Growing Up:
Buckminster Fuller: Allegra Fuller Snyder reflects on her father’s formative years
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Recorded Saturday, March 14, 2009, 2 pm.
K. Michael Hays and Dana Miller, co-curators of the exhibition Buckminster: Starting with the Universe, provide an introductory discussion of Fuller’s significance for today’s world. Allegra Fuller Snyder reflects on her father’s formative years and his enduring legacy as a visionary and teacher.
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