The inaugural Groundwork: So Cal Fibershed Symposium will bring together ranchers and farmers, designers, advocates, academics, and changemakers for a day of project presentations and networking. If you’re interested in regen ag and local fiber (or sheep and goat grazing for fire mitigation), please join us.
On Thursday, March 23rd at 7:45 am, please join Westside Urban Forum for a breakfast reception and panel discussion about Measure ULA, affordable housing and homelessness initiatives.
Free
Join us for a very special Sunday afternoon presentation with authors Isis Aquarian, Jodi Wille, and Charlie Kitchings to celebrate the publication of Family: The Source Family Scrapbook. For the event the three will host an exhibition of rare photographs and printed materials from the Source Family Archive housed at the UC Santa Barbara Library's Special Research Collections, engage in a discussion about the Family and the book, and sign copies afterwards.
Material Encounters in partnership with PLP So Cal is delighted to welcome Christopher Bardt, AIA, to discuss his recent book, Material and Mind in which he delves deeply into the interaction of mind and material world, mediated by language, image, and the process of making.
Free
Small Infrastructures is an exhibition of ADU designs that uses the economics of building assembly as the groundwork for experimentation and addresses how cities can work with architects to build quality, affordable housing under the American Jobs Plan. Ten architects teaching at Harvard GSD and Berkeley CED consider the overlaps between academia, where cost is often external to conceptual work, and practice, where budgeting is an integral task.
Free
Join us art Arcana Books on Saturday, April 8th, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, for a book signing with Melba Levick and Rubén Mendoza for Casa Santa Fe!
Free
Join us on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22nd, 2023 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM for a full day of playful visualizations to spark your (re)connection with nature.
On Thursday, April 27th at 7:45 am, please join Westside Urban Forum at the Helms Design Center for a breakfast reception and panel discussion about Mayor Bass's State of the City Address.
Join Kohler Signature Store on April 28th and 29th for a complimentary private consultation on bathroom design.