Monday, 03 Apr 2017
Candidate Presentation: Landscape Architecture Chair Finalist Thomas Oslund
Thomas Oslund is a finalist for the position of chair of the ISU Department of Landscape Architecture. He currently is the principal and design director of Oslund and Associates, a professional design firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He will give a public presentation followed by a question-and-answer period.
Lecture: Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World
In this lecture, Stuart Walker, a professor of design for sustainability and co-director of the ImaginationLancaster research center at Lancaster University, England, will explore the relationship between creative practice, human values and the importance of tradition and localization. Part of the Changing Change: Thoughts and Actions for Sustainable Environments series.
Lecture: Was Bernini Xenophobic? Nationalism in Early Modern Rome
Linda Nolan is an art history instructor for the ISU College of Design Rome Program and for several other study abroad programs in Rome. She is a specialist in early modern Italian art and classical Roman art and archaeology. Part of the ISU College of Design Rome Program Lecture Series.
Thursday, 06 Apr 2017
Retirement reception: Bruce Bassler, Clare Cardinal-Pett, Gregory Palermo
Faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends are invited to celebrate the work and dedication of professor Gregory Palermo and associate professors Bruce Bassler and Clare Cardinal-Pett. Remarks will begin at 4:15 p.m.
Monday, 10 Apr 2017
Lecture: The Geopolitics and Economics of BRICS Resource and Market Access in Southern Africa
Paidraig Carmody, Trinity College, Dublin, and editor of "Geoforum," will talk about the impact of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) on African states' development policy, practice and outcomes through the lens of the geopolitics of market and investment access in Zambia.
Tuesday, 11 Apr 2017
Lecture: Geodesign: A New Approach to Sustainable Planning and Design
Michele Campagna, associate professor of spatial planning at the University of Cagliari, Italy, will discuss recent advances in geodesign and share his experiences in geodesign research, education and practice.
Wednesday, 19 Apr 2017
Lecture: Housing Biopolitics and Care
Peg Rawes, a professor of architecture and philosophy at the University College London Bartlett School of Architecture, will outline how 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza's theories of well-being and equality can be used to analyze housing and income inequalities, and how his ideas relate to post-war and current social housing design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture Public Programs Series.
Friday, 21 Apr 2017
Airfield Theater: Kite Picnic and Performance
Sixteen students in architecture Assistant Professor Firat Erdim's spring 2017 "AeroStudio" -- an advanced interdisciplinary option studio -- will fly kites they've designed and fabricated in class at this special event.
Saturday, 22 Apr 2017
Closing Reception: Intentional: BFA Senior Exhibition
Closing reception for "Intentional," the 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition featuring work by 33 graduating seniors in integrated studio arts.
Monday, 24 Apr 2017
SHIFT Installation Opening Reception
Opening reception for a design-build installation by the spring 2016 second-year architecture studios. The permanent outdoor public space integrates both seating and places for play at Reliable Street artists' collective in Ames. At night it will be illuminated by an architectural light display powered by a solar-panel system donated by Ames company PowerFilm.
Wednesday, 26 Apr 2017
CODAC Spring Sale
Biannual sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts and integrated visual arts programs, sponsored by CODAC (College of Design Art Club). Work this year may include ceramics, prints, photos, jewelry, woods and textiles. Most items will range in price from $5 to $150. The sale continues Thursday and Friday, April 27 and 28.
Thursday, 27 Apr 2017
CODAC Spring Sale
Day 2 of the biannual sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts and integrated visual arts programs, sponsored by CODAC (College of Design Art Club). Work this year may include ceramics, prints, photos, jewelry, woods and textiles. Most items will range in price from $5 to $150. The sale continues Friday, April 28.
Friday, 28 Apr 2017
CODAC Spring Sale
Final day of the biannual sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts and integrated visual arts programs, sponsored by CODAC (College of Design Art Club). Work this year may include ceramics, prints, photos, jewelry, woods and textiles. Most items will range in price from $5 to $150.