Rural Studio’s Andrew Freear at Portland Museum’s Architalx

If you are anywhere near the Portland Museum of Art in Maine it is well worth checking out the Architalx series of lectures. Last night Andrew Freear presented work produced by this amazing group in Hale County both prior to and since the passing of Sam Mockbee.

In spite of, or perhaps because of, crushing poverty and lack of opportunity, the Rural Studio has created innovative and remarkable architecture which responds to the environmental and community context and needs of their largely underserved and disregarded clients.