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NAWIC Education Foundation’s (NEF) Design Drafting Competition application due
2021-12-09 - 2021-12-10 | ND
The Fargo-Moorhead, ND Chapter #246 of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is sponsoring the NAWIC Education Foundation’s (NEF) Design Drafting Competition for the 2020-2021 school year. The contest provides recognition to contestants for their creative design, successful problem-solving skills, and craftsmanship in preparing architectural drawings and renderings. The drawings may be created utilizing any computer aided design (CAD) program available to the contestants, drawn by hand, or may consist of a combination of computer aided and hand drawn drawings. The winner of the local competition will go on to compete in the Regional Competition and the Regional winner will be submitted to compete in NEF’s National Competition.
The 2021-2022 Design Problem and other information can be accessed via NEF’s website: nef-edu.org, go to K-12 > Design Drafting for this year’s competition details. This year, NEF is excited to announce our partnership with project management software company, Procore. Through the site, you will be able to find the Design Drafting documents. In addition, regional Chairs and Individual Sponsors will be submitting final designs via the bidding tool.
To participate, fill out the form on the NEF Design Drafting web page or follow this link: form.jotform.com/211778269303056. Allow 24-48 hours for a Procore link to be sent to you via email where you will be granted access to the 2021-2022 Design Drafting project.

AIAS Portfolio Night
2021-12-08 17:00 (America/North_Dakota/Center) | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
Join AIAS for our last meeting of the semester: Portfolio Night! Take a break from studio and learn about how to format and design your very own portfolio. Our officers will be sharing tips, tricks, and prize-winning examples. Bring your portfolios for one-on-one help as well! Food will be provided!

Art Baccalaureate Reception
2021-12-07 16:30 | Memorial Union Gallery, 1401 Administration Ave, Fargo, ND, 58105, United States
Please join us Tuesday night at the MU Gallery for a celebration of the most recent research by McKenna Lilja, Edwin Degges, Ava Martinsen and Izak Moleterno. These visual artists will be showcasing their work in the 2021 Part B Baccalaureate Exhibition. At 5:30pm they will be speaking about their inspiration, research and medium. This event will be in person and online. You can watch online at www.ndsu.edu/mu/gallery

Chakaia Booker and Justin Sanz Printmaking Residency, Workshop and Lecture
2021-12-07 09:00 - 2021-12-10 17:00 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
Stop by PEARS on the third floor of Renaissance Hall from Tuesday – Friday starting at 10:00 and ending at 6:00 each day. Though out the days students, faculty and community members will have the opportunity to see the publication made by Master Printer Justin Sanz and internationally known artist Chakaia Booker. Throughout the day students in advance graphic design will be helping to create a unique print based around Booker’s solo exhibition at Plains Art Museum. On Thursday evening there is an artist talk at 6:00 PM on the third floor of Plains Art Museum. All are welcome to stop in, ask questions, and meet the artist.

Lunch and Learn with SIKA Group
2021-12-01 11:30 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. This AIA accredited presentation build around Sika’s Resinous Flooring & Wall Coating Systems.

TSD Meeting
2021-11-30 16:30, 2021-10-26 17:30 | ND

Art for 500 Homes submittals due
2021-11-20 22:00 | ND
Anthony Faris is working on a project where he will coordinate the giving of 500 art pieces to families who utilize the Fargo/ Moorhead Food Bank. The goal of the project is to put art in 500 peoples homes – homes that rely on getting their basic needs met. Anthony is collecting images from artists (images of painting, printmaking, Photos, drawings etc). Those images from the Call for entries will be narrowed down to like 30 pieces and then he will have people from the Food Bank choose their top 10. From those, he will print out editions of 50 prints (culminating in 500 pieces) that will then be framed and given free of cost to families at the Food Pantry for Christmas. The goal of the project is to put art in 500 peoples homes – homes that rely on getting their basic needs met- who may not be able to afford art. This is a social practice project about donating a digital copy that he will make into a 16×20 work to be given away. If you are interested in donating a digital copy of your work, check out: https://artforfamilies.tumblr.com/

Harvest Festival
2021-11-19 11:00 - 16:00 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
This year the SoDAA Potluck is now SoDAA Harvest Festival with multiple activities and food! This year’s activities include a team gingerbread house competition and cookie decorating station that will be held on Renaissance 5th floor at 12pm on November 19th.

