by Nicholas Frank, of Glasstire
The public sculptural installation Do Something Good For Your Neighbor, by the Iowa-based Art Studio at RDG Planning & Design, is featured in the U.S. Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. A specially-created model of the installation, dedicated in 2021 at Lake Como Park in Fort Worth, is part of the PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity exhibition in the pavilion.
The site-specific installation, created by artist team Matt Niebuhr and David Dahlquist with community input, honors Fort Worth community leaders, including William H. Wilburn, Sr., founder and publisher of the Lake Como Weekly African-American newspaper, and Amon G. Carter, Sr., founder and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and land donor for the establishment of Lake Como Park. The installation takes its title from the Lake Como Weekly’s masthead artwork, a quote prominently framed as a cutout in the Corten steel structure.