Possessed of
a remarkable clarity of vision, a striking spatial intelligence and a generous stylistic inclusiveness, it places on an equal footing art objects and time - based art — not just video and performance art but music, dance, theater, film — and does so on a scale and with a degree of aplomb we have not seen before in this town.
The
remarkable clarity and strategic scope
of Professor Wangari Maathai's
vision for the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies (WMI) might be summed up in a single, but richly resonant, idea: To transfer knowledge and skills on sustainable use
of natural resources from academic halls and laboratories to the citizenry in villages and rural communities throughout Africa.