Dear A-School Alumni,

The A-School Young Alumni Council (AYAC) would like to invite you to the Philly Alumni Spring Event on Saturday, May 18, from 10am - 12pm at the Morris Arboretum.   Alan Metcalfe, Principal of Metcalfe Architecture & Design, will join us to discuss the Out on a Limb design process.  Spaces are limited so please RSVP by e-mailing Sarah at bolivar.sarah@gmail.com no later than May 10.  Please see the attached PDF for more details.  We hope to see you there!

AYAC | PHILADELPHIA REGION

Fatima Olivieri [MArch] 

Megan Bucknum [MUEP] 

Sarah Bolivar [B. Urban & Environmental Planning] 
Sophia Lee [MArch] 

On Site Specificity: Reflections

Sarah Bolivar of UVa AYAC attended this event, and here are her thoughts:

The Slought Foundation is a pretty cool venue – and by cool, I mean incredibly pertinent to discussing art in context of socio-political and cultural change.  Last Thursday, I attended a Slought event where Hans Haacke, a German-American artist, and Alexander Alberro, Virginia Bloedel Wright Professor of Art History at Columbia University, discussed the artist’s underlying logic to juxtapositions within his work.  Two interesting points that Haacke made about productivity: friction between seemingly disparate quotidian objects can be productive and anger is a very productive source of energy.  To combine objects is to create a new meaning.  To be angry is to engage with the human condition; otherwise, “we forget about democracy.”  Haacke, a product of the 1968 cultural revolutions and riots following Martin Luther King’s assassination, offered great insights on challenging socio-political frames.  It makes you wonder, what are we the products of and how does this influence us as designers?

Keep a look out for Slought’s 10^th anniversary celebration in January.  It promises to be engaging for designers with a social justice penchant.  

TONIGHT: On Site Specificity

On Site Specificity 

Slought Foundation is pleased to announce "On Site Specificity," a public conversation with Hans Haacke and Alexander Alberro on Thursday, November 29th 2012, from 6:30-8:30pm. 
This event will address the different facets of what has come to be referred to as "site specificity" in the artistic practice of Hans Haacke. While Haacke may not have originated site specificity per se, he certainly played an important historical role in its development, and his work continues to be informed by site specific questions. What is site specificity? Why might it have become such an important artistic issue in the 1960s and 70s? How has this practice changed or expanded over the years? What are some of the larger questions or problems it poses to contemporary artistic practice?

This event is presented with the Department of Fine Arts, PennDesign; Kaja Silverman, the Visual Studies Program in the Department of Art History, the Department of English and the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania; as well as the Department of Film and Media Arts, Temple University. Special thanks: Christian Tomaszewski.

Address: Slought Foundation 
4017 Walnut Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3513 
Slought.org 
Ph: 215.701.4627

More Info: http://slought.org/content/11507/

Article contributed by Sarah Bolivar.

Viaduct Greene Event

We invite you to join an evening of art, design and presentation in celebration and support of VIADUCTgreene's vision of a three-mile linear park traversing the heart of Philadelphia along submerged and elevated sections of the historic Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Featured on tiles, wallpaper and panels, Julia Blaukopf's images of the 9th Street and City Branches will be on exhibition and for sale. Donations in support of VIADUCTgreene's advocacy efforts are greatly appreciated. Bring friends and loved ones - no RSVP required. The event will be held at 603 N. American Street. Greeters will be at the front door of the building directing guests to Suite 602. 

SURFACE is a collaborative cultural exchange comprised of Octo Design Group andBrands Imaging [idea management & innovative collaboration], Julia Blaukopf[photography], and Michael Garden of CITYSPACE and Callahan Ward Companies. 

VIADUCTgreene, a 501(c)3 organization, advocates for the creation of a linear park in Philadelphia along the former 9th Street Branch and City Branch of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. Your generous tax-deductible gifts make our advocacy work possible.DONATE HERE.