EVENTS

UP NEXT 2021

fall 2021

November 4th general body meeting

Join us for Chapter Updates. Register Here.

SFNOMA CHAPTER PARTY - Oct 22, 2021

Join Us!

You asked and we heard you! In conjunction with the programming of the NOMA National Conference, this year we will be hosting the SFNOMA Chapter Party at Plank in Jack London Square. We will have a private lounge gathering space with a beautiful outdoor roof top patio with scenic views that overlook Jack London Square and the Oakland Inner Harbor channel waters. Meet us from 5:30pm - 8pm on Friday October 22nd to reconnect with each other.

What your Ticket Includes:

Your registration will include at least 2 complimentary drink tickets for an expansive selection from our premium bar package as well as the food offerings below:

- Mac and Cheese
- Vegetable Crudité
- Chips and Salsa
- Buffalo Wings
- Pulled Pork Sliders
- Tex Mex Rolls

*Masks will be required in indoor spaces

Sign up via Eventbrite Here

AIASF Arch + City Fest - September 10-30

The 18th annual Architecture + the City Festival is back and SFNOMA is an official Festival Partner. Experience architecture and design through an array of exclusive building and home tours, authors’ series, lectures, panel discussions, and more!

From September 10-30, you can experience a hybrid of in-person and virtual events including panel discussions ranging in topics from revitalizing urban infrastructure to pioneering handmade production processes, home tours including the residence of an architectural photographer, and walking tours led by native Bay Area architects.

View festival schedule and register for your favorite events at www.archandcity.org Our discount promo code for Members Only is ACFest21.

SFNOMA FORUM - october 7th

The SFNOMA Forum is and open forum where we will move through a series of exercises and cover the opportunities and priorities of the chapter moving into 2022 through a participatory workshop via the collaborative Mural digital whiteboard platform. We hope this can be an impactful approach to creating more synergies amongst our members as well as create more definition in the ways we are able to serve our members. We are looking forward to hear from you on how we can best meet your needs through our resources and programming.

The SFNOMA Forum is open to all SFNOMA members and friends of NOMA.

Please sign up via Eventbrite here! You will receive a link to the Mural board in the meeting.

SIGN UP HERE!

Summer 2021

SPRING 2021

PAss the Mic: Portfolio workshop
and Review

Portfolio reviews can feel intimidating, we’ve got your back.
Join us on July 28th, from 5:30 – 7:00pm to receive in person feedback from practicing architects and graphic designers across the industry in collaboration with NOMA/Gensler. Feel prepared to put your best self forward with a crash course in portfolio 101’s and personalized advice with peer and individual reviews. Please take a moment to fill out the survey below to tailor your experience.

https://forms.gle/WBaZeM4fhng89Rru8

Alice Street filme Viewing

Please Join us on August 12th for a Screening of
Alice Street - Eventbrite link coming soon!

Informational PDF Link - HERE

Two Oakland artists, Pancho Peskador, a Chilean studio painter, and Desi Mundo, a Chicago-born aerosol artist, form an unlikely partnership to tackle their most ambitious project to date, a four-story mural in the heart of downtown Oakland. Their site is situated at a unique intersection where Chinese and Afro-Diasporic communities face the imminent threat of displacement and gentrification. Prior to painting, the mural faces numerous obstacles: complex negotiations with profit-minded property owners, satisfying a community of diverse residents, and resolving the artists' own aesthetic conflicts.

As the mural takes shape on the wall, Oakland's unique cultural legacies come to life through historical flashbacks. Past exclusionary policies replay themselves in the present as gentrification threatens to uproot long-term residents. The mural is fraught with its own challenges. A disgruntled neighborhood resident launches a vendetta against the artists, unleashing a blizzard of letters to city officials and newspapers. Simultaneously, the property owner of the mural site schemes to demolish it and construct the city's largest luxury condo. Nonetheless, Desi and Pancho conclude the mural with great fanfare and a vibrant celebration.

Three months later, news comes that another forthcoming condominium development will obscure the mural, which has become a source of neighborhood pride. Despite last-ditch opposition to the condominium, it receives city approval, effectively dooming the mural. Meanwhile, the city unveils its urban planning process for the downtown district. Ultimately displaced, the mural becomes a spark for the community to rally to protect cultural arts, and coalescing the community resistance to gentrification.

PASS the MIC: Leveraging our voices

Grab your seat at NOMA’s PASS THE MIC interactive series, moderated by SFNOMA’s president; Julia Weatherspoon. She’ll be asking the hard questions to our panelist about entering (and re-entering) the Architecture and Design industry for students and emerging professionals.

As apart of NOMA's overall mission, our moderator Julia Weatherspoon is on a mission to create more inclusive spaces. She will be joined by a regional recruiter at Gensler, the Assistant Director at AAU and a recent graduate on the search for their dream job.

Join your NOMA peers and your Gensler co-host, April 28th, and hear the panelists leave it all on the table.

We promise you’ll leave feeling inspired and have a chance to get your questions answered by the pros.

Sign up Here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpd-msqz8oE936Vym0uUaboRx3qCVLoNJz

Design & Construction Vendor Diversity Outreach Event
Hosted by UCSF Real Estate

When: Thursday, April 29 | 2:30 - 3:30 PM PST
Final registration date: Sunday, April 25th

At UCSF, we aim to anchor our work in equity by distributing our resources in a manner that increases the participation of diverse suppliers to provide access for everyone. We encourage all design and construction firms, suppliers and businesses, especially those most economically under-resourced, to attend our upcoming outreach event, learn about opportunities available, and engage in dialogue about the challenges you face.

Events 2020

SPRING

April 20 - General Body Meeting
April 28 - Pass the Mic

SUMMER

July12 - July 19th - SFNOMA Project Pipeline Camp
July 14th - Pass the Mic Part 2
Aug 6th - Regional Project Pipeline Camp

FALL/WINTER

Oct - NOMA 2021 Detroit Conference
Nov - Member Cocktails
Dec - Holiday Party

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