Food will be served on the first floor ‘to-go style’ at 4 pm. To enter into the gingerbread house competition, form a team of 3-5 members and submit your team info using the link below!

https://forms.gle/Km8VKtXnGe5GYqnUA

See you all this Friday for some friendly competition and food!

USGBC Building Tour
2021-11-18 15:00 - 16:00 | ND
U.S. Green Building Council has organized a tour of the Mercantile building by JLG and Kilbourne in downtown Fargo – currently under construction. Free for chapter members (just $20/year) – or a $5 fee for non-members.

AIAS Meeting
2021-11-17 17:00 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States

USGBC Pizza Fundraiser
2021-11-17 16:00 - 19:00 | ND
Come enjoy dinner at Blaze Pizza this Wednesday, and remember to use the promo code ‘1243A’ to help support the SoDAA chapter of USGBC—Blaze will be donating 20% of the proceeds back to USGBC!

Lunch and Learn with Duxton
2021-11-17 11:30 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
Based in Winnipeg, Canada, DUXTON manufactures products for temperature extremes from -20°F to 85°F, resulting in excellent energy efficiency. The combination of insulated fiberglass frames with warm edge dual, triple, or even up to quint pane glass creates some of the most leading edge systems in the world. “Letter of Participation” for continuing education credits available upon request.

Peel and Stick III
2021-11-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Rourke Art Museum, 521 Main Ave, Moorhead, MN, 56560, United States
This Friday, the Rourke Art Museum will be holding a special reception in celebration of “Peel & Stick III”, an exhibition of work by the artists, graphic designers and illustrators of the Albino Buffalo sticker project. This event will also feature the launch of Series Twelve. Stickers available for purchase. Face masks are required and social distancing will be observed in the museum building. Since 2014, Albino Buffalo has been distributing stickers featuring artwork from local artists of all kinds. These stickers are available to purchase from repurposed sticker vending machines housed at various locations throughout North Dakota. To date, they have launched 11 series of stickers, collectively featuring over 60 regional artists, who together have contributed over 300 works of art. Over 15,000 stickers have been dispensed via machines at five locations (Unglued, Office Sign Company, and Drekker Brewing in Fargo, Rhythm Records in Bismarck, and Half Brothers in Grand Forks). Albino Buffalo is owned and operated our own Professor Jeff Knight!

Stolen Art Working Group
2021-11-10 17:30 | Memorial Union Gallery, 1401 Administration Ave, Fargo, ND, 58105, United States
This Wednesday at 6:30pm, the MU Gallery will host an open forum for the community to discuss the Richard Diebenkorn piece that was taken in 1975. The discussion will include all the research that has been completed thus-far and the working group will review what questions, leads and issues have not been investigated. This working group is open to those who would like to simply listen and those who would like to actively participate in tracking down the artwork. The artwork was taken from the wall nearly 46 years ago but there has been a growing interest in its return over the last year. Recently, the Fargo Forum and Valley New Live (https://www.valleynewslive.com/2021/11/06/an-investigation-isstill-going-artwork-that-went-missing-ndsu-46-years-ago/) has covered the lost work. There is no need to RSVP, simply show up on Wednesday at the Memorial Union Gallery this Wednesday at 6:30pm and we will work together to solve this mystery. For more information, contact james.faris@ndsu.edu.

USGBC Meeting
2021-11-10 16:30 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States

TSD Meeting - Canceled
2021-11-09 16:30 | ND

Flights of Fancy
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-19 | Flakoll Gallery, 650 NP Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
New Exhibition up in Flakoll Gallery in Renaissance Hall! Flights of Fancy features collaborative kites and lanterns produced by Art 124 Foundation Design students. Students worked together to design and build the structure of the kites and lanterns using traditional materials bamboo and rice paper. In addition to the design of the structure, an investigation of relief printing methods provided students an opportunity to print designs and imagery onto the rice paper. Utilizing wood, sintra, and linoleum as a matrix, students explored narrative content in relation to the nearly 3,000 year old history of kite and lantern design.

Lunch and Learn with Pella Windows
2021-11-04 11:30 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
During this seminar we are going to examine a building case study and determine what that building requires for wind and water performance. Then, we will discuss how to “specify” performance for our case study. This seminar is worth 1 AIA/CES LU.

