There is always something happening in the College of Design. Join us for art exhibits, guest lectures, conferences, and research symposia. Most of these are free and open to the public. You can join our email list to receive our Upcoming Events weekly announcement and stay in the know about the latest happenings.
Tom Cramer (American, b. 1960) is widely known for his intricate relief paintings, which celebrate the lushness of nature and the mysteries of the cosmos. This exhibition explores his parallel practice in drawing.
Dissolving the artificial boundary between human society and wild nature is the goal of this special exhibition, featuring work from two of the artist’s recent series, "Dreams Before Extinction" and "Under the Earth, Over the Moon."
Featuring work from the 2019/20 BFA class, this show is an interdisciplinary exploration of Conceptual Art. Varying from absurdity to poignancy to critique, Pointing at Things is an exhibition that guides the audience towards questions and ideas to consider, embracing ambiguity to generate thought.
New work from Shanti Bartz, Siggi Bengston, Ky Francois, Ariel Lenkov, Kate Liu, Clancy O’Connor, Madeline Peveto, Jordan Pickrel, Allison Schukis, Madison Skriver, Noel Strohm, Baily Thompson, and Clara Wolff.
Urban design and healthy cities
Air pollution, water access, sound and light, gentrification, inclusive design and equity in cities are growing challenges.
The Barcelona Urban Design Summer Program 2020 will center around urban health. Dense city neighborhoods will be mirrored with trips to the Pyrennes mountains and L’Empurda along the coast. A trip to the Alhambra in Granada will also explore Muslim and Jewish Traditions. Pritzker Prize RCR Arquitectes studio, associated gallery and works in Ripoll and Olot are visited as an example of top architecture and landscape design practice. The program will teach investigation and DESIGN methods for data-driven design including the use of mobile phones, Grasshopper / GIS and low-cost Arduino microprocessors are changing the way architects understand cities.
Summary
This nine-week summer urban design program in the Catalan city of Barcelona, Spain offers students insight into the measurement and design of urban relationships. In-situ work allows the integration of both existing and newly acquired datasets using architectural scaled software Rhino Grasshopper, associated plugins and custom scripts. These new design methods are supported by interaction with interdisciplinary local experts in planning, urban ecology, architecture, robotics, transit and landscape architecture. Classes meet at the CIEE study center in the heart of Barcelona near Plaza Catalunya. The location is ideal to experience urban living but near a beach.
Location: Barcelona is a world city dedicated to both urban design and the progressive application of computing to affect the everyday lives of people. The trust of the Catalan people in collective values is physically evident in the way they approach public space. Each year the city hosts the Mobile World Expo and Smart City Expo World Conference. Urban design in Barcelona is studied within three urban structure types: 1) the maritime metropolis planning of the 13th century gothic quarter and surrounding autonomous towns; 2) Ildefonse Cerda’s 19th century chamfered example grid extending the city ten fold and 3) contemporary planning strategies from the 1992 Olympic Games through the recent 22@ information activities district. Today the city integrates ideas of the autonomous village, the structure of the grid and contemporary planning into new ideas using smart city technology to plan pedestrian islands of ‘self-sufficient cities’ known as Superilles, or Super Blocks.
Learn more about this four-week summer program, where you will meet with nonprofit/nongovernmental organization (NGO) leaders, learn about the NGO sector in this region, and work on a hands-on project for a local organization in Cambodia. The program will begin in Chiang Mai, Thailand, then travel to Bangkok, Thailand and Siem Reap, Cambodia, and will end in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The group will spend about one week in each city.
Program Dates: Summer: June 17–July 16
Priority Application Deadline: February 15 (receive $100 program discount)
Final Application Deadline: March 15
Find out more or APPLY TODAY!
Students of the Jewelry and Metalsmithing program in the Department of Art will present inventive jewelry using traditional and nontraditional materials. Each student is responsible for the design and fabrication of at least 12 pieces of jewelry including rings, earrings, pendants, brooches, etc. All pieces will be sold for $35 and under to support students and raise funding for guest lectures and studio equipment. The sale has enjoyed immense success in past years. Be sure to mark your calendar!
For further information, please contact Anya Kivarkis, Area Head, Jewelry and Metalsmithing: anya@uoregon.edu.
Discover how you can study abroad and earn academic credit toward your general studies, major, minor, and elective requirements. Meet study abroad advisors, faculty leaders, program providers, financial aid, academic advisors, study abroad alum, and more! Enter for your chance to win raffle prizes, including $500 program discounts!
