Design Week 2019
Searchable schedule with links below
Colorado College welcomes participants with disabilities. Please contact Jan Edwards, 719-227-8294 or by email at jedwards@coloradocollege.edu, to request accommodations. Advance notice may be necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
For more information on a specific event, directions, or disability accommodations, call 719-389-6607.
Design Week 2019
Mon,
March
04
|
Tues,
March
05
|
Wed,
March
06
|
Thur,
March
07
|
Fri,
March
08
|
Related
Activities
Monday,
March
04
12:15
PM
Executive
in
Residence
Alexander
Lamis:
The
4th
Generation
Library
Tutt
Library
Rm
238
Lunch
Provided
What will the library of the future look like?
A library is no longer just a place to check out books-it's a meeting place, a crossroads, a digital repository, a technological hub, and sometimes even an architectural marvel.
Join library design authority Alexander Lamis P'19 on for a talk on "The Fourth Generation Library." Alexander will discuss how libraries are evolving; how library design can promote learning and community-building; and the importance of advancing information technology and sustainable design in new library spaces. After a short discussion, the talk will open for Q&A.
Alex Lamis, FAIA, is a partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York City, where he leads an award winning design studio with a focus on cultural, educational, and public buildings and master planning.
http://www.ramsa.com/people/person/alexander-p-lamis
3:00
PM
Thatcher
Bean:
Q
&
A
Visual
Resources
Center,
Packard
Hall,
Room
124
Join us for an informal presentation and discussion about MASS Design Group. Find out more about Alan Ricks '05 and MASS Design - architectural mission, projects, and the role of filmmaking as an integrated practice within their firm.
Architecture is never neutral. It either heals or hurts. Our mission is to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Alan Ricks, MASS Design
7:00
PM
MASS
Design:
Made
in
Ilima
Cornerstone
Screening
Room
131
Film
Screening
with
Thatcher
Bean
(MASS
Design
Group)
https://massdesigngroup.org/made-in-ilima
In the center of Equator Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ilima community remains one of the most isolated in the world. They have coexisted with endangered wildlife in their surrounding forest for generations, but as the pace of development has increased, this fragile ecosystem has subsequently suffered.
In 2012 the community partnered with the African Wildlife Foundation and MASS Design to build a new conservation-focused primary school and community center. The school opened in 2015, with 99% of the materials sourced within 10km of the site, and 93% of the $351,727 USD project cost invested into the regional economy.
The hour-long film documents the collective building process - one aimed at leveraging local craft and ecological knowledge towards education, preservation, and beauty.
Q&A with MASS Design filmmaker Thatcher Bean to follow film.
Tuesday,
March
05
12:15
PM
See
Something
Say
Something
Lunch
&
Talk
with
Letterpress
Book
Artist
Ben
Blount
Tutt
Library
Event
Space,
Rm
201
Ben Blount was born and raised in Detroit. He is a designer and letterpress printer that loves type, teaching, and putting ink on paper. His work explores questions of race and identity and the stories we tell ourselves about living in America. He is currently a visiting Professor at Colorado College teaching the block six Book and Book Arts course.
3:30
PM
Spotlight
on
Photography:
Collections
Visit
with
Emma
Powell
Fine
Arts
Center
at
Colorado
College,
Lobby
Have you ever wondered what fine art photographs were in the permanent collections at the FAC? Professor Powell has chosen a selection of prints to share with the CC community. This event will also be as the unveiling of a recent acquisition by the Art Department. This suite of seven prints by photographer Patrick Nagatani is made up of seven 20"x24" Polaroid photographs dealing with the legacy and spectacle of nuclear war.
7
PM
Chella
Man
Presentation
and
Moderated
Q
&
A
Kathryn
Mohrman
Theatre,
Armstrong
Hall
Chella
Man
is
a
20-year-old
deaf,
genderqueer,
queer
artist
currently
transitioning
on
testosterone.
He
creates
art
while
studying
virtual
reality.
https://www.hearinglikeme.com/who-is-the-deaf-activist-chella-man/
Sponsored by the Art Department Conway Family Design Fund, the President's Office, Innovation at CC, Accessibility Resources, the Wellness Resource Center and Feminist and Gender Studies
Colorado College welcomes participants with disabilities. Please contact Jan Edwards, 719-227-8294 or by email at jedwards@coloradocollege.edu to request accommodations. Advance notice may be necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
Wednesday,
March
06
4-4:30
PM
Apps
I
Can't
Live
Without
Cornerstone
415
Digital Arts & Media Workshop with Chris Bittner
4:30
PM
Polly
Sinclair
CC
'12
Deconstructing
the
Landscape:
Layers
of
Complexity
in
Landscape
Architecture
Cornerstone
Screening
Room
131
Polly Sinclair, Art History major '12, held an internship at the Trust for Public Land in New York sponsored by the Conway Family Design Fund of the Art Department. She will discuss her internship, her current studies at Harvard's Graduate School of Design and her experiences since graduation.
Come find out more about careers in architecture and the professional opportunities of a recent graduate!
Thursday,
March
07
4-4:30
PM
Layers
and
Masking
in
Photoshop
Cornerstone
Room
415
Digital Arts & Media Workshop with Meghan Rubenstein
7
PM
Germane
Barnes
Don't
Save
Them:
Architectural
Heroes
Cornerstone
Screening
Room
131
Germane Barnes is the designer in residence for the Opa Locka Community Development Corporation and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Miami. He has previously taught graduate seminars, and workshops at Woodbury University. His design and research contributions have been published and exhibited in several international publications and institutions. Most notably, The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, The Swiss Institute, DesignMIAMI/ and Curbed.com, where he was named a member of the 2015 Class of Young Guns, under-the-radar professionals who are busy challenging the status quo in the design industry.
Friday, March 08
12:15-3
PM
Art
Department
Information
Session
Visual
Resources
Center,
Packard
Hall,
Room
124
Come find out about the Art Department Integrated Design and Architecture (IDA) track. Meet current IDA majors and find out ways to get involved in design programs at CC.
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/art/
Related Activities
Monday,
March
4,
2-4
PM
Tuesday
March
5,
3-4
PM
Executive
in
Residence:
Architect
Alexander
Lamis,
Office
Hours
for
Students
Career
Center,
1130
N.
Cascade
Ave.
Meet with architect Alexander Lamis, a partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York City. He has focused on library design and has spoken on the evolving technology in libraries. He was primary partner on the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the Rutgers University Complex, and many more projects. For more information, contact: careercenter@coloradocollege.edu
Sign
up
through
Career
Center
-
20
Minute
Slots
for
students
https://doodle.com/poll/4xwvxq74sq3ciqqa
Thesis
Exhibitions
Coburn
Gallery
(Worner),
802
N.
Nevada,
Packard
Hallway
Design Week 2019 is sponsored by the CC Art Department and the Conway Family Design Research Fund
For additional event information, please contact: kbritton@coloradocollege.edu or lmackenzie@coloradocollege.edu