Friday, 02 Nov 2018
Friday Research Seminar: Urban Investments: Architecture, Detroit and Late Fordism
Doug Spencer, director of graduate education in the Department of Architecture, will talk about urban investment in Detroit through the critical analysis of the campuses, open-plan office spaces and refurbished civic spaces proposed by Ford Motor Company.
Tuesday, 13 Nov 2018
Berlin Summer Academy 2018 Exhibition Reception
See the work of ISU architecture students who participated in the 2018 Berlin Summer Academy in an exhibition in the Lightfoot Forum and hear more about the experience at this opening reception.
Lecture: Science Inspired Design
Forrest Meggars, assistant professor of architecture at Princeton University and head of Princeton's CHAOS (Cooling and Heating for Architecturally Optimized Systems) lab, will talk about optimization of building systems and minimization of the chaos generated by the heat transfer process.
Wednesday, 14 Nov 2018
How a Center of Innovation Can Impact the University and Community
Allen D. Kunkel is associate vice president for economic development and director of the Jordan Valley Innovation Center at Missouri State University, where he is responsible for guiding the center in its mission of supporting businesses concentrating on advanced technology, biotechnology, life sciences and nanotechnology research and development.
The Precipitous Decline of Cairo, Illinois: Enamels and Photography
Enamel artist Sarah Perkins will give a short slide lecture about her personal work, which is primarily enameled bowls and containers, and photographer Gwen Walstrand will present her projects, which include narrative approaches to landscape and typological portraits of adolescents. The two will also discuss their collaborative exhibition highlighting the decline of Cairo, Illinois, on display at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames.
Friday, 16 Nov 2018
Visit Day: Prospective Design Graduate Students
The College of Design is hosting a visit day for students considering a graduate degree in design or art majors. Participants have an opportunity to interact with faculty and students, tour facilities, engage with other prospective students and learn the value of Design's outstanding graduate programs. Register online.
Friday, 30 Nov 2018
Closing Reception: Perception is Everything Exhibition by Dan Shea
Closing reception for Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition by Dan Shea, graduate student in integrated visual arts.
Perception is Everything Exhibition Reception
Reception for the thesis exhibition by Dan Shea, candidate for a Master of Fine Arts in integrated visual arts. His work explores comics and the interaction of words and images.
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Reception for exhibition of digital drawings and hybrid collages by Ames artist Matthew Merritt.