cornell’s School of Architecture, Art and Planning.

The panelists, among the most prominent individuals in their fields, will be:

• Henry N. Cobb, founding principal of the New York firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and former chair of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, who will present “The Future of Our Professions,” Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. in Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall.
• Ann Markusen, the State of New Jersey Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development and director of the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at Rutgers University, who will speak at a panel on professional practice Oct. 5 at 9 a.m. in David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
• Meier and Frank Stella, one of the leading pioneers of abstract art whose work has been on exhibition in the nation’s major art museums, who will discuss “Space, Form and Society” Oct. 5 at 1:30 p.m. in David L. Call Alumni Auditorium.
• Arthur Danto, the Columbia University Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and art critic for The Nation, who will present “Art School and Society” Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. in David L. Call Alumni Auditorium.
• Herbert Muschamp, author and architecture critic for The New York Times, who will offer his insight on architecture Oct. 5 at 8:45 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.

Weekend activities also include an alumni art exhibition featuring the works of Susan Rothenberg ‘67, Louise Lawler ‘69 and John Ahearn ‘73 and a college career forum.

For further information contact College of Architecture, Art and Planning at (607)-255-7510.

Tickets will be required for the above presentations, which are free and open to the public. Tickets will be available beginning Sept. 16 at the Cornell Information and Referral Center and at the ticket center at Clinton Hall, 116 North Cayuga St.