THIS WEEK at PennDesign - September 21, 2012

HAPPY HOUR
5:30PM, Meyerson Plaza

Ready for your reviews? Bring IDs to participate.

Monday, September 24
DRYLANDS DESIGN: CONSTRUCTING INDIGENEITY 
6PM, Lower Gallery

Thursday, September 27 & Friday, September 28 
MAKING SPACE SYMPOSIUM
REGISTER: imakespace.org
3PM, Lower Gallery

Thursday, September 27
JON KESSLER
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art 

through September 27
I DON'T QUESTION THE THINGS YOU DO ANYMORE - OPENING RECEPTION
5-7PM, Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, 200 South 36th Street, Philadelphia

Group exhibition of the PennDesign MFA class of 2013, featuring Stephanie Cheng, Caroline Claflin, Orlando de la Garza, Mark Dilks, Tara Fadenrecht, Elisa Gabor, Laine Godsey, Zenas Hutcheson, Christina Kerns, Alex Nguyen, Daniel Oliva, Jacob Rivkin, Matthew Segotta, Minmin Shi, Ceaphas Stubbs, Sarah Tortora, Toisha Tucker, Cristina Tufino Palmer, and Tara White.

through January 18
UNCOMMON MODERN: Commercial Vernacular Architecture in Greater Philadelphia, 1937-1970 Exhibition Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
6-8PM, Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives

Works on view include a remarkable series of recent photographs by Betsy Manning as well as rare original drawings by figures such as Louis I. Kahn who contributed to this important and underappreciated architectural legacy.

Friday, September 21 @ 3:30 PM / Saturday, September 22 @ 6 PM
ENCHANTED DRAWING II: ANIMATIONS ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES
Institute of Contemporary Art - 36th & Sansom Streets

A collaborative conference between University of Pennsylvania + Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte (IKB) der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Organized by Karen Beckman (Art History), Erna Fiorentini, and Oliver Gaycken, this event explores a series of intersecting concerns that emerge through an engagement with animation history. It features the work of scholars and practitioners from a variety of fields, including cinema and media studies, the history of science, art history, animation design in the fields of science, gaming, engineering, medicine, and journalism. 

Friday, September 21 @ 7:30 PM / Saturday, September 22 @ 8 PM
MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH/THE LIVING WORD PROJECT:
RED, BLACK & GREEN: A BLUES 
Annenberg Center

Through poetry, music, dance, video and an interactive and evocative set design, red, black & GREEN: a bluespresents the idea that nurturing our lives and communities is the first step toward caring for our planet. Co-sponsored by PennDesign, also presenting rbgB co-author Theaster Gates as part of the Fall 2012 Lecture Series. For tickets, call 215.898.3900 (student tickets $10).

Friday, September 28
ASLA ANNUAL MEETING & ALUMNI RECEPTION
6PM, Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Cassidy Room, 122 N. 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ

Going to the 2012 ASLA Annual Meeting in Phoenix? Join David Gouverneur, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and other PennDesign faculty & alumni at a reception to celebrate our ALSA Award winners and catch up with Edmund Hollander, MLA'83, who will be signing his new book, Private Oasis.