Traveling Exhibit Imagining Future Of Trinity River Comes Home To Fort Worth Museum

Arlington TX

19 May, 2022

11:20 AM

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By Haley Samsel, Fort Worth Report May 18, 2022 The newest exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was originally designed with an international audience of architecture experts in mind. Visitors to last year's Venice Biennale of Architecture were the first to see a display spotlighting the issues facing the Trinity River watershed, the state's third-largest river and the largest basin to be located entirely within Texas. Collaborative work from UT-Arlington students and faculty spanned across North Texas, from the $1 billion Panther Island project in north Fort Worth to development around Fair Park in Dallas. "DFW is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, and we really do want to show what's happening and how some people aren't even thinking about the future of the river and urban environments," said Dennis Chiessa, a UT-Arlington architecture professor whose work is featured in the exhibit. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.