{"id":1011,"date":"2026-03-20T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=1011"},"modified":"2026-03-23T05:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:20:52","slug":"isabel-strauss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/isabel-strauss\/","title":{"rendered":"Isabel Strauss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Isabel Strauss<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">She\/Her<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Professor of Architecture, Smith College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isabel Strauss is assistant professor of architecture in the art department at Smith College. Before coming to Smith, Strauss was a curatorial contractor at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, working in architecture and design. Prior to the NMAAHC, Strauss worked in set design, exhibition design, and architectural design, at studios and firms including XL Scenic, Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill, Johnston Marklee, and MASS Design Group. Her work has been exhibited at venues and institutions including The Biennale Architettura, The Chicago Architecture Biennial, and Arc en R\u00eave centre d&#8217;architecture, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/s1lvqHR0nLzGhJT1TGiPVKssVEztjxgxFxcq5Qx3__o-1920x1281.jpeg\" alt=\"Isabel Strauss\" class=\"wp-image-914\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"qubely_landscape":false,"qubely_portrait":false,"qubely_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"cm","author_link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/author\/cherylmann\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1570,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011\/revisions\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}