Stolen and Indigenous Art Reception
2021-11-02 17:00 | ND

NOMAS Meeting
2021-11-01 19:00 | ND

Entries to the 2022 North Dakota Human Rights Art Festival due
2021-10-31 23:59 | ND
Submissions for the 2022 North Dakota Human Rights Art Festival are due October 31st! If your work is accepted it will be exhibited at the Plains Art Museum, UND Art Collections at the Empire Arts Center, the Bismarck Downtown Artists Cooperative, the Arts Center in Jamestown, the Taube Museum of Art, and the James Memorial Arts Center. A limited number of scholarship waivers are available for those where cost may be a barrier to participating. Artists are welcome to submit up to two works for consideration. Submit here: www.human-family.org/north-dakota-human-rights-arts-festival

Green New Deal Superstudio Showcase
2021-10-28 11:00 - 13:00 | ND
The Green New Deal Superstudio was a concerted effort to give form to policy ideas by translating the core goals of decarbonization, justice, and jobs into place-specific design and planning projects. Some 670 projects were submitted through the year-long open call, which attracted the participation of over 90 universities, and practitioners from across the design disciplines.
In this event, those tasked with reviewing and curating the submissions will critically reflect on the body of work, highlight key themes, and show representative examples from the submitted projects. How did the submissions address issues facing their regions? What were the key strategies and ideas? What does this work say about the ability and readiness of the built environment design disciplines to make large-scale change?
Several members of SoDAA’s Landscape Architecture program currently have their work on showcase as part of the Superstudio. Register for the virtual presentation at: lafoundation.org/news/2021/09/superstudio-showcase

Movie Night @ Renaissance Hall
2021-10-27 19:30, 2021-10-20 19:30 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
Every Wednesday night at 7:30 a new movie will be played on the fifth floor for Movie Night at Renaissance. Dave Swenson and Anthony Faris have curated a diverse selection of random movies all creatives should know! The movies are free and won’t be announced until the night of the event. Dave and Anthony love movies and this event will allow our creative community to gather together and celebrate the most random, beautiful, funny and thoughtful movies of the last century! Popcorn will be served. Please bring your own pillow.

USGBC Meeting
2021-10-27 17:30 | ND
USGBC will be hosting a pumpkin carving contest on Wednesday, October 27th at 5:30 pm in Renaissance 114. We will be showing a green building related video to go along with the carving. Tools and paint will be provided and a prize for the best pumpkin!

The Architecture of Denby M. Deegan, Surrounded by Enemy
2021-10-25 - 2021-11-04 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
As we recognize and honor the enduring legacies and contributions of indigenous peoples, NDSU Libraries and the School of Design, Architecture, and Art invite you to an exhibit of the architecture of Denby M. Deegan, Surrounded by Enemy.
Architectural drawings by Denby Deegan were donated to the NDSU Archives in 2021; view the finding aid for the collection at: library.ndsu.edu/AS2.pub/repositories/3/resources/4405. Denby M. Deegan (1941-2018), Surrounded by Enemy, was a member of North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes, also known as the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation), and also specifically of the Arikara and Hunkpapa Sioux tribe. Deegan was a 1965 NDSU graduate, receiving a Bachelor of Architecture degree as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Studies. Deegan had a distinguished career as one of the first Native American registered architects in the United States and in North Dakota. The exhibit includes drawings and photographs of some of Deegan’s most well-known projects from his career. Also on display are sketches and details that represent how he incorporated Native American heritage into his design work.
Visit the display October 25–November 4, 2021 at the Flakoll Gallery located on the main floor of Renaissance Hall. Gallery hours are 8am–5pm Monday through Friday. Street parking is available.

AIAS Meeting
2021-10-20 18:00 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
We will be voting on the winning merch design, eating food, learning more about AXP, and playing some Halloween design games (things are gonna get crafty!)

Virtual COVID-19 Vaccine Info Sessions
2021-09-24 03:00 - 12:00 | Renaissance Hall, 650 Northern Pacific Ave, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
I understand that there’s a lot of misinformation out there, and it is hard to know what to believe or who to trust. Join me this afternoon or evening via zoom for a discussion about COVID-19 vaccines. If you still have questions or concerns, this is a great opportunity for you to get answers and hopefully ease any concerns you have. If you choose to get vaccinated following the event, you will still have time to start and finish your COVID-19 vaccine series before the NDSU incentive deadline.

The link to join the event can be found below. I hope to “see” you there!
