North Star Voices: ‘Uncle Cap' and Black Architectural Excellence
March 28, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Overview
Join award-winning architect, James Garrett Jr., for a uniquely Minnesota story of family, community, and Black architectural excellence.
In this program, we’ll explore the lives, careers, and built works of two of Saint Paul’s most notable and notorious architects: James Garrett Jr. FAIA, NOMA (contemporary) and Clarence ‘Cap’ Wigington (historical). Featuring side-by-side comparisons of selected buildings and spaces designed by both architects and augmented with family stories about the numerous ties that will forever bind them, James Garrett Jr. narrates what it means to express the urban condition through architectural design.
James Garrett Jr. is a visual artist, writer and architect who expresses the urban condition through the lenses of art and design. His work employs diverse media to explore complex theoretical topics from a unique, ethno-experiential perspective.
North Star Voices: ‘Uncle Cap' and Black Architectural Excellence
Address
Phone
North Star Voices: ‘Uncle Cap' and Black Architectural Excellence345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102