Coming To CIVIQ: Thomas Woltz On “Landscape, Memory And Truth”

Part of a 60-foot-long steel wall that lists the known names of enslaved people at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia.(monticello.org)How we talk about land shapes what we do - and what we don’t do - with land.Thomas Woltz says “The land is full” - and “We have a responsibility to let the land tell its stories.”He is owner and senior principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects - based in New York and Charlottesville, Virginia.Thomas Woltz(Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects)On Thursday, he will be the next speaker for CIVIQ, presented by Chattanooga Design Studio - in partnership with the Trust for Public Land - starting at 5:30 PM at the downtown Chattanooga Public Library.The title of his talk: “Landscape, Memory and Truth: Unlocking Histories Hidden in the Land.”I spoke with Thomas - and Ginger Birnbaum with the Studio.(Chattanooga Design Studio)