EVENTS

UP NEXT 2021

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
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Alice Street filme Viewing​

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

​wo 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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