Monday, 07 Apr 2014
All the Things I Didn't Learn at the College of Design: Theaster Gates, Jr.
Artist, activist and community planner Theaster Gates, Jr. (BS 1996 Community & Regional Planning / MA 2005 Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies), Chicago, will share key lessons on his personal experience and career, from his time as an undergraduate planning student at Iowa State to the complex ecology of his current artistic practice. Both informative and performative, his presentation will embody what it means to pursue a vocation in the arts.
Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014
Community Food Planning: A Tool for Detroit's Redevelopment
Kami Pothukuchi is the founder and director of SEED Wayne, a campus-community collaborative dedicated to building sustainable food systems in Detroit, Mich. She is also an associate professor of urban studies and planning at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her work, research and writings have made her one of the most well-known food-system planners.
Making Space for Culture
Stratton will address the long-term effects of a new funding emphasis on art practices as entrepreneurialism and "placemaking" as euphemism, and how the increased prioritization of placemaking by private funders potentially instrumentalizes artists to fill political and social gaps left by deteriorating federal, state and civic funding for social programs and community development. Part of the Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series.
Thursday, 10 Apr 2014
Yoga in Design
The Community and Regional Planning Graduate Student Club is partnering with ISU Recreation Services Group Fitness program to offer students, staff and faculty a midday break in the College of Design's Lightfoot Forum (atrium). Have fun and relax with free yoga from noon to 1 p.m. Yoga mats will be available for use, but you can also bring your own.
Friday, 11 Apr 2014
Senior BFA Exhibition Reception
Reception celebrating the exhibition of artwork in all media by 31 students who will receive bachelor of fine arts degrees in integrated studio arts from Iowa State in May, August or December 2014. Media represented will include: ceramics, drawing, digital media, metals/jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles and wood/furniture design.
Saturday, 12 Apr 2014
Canceled: Products of Public Space open house
This event has been canceled.