Any UO student who is interested in studying abroad is welcome to join us at the fair. This is the perfect place to ask questions, get more information, and discover study abroad opportunities that fit your goals.
If you can't make it don't worry, you can come to drop-in advising at 300W Oregon Hall Monday through Friday, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
For more information, contact the GEO Study Abroad Office at 541-346-3207 or by email at geoinfo@uoregon.edu.
Zannah Mae Matson, University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment Faculty Fellow in Design for Spatial Justice; Visiting Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Focused on research into Colombia’s Marginal de la Selva, this talk explores themes of coloniality, the representation of landscapes of extended urbanization, and infrastructures of counterinsurgency to offer insights into how designers can read the spatial imprints of power within the landscape. The methods and research presented examine how centering the study of infrastructure in spatial research and design work can be a way to understand how power operates unevenly at different spatial scales and unexpectedly across messy temporal dimensions. Considered visually, the representation of infrastructural landscapes will be further discussed as a significant site of powerful narratives that are told and untold through contested visuality.
The event is free and open to the public. Light food and refreshments provided.
Receive 6 quarter credits this summer exploring contemporary art and design in world-class art museums, popular and underground galleries, innovative design centers, and cutting edge art and design studios. Meet with UO faculty leader, Malie Hutterer and a GEO representative on how to make this a reality!
Program Dates: Summer: August 30–September 19, 2020
Priority Application Deadline: February 15 (receive $100 program discount)
Final Application Deadline: March 15
Find out more or APPLY TODAY!
Connective Conversations | Inside Oregon Art- Curator and Critic Tours and Lectures
Julie Rodrigues Widholm : “Expanding the Canon: A Call for Curatorial Activism in 21st Century Museums"
Julie Rodrigues Widholm is Director and Chief Curator of DePaul Art Museum where she leads the strategic and artistic vision to promote equity and interdisciplinary education in art museums. Prior to taking the helm at DPAM in September 2015, she was Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art. She has organized more than 100 solo and group exhibitions, including Julia Fish: bound by spectrum, Brendan Fernandes: The Living Mask, Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite, Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks, Doris Salcedo, Unbound: Contemporary Art after Frida Kahlo, Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City, which have been presented at museums across the U.S. such as DePaul Art Museum, MCA Chicago, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, the Nasher Museum at Duke University, MIT List Visual Arts Center, among others. She grew up in Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal, Germany, and across the U.S.
This lecture is made possible by the Connective Conversations | Inside Oregon Art, Curator and Critic Tours and Lectures, a partnership between The Ford Family Foundation and the UO School of Art + Design, Department of Art.
DFA orients students to the human-centered design thinking process and transforms students into partners with the community to work on solving social issues. Our studio is open to UO students of all majors, interests, and skillsets.
Featuring work from the 2019/20 BFA class, this show is an interdisciplinary exploration of Conceptual Art. Varying from absurdity to poignancy to critique, Pointing at Things is an exhibition that guides the audience towards questions and ideas to consider, embracing ambiguity to generate thought.
New work from Shanti Bartz, Siggi Bengston, Ky Francois, Ariel Lenkov, Kate Liu, Clancy O’Connor, Madeline Peveto, Jordan Pickrel, Allison Schukis, Madison Skriver, Noel Strohm, Baily Thompson, and Clara Wolff.
The Suicide Prevention Team and the University Counseling Center (UCC) offers this workshop for faculty, staff, and GEs. Partcipant learning objectives are to:
Increase skills in identifying and responding to students who may have thoughts of suicide.
Increase comfort to engage with a student in a conversation about your concern and ways to seek help.
Refresh knowledge of campus and community resources and how to make an appropriate referral.
If a department would like to schedule a suicide prevention workshop, please submit a request form here.
The Student Suicide Prevention Team also offers a peer-to-peer workshop for students. Request a student workshop here.
If you are thinking about suicide, call the UCC After-Hours Support and Crisis Line at 541-346-3227 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255) now. Or text 'OREGON' to 741-741.
Whether you’re looking for a start to your career or you want summer work experience, the Internship and Career Fair is the place to be. Employers want potential candidates to have work experience and the Internship and Career Fair will be packed with short and long term work possibilities. Bring your resume and join us from 12pm to 4:00pm in the Ballroom on February 20th.